The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-02-02
TRAIN STRIKES S lBIGH
KILLING TEN WOMEN
THREE OTHERS INJURED SOME
OF WHOM MAY DIE.
All Members Of the Ladies' Aid Society
Of the HornellsYiIie, N. Y, Univer-
saIist Church and We're Returning
from a Visit to a Farm House
Screams of Women Frightened the
Horses and Driver Could Not Stop
Them in Time.

screams OF Women Frightened the
Horses and Driver Could Not stop
Them in Time.
Hornellsville, N. Y, Feb. la pas
senger train, on the Pittsburg, Shaw
nut and Northern railroad to-night
crashed into sleigh containing party
of thirteen women, killing ten-seven
outright and three dying at hospital
afterwards. The accident occurred
near Airport. The sleigh was one Of
three carrying a party from the Uni
versalist church of this city.
The dead: Mrs. Mary Gillette, Mrs.
Charles Thomas, Mrs. Eugene Shaw,
Mrs. Joseph Hallett, Mrs. c. c. Graves.
Mrs. Bert Moore, Mrs. Ruth Patchen,
Mrs. Coates, Mrs. Fred Greene and
Mrs. Fred Boughton.
The injured: Mrs. +. r. RoWley,
Mrs. Bond and Mrs. Wallace Clark.
The members of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety of the Uniyersalist church went
to the Baldwin farm house near Ark
port to spend the afternoon. 1t was
nearly dark when they started on the
return trip to this city. The occupants
of the leading sleigh saw the train ap-
preaching as they neared the Shaw
NUT crossing. The driver urged his
horses ahead and the sleigh passed
over the tracks in safety. The women
in the first sleigh then attempted to
warn those in the one following of the
danger, and they did succeed in di-
recting their attention to the rapidly
approaching train. The driver pulled
up his horses, but he could not check
the heavy bobsled quickly enough, and
when it came to a standstill the box
of the sleigh was directly across the
railroad track. The pilot of the en-
gine struck the sleigh with great force,
reducing it to splinters and hurting the
women in all directions. Every woman
on the sleigh was killed or injured
The other members Of the party hur-
ried back to the assistance of their
unfortunate companions, and the train
was stopped and backed up to the
crossing. The sight was appalling. It
seemed impossible that any occupant
of the sleigh could have escaped death.
Bodies lay alongside the track for a
distance of 100 yards. and great Grim
son stains upon the white surface OF
the snow told too plainly that some of
the women had received mortal in
juries.
Tl,a 1Fxli nf he Aa1 .~ra.a aSS5
upon the train, and the injured were
tenderly laid upon improvised cots
in the baggage car. The train then
proceeded to Hornellsville. The news
of the accident had been telephoned to
the city from a farm house near the
crossing and hundreds of friends and
relatives of the unfortunate women
were waiting at the station. The
scenes there were heartbreaking. The
dead were at once taken to the morgue
and the injured were placed in ann
balances and taken to the Mercy hos
pital. # 5
Elisha Quick, driver of the second
sleigh, was badly hurt, but was able
to make the following statement:
Il was driving along at a sharp can
ter when suddenly saw the flash of
the headlight and heard the ladies in
the front sleigh call out not to at
tempt to cross. The women in my
sleigh saw the train at the same time,
and realizing their peril began to
scream and Shrek for help. Their cries
and the glare of the headlight so fright
ened the horses that was unable to
stop them, and they sprang upon the
track. They succeeded in clearing it,
but just as the sleigh was half way
across the engine struck us with a
terrible crash, and remember nothing
more until T found myself being picked
out of the snow. simply could not
control my horses" T..