The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-11-27
TW ENTY PERSONS PERISH
IN REAR.END COLLISION.


The living were taken 10 the Massachu-
setts General hospitai. When the acct
dent occurred the local train was said 10
have been "A few minutes late and know
ing that the express was close behind
It IS claimed that the rear brakeman
Donor Gauthier. who was killed, set out
red torches indicating canger
when the express train passed Lincoln
station. about a mile and "A half east of
the scene Of the wreck. the Montreal train
;as running at it's usual rate of speed,
estimated all the way from 30 10 so miles
an hour. 1t Is also saidnnat a green light
was set against the express at Lincoln
station.
CAUTIONARY SIGNALS SET.
A green light denotes that the track is
not clear ahead and indicates that the
sngiucer should exercise caution. But
what the true facts are regarding the Lin
coin signals cannot be learned at this
time. As the statements Of those who were
near the station do not agree I'm all
details.
The theory Of railroad men who visited
the scene today Is that smoke from the
engine Of the local train as 1t passed
under the Baker highway bridge obscured
the red lights in the rear. From the
bridge all the way back TO Lincoln station
the track Is straight ana the collision oc-
Cured before a curve which appears just
before the bridge was reached.
The night was dark and the mist from
the Sudbury river hung over the railroad.
Ii was apparent that the first engine on
the Montreal train, whose duty it was
to scan the signals, did not see the danger
signals until too late TO avoid a collision,
for the speed had not been greatly re-
duced. when the crash came. 1t Is not
ln,..,, v,bathar fr,nap prapa N inng were
taken To warn the engineer, but 1t Is eX-
pected tina the responsibility will be
placed by the railroad authorities.
MORE BODIES FOUND.
II was hours after the accident before
the wrecked engines could be disentan-
gled. The top OF one OF the cars. rested on
the second engine all night and portions
of the sides OF another car were picked
up along the embankment.
The scene OF the wreck Is In a deep cut
and II was with difficulty that the loco
motives were removed. The body OF a
woman and tho remains OF Fireman Bar
nard were taken from beneath the wreck
age OF the first locomotive. Parts Of "a
third body and a mans head. supposed 10
be that Of the seventeenth victim, were
also found.
A number OF the bodies were unrecog-
nizable and IT was thought that identih-
cation was possible only by means or
fragments of clothing.
Two additional bodies were recovered
from the wreck about Z o'clock this morn
ing. one OF them was that Of a man and
the other a woman. They were sent 10 an
undertaking establishment in Boston.
This make a total of 10 dead.
MAY BE AMONG DEAD.
Lincoln. Mass, Nov. G.-From informa-
ton received here during the day mainly
I'm the shape OF inquiries from friends, II
appears that the bodies OF Mrs. Hannah
Desmond Of Maynard and OF T.. r. Wilder
OF Cambridge may be among the unidenti-
fed dead.
TWO WOMEN IDENTIFIED.
The stoutest hearted paused before the
touching scenes at the undertaking rooms
of +, J.. Briggs on Howard street, to
which the bodies of the railroad wreck
victims were taken.
The first identification was made by
James j. O'Brien of Aver. a Civil war
veteran. He picked out the body of one
OF tho women as that OF his 3-year-old
daughter Annie. The young woman was
returning from a visit 10 friends in Wal
than.
Another Identification was that of an
unknown woman, who was shown To- be
LeEa b.. Campbell, a school teacher OF
Waltham. one of the marks Of identii-
cation was that of a diamond ring. her
engagement having been announced on
Saturday. Her home was in South Acton.