Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
NINETEEN PERSONS DEAD.
Lincoln Mass Wreck Is Being
Investigated.
SIGNAL HIDDEN IN MIST.
Fire Sweeps Through Shattered Cars and
Adds to List of Fatalities Dur
ing Night.
Revised List of Dead.

jured and others sustained cuts and
bruises.
Revised List of Dead
The Montreal express which left Bos-
ton 1T I:45 last night and crashed into
the Marlboro branch accommodation
train resumed its journey to the Cana
dian city about 3 4. IN. The following Is
( Il revised list of the dead:
CAMPBELL. MAY. Maynard Mass
WABASH WILLIAM Maynard Mass.
WETHERBY, CHARLES. Acton, Mass.
GAUTHIER, DONOR, Marlboro. Mass.
BRAkEMAN of the accommodation train
BARNARD, CHARES E., Charlestown,
Mass, brakeman of the Montreal express.
I HARTWELL, ANNIE E., II years old of
/ Littletown.
MILDRED, ANNIE, ) years old, Acton.
, MSWEENY. MARY, Concord, Mass.
HARRISON, JOSEPHINE, Maynard.
BARRIS, w. j., Maynard.
BARS, , years old, son of W..
/ j. BarriS
TYDEPRIU, B., aged 90 years, residence
FIVE UNIDENTIFIED.
Most Seriously Injured.
The most seriously injured, all of
whom were taken to the Massachusetts
general hospital in Boston were:
Andrew Karslon, Maynard, internal in
/ jurieS, very serious.
Sayarin Vando, Concord, very serious.
! cara Fuller, Leominster. critical
Mrs Albert Batly, Maynard, may, die.
Mrs William j. Barris, Maynard, condf-
ton favorable.
Anna Klavel, address unknown, amputated
arm lacerated.
Many in addition to those named were
attended by surgeons at the scene of the
| wreck and were able to go to their
homes.
Investigate the Disaster.
Aside from the work of identifying
bn Iuhic oh
the charred ruins. the greatest interest
centers this forenoon in the investiga-
ton of the cause of the disaster. Pres
ident Lucius Tuttle of the Boston &
| Maine stated that orders had been is
sued to institute a searching inquiry.
He said: Il cannot understand how
such a frightful accident could have
happened unless the signals were IN
some way misunderstood"
| Those who were witnesses of the col
! liSion said the local train, which consist
| ed of four cars, three of them paSSen-
ger coaches, had just pulled out of
Baker Bridge depot, a small flag sta
| ton about a mile and a half west of
Lincoln station.
Story of the Awful Crash.
Just west of the flag station is
| high way bridge over the railroad. The
! train had entered a deep cut after pass
ing under the bridge and the rear car
had Just cleared the structure when the
heavy Montreal express, consisting of
nine cars and two locomotives, crashed
into the rear. The impact was terrific
and probably a majority of those killed
met death almost instantly.
The forward locomotive telescoped the
rear car and passed part of the way
through the coach Immediately ahead.
! The second car of the local train was
| also badly damaged but the first car and
/ locomotive escaped
Fire Among Wrecked Cars.
The lead engine of the express was
practically destroyed and the wreck was
completed when fire, which Immediately
! broke out among the Wreckage. con-
sumed all the woodwork of the two rear
cars which remained on the roadbed and
/ incinerated a number of the victims.
! The fireman of the leading locomotive,
Charles E. Barnard, was burned to
death in his cab, but Engineer Corners
managed to escaped in some strange
( manner. He was found under tree on
the embankment near the scene. His in
iuries were not regarded as serious.
| The second locomotive of the express
was badly damaged. The engineer and
! fireman of this engine escaped injury
! and no person in the coaches of the
Montreal train was injured. All the
cars remained on the rails.
Flames Help Rescuers.
Many Of the passengers of this train
! assisted in the work of rescue. The glare
of the burning wreck lighted the awful
scene and above the hiss of escaping
steam and the cracking of the flames
arose the shrieks and groans of the vic
! tins.
Calls for assistance and medical aid
were sent to Boston, Concord and other
places. The fire department of Lincoln
| arrived within half an hour, but the men
were unable to make much impression
on the burning. pile. They succeeded,
| however, in saving portions OF the third
car.
Pullman Made Hospital.
The Pullman car of the express was
used as q temporary hospital. Two Of
the victims, Little Anna Hildridge and
man, died in this car. AS the flames
from the burning wreckage died down
| bonfires were lighted to assist the sur
geons and the rescuers.
| When the accident occurred the local
train was said to have been a few min
utes late and knowing that the express
was close behind, it is claimed that the
rear brakeman. Donor Gauthier, who was
! killed. set out red torches indicating dan
/ ger.
1t is said that signals for caution were
! set against the express at Lincoln sta
| ton The theory of railroadmen today
is that smoke from the engine of the local
train as it passed under the Bauer high
way bridge obscured the red lights in the
rear. From the bridge all the way back
to Lincoln station the track it straight
! The night was dark and at times during
the evening the mist hung over the
| tracks.
Whatever the reason. the first engineer
| of the Montreal train whose duty it was
to scan the signals, failed to observe any
warnings.
Forty-fve Are Hurt.
KANSAS CITY. Mo, Nov. 21-Thirty
! passengers were hurt when the Colorado
express, on the Missouri Pacific, collided
Saturday night near Leeds, with a
| switching train.
One Killed; Fifteen Hurt.
BLUEFIFLD, W. Va, Nov. 27.-As
Norfolk & Western passenger train
was pulling into the Bluefeld yards. the
| engine split switch and was derailed,
taking with it four passenger coaches. a
! panic ensued among the passengers and
! fifteen were severely hurt II. d. Baker
| of Harrisburg. Pa. received injuries
from which he later died. He was a con-
ductor on the Pennsylvania railroad.
| POWDER MILLS BLOW UP.
EMPORIUM. Pa, Nov. %. The
! Keystone Powder company mixing house
and enc packing house blew up today
| killing nine workmen and injurlng two