Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-02
TWENTY-THREE KILLED.
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hands, the stationary engine tilted to-
wards the concrete platform, with the |
wreckage Of one carriage on its top and
the engine and tender of the express al |
most locked into the stationary engine.
The directions to engine drivers over
this portion Of the line is not to exceed
a speed of 80 miles an hour; but it is
alleged that calculations based on the
time at which different signal boxes were
passed showed that this speed was ex-
cecdcd.
The horror OF the scene which now pre-
scented itself was intensified by fears of
| up from the furnace of the overturned
the added calamity of fire. Flames shot
engine and set fire to debris in the viclni-
ty and a considerable escape Of gas from
the reservoirs underneath the train. The
| officials, however, with the greatest
prcmptitude brought hose into play and
checked the flames at the outset
| The view officials at the station, who
were soon reinforced by willing helpers
from the town with the aid of lamps be-
gan the work of rescue. The spectacle
that met their gaze was heartrending. In
stead of the shrieks that might have been
, expected, ominous silence added to the
horrors of the scene. Statonmaster Law
renee says this was what most struck
him on arriving at the spot. Both the
injured and the uninjured seemed too
r heavily stricken or too dazed by the
1 suddcnness or the tragedy to utter even
Q n raurmur. In The carriages huGdled IN
t yreckage almost under the wheels of thu
hppn busiest
n Here nine men and five women Were
$ taken out dead soon after tie accident
u The driver and fireman were quite dead
. in their cab.
It The wclk Of rescue proceeded slowly
II until the arrival of breakdown gangs
from London and Exeter and despite thu
e utmost dispatch II was noon before tn
g last Of the dead wa; cXtr!cated.
i When an opening was made into tn
j. second carriage q terrible sight was re
10 yealed At one erd Of a compartment
g several bodies were jammcd together Ii
" an almost unacceptable mass. 1t wa
d six or eight hours before il was foun'
& r,osSiblc To remove them in on part
u the coach the Scntell famil" from New
3. York were travelling Together. Of WHOM
only Edward W. Scntell WAS found aliv
70 three hours after tn" accident He wa
re taken To the inIirmary bleeding Iro;uS'l
ID from :, scalp wound ard with his left lei
III badly fractured.
f. The scenes around the wreck We're cal
Il. culatsd to shake the strongest nerves.
e, The sobbng and crl"s Of young MIS-
- COssitt wruug tears from man% or III
he rough men among the rcscuers. She her
Id self Was little hurt. but her husband wa
gs so severely injured that, though Sd
no ..I;,.c his ease was s.,rn to he hopeless
IN He deG shortly after being taken to IN
d. niirmary and the berc'tNed nc wa
SIS taken to the residence of a local d"rt"
he from whence She subsequently went i
4 friends in London.
Among tho dead is k."lcr. tho "h'ma
in enicma" He had ,"icgranhcd to his age
on mother in London from Plymouth oil h
expected arrival.
O. An immense gang of men with
he nowcr,uI culIipn,"nt Of trains Workn
G. all day long clearing away the dchfi
or and about 3 O'Clock this afternoon
NJ train got through.
lal Inquiry at the infrmary late toniSi
elected the fact that Il. :. Crltchc
of Chicago was Unconscious from
fracture at the base of the skull ar
that both logs were fractured. lie
not expected to recover. MISC :
WI Hitchcock Of New York is progresslr
u fayorably. Miss /. s. Griswold II;
TIC undergone an operation. Miss MarSa
~ Of Eask is very i'll. +. w. Sentcll
~, doing well. ,
- The cause of the accident Is still
by doubt. 1t is suggested that the vince
=" of The engine failed to take the sWlt'
or that a wheel or axle broke. car
' ful examination may afford some eV
~ descc II is expected that the lnGue
GU will he opcned Monday and boa
vi. If trade INJURY later will fully invest
gate.
The train was regarded as haVll
hecn light for high speed; but II IS Il
torious that trains always sway III
e. shake going at any speed over I
ere curves. Much criticism is likely I"
RS evoked by the fact that lately the
IL has been sharp speed competition n
Is; tween the London Southwestern al
Tor tho Great Western lines. when q
ld- rivals for the traffic between Lond
~ and Plymouth.
tn. Usually at the Salisbury curve stca
a If and the brakes applied.
,ident has occurred since is
@ New Haven boat train a.
hton express collidcd at WI
killing six passengers.
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