The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-31
FIVE ARRESTS MADE
PENDING INVESTIGATION
Dead Bodies Strewn Along the
Track For a Long Distance,
Wreck Train Sent From
Washington Reached Scene
at Midnight Last Night.

Washington, D. G., Dec. a. Five ar
rests have been made as result of the
appalling wreck at Terra Gotta last
night, in which 40 people were killed
and so injured. The engineer, conduc-
Vtor baggageman, brakeman and fire.
Van Of the extra train which crashed
y be passenger train were all taken
n @swdstody. The officials Of the Bal
" and Ohio railroad will hold an
Investigation today. They are inclined
u place the blame on the crew Of the
extra train.
The accident occurred at $3.50 o'clock.
The Frederick City, Md, local train
No. So was on the point OF starting
from the Terra Gotta station when d
train made up Of eight empty passenger
cars, bound from the West to Washing
ton, crashed into IT, The set danger
signal at Takoma Park was passed by
the extra at swift speed, md the col
lsion came when the train was going
at a rate Of sixty miles an hour A
dense fog and drizzling rain prevailed
during the day and night, and to this
fact may be ascribed the failure Of the
engineer Of the extra to see the signal
which would have told him that train
was on the block ahead OF him.
IT has been ascertained that the sig
nal was set when the empty train
passed going down grade on its mission
OF death.
The first news Of the wreck was re-
ceived from passengers who walked
back over the track TO Brookheld. Al
general call was then sent out for doc
We're pressed into service and the doe
tors Of Brookland were hurried TO the
scene Of the terriable disaster.
shortly before midnight hospital
train from Washington reached there
and the work of taking on the injured
and the bodies Of the dead was bernn.
The unidentified dead will be taken to
the morgue. while the bodies Of those
who have been identified win be con
veyed to their late homes.
The bodies were found beside the
track for a long distance The passen-
gers in the forward coaches Of the 10.
cal train were but slightly bruised
They rushed TO assist in the work of
rescue Of those in the rear cars. work
Ing amid the groans Of the dying and
The wounded.
d. w. Baker, United States district
attorney for the District of Columbia.
whose heel was cut Off. walked the one
and q quarter miles to Brookland and
brought the FIRST news Of the wreck.
lie was completely exhausted and after
medical treatment was sent to This city.
Frank P. Bodlitz, a newspaper man
of Frederick, Md, who WIS slightly In
iured, said
Il was in the rear car next to the
smoker talking with gentleman and
his wife from Detroit. We were all
standing up, the chr being crowded
Suddenly we heard an awful noise and
then crash. Women began screaming
and the next thing | knew found my
self rolling down an embankment where
some one picked me up and | found |
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children were shrieIing and J could
hear the groans of the diving. Children
were running about crying for their
parents and mothers and for fathers
were rushing around trying To find their
children The dead and injured were
strewn along the track for distance
of a mile"
Dead and Injured.
The following Il partial list of the
dead:
MARY LEFF0LD, 30 years old en-
ployed in bureau Of engraving and
this city.
GEORGE HIGBIE, 8 years old,
d. G.
DR.. y. GARTHER HARRIS, Wash.
ington.
MISS KOHL, Ca Y. M, C. A. card was
found in her pocket).
White girl, 1a years old, unidentified |
White girl. $ years old, unidentified
Negro lady, unidentified.
White baby, unidentified
NORMAN ROGERS. white, Marion,
Ind
MRS. y. MccAUGHLEY and her II.
year-old son.
EDWARD NJ. BELT, white, IA years
old address unknown.
COMMODORE P. BROWN 90 years
old, address unknown.
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