Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-29
CLEARING UP WRECK SnOWst0rm in Dundee the Cause of an Accident With Loss
 of Sixteen Lives DEATHFROMExPOSURE Member of Rouse of Commons Amonq the Injured.--Creat Britain, France and Germany Suffer From
 the Cold Wave.
DEATHFROMExPOSURE

wrecks of the two trains which were in collision near Arbroath, between Edinburgh and Aberdeen, yesterday, resulting in the death of sixteen per sons and serious injuries to over thirty, have been cleared away suf- ficiently to permit traffic being re- sumed. The dead and injured have all been taken to Arbroath.
 The fireman of the wrecked express died this morning in the hospital at Arbroath, where all the dead and in jured were taken, partly from the effects of lying in the snow, pinned down under parts of the engine cab for eight hours. Two of the injured passengers also succumbed to-day as the result of exposure in the snow be- fore being succored, rasing the total number of deaths to nineteen.
 William Black, member of the house of commons (advanced liber- aD, from Banffshire, Scotland, who was among the passengers severely injured. is making fair progress to- wards recovery. MT Black is a we'll known figure in Scottish literary cir cles. The other injured persons in- clude the editor of the Scottish Farmer.
 Various eye witnesses of the acci- dent agree in stating that the blind ing snow storm obscured both trains until they were actually on the point of colliding.
 DUNDEE, Scotland, Dec 29.--In a railroad collision caused indirectly by the heavy snowstorm of the last few days sixteen persons have been killed and over thirty injured.
 The accident occurred near Ar broath. on the North British railroad, between Edinburgh and Aberdeen, some distance north of here Among the persons injured is Alexander Will liam Black, member of the house of commons from Banffshire, Scotland.
 The accident is attributed to the heavy fall of snow, owing to which trains from London for Aberdeen were held up at Arbroath. During the day, however. the line was cleared, and one train proceeded for Dundee.
 It had stopped at Elliot Junction, and the danger signals were thought to have been set They failed to act, however. through being clogged up with snow or from some other cause not yet ascertained. and an express train dashed into the rear of the wait ing train.
 Mir. Black had both legs broken. A number of others sustained serious in- juries. and it is feared that some of them will succumb. Everything pos sible is being done to succor the wounded. but the rendering of assist ance Is attended with much difficulty owing to the blockade. and the suffer ing can be allevinted but slowly.
 Telegraphic communication between here and Arbroath is unsatisfactory because of the weather conditions. and uctohs VI tuc dCCtueut ufc tOLliuS through slowly. Il
 It Is many years since central Flu rope generally has suffered so severely from an arctic visitation as it has this Christmas week. From France. Bel yium. Switzerland. Germany and Aus ria Hungary the same tale is repeated ,f heavy snowstorms. the Interruption ,f railroad. vehicular and telegraphlc | communication. the loss of life and general discomfort and inconvenience n the towns as we'll as in the country | districts.
 The Arbroath accident occurred on | he anniversary Of Scotland's worst | .ailroad accident. the Taybridge dis Ister of 1s1a. and within twenty miles If the actual scene thereof. In the wreck of twenty seven years ago the ,ridge collapsed and precipitated a rain and over seventy people into the iyer. No one eseaped.