New-York tribune., 1906-12-02
THREE KILLED IN WRECK.
Fire .4dds to Vermont Horror
SeueraI Neu Workers Hurt.

ve-genues, Vt. Dec. 1--Oisaster befell the
passengers OF train on the Rutland Railroad
near this station. to-day. when q heavily loaded
gravel train moving swiftly on = down grade
crashed into II from the rear Three women
passengers were either killed outright or burned
70 death in tbs flames which quickly took pos
session or the wreckage. and at least twelve
other persons were seriously injured. Among
those hurt were members of .he DrurZ Opera
Company, OF New York. an organization of
Negro musicians. The passenger train consisted
Of Two coaches and 8 caboose. and both the
coaches were buried over the edge Of a steep
ernbarkrnent. The entire wreckage was soon
in flames, but the injured persons were saved
through the heroic efforts Of the trainmen the
fire department Of Tergennes and other per-
sons from the town. who hurried to the scene
of the accident The cause of the accident was
not determined.
THE DEAD.
-EcE & Nh. 80 y toT,yDs w ysaTs .3a Cd Of o35 B5tstoi'
S0 F MISS IS ne a Ba ss6ea sck6os Ss5. 0' OF Bristol
BARNARo Mrs. Nellie, foryhve old. Of Bristol;
THE INJURED.
AL-Ee oa,sv. opera singer. No Al 1928 street. New
DYKE NJ of Bristol. assistant principal Of Bristol
E-ga soaool. Internally injured and may die
FAJ-Zz2 Mss Rosetta. NsEro ot New York member
INJURIES proba6iy fatal
FEANC1s Carrie opera singer. No 2l5 West 27h
HEBAEP 5. a. = Mi53ls6u-y . = ny i2sgTanos agent;
-AT-ERELL- Mrs Rogers Bristol: Internally injured.
o--EEN AHais, opera singer. New Yors: seriously
Company @ s 5sa 525 H18a5'f s58as h.ss a. an. s8a Upper Upper
SIMPSON -. Z. of Waterbury: leg broken.
SIMPSON. Ms u. E. thigh injured
TAE FCJ-ToN. W :. Negro member Of the Drlry
op@-a Company. internally injured
The women killed were all in the front car Of
the train. When the bodies were recovered from
beneath fragments Of the car, they were so
charred as 70 be almost unrecognizable, The
Treckage was entirely consumed. Those in
5u-ed were taken 70 q nearby farmhouse and 10
z hotel IN the village. Later in the day a num-
ber OF those hurt were taken to Burlington on
special train All the train hands escaped in
:urv
The engineer Of the gravel train made the fol-
lowing statement tonight regarding the wreck
He SAID:
left Brandon this morning with ten cars
Joe led with gravel I was running the sec
-..4 - SI---'L o. No -, |hlch Is mixed tram,
-3L -L.lol3d Tor Rutland was TO follow the
mixed train onto the sidetrack at Vergennes, and
allow the mail to pass. There was not room
enough on the siding for the mixed. owing to the
TACT that 2 soUthbound freight had entered the
sil-rg from the north end, thus causing the
-z5ocse and TWO coaches on the mixed 10 re-
NAN on The main line, where they were hit by
the gravel train which lifted them into the air
and toppled them over.
mere IS sharp curve that went around
before We struck the rear end Of the mixed I
applied The brakes some time before I reached
me curve, and when I found the brakes were
nor holding reversed the engine and remained
N.fa Y until Il ploughed into the rear end Of the
ialEed ] did everything that a man could do
o stop the train.
Tie engineer attributed the accident 10 the
'alilre OF the brakes 10 hold his train, and 70
ne TACT that there were four trains IN the rail-
road yard al one time without enough room, for
two trains on the siding