The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-10-05

IANSINGBIKG, y. u, OCT. Drive
passengers were killed outright and
score were more or less seriously In
jured In q rear end collision between
regular passenger train and u military
special carrying the Fifteenth United
States cavalry on the Boston and
Maine railroad at the station here,
three miles north OF Troy. n. Y.
The dead are: +. l.. Block. Peoria.
ILL.,; Mrs. Wallace T.. Shaw, Bath, Me-;
Mrs. Stevens. Boston; Mrs. J. w. Da-
.ey. Arlington. Mass, and Mrs. III. s.
Poole. Concord. \. IL.
The list OF those badly injured thus
far obtalnable Is as follows: w. Van
Fassett and wife. Boston, seriously
burned; Frank Belcher. Mcdford,
Mass. head cut and both legs frac-
tured; George ID. stevens, Winchester.
Mass, compound fracture OF ankle and
arm smashed; Miss Manson, Bath, Me-,
back badly spralned; Miss Virginia
Manson. n sister. three ribs broken;
+. L. In RouI. private, Fort Ethan Al
len. arm smashed: Louis Balch, New
buryport, Mass, cut about head; Mrs.
Louis Balch. broken nose and severely
bruised w. II. Seymour. Kenton, o..
scalp wounds; Mrs. Frank Brlard. Bos-
ton. badly cut about head and face and
suffering from shock; Mrs. +. L. Block,
Peoria. ILL.,. fractured spine; Miss Ma
son. Bath, Me-, leg smashed.
L.,
OF the Lansingburg station at a point
where the grade is one OF the steepest
on the line OF the road, which winds its
way through the mountainous country
TO Boston.
The elevation Is about twenty feet
high. with steep embankment where
the collision took place.
The passenger train was one of the
best equipped as well as one OF the
fastest on the road. 1t Is regular
train. known as No. 5. 1t consisted Of
five cars-a baggage car, smoker, day
coach and two parlor cars. The train
was about one hour late when II pulled
up In front Of the Lansingburg station
to wait for a chance to get into the
Troy depot.
Some OF the railroad men say that as
soon as the train stopped n flagman
was sent TO the rear TO signal approach
ing trains. Nothing definite can be
learned on this point.
There is sharp curve short dis.
lance above where the collision oc-
Cured
The snortlng of a locomotive Just
around the curve was the first intlma-
ton of the approaching Special"
which came laundering along with
eighteen cars on the steep grade, and
In the fraction of n second 1t had crash
I'd into the rear end of the passenger
train, smashing the last two cars,
which were Pullmans, like eggshells.
Both of these cars were swept from
the track and rolled down the en-
bankment into the back yards of some
tenement houses located along the
track. The engine of the special kept
right on for a dozen yards and then
turned turtle, the front end blowing
into the ground and the tender backing
into the car behind and telescoping it.
There was sudden hush, and then
through the gathering dusk rose the
cries of injured and dying. The place
where the wreck occurred Is difficult
of approach, and 1t was some time be-
fore Lansingburgers realized the TRACE
DIV that had been enacted In their
midst.
The special was drawing four troops
of the Fourteenth United States caval-
nv from Fort Ethan Allen to Newport
News, where they are to embark for
Cuba. The soldiers lost no time In re-
covering from the shock of the COLL
sion and quickly got to work to rescue
the injured, whose cries for help rose
hiph above the yells of the railroad
men giving orders for their assistance.
One mans grief was pitiable. His
name was ]. w. Dacey, and he ran UP
and down the track crying for his
wife. I'm few minutes when her life
less forW was identified by him he col
lapsed completely and was taken to
nearby house.
There he said that he had been mar
rled Wednesday night at Arlington,
Mass. The couple were on their honey
moon and had planned an extended
trip. He made arrangements to have
the body of his bride shipped back to
Arlington.
Louis Balch of Newburyport, Mass,
who, with his wife, was injured, said;
81 was walking up and down the
aisle of the car, with my wife behind
me. saw some of the passengers who
were exercising out on the track look
ing toward the rear of our train In
frightened manner. l instlnctively
started toward the door, and as did
so the crash came, catching me In the
vestibule. l was dazed for few sec
onds. and then when / found l could