The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-16
TWO TRAINS ARE
DERA|LED NEAR
NEWMARKET, NH.

Newmarket. y. H., Jan. lG.-A defeetiv,
rail is said to have been responsible fol
the partial derailment Of two trains or
the western division of the Boston anc
Maine railroad a short distance east OF
here today. No one was Injured. fortu.
nately, although the engine OF one Of the
trains left the tracks and plunged into
the Lamprey river
-Four cars of the express for Boston, due
here at $40. jumped the rails about a
third of mile east of this station, but
the train was slowed down and came tc
standstill without any injury to pas
sengers beyond a severe humping.
A short time later an accommodation
train which left North Berwick, Me. al
6:lS. was partly derailed three-quarters OF
a mile east Of Newmarket station, the en-
gine and baggage car leaving the track
The engineer of the accommodation train
was thrown out OF his cab upon the ice
when the engine plunged into the river
but he as well as the fireman escaped in
jury.
The baggage car OF the accommodate
train narrowly escaped following the loco
motive into the river. but stopped on tho
edge OF the embankment
Although the cause OF the accident has
not been fully determined IT is consid-
Snoulu
have been derailed nearly at the samn
time and within a short distance. il l.
believed split rail is due probably to the
extreme cold was responsible. The ex-
press train was No 10 from Portland. Me
for Boston. As usual. the train was heav-
lily loaded with passengers many OF them
business men bound for Boston. The ac-
commodation train was No A. due in
Newmarket a short time after the pas
sage Of the passenger which does nor
usually stop here.
IT Is the belief Of the traInmen that tn ,
rail which caused the trouble was not
broken before the express train. No 10
struck II. but that IL was defective and
was broken by the train itself The ex
press had just crossed what is known ps
Little Diamond bridge. a short wooden
bridge over the Lamprey river when tha
accident happened. All three cars OF tho
express went off the rails and were ca
rled about 400 yards over the ties before
they stopped
Although the engineer OF the accom-.
nlodatlon, No. ~ was able to slacken his
speed considerably. he could not stop his
train before IL reached the broken rail.
which was smashed into small pieces hy
this second engine. The engine and tender
left the rails and the forward trucks q,
the baggage car followed. For about a
feet they dragged along the ties. then tho
locomotive slid Of the nlne-foot embank-
ment into the river. CARRYING the tende,
with IL. but leaving the baggage car or
the trackway
Nhen the fireman say that the engine
was going into the river he Jumped from
the cab and escaped unhurt The engdpeer
went down with tho locomotive and was
sent living over the ice but did not strike
the frozen suface OF the river ha RI
enough to suffer any injury. Tho engine
tipped over and the smakestack was push.
ed through the Ice, which. however was
lhisk enough 10 support the remainder OF
the engine
some time after the accident a trair
was made up and took on board the pas.
sttgcrs from both wrecked trains n ,f
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