Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-01
BAR HARBOR EXPRESS.
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| it was accordingly a poor day for
| snapshots. camera fiends were out in
| force and the wreck was photographed
| from every conceivable viewpoint.
About the most popular place was the
| top of the baggage car, as this gave
view of the Zig-Zag position Of the re-
| naming cars in the train.
All the cars could be entered by Wis
| itOrs with the exception of the mail
car and the baggage car. Everyone who
| entered the half-cverturned cars eXpe-
| rienced a sensation of extreme nausea,
akin to seasickness. and although each
! car was perfectly stationary in its
| strange position, one could not walk
along the siding aisles without feeling
that the car was rocking violently. The
sightscers had an opportunity of eX-
periencing in very slight degree the
| sensations of the passengers of the
| train.
| The local newspaper representatives
| displayed more OR less ingenuity in
| getting the news of the wreck to their
respective papers.
One local newspaper man who went
out on the wrecking train found when
| he had secured the material for his
| STORY" that he was a mile and a half
| from the nearest telephone. AS he is
| employed by an afternoon paper he
| was driven to extreme straits. One of
the early arrivals at the scene of the
wreck had left his horse by the side of
the road. The knight of the pencil
! made hurried search for the owner.
and being unable to find him, confis
| no in, cf olxr
publicity. telephone wire was fol-
lowed to a farmhouse. and soon the
| wire was hot with the details of the
! wreck. The scribe returned to the
| scene of the wreck with all kinds of
| excuses ready made, based on the eXig
encies of the occasion. but the horse
and wagon had not even been missed.
His fellow scribes cOncede that he has
a brilliant future.
Of the scores of persons who viewed
! the wreck, all were unanimous that it
was miraculous that there were not
many fatalities, when the crowded con-
di!ion of the train is considered. It was
the ''luckiest' accident that has occur
rel within the ken of Waterville peo-
| pie for many years. But as one of the
| passengers expressed it in an interview
with the Journal reporter. II escaped
| without scratch: but it was a little
| too close for comfort
Incidentally, No. As is acquiring the
reputation of a "hoodoO" engine This
magnificent piece of machinery. repre-
senting thousands of dollars of the in
| vested funds of the Maine Central
Railroad, has been unlucky from the
first day it wheeled into the Water
| vile yard. Only the night previous to
the accident. train No. 2, leaving Wa
terville at 1920 p. NJ, changed engines
| at Waterville, and the locomotive sub
stituted was No. $50. Owing to some
trouble with the 'knuckle" on the ten
der of the locomotive, the couplings re-
fused TO grip. and the train was de-
layed over 10 minutes before the COUP
ling could be made.
| Immediately upon the arrival of the
relief train in this city. the local tele-
graph offices were besieged with mes
sages from passengers on the train to
! their relatives, assuring them of their
safety. Billy" White, the Western
Union operator at the Maine Central
passenger station waiting room, found
himself the center of interest in a very
| short time after the train pulled in
Although Billy is probably tho
youngest operator in Maine. he kent q
| co"l head, and every message reached
It's destination correctly transmitted.
The WreckcrS worked all night on the
wreck, ana made good progress so that
on Sunday morning the appearance of
the debris had been changed very
much. The work was hindered some-
| what by the rain, which began at
about 2 o'clock Sunday morning. and
| continued into the forenoon.
Train No. 156, known as tho Enick.
erbocker Limited. passed through War
erviile on time Sunday afternoon. the
| wreckage having been cleared suffi-
! ciently to allow the train to PASS. The
damaged cars are now in the Water
vile shops and the Portland and Lew
| lston wreckers returned home Sunday
| afternoon. the local crew remaining
| on the scene to put the final touches
| on the work of repair.
All the injured were doing we'll last
| evening. The man who was the worst
or as result Of the accident, George
w. Brown of Boston. the waiter in the
dining car, was resting comfortably
last evening.
Local officials of the Maine Central
when asked Sunday afternoon for a
statement as to the cause Of the
wreck. said that there was nothing to
be given out