Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17
AN EXPRESS WRECKED.
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strong, wayne, ia.
A partial list of the injured follows:
Mrs A. w. Drake, II East 8th street,
New York City.
VIM s. Phillips. SIG Western avenue.
Brooklyn. N. Y. badly shaken up.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gibborson, 395 Adel-
phi street, Brooklyn, left leg badly
broken and otherwise hurt, condition
thought to be serious.
S. E. Whittemore, livery stablekeep-
er, Newport, N. H., left knee injured,
left arm wrenched.
Mrs. c. NJ. Crandall, 113 West 95th
street New York City, shock and
wounds in head.
Miss Bird, Wyoming, N j.. badly
shaken up.
Vanderbilt Smith. porter, sprained
ankle.
George A. Aulford, porter, left foot
hurt.
The Greenwich hospital reports that
only two injured persons were brought
there, one woman and the other a
man. Their names are withheld. Neith-
er is said to be badly hurt.
Mrs. Frost, address not given, in
ternally hurt, but not at present con-
sidered serious.
Among the passengers who were
shaken up but who said they were not
hurt in the accident were the follow
ing: Mrs E. McCosh, Miss Elizabeth
Schenck, Mrs. A G. McCook and G. G.
McCook of Princeton, n. j.; Charles S.
Ward, West Brighton, L. L.: Joseph
L. Fethrecks and Mrs. Fethrecks and
daughter Emma, and the Misses Laura
NJ, Edith B. and Grace Fethrecks of
New York City. on their way to Brat
tlehoro. VT; Andrew Schofeld, New
York, bound for Waterbury, VT; Miss
Mary w. Montgomery, 126 West 1O4th
street New York; Mr.. and Mrs. Sol
Traub, Miss E. Frault and Mrs. Kali
sher of 50 SSth street, New York City;
Mrs. f. Hernerick, Mrs. Hahn, Mrs.
Rothmellar, Miss Rothmellar. Mr.
Frost and X. c. Frost, address not
given; Mrs. ]. r. Tower of st. Louis.
The train was going at so miles an
hour speed through this town as is
usual for this limited express. which
at this season of the year carries Vaca-
tionists to the White. Mountains and
Vermont, under power from two cleo
trio locomotives. The wreck was not
complete as to the train itself, as the
day coaches We're broken apart from
the Pulmans and carried over the ties
for 500 feet but the demolition of the
Pullmans as they toppled over was
about as bad as ever seen on this road.
The first four Pul!mans went complete
ly over and of these the third one was
turned upside down and it's trucks torn
off In this car Miss Armstrong was a
= ~l,A %1.o% ,tNn
tried to get out of a window as the
car was going over and was crushed
down, either by other passengers in
the general upset or was caught under
debris and borne down and her life
crushed out It was necessary for the
wrecking crew to jack up the ruins of
this coach in order to extricate the
body.
1t is apparent that all the other pas
sengers who were injured to any extent
We're in this same car but they escaped
one way or another, mostly through
the windows.
The list of injured Is remarkably
small for the character of the acci-
dent and the scene of 1t. The wreck
was practically on the bridge near the
| Greenwich station over Greenwich
road. or what is locally better known
as Steamboat road The rails and
roadbed were fearfully torn up by the
wheels and single girder railing along
the bridge seems to have been all that
kept the train on the rOadbed at all,
for the rails at one point seemed to
have been ground into pieces. The rail-
roal officials are inspecting the rails
and feel quite certain that they have
found the point of derailment and its
cause which is attributed to the
spreading of the rails at that point.
The express does not make stop
here but does at Stamford, where the
steam locomotives replace the electric
engines. Today two electric engines
were leading the heavy train and ac-
cording to the members Of the train
crew. everything went smoothly until
| the Greenwich station was reached
when suddenly there was derailment
and the engines ran ahead with only
portion of the train, the engines them
selves and the three coaches following,
running over the ties and plowing up
| the ground.
The grinding noise from the Pull
mans as they were wrecked, instantly
| brought the merchants and residents
near the Greenwich station to the res
cue and quick aid was given to the
members The number of injured was
thought to be large. but within an hour
the list of hospital cases had shrunk
to less than a dozen and of these only
Mrs. Elizabeth Gibberson of Brooklyn
". V. was recorded as seriously hurt
| Scores of passengers suffered from
shock but later disclaimed any particu-
| lar injury and were anxious to be for
warded to their respective destinations
Ambulances carried a number of pas
sengers to the local hospital. but later
only two We're reported to be at Green
wich hospital and neither was serious
| ~ hurt.
The wrecked train was made up as
| follows: Three Pullmars for Brettor
| Woods, " H., one for jefferson. N. II.
and one for ST. .Albans. VT. The trair
crew was as follows: Engineer, w. j
Kendall, New York City; conductor, l.
| May, Hartford; baggagemaster, w
Newman, Sound Beach, Conn; Pullman
conductor, j. A.. Mansfield; porters, f
A. Hankerson, F.. A. Flemming. -
johnson, Vanderbilt Smith and Geo A