The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-22

me skull with a shoulder ana arm were
tn uudr the lmfhHV wreckage, and
rem tile skull was Hatrnding piece Of
nptal from some part Of the engine,
indicating that this vitiim at least oad
,een killed lei6re the FIRE reached him
Las ioYslcndma the terrible agnnies oi
ire on tpa p 5dsies fhich might o,
have been fatal Parts oi
,ther bodies. foot here. an arm there
ind a watch. q revolver. etc, were the
,nlv things to indicate that there were
,ther fatalities in the iire TO substan-
iate the mute proof of missing men
Who were on the train.
Of the injured, engineer Wynn Of the
ignt engine was thrown into the field
cores Of feet away and although bad.
y injured he dragged himself about,
rying TO find his fireman, Dubue, and
lad TO be drawn away from the wreck
ige. Smith, Boat aud Hamel were
brown helter skelter by the. force Of the
When the Trains Started.
On the light engine were Wynn, Brun-
lell. Duhuc, Smith and Hamel. This
rain left Montpelier Junction, south
,ound. at about s;l5, or Is minutes be-
ore the crash. II was to bring the
militia special northward. Whether or.
Iers were received to meet the through
reight at Mortified Is not diyulged BY
be railroad authorities and probably
viii not be clearly determined until the
lublic service commission takes up its
ask Of finding out the cause.
The uorthbound freight left White
River Junction at about $3.50 o'clock,
lalf an hour ahead Of the Sunday paper
rain. The train went through North
leld shortly before $500 o'clock; and il
s also left to be determined whether
he dead engineer overlooked the stop
ignal, or whether the Young operator
allied to put ont the signal, or II the
message came too late. The Iast.named
heory Is the least credited.
The operators frantic efforts 10 warn
he trainmen Of the northb0und train
idded a feature TO a wreck which was
He'd with tragic features. The fact
hat the conductor of the train was
Silied in the front part Of the train
eads some to the belief that the con-
Iuctor had cndeavored to warn the en-
,inemen, but was himself too late to
i've the signal.
A Vast Pyre
Only nine Of the SO cars were thrown
nto the heap BY the collision. but they
we're converted into a huge pyre on
which the bodies Of five victims were
as sacrifice to somebody's
arelessnees. The twisted mass Of IRON
work, ear trucks and wires snow how
he wrecked cars we're piled together.
he remainder Of the train was pulled
ut Of the way of the wreckers as soon
s The wreck train from White River
Tunction arrived The wrecked cars.
aturated with oil. were burned down
o the metalwork. leaving about as clean
job for the wreckers as possible.
The st. Albans wreclxing crew arrived
Z 1880 and the one from White River
junction at noon; and the members %
be two crews set to work as soon as
he wreckage had sufficiently cooled 70
ook for bodies and clear the debris.
The Northaeld fremen having been
warned Of the catastrophe BY the ring
ng Of their alarm, were, many Of them,
h nand to do what they could in ex.
inguishing the flames. while the crowds
+ people which gathered did little
0 help.
Crowds Begin to Arrive.
Within a short time after the smoke
vas seen rising in the air, the people
egan to arrive, coming on foot. in auto
mobiles and by teams, until the vicinity
vas alive with awe-stricken humanity
I telegraph operator was sent to con
lect his instrument with the broken
yire and to keep headquarters IN 81.
Abans in communication with the prog
ess OF the wreck. All trains were held
p each way, including the Sunday pa
'er train, which was following the
freight. It being Sunday,
here was less passenger traffic and less
The passengers on the paper train
we're transferred. and the New England
'tates limited was the first train to
Ass over the repaired stretch Of track,
rriving at Montpelier Junction shortly
fter ii o'clock last night. To-day the
ervice was nearly back on schedule, and
be passengers On the forenoon trains
vere treated To quite a spectacle BY the
light Of the debris still smoking beside
he track.
Late yesterday afternoon skull and
art Of the skeleton of one of the VIC
inns was removed to the undertaking
o0ms of c. p. Hatch & Co. Of Northfeld.
he body of a man identified as Will
lam BrunnelI was found on the pilot
+ his engine. and it is probable that
e had been killed instantly. His feet
we're wound about with a chain Brun-
ell was Northfield man and leaves
young wifei also his parents, Mr. and
lrs Frank BTunncIl, and a sister, Sa
ali, all Of NortbheId, His remains were
aiken to Hatch's undertaking rooms and
hen to his home. The other victims
rere burned so much they could not be
ocated, except by articles found near
he bones.
Conductor Lane Of New York was un-
married and leaves sister in New York
Ie had been working on the Central
'ermont only since the strike
Brakeman Lanigan was another New
'orlS man. who bad come since The be-
inning Of the strike. He leaves his
rfe and one child in New York.
Engineer Bergman Of ST Adams
caves bis wife and nine children III ST
.lbans. He was middleaged man and
ad been railroad workman for many
z.