The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-10-04
Z the cars are totally DESTROYED and

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of the cars are totally DESTROYED and
until the cmhers cool there can be no
more search.
They werc wooden cars although mar
lor cars. of old heavy construction and
the bo, Goals Of tho engine over which
they were damned cxp,odlng the
Pintsch Gas with which they were
lighted caused tho fire to spread from
one end Of tho affected train To the
other I'm a fcw moments
As /, turned out only tho par,or cars
nere d,s,rnycd and onIv those riding in
tho n,rlor cars wcre burned or injured.
with ,ho cxcep,,on of tho engineer. fire.
man and other trainmen. one mail clerk
ma his assistant Tho passonpers of
,bc r,II nimsicr doy conchcs oscap,d
With onlv suporec,aI hruses and lars.
Tr,,n No IA as 4, pas called leaving
BOSTON at moon swung around bv way
NJ Sprinpf,c,d and Hartford It was an
a,i Nooden train. no has been said A
b,r train nj that drawn nv a high mower
modern Locomotive which was TO take
4, into SnrincfeId n, o.o4 o.c,ock into
New uaycn n, q. Al. into Rr,drenort NJ
A.1s and into Now York at 5.ie Behind
the engine was n baggage car. Tho
.econd ca, was "A mail car Folloviny
that came four pnllmons while f,ve
day ,o,cbos aud , enokor com,lo,od n
,roi, ~ olo,or cars
,rho ,r,ir,o,d y,s yorv bo,vv y,..
,erdav BEFORE BOSTON had been Ief, tho
,rain had been Divided into ,wo SOC.
,iors and ,bo sscn,d ssc,i,, was eIIed
,o nvorfov,,y lone before Z, go, n Now
1Iayep There was not a, goa, ,of, In tho
pu,,mans according ia nassenrors ey.
.,n, .n', ,hic, L.d boar ro.orvod hv
pridc.nor, rrorrb,ute .rboro wore o,,r
-, ,b,irs n,,, In car X, , ou, or
-h..o t,, c,rs b,,., ro,,, ,l ,bo do,d
.o far ,do,,itaa
ri. ,r,i, was Inc, ,w,,,., ,,i,ut,s
,,te when /, reached Rridrenort and
T:ao-g, ~ ,.l,rl, tho cryinccr nb, b,s
,,id for. any ,,is,,i,o a.. may bayo r,,do
~I,h bIs Iifc lcf, tho s,ntio, vi,, tho
,dea of making nm tho limo he tho ,ino
he sho,iId roach New YORK IJe in
creased his sneod a, onco and hv tho
,ime hc was VOL cIcar of Eridyopnr, bc
was travelling very close tn sixty mllos
an hour. while the c,rs behind were
swavinr and rolling like small boats
At sea.
s'ra'Sn' TRACK Anead'
Clark had no thought OF trouble Will,
his heavy train and big engine and
when he approached Saugatuck- West.
port he even increased his speed. He
was to get a mile and a half or more Of
dead straight track there. absolutely
level and safe from any possible acciden,
from road traffic or outside influences
because Of the undergrade crossings.
The train whizzed by the twin stations
in a cloud Of dust and with little more
than a passing whistle.
To the west Of the station, about 200
yards, the old Boston post road passe!
under the tracks with other streets q
the town and that elevates the tracks
about twenty-five feet above the street
filled in with sand gravel and ston,
work
Just on the other side of the bridge
to the west there Is n switching system
which Is pointed out by a cross arm
signal system to engineers coming ir
both directions. This is to the east OF
the bridge.
The train had shot past the station
and had struck the bridge. lust ahead
Of It was the signal which warned the
engineer to slow down from the speet
ne W'' -''ht ;" 'l'a' t''e'e i''s III We n'
this was never hooded Tbore was n1