Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-19
New England States Limited
Strikes Branch Train at Es-
sex Junction.
PASSENGERS FLY FROM SEATS
Chairs in Parlor Car Torn from
Sockets-Avalanche of Dishes
in the Diner-List of
the Injured.

The New England States limited, the
Central Vermont's crack flyer. collded
with the shuttle train from Burlington
In the railroad yard at Essex Junction
Thursday evening. and a score of persons
sustained injuries or a more or less SER
ious nature. Among those more severely
hurt was Mrs James Cannon of Rich
mond. who suffered broken rib and
shock. She tainted away. and after be-
Ing restored to consciousness was rushed
to her home in an automobile.
a partial list of the injured follows:
D. A. Smith. woburn. Mass, wrist
spralned
Fred Williston, Fall River, Mass. suf-
ferng from shock.
W. ]. Patterson, Boston, Mass, neck
strained.
j. s. Wilson, Concord, N. H.. leg in
iured.
r. ]. Denning. 10 State street. Boston
Mass. leg injured.
j. A. Halpin. Waterbury, Conn. face
bruised.
James Thompson, Waterbury. shoulder
injured.
Mrs. l.. j. Morton. ST. Adams, back
injured
Mrs. Jennie Kebbe. II High street
Westerly, r. l., head bruised.
Mrs. Mary f. Scott, Winthrop Mass
injury to head.
G. +. burke. Chicago, wrist sprained
Mrs. James Cannon, Richmond, broker
rib and shock
Mrs w. r. Somers, Moretown, neck
strained
George VIM, Toronto. chief cook, burn.
ed on arm.
Charles Maziuue. 1921 State street. Chi
cago, cook, cuts.
Samuel Davis, Toront,, cook, cuts or
hand.
William Overton. Boston. waiter. cut
on nose.
| Essex Junction physicians attended the
injured many of whom continued or
their journey Among the passengers or
the express were about 50 Odd Fellows
delegates from New England points, or
their way to Winnipeg. Manitoba, to at
tend the convention OF the order.
The accident occurred at about III
o'clock. The branch train. No IS, mad,
| up of n baggage car and two coaches
which left Burlington at Gas in charg
of Conductor Allen Sturgis and Enginee
Hulburd. was moving slowly over tn
switch on to the main line at the soutl
end of the yard, preparatory to back
ing into the station. The express, No. 3
consisting of eight cars. in charge o
Conductor Maun and Engineer Brown
swung around the curve south of tn
village at its customary speed OF som
| 10 n1ilpS hour and ha chnr
stretch Of straight track. lying jus
ahead, struck the branch train with grea
force.
| Passengers In the coaches of the linn
tied were thrown from their seats. ex
cept where they We're sitting with fee
upon the seat in front of them. Chair
In the parlor car We're torn from thei
sockets. and the kitchen of the dinin
car was Uttered with broken dishes an
glassware. This car Grand Trunk dine
2.S5. was we'll nigh stripped of Its sup
ply of crockery, which was hurled fror
the shelves In n small-sized avalanche
while through the window from the pan
try was dashed another consignment o
cups and plates. The range was tor
from Its fastenngs and the water tan
was etnptfed through leaks. The CHEF
George Vim. was burned with hot cot
Zee. and both his assistants were cut b
broken dlnnerware. In the vestibue O
the coach just ahead was n heap of pas
sengers thrown to the floor by the shoe
and some of them were bleeding fror
cuts
The passengers In the lighter train az
pear to have been shaken up with NOR
| trpt tod ha
being thrown from their seats with grea
violence. The limited received the grea
er damage. the forward end Of the ma
car being crushed in and the diner ten
porarly disabled. Six cars of this trai
were taken out and sent on their trip bt
hind another engine. leaving Essex june
ton about ten o'clock for Montreal
The floor Of the mail car crushed In tn
rear end Of the locomotives tank, an
forced the rear trucks from the tract
The rear trucks of the other engine
tender were also derailed. Both locom'
tives We're badly damaged about the fo
, ward ends.
ri No information as to the responsible
, for the accident could be obtained th
! night. 1t was said that Engineer HUI
burd was making his turn on the "Y
q under protection of the semaphore at II
q time when the limited rounded the curry
| Passage was not blocked by the wrec
n and trains over the main line used the SIT
8 ing There was, however, delay
r about three hours. due to the difficulty
making up the limited, and new loo
g train southbound over the main line. TT
r wrecking crew arrived from st. AlbaI
t about ten O'Clock and the track wa
@ cleared without difficulty none OF II
t cars having left the rails.
n The engine OF the express train WI
Z NO. 23S, one OF the big new Pacific tyI
& locomotives placed In service this summe
The engine of the branch train was N
= 3sl the locomotive which fell into was
J. out south of Waterbury In 1907, with
n loss of four livaa