The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-09
THREE DEAD AND DOZEN
HURT IN RAILROAD
DEATH TRAP
Failure to haze Night Operator at Lo.
cal Station Seems to Haze Been
Cause of Accident

that of Fireman Densmore on the OF
posite slope.
! A trolley car on the Hoosick Fall'
line was utilized to bring the deaC
and injured to this village, the living
victims being first transported. Al
soon as the more seriously hurt hat
been found they were hurried to th'
( village and carried into the offices o
DR.. ]. B. Lane and Frank ]. Hurle.
in the Norton building. DR.. Lane was
on hand to receive the men and DR.
: Hurley, who had been called to the
wreck by telephone. returned shortly
, Drs. l.. H. Ross, L. Daley, c. S
Buchanan, j. B. Woodruff j. X
Wilson and A. S. NJ. CHS
holm arrived as soon as they
could be informed of the accident
Dr. c. w. Bratlett, one of the Rutland
railroad surgeons, was in genera
charge
Notwithstanding his terrible injur
les Conductor Shufelt was able witt
the assistance of a man at each arm
to walk from the car up the stairs
to DR.. Lanes office where he was
placed in chair. Engineer Ward
well, Fireman Whitaker and Young
Robuck were carried on stretchers
Wardwell and Roebuck were taken
into the Office of DR.. Lane. The engi
neer was placed on the
physicians table and the young
man on couch. DR.. Lane
was the only physician on hand
when the men arrived and as Ward
well and Robuck appeared TO be the
most severely injured he directed
his own efforts and those of number
of men who gave able assistance tow
ard discovering the extent OF their in
juries. Fireman Whitaker was TAX
en- into the waiting room of DIR. Hur
ley's Office and laid on couch.
The men all presented a shocking
appearance. Conductor Shufelt's
features were entirely obscured by
the blood that had flowed from the
wound on his head and the CRIME
that had been ground into them
from the soft coal. Wardwell
and Robuck were unrecogniz'
able because of blackened features
Wardwell and Robuck were unconsci'
Gus, but the latter came to himself
in about a hour.
Even after the physicians began to
arrive 1t required considerable time
to wash and dig away the fine coal
from the bodies and faces of the men
so that the extent of their injuries
could be ascertained.
Wardwell did not show any signs
of returning consciousness after be
ng taken from the wreck. The ply
sicians found that he had at least
sustained a severe conclusion of the
brain and because blood was flowing
from the nose and ears they were
convinced that his skull must have
been fractured. Both jaw bones
were broken. az
Cold water was used in removing
the coal CRIME from Robucks face
and body and in about an hour he
came to himself. He received a cut
on the top of the head and for some
time the physicians feared that the
injury was of serious IL not fatal
nature Late in the evening he was
taken to his room in the Y. NJ. c. A,
building. He is resident of vii.
Jamestown and has been employed as
chauffeur by Mrs. George T. Lane OF
Old Bennington.
AS soon as DIR. Hurley returned
from the wreck Conductor Shufel'
was taken into his office and the ply
sicians began washing and dressing
the mans shocking wounds. The