Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-02

summer. All OF them are pupils Of the
SidweIl Friends School In Washington,
Engineer Miller of the White Mountain
Express said. on reaching this city:
The fog was so thick / did not see the
signal set against me until / was almost
abreast of II. Then 1 did all l could to
stop the train. | set all the brakes and
then jumped
Signal System Condemned.
The track on which the wreck occurred
is protected by the socalled "bango sig
nails" a type which the public utilities
commission had ordered changed The
New Haven road had begun the recon-
struction, and the line from Hartford to
springfield had been already changed.
Both trains were heavily laden with re-
turning excursonists from fashionable re-
sorts in Maine and the White Mountains.
They were running behind time through
a heavy fog.
The Bar Harbor limited had stopped in
the block, but the last car of the long
train was just on the edge of the block
limits.
The signals had cleared and the express
had gotten under slight Roadway when
The White Mountain express came along.
The engineer of the latter was unable to
stop his locomotive and crashed complete
~ through two of the sleepers on the Bar
Harbor train and knocked the next sleep
or over the embankment.
The shock of the collision was SO ter
rife that linep and bed clothing from the
berths on the sleeperS was swept out of
the broken windows and carried to the
telegraph wires and poles nearby. where
IL still hung when the Wrecking trains
arrived.
Second Train Not Damaged.
The White Mountain express was
scarcely scratched by the collision. 1t
proceeded on its way after a few hours
delay, arriving at the station here at $40
and proceeding at once to New York. The
first section of the White Mountain ex-
press consisted of seven cars, drawn by
engine No. 1887, with Engineer A. b.
Miller and Conductor Fowler in charge.
The two rear sleepers demolished were
the Pullmans Chancellor, from kineo
Me. and the kazota. from Portland, Me-
Nineteen passengers were in the kazota
and twenty-five In the Chancellor.
The overturned sleeper was the CHS
holm. 1t was almost entirely occupied
by a. camping party of boys returning
from Monmouth, Me. The boys homes
were in New York, Philadeip hia and
various parts of the south. Seven bodies
were taken from this car. The hrst
body identified was thar OF Il. A. Hotch-
kiss OF New Haven, Conn
The dead and injured were brought to
morsues anu hospitals in this city.
Wrecked Cars in Flames.
The engineer of the White Mountain
express stuck to his post and was only
slightly hurt. The two sleepers which
were crushed by the impact of engine
1887 were a mass of flames "a few min
utes after the accident. The locomotive
ran OH top of the wreckage and re-
manned almost upright.
The engine was one of the new super
heaters OF the type that inquired In the
recent wreck at stamford. Ine engine
III Inc latter instance was No. 1888.
The coilision occurred on a straight
stretch oI track, but the log was very
dense at the time. y mile below are
The North Haven salt meadows. which
run down TO the t1oal waters OF the
81. Ind.- and over wnlcn at this season
- the year thick banks OF log roll up
very morning. Inc grade at this
.>oln, IS sngntiy descending, and the
line here is u very fasI stretch OF
track.
railroad officials would make no
statement as to the speed at which the
w hitC mountain express was running.
1t was stated that the engineer had
his engine under usual control, but that
the track was slippery and the grade
such that IL was diIricuit to hold q
heavy tram.
Passengers in Panic.
Among those in the wrecked Pullmans
was Daniel Dunn, we'll known Yale
foot ball player, who assisted in the
work of rescue. a. II. Kahn of Phila
delphia was in the smoking room of
ones OF the wrecked cars, and was
hurled the length or the inside of the
car. bat escaped injury.
he bodies of many victims were ter
rio1y mangled
There was panic for a few minutes
among the passengers on the wrecked
train, but this subsidized, and men
quickly set themselves to do what they
could to rescue those whose cries could
he heard in the wreckage. Under the
direction of Coroner Mix. who was early
on the scene. the bodies of the dead
were first laid out in a watermelon
patch near the tracks. After being eX-
amined and tagged by the coroner they
were brought into the city. The last
body removed was numbered 16 1t
was that of woman about thirty.
with brown hair. The only clue to her
identity was her gold bracelet and
pink kimonO.
The wrecking crew cleared the north
bound tracks at noon. SO that traffic
Gas resumed.