The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03
White Mountain Express
y Passes Danger Signal and
Crashes Into Bar Har-
Dor Train
SOME OF VICTIMS
HURLED OVER FENCE
FIFTY FEET AWAY
Third Serious Wreck on New Haven
in Past Year Inaugurates Elliott's
Regime-Obsolete Block Sig
~ nal System Blamed for
the Disaster

New Haven, Conn.,. September 2.
tTwenty-one persons were killed and
nearly 80 injured, some of whom may
fore : o'clock this morning on The New
WORK. New Haven and Hartford rail-
road, six miles north of here.
The first section of the White Noun
speeding along mt probably 40 miles
an hour, In a thick fog, rushed by "a
danger. signal. 1t is said. and crashed
into the rear of the second section of
the bar Harbor express, standing 100
feet beyond the block signal.
The White Mountain engine cleaved
through the two rear Pullman cars. both
of wood. splitting them in two and toss
ing their wreckage and three score OF
mangled human beings some alive, some
dead. OF either side of the track.
The third car, also of wood, and oc-
oupied by 40 boys on their way from
summer camp at Monmouth, Me-, was lift
ed into the air and fell on its side,
\ crumpled up and crushing two of the
Some of the victims of the two rear
Pulmans were hurled from their berths
over a fence paralleling the track so feet
distant; mattresses. bedding and clothing
found lodgment in the telegraph wires.
Third Serious Wreck
1t was the third serious wreck wfilch
the New Haven has suffered within a
year, and inaugurated the first day of the
regime of Howard Elliott, the newly elect
ed head of the road. Mr.. Elliott, return
ing from his summer home in New Hamp-
shirt to assume his duties. passed over
the scene of the wreck on an earlier train
b less than an hour before.
Practically all the passengers on both
trains We're returning home from summer
vacations.and all but two of camping
party of nine, guests of 5. Crozer Fox of
: Flt5ins Park. Pa, returning Eram Maine,
wele wiped out Fox was afnong those
killed. No one was hurt in the White
Mountain train.
The Dead
The death list, revised from the cor
oner's report and from the list issued
by the railroad company, is:
Killed IN the wreck:
: Altschul, William. Norfolk, Va.
y Armstrong. Miss Margaret, Washing
-y'ilon. d. G.
Green. Albert, New York.
Hotchkss, Royal New Haven.
\ Bidde Miss Harriet, Torresdale, Pa
\ Martin, II. F., Bryn Mawr. Pa.
= McQuillen, Daniel Neal, Jr., Philadel-
phia.
stoddart Miss New York.
Fox, S. Grocer, Elkins Park, Pa.
Rutter Frank b.. Scranton, Pa.
z Davis. Miss Emile Kennedy, Philadel-
phia.
Yahn, Robert NJ, Philadelphia.
Died at hospital
Hotchkiss, Philo, New Haven't
" Korga George T.. New York.
-----, Mary Jane, residence un-
known.
Unknown
Died at Merden:
Izami, Harry X. New York.
y. Unidentified dead
Woman, had locket marked M. H. NJ.
and much valuable jewelry: thought to
be wife of H. f.. Martin killed.
Elderly man, aged Co. 145 pounds, gray
Van Dyke beard, otherwise smoothly
shaved clothed in union suit.
Elderly woman, weighing about POO
( pounds, evidently of German BIRTH had
gold band ring. incribeo For life and
for death-4-30-70.'
Woman, aged about s5; had diamond
cluster ring engraved, D.. p. L., or G.
b. L., on left hand; locket with F. b.
Rand.
Signal System Blamed
The New Haven officials were frank
10 admit tonight that the so-called
.banjo' block signal system which. on
this part of the line, has not yet been
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