Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-09-04

persons were killed and nearly 80 injured
some of whom may die, in a rear-end col
lision shortly before seven o'clock TIM
morning on the New York, New llavei
g. Hartford railroad. six miles north q
here.
The first section of the White Mountain
Express bound for New York, specdinl
ut probably 80 miles an hour in a thicl
fog rushed by n danger signal, it is said
and crashed into the rear second sector
of the Bar IIarbor Express, standing ion
feet beyond the block signal
The White Mountain engine Clcaved
through the two rear Pullman cars, hotl
of wood, splitting them in two, and toss
ing their wreckage and three score OF
mangled human bodies, some alive, som'
dead. on each side of the track.
The third car also of wood, and occu-
pied by 40 boys on their way from a sum
mer camp at Monmouth, Maine, was lift
ed into the air and almost completely off
the track.
The car fell on it's side, crumped up
crushed two Of the boys to death ant
injured several others.
Some of the victims of the two rear
pullmans were hurled from their
hcrths over a fence parallelinE tho
track 80 feet distant Mattresses,
bedding and clothing found Judgement
in the telegraph wires
THIRD BAD WRECK IN YEAR.
1t was the third serious wreck
which the New Haven has suffered with
in year and inauSurated the first
day of the regime of Howard Elliott
Of IA.
Mr.. Elliott. returning from his sum-
mer home in New Hampshire to as
sumo his duties, passed over the scene
OF the wreck on an earlier train. less
than an hour before
Practically all the passengers on both
trains were returning to their homes
from summer vacations and all but
two of n camping party OF nine guests
of s. Crozier Fox of Elkins Park, Pa.
returning from Maine, were wiped out
Fox was among those killed. None
was hurt i'm the White Mountain train
The death list, revised from the cor
oner's report ana from the list issued
W the railroad company, is as follows
KILLED IN THE WRECK.
Altschul, William, Norfolk, va.
Armstrong, Miss Margaret, Washing
ION, d. G.
Bulitt, Miss Marie L., Philadelphia.
Green. Albert, New York city.
Hotchkss, Royal w, New Haven
ronn.
Bidd'e, Miss Harriet, Torresdalc, Pa.
Martin, II. r, Bryn Mawr. Pa,
Martin, Mrs II. f., Bryn Mawr, Pa.
McQuillan, Daniel Neal, Jr, PhiIadel
phia.
Fox, $. Crozier Elkins Park, Pa.
Rutter, Frank b., Scranton, Pa.
Davis, Miss Emile Kennedy, Philadel
phia
Yahn, Robert NJ, Lyceum avenue, Phil
adelphia,
Died at hospital:
Hotchkiss. Philo, New Haven.
Korga. George L., New York city.
(........) Mary Jane residence un
known.
Died at Meriden:
Imar, Harry X, New York city.
UNIDENTIFIED DEAD.
Elderly man. aged co. las pounds. gra!
Van Dyke beard, otherwise smooth!
shaver; clothed only in ion suit
Elderly woman, weighing about ~
Il, as,
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man .ui i.,s ei"' '''u So % 80
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ID on left hand; locket with IF. i
Rand"
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Steinman. Lancaster, Pa)
Bl/oth oifNAho lNADf'9oAl T."
The New Haven officials were frank t.
admit tonight that the so-called banjo
block signal system, which on this par
of the line has not yet been replaced b.
the semaphore system recommended b
the public utilities commission of Con
necticut last December, was in mcasur
responsible for the wreck, although tn
question as to whether the engineer q
the White Mountain train Augustus i
Miller. was making too much speed unde
the weather conditions is under investiga