Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-19

lously, as the result Of p r,ar-ond
collision on the main line Of the Nov
York. New Haven & Hartford railroad
opposite the local passenger s-.Nou At
s:ie o'clock this afternoon. when the
tecond section of tho Springfield express,
westbound. crashed into the first section.
which was just leaving the station.
The dead are.
MRS. Edward J. Kelley. Winthrop,
Mass.
Everett. &Ia,scy woodrsa. Flushing.
j. I.
DR.. Harmon G. Howe. Hartford, Conn.
Frank X. Conheld, Springfield, rfass.
Unidentified woman, at Prltchard's
morgue.
The injured arc:
]. W. Houston, Roxbury, Mass. SER
tously injured.
Gregory Humes, New York city, ser-
jously injured.
Eleanor Plum, Brooklyn, y. Y, ser
!ously injured.
Mary Thompson, New York, seriously
injured.
Z. D. Jennings, Jr., staten island, scr-
iously injured.
s. w. Patterson, Red Bank, y. J., cut
about head and body. critically injured.
George Walton, New York, connected
with Canadian Pacific railway, arm
broken and badly cut about face and
arms.
Allen A. Warfeld, Washington, D. c.,
broken leg and injured in groin.
]. T. Hamilton, New York, internally.
Everett S. Benson, New York, injured
On back, condition serious.
Margaret Broderick, Pennington, Conn,
deep cash in forehead, condition serious.
+. NJ. Brown, Richmond Iiill, L. l.,
head and face cut, seriously.
p. j. Clarity. Hackensack, y. j.. bad
~ cut about head, back and legs, may
die.
]. ]. Martin, New York, body and face
badly cut and probably fatally injured.
Rebecca Meyerson, New York, badly
injured, nose torn off and face badly
lacerated.
Seven months old barry of Mrs. Mayer
son, face cut and thrown through car
window.
The Rev. Antonio Ferholy. New York,
decorations on head and breast.
The engine of the last section p%loughed
half way through the Pullman car Sky
lark, the last car on the first section. In
this car there We're 81 passengers and
practically all Of these were more or less
injured.
According to an official statement given
out by the railroad, the Indications are
that the engineer of the second section
ran by both the distant and home sig
mails.
The Springfield express was the same
train that was in the wreck ut West
port, Conn, last October in which eight
persons We're killed ana scores injured.
This wreck was caused when the eugin-
Ger ran by signals.
The first section Of the train, which
made up at Boston, reached here GA time,
and was halted momentarlly to change
the power from steam to electricity.
While awaiting orders to proceed the
~econ1 section rounded a curve 4. high
speed ara crashed in,o tho last Pa1laan
car. Tho engine pluuEed thrc Ugh the
car for ~ feet, the sroOhestack protrud-
Ing through the roor of the Pullman
This car was well file$ and that moro
Terr~-s wore not Killed outright IS con-
Eidersd miraculous.
simultaneously with the crash tbs
we2kago took Gre and the city depart-
mont was called out. The blaze was ems
iy c~Stingu,shsd. The work of rcscue
began at once and She injured were re-
HHo|~u u iOCbl ibstStdlS'
Or. il. q. Howe of Hartford. Cour.,
whose skull was fractured. died tonight
At the Stamford hosp,tal
DIR. HOWE BORN II Vl1tMONT.
Hartford Conn, June l2-Dr Harmon
a. Howe was che OF the most promiGcn,
surgeons amt physicians in the state. Ifs
was born In Je:1ch9. Vt, September .,
1850, IL. Howe Tor years was prcsidcq.
Of tho Hartford h~ospitsl, the largest IN
tGs Stale, At the time Of Ms leatA he
%es chairman of the medical and surg,caI
stat and a member OF tho board oi
directors. lie was a member Of tn,
american MEDICAL association, the Goa
nectinut Medical society and numerous
Cribs. DR.. Howe was graduated from III,
medical department of the University o'
Vermont In tfe class Of 1873.
Boston, June l2.-D. ]. Kelley, whose
wife was killed In tho railroad wreck n
Stamford, Conn, to-day, came 20 thls
city from Chicago as land agent for the
Canadian Pacific railway. Mr.. Kelley
left Boston TO-DAY on a business til
through the East. MIS-. Kelly hat
planned to go as FAR 90 Naw York wiz
him.
STATEMENT Rf RAILROAD.
Now York, Jure IAN official
statement given out ut the Offices of
tne Now Haven road hore tonight said
that Charles Doherty, engineer Of che
Bccond section, Kan past both the dis
tanco and home signals. each set al
danger. ana was going 10 70 20 miles an
hour when tho hrst nectiOH MAS struck
Doherty put on rh2 a!rbrake but it did
not seem to work, 1t was stated, and
he reversed his engine Just as the
collision occurred. Neither Doherty
mar his fireman wns hurt. Impact OF
'cho Dahvy nE'Ee rathor lhan the
trains speed caused me damage, Off
Gals hero JeclArsd.
=. Il, Jennings, IN, among the in
.1ured. Is a Yalo sophomore, II son of
IF r. Jennings. a New York lawyer.
rhA Bnv. Antonio Berhely Is a priest