The Detroit times., 1913-09-02
Is KILLED. 100 INJURED
WHEN TOURIST-FILLED
TRAINS CRASH IN EAST


Harbor express were westbound
trains. Both were In motion when
the White Mountain bore down upon
the express ahead. Estimates Of the
dead varied widely. rerror-stricken
persons who were on the train and
escaped declared that the death list
would reach so. Others regarded the
estimate az far too high.
The last two cars Of the Bar Hsr-
Dor express were wooden and were
utterly demolished. some Of the pieces
being hurled hundreds Of feet from
the scene Of the crash.
Some OF the bodies Of the dead
were picked up 80 feet away from the
tracks. A reporter for the New York
Evening Sun. who was q passenger
on the White Mountain express, said
that when he reached the point at
which the trains met the groans or
the dying and injured filled the air.
Persons who were so crushed a. to
be apparently beyond surgical aid.
begged piteously for assistance.
From the White Mountain express.
the passengers hurried to the assist.
ance Of those who were on the wreck
ed train ahead.
Cause Not Explained.
AS to the cause of the wreck. there
was no sufficient explanation. The
Bar Harbor express had almost come
to q standstill for q reason not given
to those who sought the information.
The morning was misty and the en-
gineer Of the White Mountain express
said that he saw no lights and that
NO fagman came back to give him
warning.
laundering In the wake OF the Bar
Harbor express. came the White
Mountain train. itself q heavy one,
and also jammed with persons who
had been spending their holidays In
the New England mountains.
The White Mountain train was an
hour late and II IL believed for this
reason was endeavor1ng to make up
lost time.
According to the best estimates. the
White Mountain express was running
at q rate Of at least 45 miles an hour.
The big locomotive crashed through
the antiQuated wooden Pullmans In
the rear Of the Bar Harbor train like
q snow pillow sweeping through a drift.
Practically nothing of these two cars
was left on the track. Crashing on
still further, the locomotive upended
the third car, and when the train
came to q stop this car was standing
on end with the locomotive acting as
a prop.
Albert Miller. the engineer Of the
20 tof
man, whose name Is Robertson. had
seen the train ahead too late to avoid
the crash, but had time to save them
selves by leaping. Miller just had
time to reverse his engine before he
jumped.
The shock OF the impact threw
from their beds all those In the cars
that were not smashed In the COLI
sion. When the two trains stopped
after the wreck. passengers rushed
from all Of the remaining cars. Men,
women and children appeared In all
manner OF scanty attore.
Scattered along the track and far
out into the field were the dead and
dying. As soon as rescuing force
could be organized, attention was di.
rected to those who were most seri.
ouslv injured and hurry calls for aid
were sent to all nearby towns.
Physicians Among Passengers.
Several physicians were among the
Passengers and they led the rescuing
parties. A glance showed that at
least eight passengers had been killed
outright. 1t did not require a second
look to show that many Of the In
jured would soon die. Some were un-
conscious. but most of them were
moaning piteously for aid.
From the cars sheets and mat
tresses were brought. wounds were
tied up and the injured were made
as comfortable as possible. The
tr .inmen In the meantime had been
busy calling assistance from nearby
towns. Alongside the track runs q
trolley linz from Wallingford to New
Haven. A car appeared soon after
the wreck. and II was loaded with in
jured who were quickly taken to New
Haven.
In the third car Of the Bar Harbor
train that had been upended. were
40 boys whose homes are In New
Yo!k. They were returning from
Camp Cobbossee, at Monmouth. N. n.
All we're injured, some perhaps "a
tally.
L H. Fowler. conductor of the
White Mountain express. said .-... he
could not account for the accident,
except that the fog and the mist
might have hidden the signals. Many
passengers on the telescoped train
who were not badly hurt. were taken
aboard the White Mountain train.
The fields around the wreck we're
filled with debris. Mattresses and
bed clothing hung from the telegraph