Arizona republican., 1916-04-18
Gilt Edge Express of New Haven Railroad Crashes Into Local Train Standing at Bradford Station, Wrecking Both
PASSENGER COACHES
 ARE IN FLAMES
All Deaths Occurred in One Car in Which Were 37 Passengers and of Whom Only Six Are Accounted For
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 BRADFORD, R. l., April 18.- Driving through thick fog, the Gilt Edge Express, west bound, on the New York, New Haven 6 Hartford railroad, smashed into the rear of local passenger train that had come to stop at the station here last night. The rear coach was teleseoped and set on fire and at least seven of the passengers were killed. An eighth victim died later from injuries. Thirty five others received injuries and in some cases it was feared that death would follow.
 Early today search of the ruins was being made and it was be- lieved that other bodies would be found.
 The engineer of the local train said that he had trouble in making steam, and when he arrived at Bradford he wired to New London for instructions. He was told to draw on to siding at Bradford to let the express pass and was just moving his train from the main track whe nthe express bore down upon him.
 The accident occurred at 7:30 o'clock, and four hours later wreckine and hospital crews were said to have recovered thirty bodies. NsrraI
 The dead were in the rear car of four-coach local train, bound from Boston to New London, and which had stopped at the local sta ton when it was run down by the Gilt Edge Express, bound from Bos. ton for New York.
 This coach was telescoped, set afire and burned. The car ahead also took fire and the flames com munieating to the passenger sta ton and freight house, destroyed both buildings.
 lt was stated that there were known to have been 37 passengers m the destroyed car and that only six of these had been accounted for several hours later.
 Among those believed to have bee burned to death were Miss Jane 7 Clark, daughter of William Clark, pres dent of the Westerly Mill of the Anne ican Thread company, and w. M. Bal Der. also of Westerly.
 Vice President Whaley, of the Ne Haven railroad, declared shortly b, fore midnight that reports to the effe that thirty or more persons had bee burned to death in the wreck at Brat ford were without foundation.
 We are absolutely positive" added, that not more than three pc sons were killed, if that many"
 Great confusion followed the co lision and it was long before defini idea of the extent of the disaster cou be had As the flames of the burni, cars and buildings died out, the tra yard was left in darkness and tho who went to the aid of the injur worked under great difficulties.
 The only telegraph lines in the toy went out of commission with the bur ing of the station, and the only cor munication with the outside was by single telephone wire. over this he was summoned from Providence a New London, the former sending wrecking train and physicians and t latter city dispatching a hospital tra
 Estimates of the dead varied wide and in the absence of positive of cial statement the number could T be determined at midnight. At tt hour the ruins of the burned cars wt still so hot that they could not thoroughly searched. Four bodies wt early removed and a count of those W received medical treatment showed tf 35 who escaped death were injured. was thought several of these would q
 A brakeman of the local train s; that there were 37 passengers in 1 rear car and that he had been able locate only seven of these. This ga