The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-20
ONE KILLED, NINE
HURT WHEN TRAINS
SMASH AUT0BUS
Orchestra on Way from North
Adams to Hoosick Falls
HIT AT H0OSICK CROSSING
Injured Taken by Train to North
Adams Hospital and Will
Recover

One man was killed and nine 9th
,ers were injured when an auto truck
Marrying the members OF Dlyito's
Marimba and Specially Orchestra OF
Waterbury. Conn, was struck by two
freight trains at the Highway
Crossing in Hoosick at 7:45 o'clock
last night. The members Of the or
chestra were on their way to Hoo
sick Falls from North Adams, Mass.
The driver Of the machine who was
also a member OF the orchestra was
not familiar with the crossing and
failed to see the onrushing west
bound train.
The dead and injured are:
Dead
John Standard, 95 Oak street, Wat
erbury, Conn.
Injured.
Michael Diyito, leader of the or
,chestra, sprained ankle, decorations
OF right side of face and right hand.
. Ernest Bock--Suifering principally
from shock and bruises
Mike Depietro- --Lacerations Of fore
head and other slight bruises.
Edward Young-Lacerations OF
side and face.
Elmer Benson-Scalp wound, bruls-
ed leg and right ankle, fractured
left ankle.
George Andrews--Lacerations and
bruised right knee.
c. p. Bock-Lacerations OF right
side, elbow, right hand.
I James Brennan--Laceration OF
right ear, bruises about legs.
The train struck the truck in the
middle throwing II on the Eastbound
track and another freight train ap-
preaching on that track also crashed
into the wreckage. Bodies, musical
instruments and parts OF the truck
were thrown In all directions and the
shrieks OF the men rent the air.
The injured are all in the North
Adams hospital where they were
taken on the passenger train leaving
Hoosick Falls at o'clock Standard
died in the baggage room of the
North Adams station. At the hospital
early this morning il was said that
none of the men were considered
seriously injured and they are all
lexpected to recover soon.
The orchestra has been on a tour
OF New England and New York
State 1t was to have filed an en-.
gagement at Hoosick Falls last night,
! playing for dance at Harmony Hall
Tonight it was to have played at
/ Pittsheld and tomorrow night was TO
visit Troy to play for the r. p. l.
Sophomore soiree. Judging from the
report from the hospital early this
morning II is improbable that they
will be able TO I'LL the engagement
The crossing where the fatal &C
cident occurred is about three miles
from Iioosick Falls. II is not guarded
at night and there are no gates
Residents in that section have con
sidered the place very dangerous as
1t is not well ligited.
Standard was 81 years of age. Hc
played saXaphone in the orchestra
A brother Joseph Standard plays In
the orchestra at the Sunset Inn IL
Troy.
News Of the accident was received
lin Bennington soon after the crasl
and the scene of the tragedy was Wis
ited by number OF automobile par
ties during the night A number o
Bennington automobile parties alsC
arrived at the crossing before tn,
victims had been placed aboard III,
train which carried them to Nortl
Adams. +, l.. Bottum was on his wa,
to Bennington from IIoosick Fall
and reached the crossing not fv,
minutes after the bus had been rul
down. H. Alden Graves had stoppe,
his car at the Hoosick Corners puml
and was purchasing gasoline whel
the freight train swept the bus of
from the crossing. The ominou
crash was distinctly heard by occu
, pants of the Graves car. Mr.. an
Mrs. Leroy Il, Macomber who wer
returning from Hoosick Falls, stoI
ped their car to view the wreckage.
Bennington people who visited tn
scene are unable to understand HOY
single member of the Orchestr
came through the shocking eXperienc
alive. Judging from appearances tn
first train to hit the bus must hav
carried the vehicle along the trac
, for a distance OF nearly fifty fee
The second train picked up tn
Yreckage and shot 1t back toward tn
crossing The roof of the bus top al
peared to be intact but the remaiut
l er Of the woodwork was in fragment
I and the metal was twisted into a
!, kinds of shapes.