New Britain herald., 1925-03-19
An Extra East Bound Freight Crashes Into Rear of Standing Cars Near Lamber- ton Street.
Debris Strewn Great Dis. tance and Some of It Catches Fire-Trainmen
 Say FIagman Was in Rear to Warn of Danger.

New Haven, March 1.-Two men were instantly killed and one train man injured. not seriously as re- suit of a rear-end collision of freight trains in the N. Y, N. II. & H. rall- road cut near Lamberton street half a mile west of the local rail- road station early today.
 The dead are Engineer Thomas Patrick Moore, 33, of 1311 Pugsley avenue, New York city and Fireman William H. Fish. 50 Walnut street, Springfield, Mass, who were on the electric locomotive of an extra east bound freight train from Harlem river which cras"ed into the rear end of freight train which was standing on the tracks in the local yards. Conductor Rabanold of the standing train. who had left the ca boose and was walking up the tracks. was the only man injured.
 Mass of Wreckage
 The electric locomotive Of the extra freight ploughed through the train ahead, tclescoping the caboose and several cars and piling eight or nine in heap. Eighteen cars in all were detraied and most of the mass of wreckage was wcdged un- der the Lamberton street railroad bridge, which spans the cut but il was stated that the bridge was un- damaged.
 Tho wreckage took fire after the crash and three freight cars were burned before it could be ex' tinguished.
 Delay in Getting Bodies
 It was half an hour before the work of rcscuing the bodies of the dead engineer and fireman could proceed due to the necessity of shut ting off the high tension electr power at the Cos Cob station. The body of Fireman Fish vas immedi- ately taken out and removed to the morgue. The debris had 10 be chopped away from the electric To- comotiye before the body Of Engineer Moore could be taken out.
 Four tracks were blocked anu several through trains from New York and Boston delayed two hours or more until one track was clear ed early this forenoon.
 Cause Not Learned
 The cause of the wreck is unde' termined. The train ahead hat stopped in order 10 cut off the head end to do some switching. The en' zine and several cars had draw away from the rear end of the trair when the crash camc with q roal that aroused residents for bloCk' around. One piece of the wreck age was tossed to the roof of house adjoining the cut, doing considerable damage to the house.
 At the railroad offices this fore noon it was stated that investigation Of the wreck was in progress. ] vas stated that the train which hat stopped in the yards, had fiagmal out in the rear 10 protect the trail and just why the extra freight hat failed to heed the apparent warning signals was undetermined.
 Railroad Statement
 The New Haven road issued thi statement on the wreck:
 Train HN-2, motor OS0. Conduc tor Rabanold, Engineer Schwager 47 cars, arrived at New Haven a 9:21 a. m. The head end was GU off to go into Water street yard, an' 1t had moved few feet when eXtri motor 0110, Conductor McAllisteT Engineer Thomas r. Moore, of Nev York city with 5S cars came up ant ran into rear end of HN-2 a Howard avenue bridge, derailin about IS cars. blocking all fou tracks and setting fire 10 three O four cars. Power was taken oi tracks and fire department calle and fire eNinguishcd about S:4 a. m. Engineer Thomas P. Moor and Fireman William H. Fish o Springfield of extra O1l0 were killed Their bodies were taken 10 Cox an Smith undertaking rooms Conduc tor Rabanold on HN-2 slightly in f1ured.
 Tracks were torn up and cate nary work and wire damaged. Too trains were called from New HaVer Midway and Waterbury. Track cleared at 4:5O a. m. and powe restored on track at s:?6 a, m.
 Wrecking crews from this city Midway and Waterbury Conn, wer ct work attempting to clear up tn wreckage this forenoon but it wa believed that it would be the grcate part of the day before the track could again be cleared.
 The body of Engineer Moore wa still in the wreckage at noon today despite the energetic efforts of th wrecking crews to penetrate 10 tn ] buried locomotive during the fore noon.
 At noon two tracks had bee cleared the other two tracks remain