New Britain herald., 1926-06-26
FREIGHT TRAIN
 WRECKS EXPRESS
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were in cars which remained on or i partly on the rails, slept through the crash and were awakened by the rescuers.
 Because Of the danger of fire and l explosion from the crude oil which | covered the track and swamp for G | considerable area railroad officials i. refused to allow anybody to ap- proach the scene Of the wreck while i the tracks were being repaired. It | was announced that the line would | be closed to traffic until late in the ! day.
 The explosion of the freight loco- motive blew deep pit in the road bed at that point, and the tracks on all lines were torn up for some dis | tance at the scene of the wreck. Twelve Of the freight cars were de- molished by the force of the ex- plosion.
 A bus service was established by the railroad company to convey pas sengers between Kingston and Ken yon station, which is a mile beyond the scene of the wreck Through 1 trains were being routed via other lines of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad.
 The fact that no upper herths were occupied aboard the flyer is be- licved to have saved many pas sengers from more serious injuries.
 The cause Of the explosion Of the freight locomotive as yet remains 2 mystery to railroad men. Frank J. Silva Of Taunton. rear end man on the freight with C. F. Ricketts, also of Taunton, declared he heard the, terrific blast and the bump of the . freight engine leaving the tracks. He leaped from the last car and as he ran up the track toward the front of the train, heard the ap- proaching cape colder as it hurled its way up from New York.
 Silva was about to describe the terrible crash" Of the two trains when Trainmaster w. J. Smith Of the New London division stepped up and ordered him to keep quiet.
 New York. June PC Up) - Three railroad men were killed, two others were seriously injured and several passengers on an express train were slightly injured in the New York. New Haven and Hartford train ! wreck near Kingston, R. l.. early today said an official statement is- sued by the road here.
 List of the Dead
 The dead were w. ]. Moulton, engineer. John J. Mulvaney, fire man and George A. Hathaway. head brakeman, all of Providence, R. l.. members of the crew Of a freight rain which was wrecked when the engine boiler exploded about one md half miles west of Kingston, he New Haven roads statement said.
 Three cars Of the freight train we're thrown across the adjoining ! racks, one of which the Cape Cod Ter express, bound from New York ', O Hyannis Mass, arrived a short ime after the explosion The en- j. zine of the express swerved off the o racks. and landed head down over = slight embankment. The sleep ng car next to the express engine .. urned over and the next three sleep IFS were derailed but remained up- ight
 Passengers Slightly Injured
 Some passengers on the express were injured, but none seriously. said he railroad statement.
 Engineer Chester Frasier of the xprcss, and Fireman Andrew Ben lett. both of New Haven. were ser ously injured. They were taken to he Rhode Island hospital at Provi- Icnce.
 The bodies of the three men were hurled from thirty to forty feet rom their engine. The boiler was hroWn 135 feet hut the frame of he freight engine remained on the rack. 4 hole between fifteen and wenty feet deep under the engine ram indicated that the explosion occurred under the boiler. The rail- cad statement said. Camping on he emergency brakes caused the reight cars to buckle and block the Xpress tracks.
 Train Was Crowded
 While the New Haven offices here lave no exact figures on the num- Ter of passengers on the Cape Cod Ter. it was estimated that there were ,ctwcen 250 and 300. The train is operated out of New York only on friday nights during the summer.
 The railroad company said there 1ould be virtually no delay of other rains because of the wreck, as they we're being reroutcd by way of Providence, Putnam and Hartford.
 Report From providence.
 Providence. k. l.. June 26 tP)- Crashing into q freight car which lad been thrown across the main inc tracks when a freight train had ,een derailed, the Cape Colder, a lew through train from New York ,ity to Hyannis, Mass, was wreck d two miles south of Kingston, rear Kenyon, shortly after { o'clock his morning.
 A wrecking crew and relief train with doctors and nurses vas being 'ushed from this city at o'clock