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Show SIXTEEN LOST LIVES IN LINCOLN WRECK Railway President Says Ignoring Ignor-ing of Signals Was the Only Cause. LINCOLN, Mass. Nov. 27. After a day spent by wrecking crews In clearing away the remaining traces of last night's disaster dis-aster at Baker s Bridge station, on the FftChburg division of the Boston & Maine railroad, and an Investigation by the railroad rail-road officials. State authorities and the lUfarapapcra, It was practically settled tonight to-night that sixteen persons lost their lives, twelve wen seriously Injured, and a seore hi and bruised as the result of the r ar-n;fl ar-n;fl collision lvt- 11 lh.' Montreal r-x- presi and the Marlborough branch local train. Blnmes Engineer. President Laiclus Tuttle of the road de-r-lar.-.v H W ,,nr.', mghir. r of the h-a.l-ing loCQQlOtlve "f th Montreal train. Is responslbk- tr thr- disaster Revtslon m" the list of dead resulted In tlx- llmlnnth.n of thret; who were sup-poaed sup-poaed t.i have lost thHr Mv-s, and left the list tonight as follows: Dead. P. JAMB8 WBATHERBEE, South Acton. Ac-ton. WILLIAM J. BARKIS, Maynard. RVINQ HARRIS Ma) n ird MI89 Man CAMPBELL, Maynard DONALD QA1 PI1IER, M irlborough MISS ANNIE W. HARTWELL, Littleton. Little-ton. IOSE1 HI N I" 1 "ARLS V Mav nard MISS ANNIE O'BRIEN, Ayer. '1 HOM KB W CR IW EV, " altham. MISS MARGARET il s , EENEY 'on- cdrd, MISS LKMAIM.L CAMPBELL. South Acton Partially Identified. B tVdEPRIU, Ruselani residence nn-k nn-k 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 JOHN SERWISKY, supposed of Con-i Con-i ord. Unidt-ntified Dead. Body nl" man supposed to CHART4E8 r. BARNARD ..r Charleston, the fireman nf first engine Montreal train Bodj of a man believed in be ALBERT JOHNSON ( Maynard, reported missing by his brotner Body ot a woman burned beyond recognition, recog-nition, thought lo be HANNAH DKS-MOND DKS-MOND t Maj nurd. Fuses on the Track. Fus.? such us are used by br.ikemen to signal approaching trains have been found on the track over which the train that c.msi'il the wreck passed. Pr.-l.lcni Tuttle of th.' Boston & Maine liill.l 1,1.1 I il.. f.-.lli.n'li.A ...nl. ment: President's Statement Whllj 1 p let 1 an,! thorough lnv-i l(ratl 11 has not .-I h.-oii p-.ssblc. thTi Is nnipl.- tes-tlnyony tes-tlnyony finn mauy w.uitih that verj part of tin mechanical appliances fur Mopping the MVntreal exr'rHS train rfcem to have tvi it. Tfwi und tho fvA'n Mil did hav rnll madfl n stop ni any lime within a. distance of 1200 or 1.100 feot nt the outside. Signals Unheeded. All Ihe iiilmaoy as et dwurM limn with pfiltU'; clearnesB that the Montrrnl oxpro passed by nt loos) two and probably thro spacing block Mgnal iightM mid three red 1H0 lord)) TlthOUt luolng the ellghtent nttin ,11 11 lo them, l can onl form tin opinion that th"r a a In this caw koiiio suspension of tnechajilcal brain action In fniilnK to nolo th-(io numerous dungi r and cautionary ig-nale. ig-nale. which was the sn.de couso of tho aecl-dant |