Show twenty five are seriously injured and a score more or less hurt in massa chussett chus sets train wreck lincoln mass nov 26 just before 2 this morning it was estimated that the dead limbered eighteen there were thirteen persons taken from the wreck and three died after being removed three of the bodies were headless two skulls were found at 2 a m and twenty later a mans head with full beard was picked up it Is difficult to state the exact number of those who perished but it Is thought not exceed lincoln mass nov 26 fourteen persons were killed twenty were seri bubly injured and probably a score of others cut and bruised in the most disastrous railroad wreck recorded in this state for many years the wreck occurred at at bakers bridge station a mile and a half west of lincoln on tho main line of the fitchburg division of the boston maine railroad the regular sunday express which left boston at for montreal by way of the rutland system crashed into the rear end of an accommodation train bound tor points on the marlborough branch and which started from boston at of the dead a dozen acro passengers in the two rear cars of the marlborough train the other two were engineer barnard of the montreal express and his fireman no passengers on the express train were injured of those who lost their lives a number were apparently killed instantly in the collision while others were either burned to death or died from suffocation A partial list of the dead is as follows eugene barnard engineer of the montreal train lyons fireman of the montreal train anna aged 5 years acton daniel acton may campbell maynard william J barris maynard three year old child of mr barris may collins concord junction nellie sweeney concord maganas Mag anao concord seven unidentified bodies the following injured persons were taken to the massachusetts general hospital in boston harry broadbent maynard andrew carlson maynard condition serious chiavario cia vario vando sandford condition js erious andrew K lane address not known mabel hastings south acton nicholas holbrook maynard harry vant acton condition critical matthew campbell maynard egbert campbell condition serious mrs clara fuller condition serious mrs albert benaly Ben fly maynard crushed thigh condition critical mrs william barris maynard anna klaven maynard peter westan maynard among others injured who were treated near the scene of the wreck were the following hoke smith concord mr and mrs john davs and their daughters bessie and maud of maynard abo wreck was primarily due ta thick weather which apparently ol 01 scared signals set by the forward train which at the time of the disaster was standing in front of bridge station the montreal train drawn by two locomotives and consisting also of nine cars crashed into the rear of the marlborough branch local demolishing the two rear cars all of the passengers killed and 2nd seriously injured were in theae the passengers lived in concord west maynard hudson marlboro and several smaller towns in the ahsabet valley none of the passengers on the montreal train was seriously hurt but the engineer and fireman of the lead ing locomotive were killed the wreck caught fire and some of tha passengers were incinerated few persons live in tho vicinity of bakers bridge station and no fire department was available so that the flames practically burned themselves out the uninjured passengers and a number of train hands assisted by villagers went to the aid of the injured and many persons were rescued the railroad station and a number of dwelling houses were turned into temporary hospitals and many volunteer nurses assisted in relieving the sufferings ot the injured later the most seriously hurt were taken to boston on a special train the train upon which practically all the casualties occurred left tho north station in boston at with tour cars filled with passengers the second train which figured in the collision is known as the sunday night montreal express the montreal train does not stop at the small stations and after passing waltham doea not stop ordinarily until it reaches concord two miles west of bakers bridge station owing to the heavy local traffic the marlboro branch train was behind time when it reached bakers bridge according to the statement of persons who were at the depot there a brakeman was abent to place a fuso or red fire torch some distance in tho rear the night was unusually dark partly owing to a dense mist according to those at the station at the time the torch had not been set more than a minute before the roar of a heavy train around a curve a saon distance east of the depot was heard within a few seconds the headlight of an onrushing locomotive showed through the mist and before a hand could be lifted to warn the passengers in the waiting train the two ponderous engines traveling at a speed of 35 miles an hour crashed into it the impact was terrific the leading locomotive telescoped the rear car of the marlboro train and the second engine forced this mass against the third car of the local and completely wrecked it in these two cars all but two of tha fatalities occurred and practically all of the injuries the collision destroyed the forward locomotive of the montreal train but the engine following although much damaged did not leave the rails none of the cars of the express was thrown from the track and the collision apparently had little effect upon those in them tite added to the horrors flames a most immediately communicating io ithe wreckage of the passenger coaches A number of passengers who had been pinned down by broken seats were incinerated cine rated some of them however had evidently been killed instants the second car of the local train re bained standing on the rails and was not greatly damaged passengers from both trains railroad employed emp loyes and a number ot all lagers rushed to the wrecked cars and assisted many persons to escape the flames made it difficult to reach some who were alive but who had been nn able to free themselves from the mass for the time it was necessary to lay injured persons side by side with the bodies of the dead until every effar possible had been made to rescue other victims thirteen of the dead were to boston on the special train together with fourteen of the most seriously injured of whom it was feared tha airee would dip within a short time the majority of those injured women the officials of the boston maine will hold an exhaustive info the cause of the accident it is probable that the district court vi holan investigation energy all gon chaut of order simple a case of liver burdock blood batte wll make a new man or woman of you |