| Show TERRIBLE TRAIN WRECK lc six persons killed and twenty six seri bously wounded sharon muse aug 21 frightful rear end collision occurred in the sharon station ot of the new now york new haven raven Il hartford artford railroad at tonight when an express train whish which was running ag as the second section train crashed into the ot of a long first section composed of local cars AB As a result six persons were killed and twenty els six seriously injured the injured were nearly all r removed to boston on a special train which waa was met by ambulances and burgeons surgeons There the rear arear car of the local train was completely demolished and a portion of the second car while the engine of the express train was crippled the two trains which were in the collision were usually combined into one long train but as the traffic today was BO so heavy it was divided the first seen section running as a local accommodation n while the second which stalled from mansfield 16 15 minutes later than the first ran as an express the local train due at sharon at was 13 minutes lalu late it left mansfield ansfield 31 on time making two stops and bad had lost the 13 tal minutes between mansfield and sharon it was due at canton junction the next station beyond sharon two minutes ahead of the express train which should have passed it there sharon is situated on a curve carve and both the outward and inward tracks are protected by electric block signals after the accident it wa was I 1 thought the block signal protecting the tb e inward track was set at danger showing as it was intended that there was a train in the station there was no warning given by the conductor of the mansfield local to chow show the approaching express train that the track was not clear at the station and it was not until be he was within feet of the station that the engineer of the express noticed anything wrong he ile immediately set all brakes and whistled a warning but it was too late to stop the express it crashed into a rear car splitting it asunder and completely demolishing mo lishing log it with the exception of the roof its speed was not slackened until the engine had bad penetrated fully five feet into the rear of the second cr cor the escaping steam entered the car and badly scalded a number of the occupants the roof of the last car waa was forced on top ot of the engine of the express and remained there as the only portion of the car intact |
