Etna, ME Train Wreck, Sept 1897
Posted March 23rd, 2008 by Linda Horton
TRAIN WRECK IN MAINE.
One Person Killed and Thirty-two Injured in the Ensuing Panic.
WATERVILLE, Me., Sept. 5.---A bad accident occurred on the Maine Central Railroad this morning to a special excursion train from Dover and Foxcroft to the Etna camp meeting. Martin Payne, aged twenty-two persons were injured, several of whom are in a serious condition with slight hopes of recovery.
The train was made up of five cars and a combination. The latter was thrown from the rails, owing to a break in a flange two miles west of Etna station. The car, which was completely overturned, contained sixty-five persons, who were thrown in a heap. Most of the injuries sustained by the passengers are said to have resulted from their struggles to escape from the train.
The New York Times, New York, NY 6 Sept 1897
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!
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