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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1905
Page
3
Crowds gathered at Boston North Station as twelve caskets were unloaded from relief trains bearing victims of the Baker’s Bridge wreck. Police doctors and hospital staff assembled, while anxious families waited near the gate and reporters pressed for details as ambulances stood by.
Officials direct work at the station after a wreck. President Tuttle of the Boston and Maine railroad sends E. J. Rich to the North station to organize wrecking and relief trains and summon doctors. A 9:45 special carries 15 doctors and many train hands to the scene while ambulances and police mobilize to care for the injured.
BE. J. Rich representing President Tuttle of the Boston & Maine told a Post reporter at North station that the accident was a rear end collision just beyond Baker's Bridge. He said the leading Montreal Flyer was on time while the ahead train lagged, and a signal mistake may have caused it. He noted 25 doctors and rescue teams on site and that authorities are determining responsibility.
Initial reports blamed a new brakeman for the Marlboro local accident at Baker's Bridge. Signals indicating lateness should have been set but were not or were placed incorrectly, so the Montreal Flyer engineer did not see them.
The through train to Montreal left Boston at 7 45 p m and is due Concord at 8 22 p m. The local train left at 7 15 p m, stops at Baker's Bridge at 8 12 p m and Concord at 8 17 p m, reaching South Acton at 8 28 p m. The local was six minutes behind schedule when struck by the Montreal train, which is a heavy two engine locomotive pulling train.
Miss Eva M. Barnes, a Fitchburg school teacher and sister of Dr. Francis Barnes of Boston, boarded the 7:45 Fitchburg train. She recalls the wreck with shock, hearing cries of women and children, groans of the injured, and seeing men and women dying before the scene faded to a blank.
James Le Favre a 62 year old stable business man in North Cambridge died suddenly at his home of heart disease He was found dead in his bed He is survived by a widow and two children.
At Baker's Bridge station near Lincoln a rear collision between the Marlboro branch local from Boston and the Montreal express from Boston to Montreal killed and burned many passengers and seriously injured over 30. Fire and rescue efforts followed with doctors, nurses, and ambulances arriving from Boston and nearby towns.
Conductor Fletcher narrates a horrific rail wreck scene. He was in the forward cars when the crash threw him off his feet and engines ploughed into day coaches. Screams filled the air as rescuers rushed to save the injured and bodies before fire worsened the horror.
A Baker's Bridge wreck train bearing dead and injured reached Boston North Station at 12 20 am. Police blocked crowds as surgeons and hospital staff organized triage. Thirteen bodies were removed to morgues while victims were transported by ambulances to city hospitals for treatment.
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