The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-01-13
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE BosToN.r
MAINE RAILROAD o
Narrow Escape OF Gen. Pierce aud \.
Wife--His Son x KIIed. ME

MAINE RAILROAD. anu
Marrow Escape of Gen. Pierce nm,
Wtfe--His Son Killed. me
The following account of the terrible o.
heart-rending accident, which occurred naa-
Andover, Alass., viii be read with painful M
est by our readers Gen Pierce and faro;i-
were returning from the burial of Amos J,,' Jan'
renee, Esq, of Boston, at the time the car NV.
set
CONCORD, JAN 6-6PN
So far as 1 can learn neither General nor NJ.
Pierce was materially injured. have seen t,r.
gentlemen who were in the car. Mr. NJ
Peasiee, Of chinatown, had his head several.
cut, but the surgeons who have attended him :,
the Eagle Hotel. where | write, think that ba =
not seriously injured. The train was connect
OF a baggage and passenger car only. Tba
exact cause of the accident is not DEFINITELY %
certained one of the axIetrees is sunnoee5 :.
have broken some say IL was the Journal on
which the wheel plays. The car went down H.
bank with gyration which caused it to chance
the direction OF the ends. 1t is complete
wreck. F"
The little boys brains were dashed IN.
When Gen. Pierce took him up he did not tLirI,
the poor little fellow was dead until he tool %
has cap. Mrs. Pierce and the deceased son bo5
been absent about four weeks, on visit TO rnl-
atives in Boston and Andover The accida1,
happened near the latter place. General Pierce
went to Boston on Tuesday morning, and with
them attended the funeral Of Mrs Pierce's nm
Gle, Hon. Amos Lawrence, on the same after
noon. Yesterday they remained at Mr. Aikep's
IN Andover, whose lady is a sister of Mrs Pierce.
and were expecting to return in the evening
The train in which they were to day. left Bos
ton at noon, and the accident happened Just az
ter it left the Andover depot at about one O.
clock They had not been in the car five min
utes.
The little boy great fivorite with our
town people. He was agreeable, kind and gen
erous, and much beloved by his playmRtes-
When asked the other day, ''Well. Benny, how
do you expect to like living in the White House,"
he replied, 81 don't know about going there to
live at all. | would rather 90 out to live on
farm" He was four or five years in advance Of
most boys of his age in his intellectual acquire
ments. There is a sad gloom here tonight oe-
casioned by his loss.
The body of the boy has been taken to Mr.
Aikens' house, | learn. AndOver is about fifty
miles from Concord, and twenty from Boston
The morning was very cold-the Thermometer
pointing at zero-and the accident was doubtless
owing to the frost in the iron works ofthe illfa-
ted car.
ANOTHER DESPATCH
CONCORD, Jan. 6, Q p. NJ
Considerable apprehension is felt here lest
this melancholy casualty may prove serious in
its consequences to Mrs. Pierce. She has been
iOT SeNeFdl years deiCilte nealIn CAUSED part
ly by the loss of her first child. The boy Killed
to-day was almost idolized by his mother and
father.
The announcement of the accident, Mt o.
clock, caused great excitement IN the House
y member came in and stated that General
Pierce himself was dead. The floor and CALLER
les were crowded, the charge of bribery az ainst
Judge Butler being under consideration. The
Governor, Council, and most of the Senators
were present. Instantly every member was on
his feet, and exclamations of regret were heard
from every quarter.
The veteran Ichabod Bartlett, Of Portsmouth,
he oldest member, political opponent, but
strong personal friend of General Pierce, was
observed to weep like child. Others were
much affected. The House adjourned instant
Y, and the members rushed TO the hotel and tel
egraph Office, and the most intense anxiety 10
obtain particulars has prevailed ever since.
IIalfpast Eight o'clock, p. M.-The evening
train has just arrived. The corpse Of young
Pierce was taken to the Andovcr Almshouse,
le1r which the accident happened.
General and Mrs. Pierce went back to NJ.
Atkins. 1t is thought that neither he nor has
ady seriously injured, though both were
bruised.
a little girl of Mr.. Newall, of Hillsborough,
lad her foot crushed, and it must be amputated
'lrs. Newall was badly injured. One man be-
onging to Andover or Lawrence will die. Mr..
adly, but not seriously bruised AnotheA
mans leg was badly fractured. Another had
10Th legs broken. Several women were severe
y bruised. The was nearly filled with pas
engers.
General Pierce. lady and son, were seated four
II FIVE seats from the forward end of the car
rhe boy struck the forehead by frGg
nent of the framework.
The car is said TO have been broken near the
middle. The baggage car in front was not
brown off. A brakemen stood on the end Of it,
nd witnessed the accident unharmed.
An extra train will 60 up over the Central
Rail road TO Manchester, Heaniler, and Hills
borough, to convey MIR. Chids' and Mr.. New
lis families. The latter are not related TO Gen.
fierce, although residents of Hillsborough, his
native town.
BosToN, Jan. IA messenger who arrived at
he Journal Office this morning from Andoyer,
eports that the lady of Gen. Pierce is much
nore resigned TO the sad calamity, and the fears
which existed that she might not be able TO bear
p under it are now removed.
The fatal blow by which her son was killed
truck him on the forehead, and was so violent
S to remove the upper portion of his head, lea
ing a portion of the brain exT osed. His face,
Tith the exception of spot near the right eye
uninjured.
Gen. Pierce appeared quite comfortable when
he informant left.