Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-10-22
Terrible railroad Accident.

to the Dublin Freeman's Journal, passenger
tain was brought TO a stand still, on the road, by
detect in the engine, aud was sent back
with red lantern Of danger to stop heavy
cattle or baggage train, that was approaching
While he was gone, a number of passengers got
out of the cars, but upon seeing the lights of the
approaching train, got in again, the engineer sup
posing that it had been warned, and was coming
slowly:
Scarcely had they done so, however, when the
cattle train ran at full speed into them, going
clean through hrst-class carriage that last
in the passenger train, and driving the remainder
into a heap OF ruins. The third carriage from
the lrOHt of the passenger tram, a second class
carriage, broke up and turned over, bursting The
powerful iron links which held it to the carriage
Immediately before it. The impulse given to
the two forward carriages, thus freed. was so re-
mendous, that The roof was cut clean off the one
next the ruined train, and it actually fell upon the
spot which the carriage had just before occupied,
the unToofed carriage with the one before it, the
tender, and the engine, being sent flying along the
line, which they traversed for nearly "a of
mile, before they stopped, passing the Stratfan
station about a quarter Of mile. Of the pas
sengers in those two carriages, scarcely any es.
capped without serious injury. Two were killed,
Two men were not likely to survive the night, and
five or six were badly injured, all having broken
limbs serious cOnlusOns
An English gentleman was accompanied by his
sister, his wife, ia beautiful young lady of Ply
and their child, an infant of about nine months.
A passenger, Mr.. Jelly, of aryborough, had
gol out The carriage in which the Two English la.
dies and the baby were, and stood talking with
Capt Coils; but on seeing the cattle train con-
ing along, he got in tho doorway, watching its
approach. The ladies got alarmed hearing
that the train coming, and wanted to get out,
but the English gentleman advised them to STAY
as they were, and he was about TO get in himself,
and was only waiting for Mr.. Jelly TO get out of
the doorway, when the collision took place Mr.
Jelly was instantly decapitated, both his legs cut
off, and his body torn 10 piecer The ladies were
both killed, and the agony of the unhappy hus-
band and brother, when he cast himself upon the
lifeless body of his young wife, was quite indies
cribable The baby was exlricated from under
its unhappy mother and aunt, and was living.
Capt. Coils, commander of Thames steamer,
who had gone out of the train before the collision
thus describes it:
'The first sight came on was the bodies of
two women, quite dead. They lay on the bank
as if they had been shot out of the deor. Near
them was priest, or frar, or monk He was
quite dead, lying close to the rails, as if he had
been thrown against the embankment and re-
bounded back | next saw a man, both of whose
thighs were broken across. Messrs. Kelly and
Conner and pulled him out from under The ruins
of the carriages He was living, and we had him
upon the hank. We were then attracted by the
cries of lady, whose hand we jammed between
the carriages Her sister lay near her, either
dead or insensible. After aboring very hard for
some time, we failed 10 exricate them, and had
10 turn to others while more assistance could be
procured. From heap of ruins, where we saw
shaws, hats, and ha1dkerchiels, we next got out
a lady, greatly disigured, but still alive. We
then came to the body of Mr.. Jelly, who could
hardly be recognized, his head being torn and
smashed Off-his legs both cut off-his body torn
up,and his clothes torn all off Of him. | adjusted
his clothes, and we put the body aside, and from
near him we got out the body of the English gem
tleman's wife and sister Poor fellow! He threw
himself mady upon the body Of his wife land kiss
ed her franticay, and then we got the little baby
from under her and the aunts clothes, alive
Welhen went to the first class carriage that had
been first struck by the engine, and there we saw
the bodies of two ladies'. apparently cut in two
at the waist. They were so damned in that we
could not get them. Near them was The body of
another lady, whose dress only could we see, she
was SO bruised in the ruins The cries of little
boy then attracted me. He was about eight wears
old He was lying under the axleree Of car
rlage, which had broken both his little legs, and
he was lying across them. With great difficulty
we got hun out, by raising the axle with crow
bar. then returned with more help to the two
ladies', one of whose hands was iammed, and we
got them out. don't know whether the insen-
sble lady was dead or not, but think she was.
We laid her on the bank. The other was not
much hurt. We next discovered the body of
very large man under the train. His head was
cut off and gone. We found 40 trace of it. Both
his legs were cut of also from the thighs down.
We got out the remains and placed them on the
bank. ! was at this time good deal exhausted,
having worked very hard. Sir Edward Kennedy
now came up. lie had been a passenger in the
carriage next the engine, which had been shot on
by the collision past Straffan station. lie had es-
capped unhurt, and had rendered every assistance
TO the passengers IN those two carriages, which,
with the engine, had been sent on by the concus-
sion. In the station room eight or nine people
were lying side by side One ofthem seemed dead
placed my hand upon his forehead, and found
that he was dead He was Mr. Egan, of Birr
| said he was dead, and his body was at once re.
moved, and the gentleman died soen after.
priest was hearing the confession Of another,
who evidently had very few moments left him in
this world. The dead bodies were removed from
the room. Mrs Darlington was y in another
room IN the station, very badly hurt, heard
One Of the ladies ! saw at the station, had her
chest broken IN. don't think she could live till
morning. Several had their legs broken. Meth
er the driver or stoker Of the cattle train was in
jured.
Another account says
AS near as could be ascertained, 1t was be-
lleved ten persons were killed, seven were
brought TO Stevens's Hospital very dangerously
wounded, one of whom has since died, and three
more are not expected TO recover and several
others were more or less injured. There was
great difficulty, however, in ascerlainng the ex-
act number of casualties, as il was believed that
several persons were lying under the carriages =
At the time Of the conclusion, Lord Gulamore,
his lady, and daughter, threw themselves on the
floor of first class carriage, and escaped un hurt
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The Suffolk Senatorial List Considerable
dissatisfaction exist in regard to the list of SEN