The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-08-16
accidents Of tie Weroester Hailroad
$50 Murder.

accidents Of the Wercester Hailroad
$3.50 Murder
Mr.. William Batss, - Northbridks Csstss,
Massachusetts,, who was on board the train, in
lAer to the Boston Trsvslier, eivss the following
disruption of the scene - il pasased under his OBJ
1tAtion: M 7aaFait.s Wfi ,a Z
III was seated, with my vita, in shout the mid
Ne of the second car. l was first alarmed for an
instant by a terrible whistle; then came crash upon
crash, with violent collision; all before me 10 the
car seemed 10 be thrown in confused mass toRe-
Their; brokeh seats flying, and the forward part of
our car crushing in like an ssg-shsl. had time
merely to say to my wife keep quiet, dom riso,
the bottom of the ear behind u shot directly over
my head, taking off my hat 'aftiNf
"Thsn fellswsa 0sst -ssudinG cries, &C.
companisd hy.a terrible rpqggle for life by the
mass Ofmsp and women buried beneath the shat
tered timben Of the car bottom. My wife and
myself wsrs for Q few moments confined between
the floor above " and the broken seats, although
wholly uninjursd During those few moments
terrible sense of sufocation oppressed me. BY the
tearing away of the seat before US, was enabled
to extricate Mrs. Bates, although dying man
near me was clutching my hair, crying, Mr..
Bates, save me, oh, save me-! "a
'Soon a. Mrs. Bates was liberated and parsed
forward, lost sight Of her amid the ruins, but she
called to ma that she was safe, and requested me
to turn my attention 10 the wounded around me,
and soon after suffered herself 10 be removed from
the window. / Immediately broke out the two
windows near me, then caught hold of q man
whose shoulders were crushed beneath the large
timber Of the car bottom. He told me his feet
were not fast. .Hai@
"With desperate effort extricated him, when
the floor settled in such q way as would have
crushed him had no remained half minute more
then broke down with my feet the seat on which
had been sitting, to liberate the poor man, MIR.
Thomas Brown, Of Whitinsville, who had caught
me by the hair, and lady, MRS Richmond, of
Southbrdge,) whose heads were bent over the
back Of the seat, and held by the large timber of
the car bottom over them. But although broke
down the sent, the timber was 30 confined by con-
nexion with other timbers and by the oil-choth
carpeting of the car, that they could not be
moved until man near mo and had cut the
carpet with our knives. Ng
"Before we could extricate them they had both
ceased to speak. One seemed alive as We put
him through the window to those without, but he
soon died. Mn. Richmond was entirely dead. Mr..
Brown is also now dead. i continued to strive to
relieve the wounded. One mnn, to whom / could
not get, called on me by name, beseeching me to
freed by others, his leg horribly crushed.
"Our cars hardly stopped at the depot we passed
before the accident, and as we passed, man, APP
parently connected with the road, at the depot,
demonstrated with the conductor against his pro-
ceeding, and, as the cars passed on at rapid
rate, remarked, There will be a smash up in two
minutes The collision did take place in less
than that time. " ,s.5gil, .5,ii .-sf KIM.