The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-10-12
Serious Railroad Accident.--Two Ex.
pressmen Killed-.0ther Persons bad.
ly injured.

A serious and fatal acciden, occurred up.
on the Boston and Maine Railroad the 9Th
inst. The seven o'clock train from HAY
erhil had jus, lelt Melrose, and was about
halfway between tina, place and Maiden,
going at rather reduced speed, when u
COW which was at The side OF The track, sud-
denly jumped upon tho track in front Of The
engine, and almost before the engineer
could shut off s,eam a colision'occurred.
The eiIec, Of tho collision was TO throw
The engine and baggage car from the track.
The engine, after running short distance,
fell down an embankmenl OF about dozen
feet. The baggage car was upset at the
other side Of The track. The passenger
cars were thrown from The track, and ran a
short distance on the sleepers, but were oil.
ly slightly injured. The engineer Of the
train, Mr.. Langley, escaped injury. The
fireman, Mr.. George Richards, had both
legs crushed oil, and will not probably sur
vive. A brakeman named Staples, former.
ly baggage master on the Ssugus Branch
Railroad, had a leg crushed of. They
were both brought TO the city and taken 70
the Hospital, where DR.. Townsend expires.
sed The opinion that Richards could not re-
cover. Ampulalion, in this case, was not,
therefore, attempted. In the case Of Mr.,
Staples, il was postponed until he had re-
covered somewhat from the shock OF the
accident.
The most sad and lameniable part OF the
affair, however, was tho death OF two well
known expressmen, viz:- Mr.. Charles
Richardson, Of the Havethill, and Mr.. Z.
Abbott, Of the Andover Express. They
were both in the baggage car, and were in
simultaneously crushed 10 death in the up
setting Of the car. Mr.. Richardson leaves
a wife and child. Mr.. Abbott leaves wife
only, having buried his only child las, week.
Richardson has been running about six, and
Mr.. Abbott for abou, three years.
Mr. John Kimball. a brakeman, Of Hav-
ernill had one leg broken. This compris-
es all tina, were known TO have received in.
jury. The passengers all escaped injury,
though they were greatly frightened. One
female attempted TO get GU, Of car by The
window, but was held back. A passenger
informs US that he noticed that there was
a fence nj tho side of the track, but that
IN one place the bars were down.
Mr.. Reuben Gleason, Of the Reading Ex-
press, was in the baggage Car at the time OF
the accident, and leaped out. He was bad
y bruised, but had no bones broken, and
will be ont. probably, in short time. He
stated that the deceased expressmen were
Standing al The time Of Tho accident, near
The door Of the car, and were thrown out
when The car upset. The engine was
'omewlla, broken.
No one can easily explain in what man
Ter The engineer escaped injury, going down
Is he did with The engine. a sixth person
upon The road, was injured, but
'oi seriously. An inquest upon tho bodies
u The deceased is now being held.
A passenger states that he witnessed a
'iece Of heroism on tho part OF one OF the
INJURED brakemen. Al the moment Of the
ollision he leaped from tbs baggage car
D the first passenger car, but instead of