Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-04-21
CITY AND COUNTY.


When the train for Boston which left h. re yes
terday morning at $40, had gone on lis way
about three miles, one of the axles of the tender
of the engine broke. There were in the train six
cars, four passenger and Two baggage, three Of
which were made complete WRECKS Ss aaS onsh Ear
diaely sent to this city for assistance, and cars
and surgeons were there as soon as practicable, !;
but before their arrival, DR.. Brown of Webster
and others on the train, had done all that they
could for the injured. 1t was some time before
the extent of the calamity could be ascertained.
One persoa only Was killed, Mr.. Ephraim W.
Wesson, aged thirty-twO, son of Mr.. Ephraim
Wesson, Of this city. He was a brakeman in
the employ Of he Western railroad. He has Il
wife and one Child i'll Springfield His body r.
mains here for burial.
One passenger only was much injured. He is
discharged soldier named Stephen Conway.
He was a sergeant in Co. of the 18th regiment
of Massachusetts volunteers, Col. Kinks. He
has no family, and enlisted in Lowell. His right
leg was broken near the ankle and he is bruised
about the head. He is at Swans Hotel, and do
ing well.
The two express messengers on the train were
Springfield, of Thompson & Co.'s express, had
his left arm broken in Two places, and he is
bruised about the head. 1t is feared he may be
injured internally. He is tile only person who
now seems in critical condition He is at
Swans Hotel also.
M. c. H. Williams of this city, in the service
of Leonard & Co, was bruised in the back. lie
has no bones broken, and it is probable he will
soon be about again.
Mr. Foster Barrows, of 81 Southbridge street,
baggage master, has "A compound fracture of the
left forearm; and Mr.. Waldo Harrington of Ma
pie court, one of the brakemen, had one of the
bones of his left leg brok'n. Both are very COM
Portable
10 those who saw the cais after the accident.
and before beginning had bcen made in remov-
ing them, the escape Ct all the rest seems little
short of a miracle
AS both tracks were obsuucted, the passengers
could not go on until an extra train arrived from
Boston about l.45 in charge of Superintendent
Phillips, who brought large force of workers
with him.
Before that, much had been done in the work
OF removal by D. II. Harris, ESQ, Superintend-
ent Of the Connecticut River Railroad, and others
who in that and every other way rendered most
efficient service.
The passengers by the $40 and 1910 trains
went in together TO Boston about P. NJ. So
rapidly WAS the labor Of clearing away done
that all the other passenger trains were able to
get by with little delay, and both tracks were
ready for use as usual by P. NJ.
Coroner Sibey has empannelled jury to ex-
anime into the cause of the death of Mr.. Wesson,
by which all the facts will be diligently inquired
into.
No ingenuity or foresight have yet been able
to guard against such accidents as this. The
breaking of axeS massive as they are, and made
as they are from iron Of the very best quality is
yet one of the inevitable risks of railway travel
ing The rareness of their occurrence only APP.
pas US the more when they come. 1t is many
years since any injury SO serious has befallen
uain on the Boston road over which mora than
o ne million of passengers arc oon,,o,,od aa-1
oCENE IN A BARRIERS SHoP.-Durinp business
hours, yesterday, an excitable gentlemen nh
has held some military position. we he,ia,,o -.
der Gen. Butler, happened in the wel,.,,,'o,,.-
BARRIERS rooms on Foster street, and in /. hn;o.a1
Gus manner ordered the chief to attend go III.
DID quick, or be would clean his shop out" at the
same time threatening other rash and impruden,
things. Mr.. j., the barber, thought that wasn,t
the politest way of soliciting professional attend.
ance, and SO expressed himself when his beIlig.
erent visitor made pass, as if to strike him
Not caring for a disturbance in a respectable
e1yon like his Mr. I stanned outside for IN =, A. 49,