Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-09-01


over-don't be afraid ! The passengers
we're trampling over one another in their
fright and excitement, and / called out
the same words. For second it seemed
as if they would have some effect, but
the next instant man near the rear
door shouted The car is on fire 7 and
the excitement was fercer than ever.
We all got out at last My wife had
tainted and | laid her on the grass, tell
ing my little girl TO stand by her while
helped the others rescue the injured
All this time the air was filled with the
shrieks and groans of the wounded and
the excited cries of the unhurt passen-
gers and those who happened to be in the
vicinity. Men were running about in
the greatest excitement, and for few
minutes there was no system of action.
The only man | saw injured on the ex-
press train was the baggage master. He
was at the brake at the rear of the bag
gage car when the collision occurred, so
he said, and was caught between the
platforms of the two cars front and rear.
de was sitting upon the platform of the
baggage car, the other one tapping over
and resting upon his thighs. One of his
hands was terribly bruised. He was in
that position over an hour, and yet bore
his pain with the greatest fortitude, talk
ing with the men around him constantly.
A jackscrew was finally procured and
he was taken out and put on board the
Pullman car One of the first men |
saw when | got out of the car was a
young man, we'll dressed, holding up his
hands, with his face apparently scalded
and bruised. The blood was dripping
from his fingers. | asked him if he was
hurt. He said, Il don't know; l feel
all on fire. l looked and saw that his
clothes had been nearly stripped from
his back, and he was somewhat, but
not seriously burned. He was very
anxious to know if his face was disfgur-
ed. | told him No. when all at once
he threw up his hands, and with yell
ran up the track as fast as he could, and
| saw no more of him. A moment after
saw woman lying upon the grass, her
right arm feariully crushed between the
elbow and shoulder, and her face badly
scalded. She must have been suffering
intense pain. | asked her what | could
could do for her. She replied, There
are Others hurt great deal worse than
am. Go and attend to them. | can bear
it, She was taken to house near by
and laid upon the floor, with bundle of
bloody clothes for pillow. She would
not let the doctor attend to her injuries
until she knew that the others had been
seen to. There were several others bad
ly hurt in the same house. After the
train had been thoroughly cleared | got
my wife and little girl place to stay,
and got on Lynn horse car. I went to
Lynn and spread the news and train
was sent up
STATEMENT OF MR.. WALKER.
A Mr.. Walker of Salem, says that he
was sitting in the rear car at the time of
the collision, on the same seat with Mrs.
Cheney, who was killed. They knew
the express train was in the rear, but did
not hear the whistle, and the crash was
the first intimation they had of their
danger. He was pressed between the
side of the car and the engine, and es-
capped without injury.
A BRAVE BAGGAGE MASTER.
There was one man on the Pullman
train who did stick to his post, and that
was Jefferson Rowe, the baggage master.
lie sprung to the break in the rear of
baggage car, and while turning it, was
thrown down by the shock, getting both
legs and one arm jammed between the
two platforms. His story is told in the
statement of Mr.. Story.
STATEMENT OF GEORGE BRADLEY.
| started from Boston in the Beverly
Saturday to go to Salem
to visit some friends and spend the Sab
bath. | was sitting in the last car, near
the rear door. Right opposite me on the
other side was sitting young woman
with baby. | afterward found it was
Mrs. Cheney, There was an old lady
sitting in front of her. They we're talk
ing together just before the crash. l
heard her scream, go, my baby, my ba-
BY! This was the last | knew until |
was lifted out. was stunned, but not
hurt.
Among the saddest incidents of this
terrible disaster, was the death of Mr..
Hervey Foster, about 90 years of age
and that of his sister, Miss Sarah Foster
aged 10, children of Capt. William Fos-
ter CT the Providence Gas COMPANY
They left Providence on Saturday after
noon for the purpose of passing a few
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