Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-08-17


About O'Clock on Wednesday evening
Of last week the mail train on the Maine
Central from the West broke through
bridge. over the Hampden Road, AT ..Cros-
by s" which is about a mile below the
Bangor House. The train consisted OF
two baggage cars, smoking car, three pas
senger cars and Pullman car "Saturn."
The Locomotive and the first baggage car
passed safely when the bridge broke.
The second baggage car jumped the rails
and ran down the steep embaukment To the
right the smoking car followed and was
crushed into fragments. The first passen-
ger ear ran halfway down the bank aud
turned over on it, side. the roof away from
the track. Every seat in this ear was torn
from its fastenings and with the passen-
gers hurled into the front en,l. The second
passenger ear went endwise down the en-
bankment close behind the first, the door
being thrown up aud split of from the
sides. which spread apart like an Inverted
A. The seats in this car were not so much
smashed. The third passenger car was
on the bridge aud pitched through. 80 that
II stood ON It's front end in the roadway
under the bridge. The Pullman car. the
only one len on the track. was about one
third over the broken bridge. its front
trucks detached the front end was crushed
from beneath. and the end of the roof torn
up.
Those killed were William Percival of
watcrvillc, brakeman. I. Gallagher. re-
siding in East Boston. The wounded a
far as known were Mrs. Reuben Soulc.
Bangor, seriously injured in hip aud inter
nally her little daughter also severely in
jured
Capt. VIM. Flowers, Bangor. badly cut
In head and leg. and clothing nearly all
torn off.
Mrs. VIM. Flowers. Bangor. badly brui>-
ed and /; j. feared injured Internally
Mrs. Ahram woodard. Bangor was IN
the ear that went through the bridge and
was cut on the head and neck. and serious
ly confused, rendering her inscnsibc.
Miss Marcia Woodland, Bangor. severe
ly. but no; seriously bruised.
Jonas GRAY. Conductor Of train. two
deep scalp wounds. back injured and 1t i,
feared Internally.
/ crushed.
1 e. :. Pennell. Brunswick. slightly niur-
/ cd In leg and one rih fractured
Rev. George W Bean. Lewiston. severe
{ bruises ON legs.
! Mr.. Martin ID. Ward. Skowhegan. one
I arm bruised; her daughter uniniurcd.
/ slight flesh wound
/ l. ID. Emerson. West wMerville. scalp
| wound
j. ". Davis of Boston. Special Agent
OF the Treasury Department. nose and jaw
broken. and eve so injured tina, loss or
sight is probable.
Mr.. VIM. +. Burke. aud sister Mrs.
/ FRENCH Chelsea. ali slightly injured
Miss Minnie II. Burke. Chelsea. RICH,
/ elbow DEDICATED.
Henry Williams. Grccnbu-h. bad eat IN
hand.
e. Z. Roberts. New York. slightly bruj.-
[ ed in leg.
I Geo. A. Meade Boston. clo;he, torn
( nearly of and severely bruised
W. III. Seymour, New York. slightly In
jurcd.
u. Whiting. New York. side badly brui--
ed. Mrs. whiting uniujurc,
James 4. Fowle. w0hmru. Mas severe
! ly confused.
! 7. W. Hilton. Conductor OF Pullman car.
arm wrcnchcd and bruised.
Hiram Burrili. 'ornna. hally hrui.ci
=. \. Bailey. Portland severe hrui>c-
John Wright. Lewiston. wrist jamlnc,l
and head cut.
George II. Day. Boston shoulder frar-
tnrrd; Mr.. DAY and child not hurt
Mr. i. +. Adams. Minneapolis. MINI
! head and face cut and side bruised
Ni>, y. VI Billings. south birmingham.
Mas, head and lett arm bruised
Mr. Mana.ff 4 81.
shoulder. arm aud leg badly bruised
Eugcne Lowell. Of Orrington. WA I'm the
smoking ear and was badly confused and
/ cut
Mr.. Brown OF Bath. badly injured: her
two children escaped unhurt.
Mis- Magoun. Bath. slightly injured
Peter Hopkins. Bangor. severely Injured.
Mr.. shaw. the Baggage Master. va.
with hi- wife and little child. In the bag
gage car tina, ran OF, but though badly
bruised they escaped serious injuries
Jonathan Andrew Neazir. two nh. bro
ken; his daughter Ada. syears old. arm
| broken.
Aaron Loring. RobbIn.,on. fac, badly
cui and legs bruised.
Mrs seth Perkins. ohio--t Bangor g.
yerely bruised.
u. withcr, and wife. Bath. slightly in
| jured.
| Arson Mason. Bangor, face and head
very badly cut. and side bruised
Irving Kicker Providence L. l. right
| leg broken below the knee. and scalp
wound.
Horace Il. Cu,h,nAn. Bangor. ankle aud
| arms bruised. AID head and face cut.
Mis- Belle Wakefield Carmel slight
| Commissions
MI. Mary f.. Butler. Hancock. wound
| ell In >calp and throat.
Charles T.. Dole Bangor leg bruised
| and clothing nearly all torn 81.
A Brewer lady. whose name We did not
learn. was badly bruised.
Leoncc Il. son of Joshua Moody and
Fred. son of I. Il. Fiiield. both Of hi. city
were coming In from Hermon. where thcy
l.ad been fishing. and SAT in the forward
end OF the first passenger car. Young
Moody had hi, back. face aud neck badly
cut. aud one thumb split open. The RI
field boy had his front teeth broken of
and his head bruised and cut
Eliza Jane Daggett. Of Haverhill. Mas,
Wa. severely bruised in head and neck
III. {. Preston. Virginia. had hi, arm
| badly bruised in endeayOring to rescue a
lady from the wreck OF one Of the cars
VIM. .. Aver. Bangor. cut ia head and
right hip injured.
Mrs. VIM. o. Aver. len shoulder. side
and hip badly bruised; her daughter Mari
on. years old. len side and shoulder
| bruised. a
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