Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-08-29
THE MASSACHUSETTS HORROR.
The Disaster on the Eastern Railroad

IhTtNtnT Particulars Of thc Collision Thirty
Killed and Forty FoHRdei-7Ae Responsibility
for the Slaughter.
The New York papers of yesterday publish
full particulars of the fright al disaster on the
Eastern railroad of Massachusetts, brief an
nouncement o. which was made in TIE STAR
Of yesterday. 1t appears II have been the result
of the grOS est criminal careles sneSs on the part
OF the conduc' DTS and engineers of the two trains
i he Beverly accommodate on train was uuneces-
sarily behind Tine and was lingering az Revere
station. The Bangor express train came thun-
de. ng along, and although the conductor knew
there was a train ahead on the track he took no
precautions - prevent a collision. The express
tfain plunged into the arr lm moda. on train,
completely telcscoping it,. The engine OF the
express tfPin was 80 badly smashed tina. the
Sc3lding stem from the boiler pervaded
THE DOOMED CARS,
Filling many VINO had oTly been injured by the
coll sion. the Zero enc oil lamps were - b. }
ken, and threw their blazing contents over the
victims. The towr PEOPLE Of Pegere were on
hand at once, ?nd were unTem.tting in the I
slow and Indifferent. Public indignation is very
strong against them. Among the killed were the
venerable and IL -inguished DIR. Gannett, the
Cnita. an clergyman of Boston, and Rev. ). R.
Macon, OF the Baptist church at Cambridge. A
son of William Lloyd Garrison vas among the
injured. The total Killed is thirty, and OF badly
injured forty, some of whom VIII die. Tie 30
ton papers unite in demanding full mveStiga-
ton of the cause of the catastrophe, sud stern
Jus,ee Ion those responsible, whoever they
may be.
slaughter on the BODIES of the persons Killed out
right, and another will be held at the hospital
on the bodies OF the Victims who died there.
IL is stated that suits for damages agoirSt the
Eastern Railroad Company, for injuries received
III the collision on Saturday, have already been
filed 10 the amount OF Sl50,0sO.
A correspondent of the New York Times says
THE TERRIBLE MOMENT.
" Rounding the curve right in the glare of bis
nSine's reflector the driver OF the express pin
aw the train in his path. Terrified, evidently,
a nm INT hfar rSalNa
engii e, whisted - down brakes" and sprung
from his machine into the inl<y dsrknc - his one
thought beingto save his own life. The IocOmo-
tive, an awful power, plunged into the rear of
the train, and plOwed its way thTce-quarteTs
through the rear car. This car was crowded
with people and the scene within at that moment
Of supreme horror must have been something
terrible and unearthlv. The floor OF the car was
Immediately demolished, but the sides continued
t. cling TO the root the latter resting on the top
OF the engine. The escaping steam from the
sengers were crush d, mangled, burned AID
scalded. ard their shrieks, groans and moars,
mingled with the shi Ill hiss Of the steam and the
crashing of The wreck.
AFTER THE COLLISION.
The passenger who escaped and the people Of
the neghbOrhcod, who gatheredin great crowds
made desperate efforts TO rescue the unfortunate
prisoners. A few per.oPs were taken rom the
windows OF the car, as many were damned in by
the boiler and in the crushed seats. The sides
were tol from the roof, and then a dread al
sight was expo ed 10 the view. Many were dead,
some were dying, and all were more or les in
Jured; nearly all emily. The inqucSti : - be
rigid, and perhaps the blame VII be placed
where it belongs.
THE INDEBTEDNESS OF MANKIND.
In the crowd attracted by the accident on Sat-
urday night, were many whose proper place is
Dehind the prison baI3. These robbed the dead
and the suffering wounded. One poor Fellow,
gasp'ng for treath, was robbed of 500 in the
few minutes he was left alone, by some one who
was pretending to care for him."