Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-08-29
After the Slaughter.

The Boston Advertiser says: The scene
at the station in Revere yesterday morning
was one of painful interest. Where the three
forward cars of the accommodation train had
stood there was nothing but a heap of ashes
hlled with bolts, rods, bars, clothing racks,
and the other portions of the cars which were
composed of metal. The passengers in these
cars had to leave SO hurriedly that few OF
them succeeded in rescuing their baggage
and portions of it were found among the
ashes. The wheels of the cars still remained
upon the track, several of the rails of which
were bent, and the sleepers were many OF
them burned half off. The platform also
mad caught fire from the cars and almost a
hundred feet of it was badly damaged.
Nearer Boston the remains of the rear car
were seen scattered on either side of the
track. The car was broken into innumera-
BILE pieces, the largest of which contained
several windows. One of these windows was
smashed, and the stains of blood trickling
down the outside were plainly seen, as
though some person had been dragged thro'
the window and been severely cut by the
broken glass. Ends of tmbers, car seats,
pieces of clothing, and spots of earth stained
with blood formed the centres of crowds OF
people for several hours until the ruins were
cleared up. Even after that men and boys,
with morbid curiosity, could be seen a,
times during the whole day poking over the
dirt with sticks to find some relic of the dis
aster.
construction train arrived at Revere al
half-past nine o'clock, and large force was
set to work repairing the track and removing
| the wreck Of the cars. They labored so eff,
fectually that at two o'clock in the afternoon
there was no indication that anything unusual
| had occurred there, except the burnt plat
| form, and no one would have suspected tina
| fifteen hours before it had been the scene O
| one of the most horrible accidents that ever
| occurred in New England.
The station was the scene of many affect
| ing incidents during the forenoon. The
Portland train, due in Salem at FIVE O'Clock
in the morning, did not arrive until nearly
| nine O'Clock, and all the empty seats in il
were then filled by persons who took advan-
| tage OF the opportunity afforded to visit the
| scene of the accident, and ascertain if any
| OF their friends were among the injured.
| Many also got on to the train at Lynn, and
| subsequently another train was run from
| Salem, which carried a large number to the
| scene of the accident. A few individuals at a
| time were allowed to enter the rooms where
| the bodies were lying for the purpose of rec
ignition. Some came very much excited,
and the sigh of relief when no loved one was
1Ounu among the dead was O1ten hearu AS
the bodies were recognized by friends they
were taken from the station, wrapped in
blankets, and conveyed in carriages to their
former homes. At one time the anxiety of
the crowd, which numbered probably three
or four thousand people, was so great that the
names of the dead were read to them; after
which they became somewhat more quiet,
At noon all the bodies but seven had been
taken away by relatives or friends, and those
remaining were conveyed to the Revere town
hall, from which four were taken during the
afternoon, so that last evening only three
were left to be removed.