Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-08-15
MAINE.
Frightfui Railroad Aeeident.

BANGOR, August ca frightfuI accident
occurred tonight, on the Maine Central Rail.
road, just as train was entering the city. by
the giving away of bridge across the Hamp-
den Road. Tie train consisted of an engine.
tender, mail and express car, smoking car,
three passenger cars aud one Pullman palace
car. The train vas about half an hour be-
hind time, and running at good speed to
make up.
The engine aud tender had got across the
bridge and portion of the mail aud express
cars when the structure went down taking
the rear trucks Of the mail car, but the
strength ofthe shackles kept it upon the track.
ThesmOking car plunged down into the street,
distance Of twenty feet, and was completely
demolished. This was followed by passen-
ger car, which came down upon tn side aud
was also completely torn 10 pieces.
The second passenger car shot across the
street at right angles with the Hrst, aud was
also demolished. The third aud last regular
passenger car plunged down the abyss, strik>
ing upon its forward end, crushing il, while
near the end, suspended at an angle Of forty.
i've degrees by the broken timbers and abnt>
ments, the Pullman car, the last in the train,
remained on the track, bat the front end was
somewhat damaged by contact with the pre-
cediog car. None Of the passengers in it were
injured.
VIM. Percival, of waterville, was brakeman
on the third passenger car, and stood ut his
post, on the front platform, when the car
plunged down through the bridge, and was in.
stanIly killed. There was u very small NUM-
Der Of passengers. otherwise tho loss of life
must have been fearful. AS il was, thirty or
more persons were more or less severely in
cured, but only Que as yet fatally. Thomas
Gallagher, boiler making Of East Boston,
was teartslly crushed, aud has since died.
The following is list Of the injured: L.
Hildreth, of Bangor, head cut aud hand
crushedS Mrs. Abram Woodland, of Bangor,
head cut, severe confusion Of neck, and insen-
Siblej Miss. Maria Woodland, severely bruised;
Capt. WIN. Flowers, of Bangor, cut in leg aud
head, wounds not serious; his daughter Ada,
arm broken Mrs. Brown, of Bath, severely
bruised; her two children uninjured Miss
Wagoan, Of Bath, slightly bruised; Peter Hop.
kins, OF Bangor, severely bruised George e.
Roberts, of Boston, slightly bruised George
x. Mead, of Boston, slightly bruised; w. II.
Seymour, of N. Y, slightly bruised; d. Whit
ing, n. Y, side injured his wife with him
uninj ured; JAS. A. TowIe, severely bruised {;
+. A. Bailey, Portland, bruised; Chas Burrill
Carminc, badly bruised John Wright. Mrs
Flowers, bruised aud supposed to be injured
internallyj Mrs. Reuben South and daughter,
of Bangor, both severely injured; q. S. Penal,
Of Brunswick, slight injury in the leg; Rev.
Geo. w. Hean, OF Showhegan, severe flesh
wounds l.. ID. Emerson, WatervilIe, cut in
the head;J. W. Davis, of the Boston Treasury
Department, nose and Jaw broken aud eye in.
jured, Mrs. VIM. I. Bard, daughter and sister,
OF Chelsea, Mass, all slightly injured; Henry
W. Mans, of GreenbusL. badiy cut on the
head; James Andrews, of Veasic, two ribs
broken and severely cut and bruised John
Wright, of Lewiston, wrist TANNED and head
cut; Geo. II. Day, BOSTON, shoulder broken,
Mrs. j. f. Adams, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
bruised aud cut on head, face aud side; Mrs.
Lowell, OrringtOn, severely injured; Jonas
Gray, Conductor, was in the smoking car, cut
on side and back Of head and back injured, is
splitting blood; Mr. and Mrs Withal, of Bath,
and Miss Virgins, OF Bath, slightly injured.
Many passengers were dug out from the
mass of debris and escaped without scratch.
Tho bridge timber exposed by the acci-
dent, proved to be badly jccayed. So far as
can be ascertained up to midnight, the injured
nro doing weiI.-B"LiO. G0=eite, august TO-