The Portland daily press., 1871-08-30
The asterns isa iIrOad Disaster. .

HERoIsM AND CONDITION OF MR.. ROWE
In the incidents of heroism developed by the |
disaster of Saturday evening at Revere, that |
of Mr.. jeff. G. Rowe, baggage master OF the
Pullman express train stands most deseIvedly |
in conspicuous position. The signal of dan
ger brought him at once to his post at the
brake ia the rear of the baggage car, unfi'nch-
ingly holding it through the terribly warning
premonltory signals. Thrown down ny tue
shock of the conclusion he was fortunately
seated in the doorway of the baggage car, thus
avoiding an otherwise inevitable DEATH Inc
platform of the succeeding car Tapped over
him. With his legs and right arm terribly
crushed, he bore the agony with heroic FORTH
tude for more than an hour after being reIeas-
ed. To those who would have strenuously aid
ed to release him at first he said: IF sny one
is hurt more than l. attend to them first; but
get me out as soon as you cam"
To Mr.. Howard jackson, the energetic
young expressman of Court Square, Mr.. r.
gave an opinion that it was "awiul rou gh, and
at the hospital his bearing through the painful
ordeal of amputating his right arm and setting
and splintering his broken legs won for him
the admiration of the surgeons in charge
During the time consumed in releasing him
from his terrible position, Mr.. Rowe directed
the willing hands in the manner as to which
| they should best relieve him from the torture
Im posed by the inert mass pressing upon his
mangled limbs.
He lies at the City Hospital in Boston in a
precarious condition. His right arm was am
putated at the elbow joint Monday, and his
| left leg which is shattered, was to have been
| taken off Tuesday. He also received severe
bruises about the lace, knocking in some of his
| teeth, and also internal injuries, all of which
| reLder his recovery extremely doubtful. He
has been on the Eastern Railroad several
years, and when recently placed in charge of
the baggage car of the night Pullman train,
| moved his family from Portsmouth, N. H., to
/ Portland, where his duties emu.
| While Baggage Master Rowe was damned
| bstween the back of the smokina-car and the
| next car a long rope was attached to the smok-
ine-car, and the crowd of perhaps three hun
| bred bent on to the rope and we're ABOUT to
pull with will nerved to relieve suffering,
when suddenly the tall drab hat and gray suit
of the leader appeared on what remained OF
the rear platform o. tne ,hi ana n,s
one iuch your way the man at the other end
will be killed. 1t must be lacked up and then
1 will tell you when to pull. Don't pull till
tell yOn to- Instantly there was the re.
| spouse, 'YOu are our boss," "We will mi nd
you. ETC., and the car was not moved. This
man did great deal of good by his executive
force, and ought to be known and credited
| with it.
MARROW ESCAPE.
One of the most narrow escapes was that oil
f. n Carter OF Somerville. He was standing
on the forward part of the rear car of the Bev-
erly train, and hearing noise looked around,
but i'm nediately realized that he was turning
somersaults, rolling over, &C., under the cars.
He thinks he went through the bottom of the
car and that the engine of the express train
| propelled him along over the sleepers until il
stopped He escaped with some severe bruises
on his legs, and a slight scald upon the right
| ear.
| ADDITIONAL DEATHS
1t is reported that Edmund B. Hull, of the
firm of e. B. Hull & Co., 81 High street, died
on Monday at his residence in Swampscott
| His injuries were at first considered slight.
Edward Williams, % years of age, shoe.
maker, of Lynn, expired at the Massachusetts
General Hospital at 5 O clock Tuesday morn
ing. He was badly scalded, but it is thought
the shock to his nervous system was more Sc.
we're than his internal injuries, and his death il
accordingly set down to this cause. He sank
gradually from an early hour Monday even
ing.
| CONDITION OF THE OTHER SUFFERERS.
The sufferers remaining in both the Massa-
chusetts and the City Hospitals are still in &
very precarious condition, and more deaths art
hourly looked for, medical skill availing bu
little IN the crisis of those who were unfortu
nate enough to inhale the deadly steam.
One man, John Buckley, was discharged
from the Massachusetts, General Hospital Mon
day, his injuries not proving so serious as
first feared.
THE ONLY UNRECoGNIzED BODY
Is now lying at Revere. 1t is that of woman
about 80 years of age, dressed in black.
The number of the dead thus tar is thirty
and twenty -nine injured, some of whose inju
ries will prove fatal.