Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-07-01

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Time, 2:5O1Sr 2;46i4, 1854 and 2:44
AT half past four, this afternoon, the train
from Marbehead 10 Salem was run off the
track by the spreading Of the rails, about two
miles from Salem The engineer and fireman
escaped by jumping. One man In the baggage
car was killed, and several injured The etgine
lies buried in the dock, so that only the smoke
Stackls visible.
LOWELL, June 30.--The wooden dwelling
house, 410 Merrimac street. owned by DIR. F. G.
Leland, was damaged by fire and water to the
extent Of $500, this forenoon. Loss covered by
insurance in New York and Massachusetts conf
panies. The usual delay in giving the alarm by
wards was experienced, the bells giving the
alarms as ward four, when the fire was in ward
five, and sending number of hose carriages in
a different direction from that of the fire.
An engineer, named Snow, of freight train
on the Boston and Albany railroad, after load
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asleep. Another train, backing in, ran over
him, crushing both legs. His recovery is doubt
full
James 0'Malley, thirty years of age, while en-
gagged in discharging coal from the Victoria
Amelia, fell from staging and was fatally in
iured.
SPRINGFIELD, June 30.-Eight more brake
men on the Boston and ALBANY railroad were
arrested to-day, for thieving, making fifteen
captured thus far. Their operations have been
going on for many months, and have amounted
to thousands OF dollars.
MAINE.
PORTLAND, June 30.-The British steamer
Clotlda ashore on Wells beach since last De-
cember, finally aoated off last evening, and was
towed into Portland harbOr this morning. She
will be taken into the dry dock for repairs. She
is not much damaged. She was originally from
Newcastle, England, for Portland, with a cargo
of iron and sal soda. The iron is on the beach
at Wells, and the soda in bond at this custom
house.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
MANCHESTER, June 30.-This forenoon at
about eleven O'Clock, while two or three boys
were playing upon the bank of the upper.canal,
a few rods north of the railroad station, in this
city, one of them accidentally fell into the water
and was drowned. His name was Napoleon
Marchand, and he was the son of Joseph
Marchand, a French Canadian, who works at
the Amoskeag mills. He was nine years of
age.
The blame of the collision on the 0gdensburg
road Wednesday, rests entirely with the super
intendent of the construction train, who had
written order not TO have his train on the track
when extra or special trains were on the road.
CONCORD, June 30.-The house this afternoon
voted to adjourn till Monday evening, and from
then to four P. NJ. Wednesday.
CONNECTICUT.
HARTFORD, June 3O.-A brakeman named
Campbell was killed by gravel train on the
Valley railroad, at Wethersfed, to-day.
The legislature has adjourned till Wednesday,
July 5.