Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-11
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Frightful Railroad Accident in Maine.
A Rotten bridge the CRuse-FIfty Per-
sons Injured.

BANGOR, Me-, Aug. "a frightful accident
occurred tonight on the Maine Central rail
road, just as the train was entering this city, ty
the giving way of a rotten bridge across The
Hampden road The train was about half an
hour behind time, and was running at good
rate Of speed to get in before the time for the
night train to leave this city. The engine and
lender had got across the bridge, and portion
Of the mail and express car, when the structure
went down, taking the rear trucks of the mail
car, but the strength of the shackleS kept il
upon the track.
The smoking car was plunged down into the
street distance of twenty feet, and was com.
plctely demolished, there hardly being piece
of it left as large as table-leaf. This was fol-
lowed by passenger car, which came down
upon Its side and was also completely stove TO
pieces. A second passenger car shot across the
street at right angles with the first, and was also
demolished The third and last regular passen-
ger car plunged down the abyss, striking upon
the forward end, crushing it in, while the rear
end was suspended at an angle of As degrees by
the broken timbers and abutments.
The Pullman car being the last on the train
remained upon the track, the front end being
somewhat damaged by contact with the pre-
ceding car, but none of the passengers in it be-
ing injured in the slightest.
There were very small number of passen-
gers, or otherwise the fatality must have been
fearful. As it was, some thirty persons were
more or less seriously injured, but only one as
yet fatally.
The following is a list of the injured as
far as it has been possible TO ascertain L. Hill
dreth of Bangor, head cut aud hand crushed
Mrs. Abram Woodward Of Bangor, head cut
and severe confusion of the neck, rendering
her insensible; Miss Marcia Woodward severe
~ bruised; Captain William Flowers of Ban
COR, cut on the head and leg, not serious; Mrs.
Flowers, bruised and supposed to be injured in.
ternally; Mrs. Reuben Soult and daughter of
Bangor, both seriously injured; G. S. Pencil
OF Brunswick, slightly injured; Rev. George w
Bean of SkOwhegan, severe flesh wounds L. D.
Emerson of Waterville, cut on the head; j. W
Davis of Boston, nose and jaw broken and eye
injured; Mrs. William f. Burk, daughter and
sister of Chelsea, Mass, slightly injured; Henry
Williams of Greenbush, badly cut on the
head; James Andrews of Veazie, two
ribs broken and severely cut and
bruised, and his daughter Ada, arm broken;
Mrs. Brown of Bath, severely bruised, and her
two children injured; Miss Magoun of Bath,
slightly bruised; Peter Hopkins of Bangor, Sc
verely bruised; George G. Roberts of Boston,
slight bruises; George A. Mead of Boston, slie hi
bruises; d. Whiting of New York, side injured;
his wife was unlnlured James A. ToWle, Sc
yerely bruised; L. A. Bailey of Portland, bruised;
Charles Beurill of Corinna, badly Bruised John
Wright of Lewiston, wrist iammed and head
cut; George II. Day of Boston, shoulder broken;
his wife and child escaped unharmed; Mrs. 7.
+. Adams of Minneapolis, Mimi, bruised and
cut on head and face and side; Mr.. Lowell of Or
rington, severely injured. Jonas Gray the con-
ductor, was in the smoking car, and was cut on
the side and back Of the head, and his back was
injured He is splitting blood, and is supposed
to have ruptured blood vessel. Mr.. and Mrs.
Withee of Bath, Me-, and Miss Wiggin Of Bath,
were slightly injured. VIM. Otyer, Bangor,
head cut and right hip injured; Mrs. Aver Ban
gor, left shoulder hip and side bruised; Marion
Aver, two years DID, bruised in left side and
shoulder; Miss Mary L. Butler of Ellsworth,
severe cut over right temple, and similar cuts on
neck and right side; Eliza Jane Daggett, Haver-
hill, Mass, severely bruised Cd head and neck;
G S. Pennel of Brunswick, fractured rib;
Miss Minnie H. Burk of Chelsea, Mass, preyi
ously reported, proved to have right elbow dis
located.
A corouer's inquest is being held upon the
BODY Of Thomas Gallagher, and will afterwards
adjourn to the place Of disaster. The whole
number of injured reaches 80.
The only wonder in connection with the acct
dent is that any escaped alive, as the whole
tram, with the exception of the Pullman car, is
complete mass of ruins. Many of the passen-
gers were dug out from the mass of debris, and
escaped without scratch The Pullman car
contained sixteen passengers, and ali escaped
unhurt. The cause of the disaster was the in
secure condition of the BRIDGE the timbers, as
exposed by the accident, proving to be fearfully
decayed. New timbers to replace the old had
commenceu 10 DC nauled on to the ground to-
day. The accident and its too apparent cause
are the theme of the whole community, who
will demand a searching investigation as 10
where the fault lies Ex-Mayor Thurston was
riding by when the accident occurred, and saws
that the bridge gave way when the engine
passed over but did not fall through until the
engine, tender and mail car had got across.
BANGOR, Me, Aug 10.-Coroner J. H. Will
son to-day summoned q Jury and commenced
the investigation of the facts concerning the
railroad disaster. After viewing the body of
Thos. Gallagher and the scene of the disaster,
they adjourned until tomorrow for tile purpose
of hearing evidence. The whole number of
casualties were two killed and 6fty-nine
wounded