The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-29
RAILROAD COLLISIONS.
rr,sntrus Railway aceidcna IN ""s-
..chUscits tt w nty- Ave Persons
r.s,rcd-Furty wounded.

lt4n
f>,.tnn at $ O'Clock, overlook and ran into
bc Beverly accommodation train fifteen
,";ru,cs later. Two Of the Beverly coaches
>,rTr demolished. and the slaughter Of pas
,,,'r,rs WAS terrible. Twcntv-onc persons
No Killed outright. including three ladies.
and forty or fifty wounded.
\, the time Of the collision the accommo-
1,!;on for Beverly had its red signal lights
.aain,l. and the red signal was hoisted ut
N, masthead Of the signal post for the eN-
rrr>> to hold ur, which il did ut Everett,
!,.t Subsequently proceeded, and was un-,
,.rr full hCadwav when near the Revere STA
lion. The engineer evidently not being aware .
-, rhr proximity Of The Beverly train until
rrrha;S within sixty rods OF If. lie then :,
Unlisted down brakes but not soon !:
enough to arrest the calamity. |
e,,n,, ol Che Passengers in the rear por- :
.f,,n 81 The accommodation train heard the
,minn,:S whistle, but too late I" escape. (!
a., came tArcXprcSS tram at great velocity, /!
and !hrn the engine struck tue fcafH"S' /;
ear iull in the centre, and forced lis wa! IN
telescope manner tWo-th'rdS 'ehSth OF the
,qr. The smoke stack WAS instantly !
LrnrKrd III, and the boiler penetrated all OF
rn. distance named into the rear car, the
rear par, of the latter being smashed INTO
;hnu,anJ >pin,orS. throwing the debris out
un either side Of the engine tender. vi the
r,,.,r half Of the car NOT fragment rs hiS
- a house window could lie found. The
fore par; Of the engine was utterly ur-
molj>hrd, its pstonS bent. and its rods
broken. The car was crowded with pco-
rlr, every scat being occupied. ana many
Standing in the aiSlcS. In among these the
locomotive rushed, quick IL flash, just as
The itryrlly train had started, managing ana
Killing in he most tri"htlul manner. But
this AaS not the only, and perhaps not the
worst, visitor the unfortunate passengers
had. simultaneously with Tie collision the
head cap of the boiler was broken, and III
an instant the wrctchcd sufferers were
-hrru,ird in Il cloud Of kissing steam and
dclu.cd with boiling water, which brought
death instantly 10 many OF the wounded,
and will prove fatal to others VINO had pro-
hahIv not been otherwise seriously injured.
The lamps spilled their contents, but the
fire if any. was undoubtedly cNtinglll>hed
hy the wafer and steam. Although the
Bcycily train was Just moving when the
collision took place. its motion did not pre-
vent injury to the cars III front OF tho last.
The coupling between the two rear cars
broke, and the platforms OF all OF them
were damned up together, with tho smok-
in.-car uvcrlappin. the baggage-car. and
rods and timbcrs were 1ncXtricaDly mixed
aud interviewer. Fortunately the entangle-
nent was not 30 Great but that the paSsen-
gers succeeded in getting out quite speedi-
Is, and happily was ii for them they did so,
for the kerosene lamps were upset and the
contents spilled upon the floor, and in an
instant the smoking car was in II blaze.
The flames travelled with great speed from
uiIr car TO another. until three of them
were developed. These were subsequently
moved up the track half dozen rods, and
allowed TO burn until there WAS nothing
lclt tor The fire to feed upon.
An effort was at first made to put out the
fire bus This was prevented, and the flames
were useful in lighting up the dreadful
scene III the rear and facilitated services for
the Wound"d. The work of rcSGuing the
victims was 1t once begun, assistance being
Sunn furnished from Chelsea, CharleStoWn
AMI It; Il later hour from Boston. The Frost
Hose Company, just returning from an cN-
cur>on 10 Providence, were promptly on
the ground, having seen the fire burning.
Dozens uf poor creatures were damned
Within the wood and iron-work, and could
not yet ont. The axe WAS applied Vigo-
rnu>ly, and soon rope was applied to the
sides OF the ear and all the remaining frame
work was pulled asunder.
The dead and manglcd bodies were taken
out carefully and speedily, and placed on
the pIIt4orm on i'll the depot. Some were
pinned with SpliutcrS, some had arms and
legs broken, while others were maEylcd
beyond recognition. Most of the dead
were apparently tree from bruises, but the
peplln. skin and deathly pallor which over
"prcad the flesh told plainly that the steam
AMI >caldmg water caused death.
ihe following is Il list Of the persons
killed up-to the present time: III. II. shat
tack. OF Lynn; {. b. Shat'ack, OF Lynn;
Susan T. Cheney, OF Lynn, VIM. II. jet
Of I.>pp l. n SuDborD IF
drncc; Ella picrsOn, of Lynn; james
Burns, OF Lynn; Ernest s. Merrill, OF
pany.rs: Henry a. Foster, of provi-
dcrcc: Miss Foster, his sister; VIM. II.
Emerson, of Providence ; Geo. W. Ban
croft, of Beverly: Rev. s. Il. Mason, Of
Cambrid@eport Thomas +. Bancroft, OF
Lynn Rev. DR.. Ezra ). Gannett, Of BoS-
ton; Aaron Erickson, Of Swampscott;
Wm. A. Seee. Of Beverly; Mrs. L. {. JAS.
per, j. b. Miller, Mary A. Crowley, and
two bodies unrccognizrd, making twenty
-FOUR in al. Rev. itr. Gannctt was on his
way To Beverly, where he was to preach
to-day.
The iollown" is list of the wounded in
the Massachusetts General Hospital John
Buckley, OF Beverly, aged 80, scalded in
the face and chest T.. Williams, of Lynn,
aged ~, Scaldcd i'll the face and hands ".
browning, of Salem, aged %, Scalded in
the hands and face ; :. q. Thaycr, of New
ton, >raldcd J. 3. BotIis, OF Salem, aged
g, >caldcd Anne Foley. of Boston, aged
- Eliza Hatch, Of Chnrlestown. aged %,
The following wounded arc i'll the city hos
p,al: u. Fitzpatrick, OF Cambridgepurt,
compound fracture OF the arm; Jefferson
Rowe, of Portsmouth, n. H.. arm badly
broken; Mary Ann Call, of Boston, in
iured in the chest; George S. Hill, of Lynn,
and Frank Davis, of Charlcstown. There
are many others injured, the names of
whom are yet unknown.
"A coroner's jury was summoned to-day
Nv Dir. J. i. ForSath, of Chelsea, which,
after viewing the bodies, adjourned until
tomorrow afternoon. The total number
injured is between thirty and forty, the
most of whom are likely to recover. The
dead We're removed from the scene of the
accident this afternoon. DR.. Ganuctt was
recognized to-day at noon. He was killed
by his chest being crushed. He was the
wcli-known pastor of The Arlington street
Church, and formerly Il colleague OF the
late Dr. Claiming, and a man whose loss
Wilde seriously felt by the community.
Dr., Mason, OF Cambrldgenort, was also 4
man Of note, and greatly beloved by his
congregation.
Public sentiment throws the fearful re-
sponsibility upon the conductor and cngl-
necr oi tue express train. The engineer
escaped with q few bruises by jumping
from the train. The accommodation train
was three quarters Of an hour late, which
fact, it Is said, was known to the managers
OF the express train.
The appalling railroad accident caused
intense excitement here, and to-day large
crowds visited the scene. The railroad Off
cials have cleared away tho debris and
ruins, and the road is in running order
again.
ACCIDENTS IN PEHNSYLyANIA-FIvE PERSONS