Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-08-10
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Daily Kennebec Journal.
The Maine Central.
Still Another Railroad Accident {!
A Bridge Breaks Down and Pas
senger Train Falls Through.
Several Persons Killed outright, and
Others terribly Wounded.
A Bridge Breaks Down and a Pas
senger Train Falls Through.
Several Persons Killed outright, and
Others terribly Wounded.


cover from the shock inflicted by the accident
at Vassalboro' when the news came over the
wires last night about half-past ten o'clock,
that while the passenger train for the east
that left the Augusta depot about four o'clock
was passing over the Hampden roads bridge
at Etna, about one mile and half this side
of Bangor, the bridge gave way and precipi-
tated portion of the train among the ruins.
The information we have at the present writ
ing is quite meagre, but we have intelligence
that William Percival of Waterville, brake
man, and passenger whose pane is not
given, were killed outright. Mr. Jonas Gray
was conductor of the train.
AS soon as the news reached this city, the
Assistant Superintendent, Mr.. Lincoln, was
promptly at his post of duty issuing his orders
to the men along the line in regard to trains,
| and made up relief train to be sent to the
| scene of the accident. The train left here a
little past midnight.
Further particulars of this terrible acct
| dent are given in the following despatch from
| Bangor:
Bangor, Me-, 10. A frightful accident
occurred tonight on the Maine Central Rail
| road, just as the train was entering this city,
| by giving way of the bridge across the Hamp-
| den road. The train consisted of the engine,
| tender, mail and express car, smoking car,
| three passenger cars and one Pullman palace
car. The train was about one half hour be-
hind time, and was running at good rate of
speed to get here before the time for the
night train to leave this city. The engine
and tender had got across the bridge and a
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 it upon the track The smok-
| ing car plunged down into the street dis
| lance of twenty feet, and was completely de-
molished, there hardly being piece of it left
as large as a table-leaf This was followed
| by passenger car which came down upon its
| side, and was also stove completely to pieces
| A second passenger car shot across the street
| at right angles with the first and was demol-
| ished. The third and regular passenger car
plunged down the abyss, striking upon the
| forward end, crushing it in. while the rear
end was suspended at an angle of forty five
degrees, by the broken timbers and abut-
| ments. The Pullman car being the last on
| the train remained upon the track, the front
| end being somewhat damaged by contact with
| the preceding car, but none of the passengers
| in it being injured in the slightest.
William Percival of Watervihe was brake
man on third passenger car, and stood at his
post on the front platform, when it plunged
| down through the bridge, and was instantly
| killed, receiving several wounds upon the
head, either of which must have proved fatal,
| besides having his left arm and leg fearfully
| crushed. There was a very small number of
passengers, or otherwise the fatility must
| have been fearful as it was some 80 persons
more or less severely injured, but only one
as yet fatally. Thos. Gallagher, boiler max
er belonging at No. >, Union Place, East Bos-
| ton, but at present employed in this city, was
tearfully crushed and died just after being
taken to his boarding place. The following
| is list of the injured, so far as it has been
possible to ascertain tonight.
L. Hildreth of Bangor, head cut and hand
| crushed; Mrs. Abram Woodward, of Bangor,
| head cut and several Commissions of neck, rem
| dering her insensible; Miss Marcia Wood.
ward, severely bruised; Capt. VIM. Flowers
| Bangor, cut on head and leg, not serious Mrs
| Flowers bruised and supposed to be injured in
ternally; Mrs. Rueben Soule and daughter of
| Bangor, both severely injured; c. S. Pen
mel of Brunswick, slight injury to leg; Rev.
| Geo. w. Bean of Skowhegan, several severe
| flesh wounds; l.. Demerson of Waterville.
cut on head; j. w. Davis of Boston, nose
and jaw broken and eye injured Mrs. w. L.
Burk, daughter and sister of Chelsea, Mass,
| all slightly injured; Henry Williams of
| Greenbush, badly cut in head; Jonas Andrews
of Veazie, two ribs broken and severely cut
and bruised. His daughter Ada, arm broken
| Mrs. Brown of Bath severely bruised her
two children uninjured; Miss Magoun of
| of Bath, slightly bruised, Peter Hopkins, of
| Bangor, severely bruised, Geo. C. Roberts
| of Boston, slightly bruised, Geo. Amead of
Boston, slightly bruised; w. II. Seymour of
New York, slightly bruised; D.. Whitney of
New York, side injured his wife with him
was not injured; Jas. A. Towle, severely
bruised; f. A. Bailey af Portland, bruised,
Chas. Burnett, of Corinna, badly bruised;
John Wright of Lewiston, wrist jammed and
head cut; Geo. H. Day, of Boston, shoulder
| broken, his wife and child were with him
but escaped unharmed; Mrs. II. +. Adams
of Minneapolis, Mimi, bruised and cut on
head, face and side; Mr.. Lowell of Orring-
ton, severely injured; Jonas Gray, conduc-
tor, was in the smoking car and had cut on
side and back of his head, and back injured
Is splitting blood, and supposed to have rup-
tured blood vessel; Mr.. and Mrs Wthee
of Bath, end Miss Wiggin of Bath, slightly
injured
The only wonder in connection with the
accident is that any escaped alive, as the
| whole train with the eycentiOn of the Pullman