Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-08-31
Another Horrible Railway Slaughter.
Nearly Thirty KILLED and ever Ferry
lnIareA.

Nearly Thirty KILLED and ever Ferry
anJsveA.
We have 10 chronicle fearful and dis
tressing accident on the Eastern Railroad.
An excursion train with four passenger
cars and a baggage car crowded with pas
sengers. on their way to Hamilton camp
meeting, started from the Boston depot
Saturday evening. and stopped 1T the sta-
ton In North Chelsea. tx miles from
Boston. There was some delay In start
ing the train. The night express train
which reaches Augusta between three and
four clock in the morning. started from
the same depot and ln the same III sectien.
At eight O'clock. aud ran into the rxcur-
sion train that was standing on the main
track at North Chelsea, causing fearful
destruction OF llfc on thc latter train
At the time of the collision the aCcomo-
dafion train for Beverly had It's rcd signal
lights behind, and the red signal was
hoisted at the mast heal Of the signal post
for the express g. hold up. uhich il did At
Everett, but subsequently, proceeded. II
was under FUN Roadway When near Re
we're station; the engineer evidently not
hcing aware ~ the proximity OF the Rev
"rly train. until within perhaps 20 rods o
IL. He thea whistlcd down brakes. bur not
-non enough 10 avert the calamity Some
uf those IN thu r,ar part Of The arcommo-
datinn train heard the omlnou~ whistle hut
too late to escape.
On came the express train al .rca, We
locity. aud the cuginr ,iru,N the rcarmo~t
car full In the centre aud forced it. way In
telescope fashion two-,hr,is q; the length
Of the ear. The smoke stack was instant
u Knocked of and the boiler penetrated
I'll ~ the distance hamcd into the rear car.
the rear part Of the latter hcin. smashed
inin thousand splintcr.. the debris being
thrown out on either side OF the engines
tender. OF thr rear half Of the car not A
fragment A. BIZ a house wiuaow could
D" found. The fore part 81 the engine was
literally demolished pi.tonS bent and
II, rods broken. The car va. crowded
with people. every seat being occupied,
and many standing ia the aisle~. In
among these the locomotive rushed quick
a. Hash, just A. the Beverly train had
started, manglng and kHling In the most
frightful manner.
simultaneously with the collision the
hcad-cap Of the boiler Wa broken. and In
an instant N" wrcirhed sufferer. were
shrpudcl In a cloud Of Kissing steam. aud
dclugc,i with boiling waller, which brought
instant death "a many 1T the wounded.
ami viii prove fatal 20 Others who had
probably not been Otherwise seriously in
JHrrd The lamps spilled their contents.
and the fire here II any, was undoubtedly
eNt4ngui>hcd BY the water aud steam
Although the Beverly train VA. Inst
moving When the collision took place. this
motion lid not prevent injury 10 the cars
In front of the last one. The coupling be-
tween the two rear car- broke and the
platforms Of all Of them we're jatnnel up
together, The smoking ear overlapping the
baggage ear. and rods and iimbers were
ineNtricahly mixed and interviewer For
iunairiy, the entauglcin-nt WAS not so
great. hui thai the passengers succeeded
IN getting on, quite speedily. iIppy was
i fur them thar they did So for tie Acrr-
senr utl lamps wcrr up-ct and their con
tent, spillei upon the upholstery. and Ia
an instant the smoking car was In a blaze
Tie flame. travelled wiih great speed from
on" car 10 Another, until ,hrc, Of them
were bnrue,l
The work OF re-cuing the victims sas NJ
once commenced, All being soon furnished
from Chelsea Char lcstnwu. aud al a LAT.
hour from Boston, including surgeons and
physicians. IT," Forest tio.e COMPANY
Ju>t returned from an excursion To Proyi-
denc". were promptly on the ground. hay
lag seen the iirr OF the burning car
Dozen, of poor creatures we're damned
with wool and iron work and could not -,
cat The AZ" was applied vigorously.
ami >""n rope was applied to the side of
the car and all the remaining fram,. work
Ma pulled a>undrr. The dead ami man.
gl'-i wrre taken out carefully and speedily.
and placed on the platform Or III the d,pnt
some we're pinned With splinier.. some
hAd arms AMI l-g- broken. while Others
"rre mangici By nud recognition. MANY
la fact. the majority ut the dad. wrr,. 40.
patiently FIRE from bruts,.. hut the f,..~Vu.s
kin and the dr.uhls pallyr which over.
-Prcad the flesh told plainly that steam
and ,cAidinx water hAI been ffightfui
AMI chrcttN" ascr.. 'f death.
The following j. the l,' Of person. Aiil-
"d and who have did NJ - the present
timr
Harriet r >ha,iu-A ,harl-. T.. shat
tuck, her 500 Susan r. Cheney. WIN. II.
Jcfrcys. OF Lynn; +. +. sanl,oru. Proy,-
drnce, died AZ Marine Hospital: Ella
Pearson. Jane, Dururs Lynn. Earnest
;. Merrill banycr,; II. \. Foster MI,
Poster hi- sister, Wm. H. Emerson.
Providence; George " Bancroft. firm III
{. 4 FArwrll & 60. PEABODY Rey. ; Il.
Mason. u. d, Cambrid xcport; rho.na- r.
Bancroft, drm of furngton and Il Bancroft.
Lynn. Rev. Ezra :. Cannot. -. d., Boz
t"A AARON fFick~nu- ~Waiup~cot Rich
ard Fitzpatrick. unknown: f. T.. swallow.
swainp-coii; William \ Seel. Beverly:
Mr.. 4. 4. Jasher. unknown; John h.
Wells aud MARY \. Crowley di.4l At Ma,sa-
ehn-eits Hospital, aud two boil,, I'M
recognized, making q.
Another despatch say. that There were
twenty six bodies laid ont ID Revere -ia-
ton saturday night. aud three Of the
wounded died while being taken to Boston.
The baggage master Of Portland JEFF
Rowe. Ma crushed under the end Of his
ear, bur " As conscious aud told them how
[" get MIN out lie was cool a could be.
lie begged for some one To shoot him and
pat him ont Of hi, agony. They took him
70 Boston. Many Of those Killed we're
scalied BY the steam from the engine
while other. were crushed aud mangled by
collision and burned in the wreck. Such
a complication Of horrors i, rarely seen.
Among the wounded i William Iioyd
harrison. Jr., Of Boston. About two
O'Clock sunday, young man. resident of
chelsea. was standing on a platform car
viewing the ruins at Revere when the car
starte !, throwing him of. striking his
head upon rail, and he T. supposed to be
fatally injured.