The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-01
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS.
Frightful Railroad and Steamboat Acct
dents.

A telegram from Boston gives the
following in relation to the terrible
railroad accident near that city on Sat
urday last:
A frightful accident occurred on the
Eastern Railroad at Revere, seven miles
from Boston. The accommodation
train started behind time, and while
stopping at Revere the Portland light
ming express overlook it and telescoped
it, killing twenty-four passengers and
wounding forty or fifty more. The
cars took fire and three were consumed.
Most of the wounded were scalded and
had their limbs fractured. At the time
of the collision the accommodation
train had its signal light behind, and
the red signal was hoisted at the mast
head of the signal post for the express
to hold up, which it did at first, but
subsequently proceeded and was under
full Roadway when near the Revere sta
ton, the engineer not being aware of
the proximity of the train until within
sixty rods. He then whistled down
brakes, but not soon enough to avert
the calamity. Some of the passengers
in the rear part of the accommodation
train heard the ominous whistle, but too
late to escape. On came the express
train at great velocity, and the engine
struck the rear end of the last car and
forced its way two-thirds of the length
of the car, smashing it into splinters.
The fore part of the engine was entire
ly demolished, its pistons bent and rods
broken. The car was crowded with
people, every seat being occupied and
many standing in the aisies. Among
these the locomotive rushed quick as q
flash, just as the Beverly train had start
cd, mangling and killing the passen-
gers in a most frightful manner. Sim
uitaneously with the collision, the head
cap of the boiler was broken, and in an
instant the sufferers were shrouded in a
cloud of Kissing steam and deluged
with boiling water, which brought in
slant death to many of the wounded
probably not been otherwise injured.
The coupling between the two rear cars
broke, and the platforms of all of them
jammed up together, with the smoking
car overlapping the baggage car, and
the rods and timbers inextricably mix
ed and interviewer; the kerosene oil
lamps upset and in an instant the smo-
king car was in q blaze. The flames
travelled with great speed from one car
to another, until three of them were
embraced in the fiery feast. These were
moved up the track and allowed to
burn. The work of rescuing the vic
Tins at once began, assistance being
soon had from Chelsea and Charlestown
and at a later hour from Boston, includ-
ing surgeons and physicians. The re-
naming parts of the car were pulled
asunder with ropes, and the dead and
mangled bodies were taken out. Some
were pinned with splinters, some had
their arms and legs broken, while 9TH
ers were mangled beyond recognition.
Public sentiment throws the fearful re-
sponsibility on the conductor and engi-
neer of the express train. The engineer
escaped with 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.
On the same day the Erie mail train
collided with freight train near West
port on the Philadelphia Sc Erie road,
causing the death of Reuben Winslow
and r. c. Brown, of Lockhaven; E. w.
Hyman, conductor, and Thomas Gan.
non, fireman, of the mail train, and Jas. |
w. Ward, conductor, and VIM. KILLING |
er, engineer, of the freight train, dan
gerously injuring five more and slightly
wounding some dozen others. The &C.
cident was caused by the neglect of the |
conductor and engine er of the mail |
train to obey the orders not to pass
Westport until the freight had arrived.
A copy of the order was found in the
pocket of the engineer.
The Orsngemen paraded in New
ark, n. j., with music, banners and re-
gala, on Monday. and were not dis
turbed.
"A California dispatch dated Aug.
p, says that eighty car loads, aggregat-
ing one million six hundred thousand
pounds, of fresh teas were shipped
overland during the week
"A terrible steamboat disaster took
place near Mobile on Sunday last. A
telegram furnishes the following partic-
MARS: -
The steamer Ocean Wave with large [,