Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-08-31
FHTGHTFUL RAILROAD ACCI.
DENT.
Twenty-Five Killed and Forty
Wounded.

BOSTON, Aug. 26.-A frightfnl acci-
uent occurred to- night on the Eaetern
railroad, at Revere, seven miles from
Boston. The accommodation train start
ed behind time, and while stopping at
the station at Revere the Portland
lightning exDrs ss overlook it and teles-
ccped IL, killing twenty-five passengers
outright, OF whom three were women
and wounded some forty or fifty more.
The cars took fire, and two or three
were consumed. Nest of the wounded
were sealded aud their limbs fractured.
A large number of physicians and sur
geons were in attendance. The killed
and wounded belonged mostly to Lynn
and Salem.
Several passengers in the rear part of
the accommodation heard an omnibus
whistle, bnt 100 late to escape. On
Came the express train at great velocity,
and the engine struck the rear most car
| full in the centre, and forced its way i'll
q teieicopic manner two-thirCs the
| length of the car. The smoke stack was
instantly Knocked of, and the boiler
penetrated all the distance named into
the rear car, the part of the latter being
smashed into thousand splinters, and
| thro wing debris OUT on either side OF
the tender of the rear half of the rear
car, aud not q fragment as big as a
house-window could be found. the
for, part of the engine was utterly
demolished, its pistons bent and its rods
broken, se.
The car was crowded with people,
every seat, being occupied and many
standing in the aisle. In among these
the locomotive rushed quick as flash,
just as the Beverly train had started,
mangling and killing them in a most
/ frightful manner, but this was not the
only, and perhaps not the worst visitor
the unfortunate passengers had; stimuli
Etaneously with the collision the head
leap of the boiler was broken in, and in
| an Instant the wreched sufferers were
lshrouded in cloud of Kissing steam
and ,Jeluged with boiling water, which
! brought instant death 10 many of the
wounded, and will prove fatal to others
who had probably not been otherwise
seriously injured.
/ The lamps spilled Their contents and
the fire here-if any-was undoubtedly
extinguished by the water and steam
/ Although the Beverly train was just
lmoving when the collision took place
It's motion did..not prevent great injury
to the cars. The two rear cars were
IOfOkenkiuu IlltlE B3dbiOfu1S JaihAAiCN "
] cether, with the smoking-car overtop'
j ping the baggage car. The rods ano
4 timbers of all were inextricably mixed
and interviewer. So
The passengers succeeded in getting
out quite speedily. Happy was it fol
/ them that they did SO, for the kerosene
oil lamp upset, their contents spilled
upon the upholstering and in an instant
the smoking car was in a blaze.
The work of rescuing the victims wa:
fatonee commenced, assistance being seoI
furnished Chelsea, and at later hou
from Boston, including surgeons ant
-Ephysiclans. Dozens of poor creatures
were jammed with the wood and iron
I work, and could not get out. An a.
was applied vigorously, and soon alter
ward ropes-were applied to the sides
! the car aud all the remaining frame
4 work pulled assunder. The dead an
] mangled bodies were taken out CAREFUL.
/ land speedily, placed on a platform or y
the depot. Some were pinned witt
: .lsplinters, some had arms and legs krok
len, while others were mangled beyon'
. recognition. Many, in facttthe majorit
of the dead. were apparently free fron
bruises, but the peeling skin and death
lly pallor which oyerspread the face an
flesh told plainly thrt the steam an
scalding water had been frlghtfuI au
effective agent of death.