The Portland daily press., 1871-08-10
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TO THE DAILY PRESS.
ANOTHER
Rail Road Horror |!
Terrible Accident near Bangor on
the Maine Central.
II Rotten Bridge Goes
Way.
Four Cars Precipitated Twenty Feet and
...... Smashed
Two Killed and Many In
jured!
Full List of the Casualties
Full List of the Casualties

BANGOR. Aug. ga frightful accident &C.
Cured tonight on the Maine Central r. r.,
just as the train was entering this city, by the
giving way of the bridge across the Hampden
road. The train consisted of the engine, tend
er, mail and express car, smoking car, three
passenger cars and one Pullman Palace car
The train was about halt an hour behind 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 portion of the mail
and express car, when the structure vent
down, taking the rear trucks of the mail car,
but the strength Of the shackles kept it upon
the track. The smoking Car plunged down in
to the street, a distance of 20 feet, and was
completely demolished, there not being piece
of it left as large as table leaf. This was fol-
lowed by passenger car which come down
upon its side and was also completely stove to
pieces. A second passenger car shot across
the street at right angles with the first, and
was also demolished. The third and last pass
enger car plunged down the abyss, striking up
on the forward end, crushing it in, while the
rear end was suspended at an angle of 45 de-
grees by the broken timbers and abutments
The Pullman car being last, remained upon
the track, the forward end being somewhat
damaged by contact with the preceding car,
none of the passengers being injured in the
slightest. VIM. Percival of Watervile was
brakeman on the third passenger car, and
stood at his post on the front platform when it
plunged down through the bridge, and was
instantly killed, Ieceiving several wounds up
on the head, either of which must have proved
fatal. besides having his LETT arm and leg fear.
fully crushed.
There was a very small number of passen-
sengers, or otherwise the fatality must have
been fearful. As it was, some thirty persons
were more or less severely injured, but only
one as yet fatally. Thomas Gallagher, boiler
maker, belonging at No. 2 Union Place, East
Boston, but at present employed in this city,
was fearfuIly CT ushed and died just after be-
ing taken to his boarding place. The follow
ng is a list of the injured so far as has been
possible to ascertain tonight: L. Hildreth,
Bangor, head cut and hand crushed; Mrs.
Apram Woodland, Bangor, head cut and Sc
we're confusion of neck, rendering her insensi-
BILE; Miss Marcia Woedard, severely bruised !;
Capt VIM. Flowers, Bangor, cut on leg and
head, not serious; Mrs. Flowers, bruised and
Soule and daughter, Bangor, both severely in
jured; G. S. Pencil, Brunswick, slight injury
to leg; Rev. George w. Bean, Skowhegan,
flesh wounds; L. d. Emerson, Water
vile, cut in the head; j. w. Davis, Boston,
special agent of the Treasury Department,
nose and jaw broken and eye injured; Mrs.
William I. Burk, daughter and sister, of Chel-
sea, Mass, all slightly injured; Henry Will
liams of Greenbush, badly cut in head; Jones
Andrews of Veszie, two ribs broken, severely
I'D h--as.ay hi--A--shA~-- a a-l -l 49,
arm broken; Mrs. Brown Of Bath, severely
bruised, her two children uniDjured; Miss Ma
goun of Bath, slightly injured; Peter Hopkins
Of Bangor, severely bruised; George @. Rob-
erts and George A. Mad of Boston, slightly
bruised; w. II. Seymour of New York, sight.
~; d. Whiting of New York, side injured; his
wife, with him, was uninjured; Jas. A. Towle,
severely bruised; e. A. Bailey of Portland,
bruised; Charles Burrill, Corinna, badly bruis.
ed; John Wright, of Lewiston, wrist damned
and head cut; George Il. Day, Boston, shout
der broken; his wife and child were with him
but escaped unharmed; Mrs. 7. F. Adams OF
Minneapolis, bruised and cut on face, head and
side; Mr.. Lowell, Orrington, severely injured;
Jonas Gray, conductor. was in the smoking
car, and had a cut on the side and back of the
head and back injured, is splitting blood and is
supposed to have ruptured blood vessel; Mr..
and Mrs. Withee aud Miss Wiggin of Bath,
slightly injured.
The only wonder in connection with the ac-
cdent is that any escaped alive, as the whole
train, with the exception of the Pullman car,
is a complete mass of ruins. Many of the pas
sengers were dug from the masses of debris
and escaped without scratch. The Pullman
car contained sixteen passengers, among whom
were Hon. John A. Peters and lady, and all
escaped unframed. The cause of the disaster
was the insecure condition of tie bridge, the
timbers as exposed by the accident, proving to
be fearfully decayed. New timbers to replace
the old had been commenced to be hauled on
to the ground to-day. As soon as the news Of
the accident reached the city thousands of cit
liens with the best medical assistance hurried
to the scene of the disaster, and did verything
in their power to alleviate the sufferings of the
injured.
The accident and its too apparent cause are
the absorbing theme of the whole community,
who will demand a searching investigation as
to where the fault lies. Ex-Mayor Thurston
was riding by when the accident occurred and
says the bridge gave way when the engine
passed over, but it did not fall through unit
the engine, tender and mail car got across. Al
far as can be learned up 10 midnight all the
injured except those reported dead are doing
we'll.
Fire i'm Bucksport.
The dwelling house of James Bennett, al
North Bucksport, was destroyed by fire to-day
Loss not known.
MISSOURI.
National Labor Congrese.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 9.-The address of Richard
| f. Trevelick, President of the National Labor
| Congress, says that three State organization
have been formed since the Congress of las
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