The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-28
A General Connagration the Result.
81 PERSONS KILLED AND 40 OR Sc
t.. WOUNDED.
A Burning, see,hins Mass of Humanity

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press ran into the Beverly accommodation
train at full speed, with such force that the
engine and tender reached the centre of the
last car, which was demolished. This car
was crowded with passengers, sitting and
standing. The wood work instantly took
fire, and the scene which followed was ter
rible. The boiler Of the engine bursted,
and the victims were enveloped in cloud
of steam and deluged with hot water.
LATER.
The flames have been extinglished, but
few of the passengers in the cars who were
not instantly killed by the collision, es-
capped the fatal effects Of the steam. Other
cars in the accommodation train took fire
from the upsetting of the kerosene lamps,
and but few of the passengers got out in
| time.
| Eighteen men and three women were
killed outright, and between forty and fifty
others terribly injured.
AT the time of the collision the accom-
mediation train had its red signal lights be-
hind, and the red signal was hoisted at the
masthead of the signal post, for the express
to hold up, which it did at Everitt, but sub
sequently proceeded and was under full
headway when near Revere Station, the
| engineer evidently not being aware of the
proximity of the Beverly train until per-
haps within sixty rods of it. He then
whistled "down brakes" but not soon
enough to avoid the calamity. Some of the
passengers in the rear part of the accom-
mediation train heard the whistle, but too
late to escape.
On came the express train at great We
locity, and the engine struck the rearmost
car full in the centre, and forced its way in
telescope manner. The car was crowded
with people, every seat being occupied, and
many standing in the aisle. In among
these the locomotive rushed, quick as a
flash, just as the Beverly train had started,
mangling and killing in the most frightful
manner. Subsequently the boiler exploded,
and shattered he lamps of the first cars.
/ The number of dead so far is twenty
four. Among them is Rev. DR.. Ezra Gar
nett, of Boston.
The following is a list of the persons
killed up to the present time: II. 4. Shat
tack, of Lynn; G. B. Shattack, of Lynn /;
Susan 7. Cheney, of Lynn; William II.
Jefireys, of Lynn; E. L. Sanborn, of
Providence; ; Ella Pierson, of Lynn; James
Burns, of Lynn; Earnest S. Merrill, Of
Danvers; Henry A. Foster, Of Providence;
Miss Foster, his sister; VIM. II. Emerson,
of Providence; Geo w. Bancroft, of Beverly;
Rev. S. R. Mason, of Cambridgeport ;
Thomas +. Bancroft, of Lynn; Rev. DIR.
Ezra S. Gannett, of Boston; Aaron Erick-
son, of Swampscott; VIM. A. Seele, Of
Beverly Mrs. P. G. Jasper, j. b. Miller,
E Mary A. Crowley, and two bodies mre-
, cognised, making twenty-four in all. Rev.
! DR.. Gannett was on his way to Beverly
where he was to preach to-day
f.llr lt-t IL Il
= the Massachusetts, General Hospital: John
II the face and chest; Il. Williams, of Lynn
aged %, scalded in the face and hands T
Browning, of Salem, aged 23, scalded il
: the hands and face S. o. Thayer, of New
!. ton, scalded j. b. Botls, of Salem, aget
1 4G, scalded; Anne Foley, of Boston, age(
30; Eliza Hatch, of Charlestown, aged %
7 The following wounded are in the city
0 hospital +. Fitzpatrick of Cambridgeport
a compound fracture of the arm; Jefferson
e Rowe, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire
!. arm badly broken Mary Ann Call, of Bos
ton, injured in the chest; George S. Hill
1 of Lynn, and Frank Davis of Charlestown
e There are many others injured, the names
: of whom are not yet known.
i Destructi se Storm on the Florida Coast-Im
mense Loss of Life and Property.
Jacksoauille, Fla., Aug. 27.-The bri
J., pomona, ofRichmond, Me-, went ashor
: 25 mile south of Cape Canavaret, Angus
II. No lives were lost and her cargo c
cotton can be saved.
II The steamer 'sLanada" was stranded 81
:. miles north of Cape Canaveret. The beac
:, is strewn with her cargo for 30 miles. TIL
captain and crew are lost. The first and sc
cond officers, the chief engineer, the first as
sistant engineer, chief cook, one fireman
4 Captain Harvey's son, the mess boy an
five seamen were saved.
The brig S. V. w. Welch, of Philade
IL phia, is ashore fifteen miles south of Cana
varet. Her cargo Of sugar was washed out
Capt. Watson was drowned and his bod
II found and buried on the spot.
u II Brig III. q. Barry is ashore fifty yard
T from the Welch. She had cargo of suga
u and molasses and is total wreck.
II The bark Hilda, from New Orleans
y bound to Cowes, is stranded 6 miles sout
III of st. Augustine, with cargo of tobacc
and slaves. A total loss and one ma
N drowned.
y, Destructive Fire in the West Indies-The Cal
io ital Of Guadalupe island Nearly Destroyed
y New York, Aug. 27.-Later advice
~ from the West Indies state that the fiji
. which recently visited Point-a-Pietre, Il
~ ~ capital of the Island of Guadaloupe, d
~ stroyed nearly the whole town iucludir
Il the bank, treasury, and custom-hous
~ Sixteen blocks were consumed, and the G
tire northeast portion of the city known
''La Petite Teraceo was totally devastate
v. The church, courthouse, hospital, al
e. theatre were saved.
e- LATER.
~ ~ Washington, August 2S.-The loss
90 the great fire at Point-a-Pitre, GuadalouI
- is from six to eight million dollars.
An Abortion Mystery.
Ne,o York, Aug. 27.-Summoning Cor
IT. ner Herman made a post mo'tem examin
N ton at the morgue of the body of an u
'' known female, discovered, on Saturday,
trunk, left at the Hudson River railw;
depot, for Chicago. The verdict was ii
NE the cause of death was inflammation of
bowels brought on by abortion. The corr
n is evidently that of young woman Is
10 years of age.
lnr LATER-N0 CLUE.
led Washiagton, Aug. 2S.--No clue has J
of been obtained as to the identification of
BIZ young woman, shipped in a trunk fr,
the New York to Chicago, who died under
aboption