The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-06-24
FOREIGN.
Shocking Accident on the Grand Trunk!
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SiXty-FiYe Persons Scalded!
Many Already Dead and twO-thirds
of the Number Cannot Live!

BELLvILLE, Ont, June 22-The night express
went down east of this place at II. 20 this morn
ing full of passengers. Among the number
was many ministers of the English Church EN-
route homeward from the Synod at Toronto.
About IL miles below Belleville station the en-
CINE jumped the track, carrying death and fear
tul torture to scores of passengers in the for
ward cars. The baggage car remained on the
track and telescoped the smoking and I'd class
passenger cars leaving them on the top of the
engine exposed to the escaping steam from the
Doller. Here the poor creatures were hopeless
" penned in for some time, breathing vapors of
death from super-heated water. r. NJ. Boldly,
an eyewitness, says Immediately after the acct
dent he went to the ID class car and the smok-
ing car, which were telescoped on the locomo-
tive, the steam from which was so dense he
could see nothing One after another of the
scalded were crawling from the opening. Cross
bars were Immediately put in requisition by the
passengers from the first class cars, all of whom
escaped injury, and openings were made Many
were found entangled and were extracted with
the utmost difficulty, the timbers having to be
broken. Five persons were found dead and
were carried to the roadside, where the wound
ed lay nearly three hours in the most fearful
agony. DIR. Burdett of Belleville, arrived and
mad them removed to Pullman car on it's ar
rival. Here everything was promotly done to
aliay the sufferings The medical men of the
town were summoned, mattresses were procur-
ed and large freight shed was turned into
temporary hospital, where the patients were re-
ceived and were every possible attention was
PAID them. The sight was one to battle descrip-
tlon. The terrible cries of the sufferers rent the
ears OF the lockers 'On who made every possible
eHort to grant their requests for water and food.
and their condition under the influence of their
terrible injuries were fearful to witness, while
the prayers and cries of promotion of approach
ing dissolution were here and there heard At
ter the injured arrived here some of them pass
ed away
Those who were least injured walked about
swathed in bandages and conversed freely
about the occurrence. The express and bag
the smoking car telescoped the second-class
car. Inc latter going forward knocked off the
safety-valve of the boiler and remained ON the
top of the engine allowing the steam to fill the
second-class car, which was crowded with mas
sengers, many of them lumbermen en- route for
quebec. The two frst-class cars and the Pull
man car are comparatively uninjured, and the
passengers were transhipped and went east this
forenoon.
SLxty-fi men and women were fearfully
died on the spot and the bodies were brought to
TINS place. -Four more have died and others
are dying every hour. Not more than one-third
OF the injured will live. John Herbert. the en-
glneer, was instantly killed and the fireman
badly injured The other train hands escaned
uninjured The wounded and diving are on
mattresses on the floor of the freight shed, SO
much disfigured as to be unrecognzable. Five
OF the wounded were able to walk and left by
the express train for Toronto.
Since the previous report this evening, twelve
more OF the injured by the railroad disaster
nave died, making % dead now and others dy-
ing. Medical men say not more than sig or
seven of the Is persons will live The snffer-
ing and appearances of the wounded is fright
gul. The killed and wounded are all second
class passengers. No New Englanders are
among the killed or wounded
Carlists Defeated.
MADRID, June 22.-Yesterday for the first
time since the outbreak of the Carlist insurrec-
ton, band of insurgents awaited an attack of
the government troops. The insurrectionist
band under command of Sabolles which was
province of Navarro encountered the loyal
forces, and conflict of five hours duration en-
sued. The government troops triumphed the
Carlists being driven from their position. Con-
siderable loss was sustained on both sides.
Surrender-Manifcsto
MADRID, June pa band of insurgents in
the province of Navarro under command of a
Carlist chief Carassas have submitted to the
government forces.
In his manifesto issued yesterday, Due de
Monpensier asserts the right to the Spanish
throne of ex-Queen Isabella's, son of Alphonso
Priuce of Astura.. Montpensier declares that
when the proper moment arrives he will fear
lessly defend and proudly serve the interests of
The Arbitration.
GENEVA, Jude 23.-It is stated that when the
Board meets the American agent will declare
that the Board can adjourn like any court and
also insist on the Board being the judges of the
abmisability of indirect claims and if the Brit
ish Agent objects to the principle the Amer-
cans will insist upon a judgment by default