New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-23
ANOTHER MISPLACED STITCH.
RAILROAD DISASTER AT sEABRoOK, N. H.-TuREE
MEN KILLED AND MANY INJURED.
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RAILROAD DISASTER AT sEABRoOK, N. H.-TuREE
MEN KILLED AND MANY INJURED.
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Boston, Oct. 22.But few days more than year after
the terrible disaster at Revere the Eastern Railroad,
unfortunate corporation again brought 10 the bar
Of public opinion. collision at SeabrOok, N. H., at
O'Clock tins morning. sent three souls to eternity, and
manned II Is passengers and employees of the Com
pany, of whom will die Of their INJURIES and nearly
all Of whom viii carry disabled limbs, at least scars,
during tue rest of their lives. The accident is difficult
to explain account for. Seabrook is little station
six miles above Newburyport, where the local freight
train, which left Portland Monday night, was set off
on side track at o'clock this morning. TO allow the
night passenger express from Bangor for Boston to pass
IT, This local freight train was very heavy, and was
pushed I'D seabrook 10y the fast freight train which
followed IRON Portland and leaving it there, passed
on advance Of tie bangor express. This fact proved
that the switch must have been set properly to
give the express the straight track; but, strange
to say, the express engine went off ON the
switch and moving at the rate Of 20 miles hour,
drove with crushing force INTO the end OF the other
frei ght train The express composed Of baggage
car and smoking car ordinary passenger car, and
two Pullman sleeping Two on tie end Of the
freight train demolished, and another upset. The
engine nearly ruined but happily, did not explode,
although mont destroyed and the driving wheels
were buried TO their axes in sand The life of the en-
gincer who jumped off, was saved and the fireman,
jury. The baggage car, having "safety platform"
did not give way, and the force Of the collision to
have been divided between the smoking and the
mail car the two being tecscOped. The sides Of the
smoking were burst open, and the platforms
crushed. Nearly everybody in the car was injured
although only one Capt Norton of Gardiner Maine was
killed outright. Two others have since died. and others
must follow them, II is feared
Most Of the passengers in the smoking car we're asleep
and il was quite the time Of the accident The
ordinary passenger car was partially wrecked, but no
ones il was much injured neither the Pullman
nor the passengers in them we're hurt at all The CON
cuss0n put nearly al the lights, and none OF the cars
tooE fire thus fortunately avoiding OF the ghasty
features Revere accident There is much discus
sion as 10 the condition IN winch me s"ltch was
actually left by tine swItch-tCnder. Tho man VINO
first went back after the accident found the lock IN
fastened aud hanging by its cham IL VIII be
difficult for the under these circumstances
To clear ms skri the responsibility Tor he had not
left the switch unIastened the accident could not nave
occurred. Another i" Is found IN the iaet tiat tne
tram was not provided with brake, winch would have
enabled the engineer OF the express 10 nave nearly
stopped his train before the coilsOn. III seems ply
that the Eastern Railroad which Is doing everything IN
its power TO acsommo1aie tne pubic anu Is snPhSlnS
It's engines and cars Win patent brakes anu putting up
a system OF Geographic signals along lts whOle nhe
Simon Id thus again unfortunate An investigation mas
been begun AT Portsmouth. The following Is complete
list OF the killed and wounded;
Capt Robert Norton, passenger, Gardiner, Me.
George HaywarJ, passenger, Bangor.
- Walker, passenger, Salem. Mass.
Vim. L. Palmer, mal agent, Salem, Mass, badly in
Ca It. James NJ. Blaisdin, passenger, Brunswick, Me-
badly hurt. =. ,,,
David +. Howard passenger, Bangor Me, lI0ureu III
ternaly.
Capt. Curtis passenger, Bowdoinham, Me-. right leg
broken. .
Wi liam II. Fairbanks, passenger, Winthrop Me-, LEFT
fhfgn broken and Two severe cuts on the head.
Charles Estes brakeman, Salem, Mass, ri0s broken.
Eben NJ Anderson, passenger, Annapolis, N g., hesh
wounds in the face ana on the right Lex.
Jacob Edwards, passenger, Annapolis ". 81 ClOtles
torn OF and legs slightly injured
Albert GOOdhue, conductor OF express train, hands
tanned and burned in extinguishing the fire.
George W. Trott, passenger Barring, Maine. slightly
wounded. = -
Ernest c. Hobrook, passenger, Portsmouth, N. H.,
foot damned and leg scaded.
Thomas j. SanbOrn man agent, ltye, N H., leg Droken
80 Allen, express messenger, Bangor Me-, badly
injured.
W. Ii. W. secomb, passenger, st. John, n B., slightly
injured. ~,
HOratio Hall, passenger, Boston, slightly hurt.
Thomas h. Cannon, baggage master, nose ana hand
bruised.
and internal injuries received