Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-24
Railroad Accident IN Ontario.
Death aud Fearful Torture to the Pas
sengers.

BRLLEvILLE, Ont, June 22.-The night ex.
press went down past this place at T. 20 this
morning full Of passengers, among the number
many being ministers of the English church, en-
route homeward from the synod ut Toronto.
About eleven miles below Belleylle station, the
engine jumped the track, carrying death and
fearful torture to scores of passengers in the for
ward cars. The baggage car remained on the
track, and telcscOped with the smoking ear and
second class passenger car, leaving them on top
of the engine, exposed To the escaping steam
from the boiler. Here the poor creatures were
hopelessiy penned for some time, breathing the
YapOrs Of death, and suffering all the agony of
immersion into boiling cauldrOn Of super
heated water.
r. NJ. ROddy, an eye witness, says that imme-
diately after the accident he went to the second
class car. 1t and the smoking car were teleS-
COPIED and on the locomotive The steam was
so dense that he could see nothing. One after
another of the victims were crawling from the
openings. Crowbars were Immediately put into
requlsltlon by the passengers from the firs-class
cars, all of whom escaped injury aud openings
were made. Many were found entangled and
were eXtricated with the utmost difficulty, TIM
bers having to be broken. Five persons were
found dead and were carried TO the roadside,
where the wounded lay three hours in the most
fearful agony.
Dr. Burdett of Belleville arrived, and had
them removed to Pullman car. On arrival
here everything was promptly done 10 allay the
suterings. The men Of the town were sum
moned, mattresses procured, and large freight
shed turned into IL temporary hospital, where
the patients received every possible attention.
The sight was one to battle description. The
terrible cries of the sufferers rent the ears of
lockers on, who made every possible effort to
grant their requests for water and food, aud
their condition under the influence of their ter
rOe injuries, were fearful to witness, whilst
prayers and cries of premOnitiOn Of approaching
dissolution were here and there heard
After the injured arrived here, some of them
passed away-a happy relief from their suffer
ingS. Those who were least injured walked
about swathed in bandages and couyersed free.
ly about the occurrence.
The express and baggage car was forced past
the broken engine without injurng the express
messenger OF baggage man. But the smoking
car telescOped with the second class car the lat
ter going forward knocked off the safety valve of
tue boiler, and remaining ON top of the engine
allowed the steam TO fill the second class ear.
which was crowded with passengers many of
them lumbermen en- route for Quebec The two
first class cars and the Pullman car were com
paratlvely uninjured. and the passengers were
tranShipped and went west this forenoon
SiXty-tive men and women were fear(ully
Scalded and otherwise injured, SIX of whom died
on the spot, and the bodies were brought TO this
place. -Four more have died and Others are dy-
ing every hour. Not more than one-third of
the injured will live. John HILBERT, the engineer,
was instantly killed, and the fireman badly in-
iured, ii. Nelson, conductor, and the other
train hands escaped uniniured The wounded
and dying are on mattresses on the floor of the
freight shed, so much disigured as to be uu-
recognizable. Five of the wounded who were
able to walk left on the express train for To-
Tonto.
Later.-Since the previous report this eve
nlng, twelve more of those injured by the rail
road disaster have died, making ty-three
dead now, and others dying. Medical men say
that not more than six or seven of the sixty-Hye
injured persons will live. The suffering and ap-
peasance OF the wounded is irightful. The
killed and wounded are all second-class nosscn.
gers The first class all escaped unnlured
There are no New Euganders among them.