Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-01-09
Railroad accident.

The Montreal express tram over the
Grand Trunk which Is due here at u 80
m met with 4 serious accident near
Elead Thursday. The train was No. 3
anil vas drawn by engine No. SO and
w,s IN charge Of David Pratt, conductor 4;
J,mes DOYLE, engine driver ; y. b. Mitch
I'M fireman, aad brakeman, II. f, lara
nee The train consisted Of engine and
fender. baggage and express ears, smoking,
s-,t.e.ass passenger and the Pullman
coach Ottawa" la the last two cars
there ue,e - or 50 passengers.
The resent storms have drifted the
snow badly in the vicinity Of Gi!ead and
.,tars;n. about TWO miles this side OF
me village. at a place known as Peabody's
Bridge, tie drifts have been very high.
A.es. as the snow is cleared IRON the
trscS i. is blown back and packs in very
hard The train wcnt along very well
un,i /. had JUS, crossed the bridge when
the ,u1iGc suddenly came % a hard dri0
across the track Wi;hout q seconds warn
IN, it WIS i,ci bodily and thrown over
the cm5-ukm,ut - or 80 feet below and
s;ruc> completely upsiledowu. The ten
der. baggage and express cars followed
the oa.,ue, hu; the TWO passenger cars re-
NAMED on the road-bed, though they were
slightly injured. Both Doyle the driver,
ana Mitchell the fireman, were buried un-
der the engine, but the former was taken
out but little injured. Mr.. Mitchell, how
ever, was probably fatally injured. His
head was badly cut, aud when taken from
beneath the engine he was unconscious.
He was taken back to Gorham and soon
became concjous. His father, Capt. Is.
F. Mitchell, head Of the car department
Of the road in this city, went out to the
scene OF the disaster accompanied by DR..
Merrill There were also one physician
from Bethel. two from Gogham and one
from Island Pond IN attendance
At the tine Of the accident, Mr.. Frank
Ross the baggage master, and Mr.. lara
bee, the brakeman, were IN the baggage
car. LarIabec was struck On the head
with some hard substance and received
quite a severe scalp woand while Ross
escaped with few bruises. NJ. Small, the
messenger Of the Canadian Express Com
pauy, was but little bruised, y careful
inquiry shows that no passengers were in
juret.
y soon as the accident occurred con
ductor Pfatt walked back to Gi.ead and
reported the accident. \ telegraph was
sent ,o G5rhan and a wreckius train was
sen; 10 the scene OF the disaster az once.
The accident secured az $40 q. ~, and
the track Was clea- II & p. III.
The running gear Of the passenger cars
were Uniujurei, and they were put into
the tram which was made u Is soon as
the track was clear. TINS train left Gill
cad 90 $50 and arrived here 40 $50,
bringing the passengers and all the iu-
jurci men except Mitchell, the fireman.
A.. the Injured ones except Ross belong
in this city, consequently a very large
crowd o. anxious friends gathered IN the
depot 20 meet them. Tlc scene was
ltNNtl "A- lNl a Nuo4A tl4-Hs ~ >llA -
one OF the wea issued from the t-a;n be
was surrounded by q crowd o. eager
friends, and ia souc eases the lam was
decided. s. unpleasant for the injured men.
Mr.. Dove walked % his home uaaii,d,
while NJ L4rrahce. who Mas nae, by hi,
wife, accompanied her home. none Oft them
taking carriages.
Capt. Nl;ga,l te'e--aphcd his wife in
thi, cry last evening that their son was
quite comfortable and there was q good
prospect Of his recovery, and If there was
no change iOr the worse they should bring
him home to-day.
Latter despatch received at this Of
fc, II midnight says Mr.. Mitchell Is
some htde better tO-nigh;.-Poytiand
Press.