The New York herald., 1878-10-09
Pleasure Parties Suddenly
Turn to Mourning.
RETURNING FROM SILVER LAKE.
Reagan, the Defeated
Oarsnan, Killed.
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The excursion train which left Silver Lake,
Plympton. after the regatta at forty minutes past
nve this evening, on the Old Colony Railroad,
sisted OF eighteen cars, compartment coach,
baggage car and two locomotives. When 1t
reached Wallaston Station about seven miles
from Boston, the locomotives jumped the
track, owing to q misplaced switch, and car.
coach and three passenger cars, all OF which were
completely wrecked. About twenty-five people
were killed and some fifty wounded according to
the latest estimate. although until the wreck can
be cleared away 1t s impossible to get at the
figures, and this cannot be done before to-
In Quincy, just one mile above the scene OF the
disaster, at the time it occurred, and as soon as
the news reached the town in company with three
physicians, some members of the police force
company OF the town Fire Department and mis-.
cellaneous crowd OF men, women and children he
proceeded to the fatal spot.
THE KILLED.
The dead so far as now known, are as foows:-
Mrs GEORGE FAULKNER, from internal In.
juries.
PATRICK REAGAN, from fracture of the splne
Mrs. BLAKE, wife OF the Cambridge boat builder
MICHAEL CLAFFEY, bartender
CHARLES MORGAN. son Of the editor OF the
Exprpss
MORRIS GREEN
PAUL CROWLEY, South Boston, printer
STEPHEN GRADY, East Boston
JOHN DAY, Cambridgeport
r. WHITE Boston.
Mr. SANBORN, depot master, Old Colony Rail-
road
THE WOUNDED
DlNN, Portland, Me-. !; slightly wounded on the
head
+. r. O'NIEL Portland, Ne. injured in the chest
W. OWENS, South Boston; right foot badly in
jured
~. COTTER, Charter street injured In left
leg and knee.
WILLIAM FAULKNER; LETT shoulder and leg in
jured
E. p BARTLETT, Boston; injured on knee and
heal
J. F. BACON, No. so Hanover street, Boston; left
wrist seriously injured.
Ar. GlLFETHER. chief baggage MASTER Old Col
ony Railroad: seriously injured and lies In q criti-
cal condition at his home IN Wollaston.
NJ A. CAHILL; injured ON the foot
JOHN DEHE, Endicott street, Boston; seriously
injured In arms and legs and back
CHARLES QUIGLEY; cut on the side OF face.
E J. KNEE. Concord, N H; seriously hurt on
ankle and thigh
JAMES WEIGH; hurt internally.
THOMAS MAHONEY, oarsman, Lowell, Mass
severe fracture OF left thigh.
W. G. BROWN. Boston; injured in both legs
and back
WALTER Stafford, Winchester; right leg
broken.
JOHN HARLIN; injured in both legs.
JOHN QUINLAN injured about legs seriously
JAMES CARNEY Boston, left leg broken.
THOMAS NASH; right side Of head, arm and leg
injured
JOHN WOODS, Boston; bruised over the LEFT eye
and on right leg
G. l. PERKINS. No. "a Sawyer street, Boston
highlands; left leg broken.
Captain J. J. FLYNN; internally injured and LEFT
log crushed below the knee.
ROBERT DOwNEY, No 166 Prince street. Bos.
ton; seriously injured in body and legs
GEORGE KIMBALL. agent Associated Press; in
ternaly injured, ribs broken and several contu-
sions
RICHARD HoUGHToN, Boston; left arm in
jured.
NIKE MAnONEY was so firmly wedged in be.
tween the ruins as to require two horses to drag
him out
EDWARD McGUNN, fremont street, Boston;
right arm and left leg injured and cash over the
right eye.
ANDY H0UGHroN. policeman, station p Boston:
slightly injured In the back.
M II. FULLY; cut in leg
Il. W. STlCKNEY, fireman on second engine,
Bristol; cut over right eye and left arm cut
p. J. COLNAN, Bow street, Charlestown; left
arm and both legs bruised
THOMAS HEBRON, Chesman place, Boston; right
arm broken and internally injured.
JOHN MCGIBBONs, No. sl2 North street, Boston;
hurt In head, face and body.
p. MCLAUGHLIN, No 73I Charlestown street
Boston; cut on head and side.
JAMES NOONAN.
JAMES CARNEY; broken leg.
J. T. ORMAN, stakeholder; badly cut In the
head
THOMAS MEAGHER
u OCONNELL, Portland, Me-. ; slightly injured.
b. ]. BROGAN, East Cambridge collar bone dis
located.
DORSEY McGLINCHY, Portland, Me-; collar
bone broken
JOHN BORNE. South Boston right arm broken
JOHN MACK, Boston; severe cash In forehead.
Me- FLATLEY eriously injured about head and
face.
Mr. FRAZER, of the Avon Club Boston; injured
on the left side or the head and lett hand, and ON
she right side OF the body.
7. NJ. JACKMAN, Peabody, or the firm OF Jack
man Brothers 4 Co, No. 222 Congress street, Bos-
son; seriously injured In the back.
NEIL DOHERTY. Endicott street, Boston; seri.
ously injured
A. y. COOK, Boston, was IN the car which went
down the embankment and was injured only
slightly on the hand and leg.
L. MONAHAN, Boston; both legs and ankles
seriously injured.
W. SHANNON, Boston; right side and back In.
jured.
AN INDEscRIBABLR WRECK.
The portion Of the train which remalnsdson tho