The daily gazette., 1878-11-16
FOURTH EDITION
Terrible Railroad Disaster
A Train ON the New Brunswick
Railway Thrown of the Track

LosT-A PRovIDENTIAL ESCAPE AND A
TIMELY RESCUE.
ST.JoHN, N. b. Nov. Is.
A terrible accident occurred last night
at Peel Station, on the New Brunsw wick
Hallway, a narrow gauge line which runs
from Gibson, opposite Fredericton, to
Edmunston. with a branch to Fort Fair
field aud Caribou in Maine. The express
from Gibson had reached Peel, sixty
seven miles up the line, at eight p. NJ,
and there being no passengers, was pas
sing that station without stopping. The
tram consi,tedof baggage and sm ,king
and first class passenger cars.
REscUING THE VICTIMS.
He and others Immediately went to the
rescue of the passengers in the burning
car, and every effort was maie 10 save
them. Some managed TO escape by break
ing through the windows, others were
dragged out by main force, while others,
in the extremity of their agony, strug-
gled against their rescuers and perisheI
in the flames. In short time the car
aud all that remained within il were
con- uned "a few bones onlymarking their
rrmaiDs.
LIST OF THE KILLED.
The list of the dead Is as follows:-
Isaac Hacker, store ket per, Fott Fair
field, Me-, burned TO death
Nehemiah Perry store keeper, Prcsque
Isle, Me-, burned TO death.
Charles Beattie, newsboy, Frederic
ton, burned to death
Miss Cushman, Auburn, Me, burned
TO death.
Mrs. Leslie, Grand Falls, died of In
iuries.
James Turner, died of injuries.
THE WOUNDED.
The injured are ara as follows:-
Conductor Yerxa, badly.
Miss Diah.
II. NJ. Dow, brakeman.
k. ID. Clark, express messenger
James Montgomery, Florenceville,
badly.
Daniel Kinney.
A fired Kinney.
John Hamilton.
John Lovely.
.JohI i Keenan,, Boston,
Levi Sears, Fo.t Kent, Me.
X. Raymond.
TERRIBLE SCENE
As the train passed the s'ation the bag
gage master threw out bundle of grain
bags from the car, intending to throw
them on the platform instead of reaching
the top of the platform they struck its
side and bounded back beneath the car
wheels, where they were caught and
dragged for some distance, the cars flu
ally leaving the rMl and running across
a small br dge on the sleepers. The in
stant the bridge was crossed the cars up-
{, decame dis nected from the en-
ginr and rolled down an mbankment of
fifty feet high to the river, turning with
frighlful velocity, three or four times.
a CARoN FIRE.
The instant the inst class car reached
the level ground 10 was seen to be on fire,
and although there was plenty of help
near the flames made such rapid progress
that it was almost impossibls to render
any effective assistance TO those who
were struggling in their fiery prison. w.
I. Whitehead, OF Fredericton, was stand
ing on the car platform when it upset
and jumped of. The car rolled over him
but with out doing him the slightest in
jury.
HELP FOR THE SURVIVORS.
The news spread like wildfre through
the neighborhood OF the disaster, and
soon many willing hands were at work
and within half an hour all were com.
fortably housed. Nothing could exceed
the kindness and hospitality OF the resi-.
dents.
STORY OF A SURVIVOR.
W. T. Whitehead, civil engineer, OF
Fredericton, gives very vivid acc cunt
of his escape. He says ~ was in the
nrst class car, with some ten or twelve
Others, when the accident occurred When
the car left the rails l knew something
had Happened and sprang for the door
| just as the car was topping over
| sbrang ahead of 1t down this hill, fortu
| nately lighting under a small mound O
earth, the car going over me. The car
made four revolutions b. fore getting t,
the bottom,
| MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
81 was not stunned or injured, excep
a slight bruise on the nose. Toe smokin
car ", mt down the hill about one hundre
and fifty feet above the first class cal
The engineer, Davis, the firemen an
myself ran down the hill immediately
and when we got to the car found il ri ri
side up. We went to open the door, an
dragged out some fite or seven person
One girl, about twelve years of age, clan
| ber' out of the window aud did not r,
ceive "A scratch. She is a nice of Mi,
f Cushman, VINO Is among the killed.
CRAZED FROM THE FLAMES.
"TEis lady was almost rescued wbe
| she violently tore away and fell back I'M
! the flames. Mr. Perry, one of the vi
: tins, was almost saved, but he appear,
frantic, and being powerfully buI
| man, resisted AL efforts TO draw hi
through the window. The boy Beat
h was not heard of al all 1t is suppos,
n that he was asleep near the stove al
o was instantly killed.
e SCENE THAT BATTLES DEsCRIPTIo
: "When | got to the car the fire al
smoke were through it, from end TO Ell
: Mr.. Hacker never spoke, and it is pl
sumed must have been killed before I
l car reached the bottom of the inclin,
Mr.. Whitehead adds that neither tong
nor pen can adequately describe the I
rible character of the scene
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