The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-02
THE STORM.
BAD ACCIDENT ON THE EAST
ERIN ROAD.
The Mos. severe Gale of the Season.

The Most Severe Gale of the Season.
The severe storm predicted Thursday, to ar
rive here during the night, fulfilled its engage
ments, although it was hardly as severe as was
experienced in the South and West The wind
blew hard all Thursday evening, but the snow
did not begin to fall until 13O yesterday morn.
ing The fierce wind hurled it about In heap:
| here and there. In some places the streets
were perfectly bare. while few feet further
away were to be seen hard drifts Persons
| coming in from out Of town complained of the
severe gale and the almost impossible roads.
The Eastern railroad suffered severely By the
storm. Their wires were disarranged early in
the day and they had succession of accidents,
no trains arriving here during the day. A very
bad accident occurred at Revere. It appears
that the train due to leave Salem at 6 a. NJ. for
Lynn and Boston, left one hour late, with two
engines and one snow plow. The conductor of
the train was Nathan Dame, and the baggage
master John Mcdonald. There were four cars,
viz, baggage car, a smoking car and two pas
senger cars. The forward engine was No. 43
Fred Converse engineer, and Lewis Voorhees,
fireman; and the section engine No. 80, with
William Meade engineer, and William Breen
fireman. The train left Lynn at 7.20, and on
passing over Saugus marshes was compelled to
cut through many large snow drifts. When
the train reached Floyd's bridge in Revere
monstreus snow drift was struck, which
threw the snow plow into the air and off the
track. The forward engine dashed under the
y1lO ita ,nI>o koo1ro v,l 3,
torn off and the engine thrown from the track,
as was also the second engine and every Car on
the train. The engineers and fremen of both
locomotives were tossed into the air. Engineer
Convers received serious cash on the top of
his head, while engineer Meade had his head
cut open, his side crushed and one leg broken.
Both fremen escaped with slight bruises.
None of the passengers Of the train were injur-
ed as far as can be ascertained, although they
experienced severe shaking up by the concus-
sion and were much frightened. Baggage
master Mcdonald was in his Car, and although
one side of the car was stove in he received no
severe injury, and conductor Dame also escap-
ed injury. Brakeman Larrabee was standing
on the platform between the third and fourth
cars and jumped at the time of the accident
into snow drift. He received painful bruises
on his side and back, and was unconscious for
nearly an hour. Both engineers upon being
picked up from the snow were carried into the
baggage car, and everything was done to alevi.
ate their sufferings. Engineer Meade was in a
delirious state at last accounts and will proba-
bly, die. Upon being carried into the baggage
car his first words vera an inquiry for his fire.
man. Neither engines nor cars are badly
wrecked, although the track is torn up for sew
eral rods. One engine was thrown on the right
hand side of the track and the other, with the
cars, on the left hand side. There were rs to
100 passengers on the train. Engineer Meade
resides in Salem, is IS years old and has wife
and large family. Engineer Converse belongs
in Lawrence and runs freight train between
that city and Salem.
One Of the trains over this road for this city
reached Somerville where the snow was found
too heavy for it, and the cars were left
standing on the track until late in the after
noon, when they were taken back to Boston.
The train was expected here all the afternoon
and evening, but the officials here appeared to
know little or nothing about the affairs of the
road.
The early trains found but little difficulty in
reaching the city. The horse cars struggled
along with three or four horses, trying their
utmost to keep on wheels. The Boston &
Maine morning train from Boston was detained
until l30 p. M. and the Eastern did not arrive
until this morning. The Portland & Rochester
afternoon train was detained two hours. owing
to an accident on the Nashua s. Rochester
road TT az
on the main track during the night, and when
the early freight train came along the engine
struck the obstruction at once and was pretty
we'll stove up, although no one was injured.
The other connecting roads were delayed and
the train arriving here did not connect with
any of them. The Grand Trunk trains were
nearly on time. The conductor of the after
Roon through train said he did not meet the
storm until he reached South Paris, and there
it was not at all severe. The Ogdensburg
trains were scarcely any late. The storm was
not so severe in the mountains as elsewhere,
and Superintendent Hamilton put on extra
locomotives and cars to keep this end clear.
The Maine Central trains all arrived on time
during the day, and the train hands reported
but little snow East Special trains were sent
out at noon, notwithstanding the western
bound trains had not arrived.
The vessels in the harbor kept very close, but
as there were bat few vessels, there are few
marine accidents to record. The arrival of the
steamer Lake Nepigan was the subject of con-
siderable comment, and it was generally &C.
cepted statement that Portland is the only har-
Dor on the coast which captain would dare to
anfar in fha roids ar of sunh 5riu; t.
entering the dock the steamer struck the jib-
boom of the Austrian bark Seth, tearing it
away and iDjuring herself slightly. The bark
Jennie Phinney, lying at the dry dock, broke
up the wharf some and chafed SO badly that a
tug went over and brought her to this side
where she was secured No steamers left their
5erths during the day or night, and some of
them chafed severely.
Two men, one named Norris and the other
Apsley, both sailors, attempted to put out in
the harbor in small boat while considerably
intoxicated. They had got out but little way
from the wharf when the boat was struck by
flaw of wind and capsized. The two men held
on aud nearly persisted before they were picked
up by fishing vessel that entered the harbor.
Everything was done here by Mr.. Emery to
Iacllltate the departure or mails Tor the east
ward. A close mail was sent to the principal
places on the Bangor route, in charge of the
baggage-master, as there was no route agent to
go on that train. A Bangor mail was sent to
the depot at p. NJ, but no train went beyond
Augusta until the arrival of the Eastern. Such
long delay in getting mail from Boston has
not been known for years. There was scarcely
any Boston papers to be found in the city dur
ing the entire day and evening.
The special train of seven cars over the
Rochester last evening, was drawn by two en-.
gines and made good time.
1t ceased showing at p. M, but the wind
kept the snow drifting all night.
A WORTHY EFFORT.-An incident worthy of
record has Just been brought to our notice. The
object of our narration is to show what energy
in h1s xv11 ocnop, p1;ch IL tho r,,x, ;ncosx