The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-10-23
rerr,b,o Railroad AecldeHs.


Bosrox. October s--A serious ac-
cident occurred THE evening on the
Old Colony railroad to a crowded ex-
cursion traia which was returning
from The Silver Lake rowing match
between Reagan, Of Boston, aud Da-
Wis. Of Portland. The train Of TWEEN
ty cars went of the track. II is ra-
mored that ~ persons were killed
WooLAsroS, Mass, October 8
An excursion train consisting of nine
teen passenger cars and an English
.oacb car aud freight ear met with a
terrible accident a mile and a bali
north Of Quincy, Mass, about Tl5
this evening. The train was loaded
with passengers coming from the Da-
Wis and Reagan boat race at Silver
Lake. The cause Of the accident is
attributed to jumping q switch OF
jumping the track. The three for
ward cars, including the English cab
which contained Reagan, The oars
man. aad reporters and hackers Of the
boatmea. were pied upon each other
Reagan Is reported killed and Mf. q.
q Kimball, Of the associated press
slightly bruised. II is impossible at
the present time TO give an estimate
lef The killed and wounded Ii Is
thought that twenty we're killed snd
6onhle that number wounded.
BosroN, October S-A dispatch
received at the police beadqnartes
places the number at 10 killed and
$50 injured.
PARTICULARS or THE DISASTER
NEW YORK. October "a die
patch from Boston about the terrible
railroad accident on The Ola Colony
railroad, near Quincy, Mass yester
day. SAYS: Both engines and six carr
Left ths track, and, propelled aPor
each other by The terrible momentum
Of the cars behind, were ground intc
esch other. overturned aud wrec.ed
Three were smashed into atoms Or
the track was & telegraph operator
named M'Failsnd. ald as coon as the
accident happened be cut The wire
end telegrephed 10 THE ci = The
news spread eyers where instantly,
and befJre eight O'Clock 4 ef09a oi
len thousand persons were gathered
lia he streets sbcutths depot O1e
hundred Policemen wers qDickiy Fun.
msned Gud formed q adon ground
TIE building TO preFsaL ihe c'P3i
from beiog filed Hundreds ciihese
persous bad lcieGds aboard The tr@ia,
aud were frantic ! 10 lheir irquities for
salpty Tue ssPaper fices
we're tbroBged sli lie evening" with
( those he brought fUmoTs of =.neh HI
iiuformatieu TBe widest xxi emeui
prevailed uhfil TIE s%r5.yhi cf tie
wrecking lrains. wbiei gere seat cul
accompanied by he FuPeHlteo5eal
aud other cticegs + The road sud 10y
a cyrps Of surgeons cat q large Lnm-
Ger OF s~tretcbers,
The seeideat occurred q. The Wool
aston gravel g;ls where there is q
sloping embankment q 5ome twenty
feet. The conductor had ordered the
brakes applied, aud the engineer Of
the second engine had applied a press
ure of Is pounds whsa be felt bic en-
gine leave The track. lie denies that
there was g loose rail or misplaced
switch, aud does not attempt to ex-
plain the cause Of the accident His
engine pulled tie first from the track,
and both plunged down the embenk-
ment. The baggage car, which im'
mediateiy followed, IVES pushed along
the track and left standing The
compartment car struck the cJrner Of
the second tender and had lis entire
side torn cut. Ia this there were
boating men and their ladies', and re-
porters and every person on the left
band side of the car was either killed
or badly injured The next ear was
buried 10 the other side Of the track
and broken intwo. The three follow
ing cars plunged down The bank and
piled upon each other iE u mass OF
broken timhers, with hundreds Of PEG.
pie dead, dying and terribly burt,
TANNED together ia ;nextricable confu,
sion. Those in the ears 81 the rear
experienced e slight shock as CT a sud
den stop, bat sat quietly for fully If
teen minutes before aseeftsining that
there was any serious trouble.
The death list up 10 room today
comprises nineteen persons