The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-10-23
ANOTHER HORROR.
Thirty Laborers Cruelty Manned
and Scalded
THROUGH THE RECKLESSNEss OF A
RAILROAD ENGINEER.
Five Already Dead and Others Not Ex-
peeted to Live.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass, Oct. 21.-A terrible
accident 10 caboose Of workingmen of the
North Adams freight yard, occurred this
morning, by which n men were injured, sew
eral OF them fatally About 20 a. M, engin-
eer Chatles Wells and fireman Joseph BostIey
left North Adams depot on the engine Deer
field, Of the State Road, pushing caboose car
loaded with 25 men, who were going to work
al different places near Zoar and Charlemont
The party in the car included section gang,
John Flynn, foreman; gang of masons, John
O. Madden, foreman; stone crushers Peter
Barry, foreman; track layers Thomas Quinn,
foreman; and carpenters, j. j. Peekham, fcre.
man. There were thirty men in the car. The
engine and caboose started for the tunnel and
had gone about half way, when the caboose
which was in front, collided with Troy &
Boston engine, smashing the headlight of the
engine Deerheld, and driving 15-feet hues
straight through the furnace door. The ca
boose was raised from the trucks and carried
to the COW catcher of the engine Deerfield. The
front OF the engine was stove in, and steam
and hot voter flew into the caboose The men
not hurt in the collision were burned badly
and but few escaped without injury. The
boiler of the engine Deerheld was examined
June 4, and found to be all right, so its explo-
sion is unaccountable. There was but little
damage by the collision, and none would have
been hurt but for the explosion of the boiler of
the Deerfelds engine. Three doctors arrived
on the scene, aud made an examination of the
men injured.
The doctors have nearly completed their ex-
animation OF the men, and find 80 injured.
All are scalded and many with cuts, bruises
and broken bones One died this afternoon,
and as many as eight others will not live Jo-
seph BOstley, fireman OF engine Daeraeld,
whose ewes were burned out and face, arms
and body scalded, died Tonight in terrible ago
ny. He leSveS widow and three small chill
dren. The explosion Of the engine was caused
by the drawbar of the choose bursting in
plate OF the fiue sheet OF the engi Q, and the
steam blew open the door of the caboose and
filled the car, in which were thirty-fiye men
crowded close together. Many were unable to
reac ch the doors, and in the confusion which
followed many bones were broken Boiling
water and steam burning off the mems clothes,
and in moment they were fearfully burned,
many of them getting badly bruised and cut in
their efforts to get out. All the injured were
carried to houses, and all day the doctors Off
ces have been crowded with anxious friends,
beseechiDg them to first attend their injured.
AS nearly as can be learned, the injured and
dead are:
Dead-Joseph Bostley, fireman.
Injured-Charles Wells, engineer, burned
slightly, will recover; John Flynn, foreman of
laborers' gang burned about the limbs and
head, and cut in several places, will probrbly
recover; John G. Madden, aged o. burned on
the back and sides, dangerous; John Madden,
scalded seriously, and it is thought received in-
ternal injuries, may recover; Peter Barry an
ether foreman, badly cut about the face and
mead III inc COLLISION, anu l6afluIly SCalu0Q,
face is not recognizable, will probably die, age
45, and has wife and ten children: Thomas
Quinn, SCalded on face, arms and neck, and
scalp wound, will live; j. j. Peckham, master
bridge builder, not seriously hurt, but badly
scalded about shoulders and face; G. Van Hou-
sen, teegrapher, aged %, OF Valatil, N. Y,
skin burned all over the body flesh on the
limbs burned off, will die; Daniel Connell,
scalp wound, face and neck burned, not dam
geronsly injured; Chas. S. Patterson, burned
.ho,+ he .rrsn k,I1
John Mallory, seriously burned about the
breast and abdomen, aged 45, has large fami-
ly; Thomas Dempsey, not dangerously burned;
John Young, scalded and otherwise iDjrred,
carried home and kept under the influence of
opiateS, condition doubtful; Amasa Campbell,
James Enwood, John Welch, James Bolger,
James Wall Cornelius Shea, Jacob Basel or
Edmund Basellon, Thomas Connor, John Pitt,
Theodore Pitt, William Mcdonald, Hugh
Connell and Timothy Crowley, all burned
about the same, but not very seriously; Thos.
Flaming, Patrick Murray, James Houlihan
and Thomas nriscol, yonng men employed on
the road as repair men, badly hurt, and are
huddled together in small boarding house
here. They have been attended by several
physicians, and some say that Flattn viii die;
he is badly burned, and it is feared internally
scalded; other physicians say that these four
men will die.
Telegraph operator Haywood, who satin the
engine cab, was thrown through the window,
and escaped without injury. Manager Locks
states that the accident was caused by engine
20 becoming uncoupled from the cars ,iand
coming back to the yard by the eastern main
track, which it should not have done. 1t was
very foggy, and the engineers were unable to
see one anOther'S locomotives. The locomc-
tive was pushing the caboose TO the switch and
the collision, which was very light, hemmed
the caboose between the two engines, and the
drawbar of the caboose, as has been previously
stated, iammed hole through the front plate
of the fue sheet.
The road instructions were when an employe
backs car into yard, TO go around by the
west track and flag as she goes. The Trey &
Boston engineer had no right TO bring his en-
gine around by the east track, aud did it in di-
rect violation of rules. This act of engineer
Watson, OF the Troy & Boston, is primarily
the cause of the accident. 1t is not known
that any one ever took an engine around that
way before.
LATER.
NORTH ADAMS, Oct. 22--The victims of the
accident are dying hourly. Last night Peter
Flavin and Thomas Barry died, and this
morning @, l.. Van Housen died, and Corne-
Illus Shay, aged 81, died about seven O'Clock
Shay was not thought to be dangerously iniur-
ed. The older men, lacking vitality, will all
probably die, and Wm. Mcdonald, John Nal
10y. Patrick Murray, John Keeley, and Chas.
Helipan are not expected to live. Three lead
ing men have subscribed $1,000 for hos. .ital.
An inquest will be held as soon as some of the
witnesses are we'll enough 60 attend. and a spe-
cial investigation by the railroad managers
takes place tomorrow at $50.