Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-23
ONE OF THE NUMBER DEAD.
Probability that Half Dozen Will Die
from Injuries.
ONE MANS EYES BOILED. OUT
The Cause Known to be the Carelessness
Of an Engineer.
TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

|
omging to the North Adams fre ,ght yard
| occurred this morning in which twenty
seven men were injured, several fatally.
| About $50 this morning Engineer Charles
Wells and Fireman James Bostley left the
| North Adams depot on the engine Deer
field. of the state road, pushing caboose
loaded with thirty men going to work at
| different places near Zoar and Charlemcnt.
The parties in the car included section
gang, John Flynn, foreman; a gang of
masons, John c. Madden, foreman; stone
crushers, P. Barry, foreman; track
| layers, Thomas Quinn, foreman; and
carpenters, J. J. Beckman, foreman.
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. The ca
bose was raised from the trucks and car
| ried to the cow-catcher of the engine Deer
field. The front of the engine was
smashed and steam and hot water flowed
into the caboose. Men not hurt in the col
hsion were burned badly, and but few es-
capped without injury. None would have
been hurt but for the explosion of the
Ell zine boiler. Three doctors arrived at
| the scene and made an examination of the
mems injuries. The injured men are
Chas. Wells. engineer of the Deerfeld.
badly burned; Joseph Bostley, fireman,
scalded, bruised badly, and will die; G, l..
Yanhosen, telegraph operator in caboose,
scalded, swallowed hot water and
steam, will die; Dan Cornell, Ia
| borer, arms and legs scalded
Chas. Patterson, John Flynn, foreman, and
John c. Madden,mason, all scalded and cut
John G.. Madden, scalded and bruised;
Thos. Quinn, side, back and arms scalded;
Jas. Wall, Thos. Dempsey, John Young,
Chas. Carpenter, A. Campbell, JAS. Crafts,
all burned; Conductor Haywood, scalded
about the head; Jas. Enwood, Thos
Connors, T. LAWN, scalded; J. WEIGH, legs
broken and scalded. The others injured
were James Bolger, scalp wound, face cut
and scalded: JAS. Hall, P. Murray, Jas.
Driscoll, Jos. Barrelow, NJ. Veily, G. Shay
all injured, not seriously. AS John Hogan
was crossing the railroad track to see the
accident ne was struck by the Pittsfeld &
North Adams train and killed.
1t is now certain that eight of the men in
jured in the accident will not live. Peter
| Barry, foreman of the laborers, is suffer
ing terrible agony from internal scalds.
and as his head is cut badly he will prob
ably die. c. Y. Vanhousen, of Valatia
New York, aged twenty -one, telegraph
operator, is also internally scalded and
will not live, he sat on the engine. Oper-
ator Haywood, sitting with him, escaped
by jumping from the engine. Chas. Hal
Than, Thos. Flavius, Patrick Murray and
Thomas Driscoll are under the in
| fuence of morphine. .Flavius'
off with his clothes. Patrick Murran had
his head cut severely and is scalded so that
he will not recover. Driscoll and Hallihan
! are young men, both seriously hurt, and
probably will not recover. Jno. Malloy.
aged forty five, has a shoulder broken, head
hurt, and his recovery is doubtful. Joseph
Bostley and Van Housen, fireman and OPP
orator, are in bad shape. Bostley lost both
eyes. Neither of them will get well.
! LATER REPORTS.
The doctors have nearly completed the
examination of the injured men, and find
thirty three injured, all scalded, many
with cuts, bruises and broken bones.
Joseph Bostly, fireman of the engine
Deerfeld, whose eyes were burned out,
face, arms and body scalded, died tonight
| in terrible agony. He leaves wife and
three small children. The explosion of
the engine was caused by the draw bar of
the caboose bursting in tie plate of the
cylinder of the engine. The steam
blew open the door of the caboose, and
| filled the car in which there were thirty
five men crowded together. Many were
unable to reach the doors, and in the stam-
pede many bones were broken. Boiling
water and steam saturated the mems
| clothes in a moment and they were fear
fully burned. All the injured were carried
to houses. All day the doctors offices
were crowded with anxious friends beseech-
ing them to first attend to their injuries.
As nearly as can be learned the dead and
! injured are as follows:
Joseph Bostly, fireman, eyes burned out,
badly scalded.
INJURED.
Chas. Wells, engineer of the Deerfeld,
burned slightly; will recover.
John Flynn, foreman of laborers' gang,
burned about the limbs and cut in several
places; probably recover.
John G. Madden, burned on back and
sides; dangerous.
John Madden, scalded severely and it is
thought suffered internal injuries; may re-
cover.
Peter Barry, another foreman, badly cot
about the face and head in the collision,
and fearfully scalded; his face unrecogni-
Fable. He will probably die. He is aged
forty five, and has wife and ten children.
Thomas Quinn, scalded on face, arms
ndneck; scalp wounds; will live.
J. j. Beckham, master bridge builder,
not seriously hurt, but badly scalded about
the shoulders and face.
c. L. Van Hansen, telegraper, aged twen-
ty-swo. skin burned all over badly; flesh