Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-20
Serious Railroad Accident.

Collision of Trains-A New Haven Rail-
 road Man Among the Killed - About
 Thirty Thousand Dollars Damage.
 A wild freight train in charge of Conductor George B. Phillips, of Fitchburg, and En- gineer George Washburn left North Adams, Mass, yesterday afternoon on the Troy and Greenfield railroad with orders to meet the New Haven and Northampton local freight at Charlemont. Conductor Hosley and Engineer Joseph Hamilton of the local freight left Shelburne Falls bound west, also with orders to meet the wild freight at Charlemont. For unexplained reasons they failed to wait at that place, but continu d running west until tkey met the wild freight just rounding 8 curve. The trains collided at full speed Hamilton and Hosley jumped from their engine, Hamilton escaping with an injured spine and Hosley with broken leg John Eegleston of this city, their fireman was killed. His body badly mangled. Engineer Washburn jumped from his engine, breaking his leg: Conductor Phillips was instantly killed, his body being so terribly mangled that it could be identified only by scar on the back of his head c. N. Lewis, of Fitchburg, his fireman, was also killed outright. The engine and dozen loaded cars were smashed and piled up pro- miscuously. track has been built around
 
 ! usual. Of the killed Phillips leaves family, Lewis and Eggleston were unmarried. The damage to the rolling stock of the two roads will be between $2O, GOO and $3O. GOO The accident occurred at the same point where | three men lost their lives one year ago. Personal
 Major General Terry is visiting this city. his native place.
 Mrs. Josephine Hotchkiss, of this city, is ] visiting with friends in Hartford. 1 S. Harrison Wagner has been appoi nted trustee of the insolvent estate Of Howard C.. Payne.
 l Franklin P Kenyon of New London, has been nominated the Greenbaclz candidate for Congress from the Third district. | Rev. B. A. Wood preached his farewell sermon in the First Baptist church, New Lon don, Sunday. He goes to Toledo, Ohio. ] Mir. B. w. Bishop, of the telephone night | service has gone on a vacation trip to Coney Island up the Hudson, Albany and Saratoga. l Philando Armstrong has taken out per | init to erect two brick dwelling houses, 34 by AS, three stories high, on Oak street, near Park.
 Henry S. Nichols, of Middletown, aged 70,
 bookkeeper for J. A. Garfield & Co.,, broke his arm last Saturday while trying to ride 2 1 newly purchased bicycle
 1 A. A. Upson, of this city, the well knowr
 hotel manager, has just returned to this city
 after serving his seventh year at the Beach | Monmouth and Carlton Houses, Sea Girt, N
 J. He left here last April.
 An Ansonia boy named Thomas Fleming
 died suddenly Monday night. The doctor
 was sent for, but the boy was dead before he
 reached the house. The boy had been eating
 horse chestnuts during the day.
 Dr. George Auger, son of Abram Auger, O.
 Fair Haven, who went to Oakland, Cal, hal
 an extensive practice. Frank, the other son is palace car conductor on the Union Pacif, l railroad from Denver to Kansas City.
 Mir. Thomas McWalters, treasurer for tn.
 Kate Claxton company, was formerly of thu
 Tribune staff, and was in the service of MT
 Tilden in tho Presidential campaign of 1876
 He has host of friends in the theatrical a
 we'll as in the journalistic profession.