Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-10-22
Committed by the Evil Ones In Va
rious Portions OF the y 9
Country Yesterday. .,
frightfaI Railroad Accident Near
North Adams, Mass s.--Thirty
Persons Badly Scaldsd.
The Ross Murder at Cincinnati--'
Train Ditchsd-- Grimes and
Casualties.

workingmen belonging to the North Adams
freight yard occurred this moTning,i in which
twenty seven men were injured, several
fatally. About q ssoa Il. Boslnssf 0ha
Wellsand Fireman Jas. Bastley left North
Adams depot on the engine Deerheld, on
the State Road, pushing a caboose loaded
with thirty men going to work at different
places, near Zoar and Clairmont. The par
ties in the car included a section gang. John
Flynn, foreman of the gang OF masons;
John G. Madden, foreman of the stone
crusheys; P. Barny, foreman Of the track
layers; Thos. Quinn, foreman OF the car
penters; J. J. Beekham, foreman OF the
engine and caboeSe.
They started for the tunnel, and had gone
about half way there when the caboose,
which was in front, collided with the Troy
and Boston engine. The caboose was raised
from its trucks and carried to the cow
catcher of the engine Deerfield. The front
of the engine was smashed in. The steam
and hot water flew in the caboose and the
men not hurt in the caboose were burned
badly, and but few escaped without injury.
None would have been seriously hurt but
for the explosion OF the engine Deer
fields boiler. Three doctors arrived at the
scene and made an examination OF the
men injured, who are Charles Wells, engl-
neer of 1.-THE Deerfield, badly burned, con-
dition precarious; Joseph Bssley, fireman
of the Deerfield, scalded, bruised badly,
will die; c. L. Vanhosen, telegraph opera
tor, scalded, swallowed hot water and steam,
will die; d. Connell, laborer, arms and
legs scalded; Charles Patterson, John
Flynn, foreman, and John C. Madden,
mason, all sCalded and cut; John Madden,
scalded and bruised; Thomas Cainn, side,
back and arms scalded; James Wallace,
John Dernsey, John Young, Charles Car
penter, James Craft all burned, some seri-
ously; Conductor Haywood, scalded about
the head James Emroad, Thomas Connors,
Thomas Flavin, scalded John Welch, legs
broken and scalded. The Others injured
were James Bolger, scalp wound, face cut
and scalded; James Hall, Patrick Murray,
Thomas Drescoll, James Barrellow, NJ
Kiely, Cornelius Shay, all injured, but not
seriously. AS John Hagarc was crossing
the railroad track to the scene of the acci.
dent he was struck by the Pittsfield and
North Adams train and killed.
1t is now certain that eight men were in
jured in the accident and will not live,
they are: Peter Barry, foreman OF the
laborers, suffering terrible agony from in.
ternal scalds and head cut badly. He will
probably die. c. B. VanhouSen, OF Valatia,
n. v, aged 2l, telegraph operator, also
Internally Scalded
and will not live. He sat in the engine,
Operator Raymond, sitting with him,
escaped by jumping from the engine,
Charles Hallihan, Thos. Flavious, Patrick
Murray and Thomas Driscoll were under
4l. I'D Nf, EoaN-innC' @
on the front of his body came of with his
clothes. Patrick Murray had his head cut
severely and was scalded so that he Will
not recover. DriScoll and Hallihan are
young men, both seriously hurt, and will
probably not recover. John Malloy, aged
is years, had his shoulder broken and head
hurt; recovery doubtful. Joseph Bostley
and Vanhouser, fireman and operator, are
in bad shape. Bostley lost both eyes and
neither of them will get we'll.
The doctors have nearly completed the
examination of the injured men and find
thirty.three injured. They are all scalded,
many with cuts, bruises and broken bones.
JOS Bostley, fireman OF the engine
Deeraeld, whose
Eyes Were Burned Out,
face, arms and body scaled, died tonight
in terrible agony. He leaves wife and
three small children.
The explosion of the engine was caused
by the drawbar of the caboose bursting in
the plate of the cylinder of the engine
Deerfield. The steam blew open the door
of the Caboose and filled the car in which
there were thirty.five men crowded close
together, and many were unable to reach
the doors, and in the stampede many bones
were broken.
Boiling water and steam saturated the
mems clothes in a moment, and the men
were frightfully burned. All the injured
were carried to houses. All day the doc
tors offices were
Crowded with Anxious Friends
beseeching them to attend to the injured
As nearly as can be learned, the dead and
injured are as follows: Dead-Jos. Bostley,
fireman, ewes burned out and badly scald-
ed. Injured Charles Wells, engineer,
Deerfieid, burned slightly, will recover; |;
John Flynn, foreman of laborers' gang
burned about the limbs and cut in several
places, will probably recover; John C..
Madder, aged %, burned on back and sides,
dangerous; John Madder, scalded severely
and thought Internally injured, may re-
cover; Peter Barry, another foreman, was
badly cut about the face and head in the
collision and
FearfuIIy Sealded.
His face was not recognizable. He will
probably die. He is IS years Of age and
leaves a wife and ten children. Thomas
Quinn, scalded face and arms, neck and
scalp wounds, will live; ]. Peckham, mas
ter bridge builder, not seriously hurt, but
badly scalded about the shoulders; c. L.
Vanhousen, telegraph operator, aged 81, of
Valatia, n. V, skinnburned all over badly,
flesh on limbs burned off, will die; Daniel
Connell, scalp wound, face and neck burned,
not seriously injured; Chas. S. Patterson
was burned about the limbs. He possibly
may recover. John Msloy was injuriously
burned about the breast and abdomen. He
was IS years old and leaves large family.
Thos. Dempsey was burned, though not dan
eerously. John Young was scalded and
otherwise injured He was carried home
and kept under the influence of opiates.
His condition is critical. Amos Campbell,
John Edwards, John Welch, Jas. Dolger,
Jas. Wall, c. Shess and Jacob Bassell were
all slightly injured.
1t was very foggy and the engineers were
unable to see one another's locomotives.
One of the locomotives was pushing q
caboose to switch so as to get the cars be-
hind the engine and the collision, which
was very light, hemmed the caboose be-
tween two engines and the drawbsr OF the
caboose jammed hole through the
front plate of the fiue sheet. The roads in
struciions are that when an employe backs
cars into the yard to go around blythe track
and flag themselves as they 60. Troy and
Boston have no right to bring their en-
gines round by the east track, and did II
in direct violation Of the rules. This ac'
of engineer Watson, Troy and Boston is
primarily the cause of the accident 1t Is