Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-22
EASTERN NEWS.
.,.ryD PRESS DISPATCHER
- Men Hp RI.

.soclArEp PRESS D''fA
- Men Hurt.
xu ADAMS, Mass, Oct; ~, 2l;mon ,;ns 10.
d Of the Hoosac iunnel nne
tefos;oo a caboose. loaded witt
11n1'.~ss las run into by an engine
Sk, ,'s,, nam we're badly scalded and
Anssser Account.
.,ribls accident to a :, caoooss shs Sarta .,
sgfknee ee,s;oh, s yard occurred this morn
l1amsT sTranty r.ot seven men were injured
~ ,lls.aiiy l~u About 6:3O a. m. Engi
es91 1ss Wells and Fireman james
=. 4. IL. Ieft the North Adams depot OF
b1s3; ;ns ~ for Deerfeld. on the statt t.
pad, t n 70 work at different places
pr.s s and Charlemont. The par
- IT, ~ Ear included a section gang
~ u .ns John c. hidden foreman
dnashs Peter Barry foreman
- 6e'sss c, Thomas Quinn foreman
- .s,,sntsrs, J. ]. Peckham foreman
&c sso;re and caboose had started foi
fksal and had gone about halt
- ls -hen the caboOse, which was
| collided with the Troy and
n s,o;ne. The caboOse was raised
~ ~ t1ncks, and crushed on the COW
49, ~ - "a engine. The front of the
- ~ :. smashed in, and steam and
~stsr fIev in the caboose. The men
= nm in the collision were burned
~ ~ snd but few escaped without in.
-" Nome would have been seriously
,nt for the explosion OF the en-
~ ho;ler. Three doctors arrived al
.srs and made an examination OF
II. sssn iniured. The men are: Charles
n. ~ engineer, badly burned, condi-
- n,ecariOus; Joseph Bostley, nre-
-. ~ scalded, bruised, will die: q. l..
.vs.Hcssn. ~ telegraph operator in the
,.Locsa scalded, swallowed hot water
"a stsam. will die; Daniel Connell,
ss.,sr arms and legs scalded; Charles
psttsr.on. John Flynn, foreman. John
= Nsdden. mason, all soalded and cut
ishu Madden, scalded and bruised;
~ Ouinn, side. back and arms scaid-
=. j.mes Walls, Thomas Demsey. John
vo.no Chas. Carpenter, Amos Camp
IN James Crofts, all burned, some sc.
.;csaiy: Conductor Harwood, scalded
shnt the head; James Inv oOd. Thos.
C.nnora. Thos. FIavin, scalded; John
Wslch. legs broken and scalded. The
slhen injured we're James Bolger. scalp
cnnd. face cut and scalded; Joseph
HsII Patrick Murray, Thos. Driscott,
joscph Barlow, NJ. Kiel, Cornelius Shay,
N injured, not seriously.
AZ John Hogan was crossing the rail-
mad track to see the accident. he was
d1uck by the Pittsfeld and North Ad-
ans train and killed.
hnnov certain that eight men, in
nred in the accident, will not live,
fster Barry, foreman OF the laborers,
jeufering terrible agony from internal
ecalds and badly cut head, and will
pgobably die. G. b. Van Housen, OF
Valatia, N. Y, aged 2l, telegraph opera.
te, is also internally scalded, and will
sot live. He sat ON the engine. Oper
etor HAYWOOD, sitting with him, escaped
b. Jumping from the engine. Charles
HaIlan, Thos. Flavens, Pat Murray ant
Thos. DriscOll, are under the influence
Of morphine. Flavens' skin, on tn,
mont OF his body, came OH with hi
elothes. Pat Murray had his head Gu
and scalded 30 badly that he will not re-
cover. Driscoll and Hallan are young
men. Both are seriously hurt, and
probably will not recover. John Malley,
AGED Is, had his shoulder broken and
head hurt; recovery doubtful. John
Bostley and Van Housen, fireman and
opsgat0r, are in bad shape. Bostley los,
10th eyes. Neither will recover.
The doctors have nearly completed
- examination Of the injured men
md find some scalded, and many with
mis and broken bones. Joseph BOstley
~ fremen, and engineer Deerfield
whose eyes we're burned out, and fact
I'd arms were badly ssalded, died to
Hight in terrible agony. He leaves {
vie and three small children. The OK
poei0n Of the engine was caused by {
Inv bar in the oaboose in the throttle
i The cylinder of tue engine.
Deer6eld allowed the steam to blow
4on the door of the cabOOse, and fill
- sab in which there were thirty mer
aesdsd close together. Many we're un
ehht0 reach the doors. and in the STAN
pds many bones we're broken. The
putng water and steam saturated the
ms clothing in a moment and tht
N were fearfully burned. All the in.
md we're carried to the house, and all
~ the Doctors offices were crowded
VII anxious friends, beseeching them
, I'M attend their wounded friends.
Y near as can be learned, the deaG
I'd injured are as follows: Dead-o-
epa bostley, fireman, eyes burned on,
nd bailey scalded. Injured-Charles
WslA engineer Deerfield, burned slight
md will recover; John Flynn, fore
- oe the laborers gang, burned about
- limbs and cut in several places
ccably will recover; John c. Masden
ed0, burned on the back and sides
eoue; John Madden, scalded seri
y and thought internally injured
recover; Peter Berry, another fore
oadley cut about the face and
- N the collision, and fearfu ully
'oed. His face is not recolizable. Viii
ne is 45 years of age, and has q
~ and ten children. Thos. Ounley
- on the face, arms and neck, ant
eca!p wounds, will live: j. j. Peck
builder, not seriously hurt, bu
~ ecaided about the shoulders anC
" L. vanthorn, telegraph opera
2. Of valetie, New York. Skin
Rned AL over badly, flesh on lmtl
eo on. viii die. Aud Daniel Connel
" wounds.
.snaeer Lock states that the acciden
0oaed by engine No. 20 becomin,
ped from it's cars and cominI
INTO the yard by the eastern mali
vnich it should not have done
~. very fo2Ry and the engineer was
70 SEE the other locomotive,
= Tie accident.
Nominated.
mo, n. Y, Oct. 2l.-The Demo
y me Twenty ninth District hav,
n eo John Arnst for Congress.
"a ou 0ront 8Oo0.
~ ofoN, Oct. 2l.-The Secretary
Interior has decided that
~ o route Of the Willamette Val
8 ~ Oaseade Mountain Wagon Roat
Z ss, oy which the road is to b,
way OF Camp Warner instead
es.ssoa Cafy, did not deprive the
4 ensssy "a its land grant; but that tn
s1 limo from the point of de
nom the old line.
Felitical.
IsCo, Oct. 2l.-Ths Democrats O
~ ~ ~ district north side) nomi
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~ : eunty Prohibition Conventio,
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