Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-22
)NE OF THE NUMBER DEAD.
Probability that Half a Dozen viii Die
frem Injuries.
ONE MANS EYES BOILED OUT,
The Cause Known to be the CarelesSness
OF an Engineer.
TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

dCClQenC TO Il CaDOOSe Oh HOEhluS lleu De-
| onging to the North Adams fire. ght yard
occurred this morning in which twenty
seven men were injured, several fatally.
About 6:3O this morning Engineer Charles
Wells and Fireman James Bostley left the
| North Adams depot ON the engine Deer
| loaded with thirty men going to work at
different places near Zoar and Charlemont.
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
boose 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
engine 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.
| scalded, bruised badly, and will die; G, L..
Vanhosen, telegraph operator in caboose,
scalded, swallowed hot water and
steam, will die; Dan Connell, la
| borer, arms and legs scalded,
Chas. Patterson, John Flynn, foreman. and
John G. 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, F. LAWN, scalded; J. Welch, 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, c. Shay
all injured, not seriously. AS John Hogan
was crossing the railroad track to see the
accident he 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
| ing terrible agony from internal scalds.
and as his head is cut badly he will prob
ably die. G. 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'
skin on the front part of the body came
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 shoulder broken, head
hurt. and his recovery is doubtful. Joseph
| Bostley and Van Housen, fireman and op-
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, del to night
| in terrible agony. He leaves a wife and
three small children. The explosion of
the engine was caused by the draw bar of
the caboose bursting in the 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 STAN
pede many bones were broken. Boiling
water and steam saturated the mems
clothes in moment and they were fear
fully burned. ALI 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.
! 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 a wife and ten children.
Thomas Quinn, scalded on face, arms
and neck; scalp wounds; will live.
j. Beckham, master bridge builder,
not seriously hurt, but badly scalded about
the shoulders and face.
c. L. Van Hansen, telegraper, aged twen-
ty-two, skin burned all over badly; flesh
on limbs burned off; will die.
l. Daniel Cornell. scalp wound. face and