Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-23
E OF THE NUMBER DEAD.
me MANS EYES BOILED. OUT.
TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

acclde1t 10 c2DOOSe OF WORKING men be-
onging to the North Adams IRE ght yard
! occurred this morning in which twenty
seven men were injured, several fatally.
About $3.50 tins 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 al
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 u 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
lision 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 Deerfield.
badly burned; Joseph Bostley, fireman,
scalded. bruised badly. and will die; G, L..
Nanhosen, telegraph operator in caboose,
scalded, swallowed hot water and
steam, will die; Dan Council, 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, T. 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, G. Shay
All injured, not seriously. AS John Hogan
was crossing the railroad track to see the
accident he was struck by the Pittsfeld Il
North Adams train and killed.
1t is now certain that eight of the men in
jurad 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
huence of morphine. Flavius'
skin on the front part of the body came
Oft with his clothes. Patrick Murran had
mis- 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-fve 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 a 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 SIAM
pede many bones were broken. Boiling
water and steam saturated the mems
clothes in moment and they were fear
fully burned. All the injured were carried
10 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:
ID.
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 c. 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 fearfuIly scalded; his face unrecogni-
Fable. He will probably die. He is aged
forty-fve. and has wife and ten children.
Thomas Quinn, scalded on face, arms
a 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-two. skin burned all over badly; flesh
on, linn, hrr, u.