New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-22
ACCIDENTS ON THREE RAILWAYS.

Fatal COLLISION AT NORTH ADAMS MASS.
A cABoosE FILLED WITH woRKNES RUN lNlo Di
AN ESeINE-rnIRTf-rHRgE MEN scALpEp BY
STEAM nR OTHERWISE HURT-DHaTh or ONE
OF THE vICIIMs-LIsT OF THE INJURED.
Nopru ADAMS Mass Oct. 21.-A terrible accl-
rsnt to 4 cabooss. filled with workinGnen belong
eng TO the North Adams freight yard, occurred ms
norning In which thirty three men were inI"ieo'
several of them fatally. About 6:3o ociocA LUIS
morning Engineer Charles Wells ana r1,ona" ~
.enh Rostley lett the North Adams uepo' y"
- o,,c;na Deerield of the State Road wh'eh WAS
nnsbino n caboose with men on poaH VINO "ei3
coino TO work at different places near Aoai "-o
Cbarlemont The persons In the car ihc'uueu 'u@
section gang, John Flynn, foreman; the gag -
snosons John c. Madden foreman: the stone CRUSH
- po,er Barrv. foreman; the track-layers, Thomas
Dn;nr foreman; and the carpenters, j. D. Fech-
ham foreman. ,,
The engine and caboose started for the tunnel ana
had gone about half way when the caoooSe'
(which was in front, came IN COLLISION WIN Ivy
and Boston engine, smashing the headi'gh1 "a INC
sno;ne Deer6eld and driving the hlteen-IooI
aues straight through the furnace door, Inc
caboose was raised from its trucks ana carIlou
4he cowcatcher of the engine DeerheId LIE Aiou'
Sf the engine was torn into ana steam anu no'
water flew into the caboose, and the men who were
III
of the men escaped without some injury None
would have been seriously hurt except I'i ''0 "a
plosion of the Deerfeld's boiler
The explosion was caused by the draw bar OF the
caboose bursting in the cylinder plate OF the engine
Deerteld The steam blew open the door OF Tue
caboosc and filed the car, IN which We're thT'y-hFe
men crowded closely together Many OF them were
unable to reach the doors, and IN the staIP"ue
many bones were broken The boiling water ana
steam burned the mems clothes in moment. All
che injured persons were carried to houses
The doctors find that thrty-three men received
,niuries All were scaded. and many suffered cuts
bruises and broken bones. Joseph Bostiey' hTeuAn
of the engine Deerfeld. who had his eyes burned
ont and his face, arms and body scalded' GIeo ~
night in terrible agony Heleayes a wife and three
small children.
Aspearly as can be learned the list of the injured
Is as follows:
charles Wells. engineer OF the Deerheld was slightly
burned. lie Will recover.
John Flynn foreman OF the gang OF lao0rels was Dne
about the less and cut IN several places lie VIII
probably 49, .,
John {. Mad en-, age twenty-five. is burned on the
back and SIDES. B.s wounds are dangerous
John Madden eerely scaded and thought 10 nave
internal injuries. He may recover
Peter Barry age forty-hve, another foreman, was wa
badly cut about the face ana mead ana Was iJuGo
He mas a wife and ten children.
Thomas Quinn scllded about the iace, arms anu
neck. and has Il scalp WOunu.
j. j. Peckhsm master bridge builder, was not seriously
hurt, but is badly scalaed about the shoulders ana
c. L. Van Housen, age twenty-five telegraph operator,
OF val1tie, N Y: The SKIN, on his body was badly
burned He Will probably die , ~, "a.
Daniel Cvnnell received scalp wound, and bis Ice
and neck were burned. -,
Charles Patterson was burned about the InhoS anu
breast. lie will probably recover.
John Nlaoy was badly burned about The breast and
Thomas Dempsey Is not dangerously Injured
John Young scalded and ofherwls9 injured ne
-aAl undK ti1p
Opiates His condition Is doubtful 49,
Amasa Campbell James Enwood John Meish James
Edmund BaselGp Thongs ConInof rp s9"C Cone
and Timothy Cowey are all severely burned Dat
Thomas Flay1n. Patrick Murray James HoCihan and
Thomas Drisco!I \ Dung men who were employed on
the road reparnen. are bady hurt ana are packed
together IN small boarding house here lhey nave
been attended by several phys clans anu some say
that Flavin will die He Is badly burned ana u Is
these four men will die Telegraph Operator Hay
wood who sat in the engine, was thrown through Tue
window, but escaped injury.
Manager Locke states that the accident was
caused BIZ Engine 20 becoming uncOuplel from its
cars and coming back into the yard by the eastern
main track, which it should not have done. lt was
very foggy and the engineers were unable to see
each others locomotives The locomotive was
pushing the caboose to the switch to get
the cars behind the engine, and the COLI
sion which was very light, henmed the
caboose in between two engines The drawbar OF
the eaboose he said jammed a hole through the
front plate of the flue The railroads Instructions
are that when an employee backs car into the ward
10 go around by the west track and flags himself
properly a Troy and Boston engineer has
no right to brug his engine round By the
east track. Hence, in this case IL was done III
direct violation of the rules This act Of Engineer
Watson, of the Troy and Boston Railroad is
primarily the cause OF the accident 1t Is not known
That an CINE ever taken round that way be-
fore.
THROWN FROM TRACK BY A BROKEN RAIL.
LITTLE Rock, Ark. Oct. 21.-Passenger tram
No on the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad.
due early last evening was thrown from the track,
few miles west of Memphis, by broken rail.
The engine and one car were demolished and two
cars Were thrown down small en5ankment.
Engineer Jehl was badly hurt. Baggagemastcr Cox
was slightly injured. One of the cans was filled
with emgrants, but one was more than slightly
injured.
TRAIN RUNNING OVER STOCK.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 2l.-The nOrth-bOund
freight train on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
was thrown from the track at Shepherdsve to-day by
running over stock The engine and the Whole train
landed in al a,i2cent corn field The former turned