Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-29
CASUALTIES.
a TRATN DoWG an EMBANKNENT
NEAR WORCESTER, HISS.
Fifty Persons More or Less Ipjured-De-
structiye Fires at Baltimore and Else
where-RaiIway and Other Disasters.
DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.

DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.
WORCESTER, Mass, Nov. 28.---A car nea
| Boston on the Barre and Gardner railway
train, went down an emoankment JUS
| after leaving North Worcester station thi
evening. Between twenty and thirty pas
sengers in the car were all more or less in
| jured, some seriously. The most serious
ly hurt are Mrs. E. W. Browning, wrist
broken and head cut; Mrs. Arthur Farrar
Chicago, scalp wound; child of P. G. Davis
bruised; Hiram Golfers, of Marlborough
n. H, forehead badly cut; Mrs. Collins
| seriously bruised; Belle Lamar, badly
shaken and bruised. Others still are more
seriously injured.
Another dispatch from the scene of the
accident states the car rolled over twice
going down the bank. There were about
fifty in the car, most of whom were more
or less bruised. Those most seriously IN
jured were left at North Worcester station
and are: Homer Steras and wife. JefTer-
son Fl Il and child, Mrs. Stearns, hurt in
the back; Mrs. H. B. Whitmore, same
place, cut over the right ear; Rev. J. K.
Thompson, Phillipston, hurt in head
I'd side; A. G. Davis, Hubbards-
ton, slight injuries, wife very se-
riously hurt in the back; E. L. Baker
and wife, of Gardner, back hurt;
Mrs. Holland Marble, of Holden, head
badly cut; Mrs. Ellen More, of Petersham
very seriously injured; Mrs. K. W. Shep-
ardson, of Royalston, head and neck, very
serious; Mrs. E. G. Shepardson, Athol,
back hurt; Miss Tillie Eaton, of Gardiner,
hurt in chest and stomach, internal; Miss
Marshall, telegraph operator of Gardner,
back and head; Mr.. Cough, of Maynard
and Cough, of Worcester, hurt in head and
knees; daughter of Geo. Willis, East Hub
bardston, head and hand. carload of
surgeons has gone to North Worcester.
The wounded will be brought to this city
as soon as possible.
The embankment down which the car
went is twenty feet high. OF the sixty
occupants thirty yseyen were injured, so as
to reqnire medical assistance. The most
dangerously injured have been brought to
the city hospital here and the others re-
moved to their homes early this evening.
No cause is assigned for the trouble, al
though the car wheels and trucks, which
are but little broken, and the track has
been thoroughly examined.
HALLWAY ACCIDENTS.
COLUMBUS, Nov. 2S.-In collision on
the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio rail-
way near Ashland, this morning, Conduc-
tor Pierce WAS killed, the brakeman and
engineer seriously injured, and eight cars
burned.
The collision on The New York, Pennsyl-
vania & Ohio railway, at Windsor, to day.
was caused by neglect. The freight was
divided in three sections, going west. The
first section stopped. The second section
and the third rot being tagged dashed
into the caboose, killing Conductor Pierce
of Gallon. One car loaded wish fre works
explosions, wrecking and burning nine
cars with contents Of valuable freight
Loss not known.
FIFE At KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 28.-An explo-
sion occurred in the basement of the whole
sale drug house of Meyer Bros. on Della
ware street near Sixth, about 5 o'clock thi:
afternoon, and Immediately the building
was in flames. The engines Responded
promptly, but owing to the combustiblt
character of the stock, could do no NOR,
than keep the fire within the limits of th,
walls. The bullding was gutted and the
contents are nearly total loss. Damag,
estimated at over $4,000. The watchnaI
is reported missing.
MINERS KILLED.
WnKEsBARBE, Pa, Nov. 2S.-John Rich
ardsoa and John Ssndsen, miners, wer,
instantly killed near Wyoming by an &C
cident to bucket.
TRAIN WRECKED.
BowERsTowN, o., Nov. 2s.-A freigh
train was wrecked and fifteen cars thrown
down an embankment. The supposed
wreckers put an obstruction in the frog il
a switch. No one hurt.
BUN IN TO EACH OTHER.
ASHLAND, o., Nov. 2S.-A second e1tri
train, No. 49, ran into the frst extra of tn,
same train near Windsor this morning
severely injuring several brakemen. Eigh
cars were burned.
sCKoo~ER SUNK.
KINGSTON, Ont, Nov. 2s.--The schoone
Eureka, of Oswego, loaded with coal, wa
abandoned yesterday near Main Ducks AM
sank shortly afterwards. The crew va
saved.
FIRES.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 2S.-A fire broke on
at P. m, in the four story brick ware
house of Alex. G. Carey, on Lombard an,
| Frederick streets, stored with cotton
| dozen fire engines are throwing stream
on the warehouse. It is filed with cottol
bales On each floor. Soon after the dis
coyery of the fire dense volumes of smok
issued from back windows, almost blind
/ ing the fremen and greatly inferfsrin,
with their operations. The department
got quickly to work and several stream
of water were soon pouring into the build
ing, but with apparently little effect Tn
flames quickly spread to an sdioiniD,
building on Frederick street, also occupies
by Carey as cotton storage warehouse
and its contents we're soon In flames III
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