The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-04-13
In the Fall the Passenger Coaches
Ignite and are Re-
duced to ashes.
One Man Slowly but Surely
Roasting to Death i'm
the Ruins.
Many Dead Bodies Already EXtri-
Gated and Others Still Be-
ing Searched For.
A Relief Train Loaded With Ply
sicianS and Section Men
Visit the Wreck.
Several of the Injured Die After
Being Conveyed to
Other Quarters.

Greenfield, Mass, April "A terrible
disaster occurred on the Fitchburg rail
way tonight, midway between Bards Il
Wells ferry and West DseIiield station,
the east bound passenger train, due at
Greenfield at Cos p. H., going over an en-
bankment twenty feet high. Six bodies
have been taken out OF the ruins and ii
is not known how many Others have been
killed. The train was the eastern express
and consisted Of a baggage car, a smoker,
a sleeper, a mail car and two ordinary pas
-enger cars. The train was in c"arge of
Conductor Foster with Herbert LiItlejohn
"a engineer.
The point where the accident occurred Is
the most dangerous on the road. The
train runs on the edge OF an embankment
800 feet above Deertield river. The bank
is steep and covere! with huge boulders
and
MASSES or ROCKS.
When the train arrived at this point the
track began to settle under il for distance
covering lis entire length. The coaches
broke from their trucks and rolled over
and over down the precipice. The engine
broke from the tender, tearing up the
track for twenty feet. Below rolled the
Deerfeld river, on the very edge of which
the cars were thrown. As soon a. they
struck
THEY CAUGHT FIRE
from the stoves. The sleeping ear
was an entire wreck. Ii was
occupied BY several passengers, not
one of whom at this hour is known to have
escaped injury. One man, whose name is
unknown, is imprisoned in the wreck of
the sleeper, where h is
BEING BURNED ALIVE.
One little girl was picked up dead.
As sood a. tue news reached Greenfield a
special train WAS made up and sent To the
scene of disaster, having on board several
physicians, section men and a few citizens
On arriving at the scene of the wreck
HORRIBLE SIGHT
was witnessed. Darkness had settled over
the spot Far down on the river bank
could be seen the Wondering embers of the
holocaust. 1t was impossible to tell who
was hurt and who was killed. Stout
hearted trackmen were lowered cautiously
down the treacherous height and the work
of rescue began. Merritt Seely, snperinten-
dent of the National Express company, of
Boston, was found in the wreck aud taken
into the relief car He had wound four
inches long and one-half inch wide over
his left temple His left
THIGH WAS BROKEN
and also his left knee, besides which be
sustained internal injuries from which he
will die
ID. L. Crandall, postal clerk, was plunged
into the river and got ashore with diff
Guilty. He was wounded about the head
and his arm was fractured.
The Fitchburg coach was the only one
that escaped the confagration. Dep
uty Sheriff Bryan, of Greenfield,
who was In the car, rescued two children
from the flames, but one was dead and the
other dying. Their parents were on board,
but cannot be found. Some OF the injured
and dead were taken to Shelburn Falls, and
some of the wounded to Greenfield.
{. z. Bell, of Nashua, n. H., was cut
slightly on the head and leg. but was not
seriously hurt.
Conductor Fisher was slightly injured.
ID C. Wells, of Andover, had his
shoulder hurt and his head cut.
Nicholas Durgan, of Greenfield, >had his
lef arm and ankle broken and was serious
IL injured internally.
A little girl. who was passenger on the
train, died in his arms from injuries re-
eeived.
J. |. Priest. OF Littleton, ~ H., had his
face and head cut.
Engineer Littleiohn, of North Adams,
was badly scalded, it is believed fatally.
A. n. Warner, chairman of the Green
field board of selectmen, was badly hurt,
but his injuries are not fatal.
Great excitement prevails all along the |
road between here and North Adams.
Being interviewed BY wire tonight at
Shelburn Falls, Conductor Fisher said 81
ap,.dnable to state how many were on the
.rain. Only three men have thus far been I!
found who escaped injury. They set the I
number of passengers all the way from
twenty-five to one hundred"
No doubt half dozen were killed out I.
right when falling and as many more were /
fatally injured.
The west bound express was delayed at /
Greenfield two hours, while relief train /
with surgeons and their assistants was sent /
out on It's time The following persons |
were taken to Shelburn Falls more or less .
injured H. q. Littlejohn, brother of the /
engineer, with his wife and child, both OF
whom have Since died; A. ID. Cornell, Al
len Lewis, E. B. Stowe, A. c. Harvey, OF
Boston, badly hurt; J. 2. Fowler, A. X.
Warren, of Greenfield; H. Cormillard, of ,
Charlemount; T. w. Daniels, of Walham,
Miss. Darby and May Gowing.
A Miss Cornell is badly hurt, as is Mail
Agent Putney, and A. NJ. Waterhouse is
missing
A portion of the mail is reported lost in
the river.
At IL o'clock tonight men were still