The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-03-03
THE GRAND TRUNK.
TWO Serious Accidents Caused by
the Storm.
One Man Killed and Two Fatally
Injured.

A special train, consisting OF snow pillow
and two engines, a scraper and conductors
van, under the charge of Conductor A. Z.
Hanson, left Portland at LAO p. m. Monday,
in advance of passenger No. 2. The engines
were No. 312, Engineer F. o. Mitchell, and
Fireman N. D. Martin, and No. 131, En-
gineer F. 0. Stevens and Fireman L. W.,
Philbrook. Conductor Hanson had two men
also in the van to help clear the track.
The train proceeded all right till it reached
a point two miles and half beyond Bryant's
Pond, where it encountered side drift
about eight feet deep, and the snow was so
hard that it spread the snow pillow against
the outer rail, throwing the pillow across the
track, and the engine No. 3l2 was thrown
from the track by striking the pillow and
rolled over an embankment about six feet
high into the ditch. In the act of jumping
from the engine, when he found it was going
over, Fireman N. d. Martin was struck in
the small of the back by the cab and re-
ceived dislocation of the hip. He was
found some distance from the cab by Fire
man Philbrook of No. 131, who crawied
through hot water and steam at the imml-
nent risk of his life and pulled Martin out,
when Engineers Mitchell and Stevens re-
moved him to saloon car Thence he was
taken to Bryant's Pond, where medical aid
was in waiting. When he got to the hotel
he asked Drs. Yates and Packard if he could
live. They told him "only little while"
He said: 81 want to see mother. Tell her
am willing and not afraid to die" He
died at II. 40 p. m. He was 28 years old, I'M
married, and his residence was Portland. He
is nephew of John Martin, superintendent
of locomotives.
In the accident the engineer of No. 312
stuck to his post, hanging on to the window
sill of the cab, and when the engine struck
the cab left him and he went through the
open window, down the embanlzment, and
escaped with slight scratching. The en-
CINE was completely wrecked and also the
tender. Engine 13l left the track and fol-
lowed the other engine, but saved itself
from going over by half its length. The
engine is not injured and went on to Cor
ham, N. H., afterwards. Nobody was hurt
in the van, as it kept the irons, as did the
scraper.
Assistant Locomotive Superintendent
A1OWOit PlOSCO1Cu OuCC 1lOut L OlbldAQ
with wrecking train to the wreck, leaving
here at 7.35 p m. Monday and making the
run of GA miles in hours and 40 minutes.
Mr.. Sewell had two engines, a saloon car
and wrecking car, and 16 men. He was met
at the wreck by Roadmaster d. Sewell of
Gorham, N. H., with a crew of 30 men.
Work was at once put in progress to clear
the track, and 1t was put in running order in
three hours; so that yesterday trains were
running all right. As fast as the wreckers
would clear the track, SO violent was the
wind and so compact did the snow blow
back that it was the hardest work done on
the road in years, but the men never gave up
until they had accomplished the job. These
workmen were badly frost-bitten, but under
the care of Mr.. Sewell of Portland they were
willing to work despite their discomforts.
A wing snow pillow special, with two EN-
gines, left Gorham, N. H., at noon Monday
to get the Montreal special on the track one
mile this side of Island Pond, where it had
left the irons. Having accomplished that
job, about $50 p. m. this special proceeded
ahead of the Montreal train to clear the
track to Bethel. Everything went all right
until these trains reached point about
mile the other side of the first wreck, men
toned above. The engines on the wing
special were No. 321, Engineer Coombs of
Gorham and Fireman Morrison Of the same
place, and No. 800, Engineer Larry of Cor
ham and Fireman Noyes of the same town,
the special being under the charge of Con-
ductors Fenley and Pickett. The wing pillow
jumped the track one mile above the first
wreck, striking large rock, turning the
plow round and bottom up. Both engines
ran by with the conductors van. In sliding
back both engines and van were slightly in
jured There were eight men on the pillow.
Mr. Smith of Island Pond is considered
fatally injured and liable to die at any mo-
ment. An inch bolt from the pillow was
driven into the centre of his forehead He
is about 40 years old and married. Mr. Gil
patrick of the same place was slightly hurt.
Mr.. Shedrick, also of Island Pond, was in
wardiy hurt, and it is feared fatally He is
about 40 years old and married. Mr. Lydon
of Gorham, N. H., is badly hurt about the
head. These men were all taken to the
Bethel House, Bethel, where surgical aid
awaited them, and they are as comfortable
as can be expected. This last accident is
the one referred to in Yesterdays PRESS.
Engineer Stimson of engine No. 315 had
his engine leave the iron at Pleasant River,
New Hampshire, yesterday morning. The
engine was not injured, but Mr.. Stimson was
badly cut about the body. He was removed
to the station, this side, where train was to
get him and bring him to this city, where he
resides He is about 80 years of age.
1t is said that never in the history of the
Grand Trunk has anything been seen like
the drifts and the terrible cold ON the line,
and the employees are all deserving the high
est praise for their devotion to duty.
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