The Portland daily press., 1886-09-04
And the Fireman Scalded to Dean
by Escaping Steam.
Some of the Passengers Receive Sc
rious injuries.

The express train on the Portland u Og-
densourg railroad, due here at 7.45 last eH=
eninc. while running at Il high rate OF speed |
two niles west of Steep Falls, ran over an
open switzerland the locomotive with the SIX
cars, composing the train, shot from the rails
and plowed into or over the bank at the side
Of the track, buryiDg the engineer and fire
man in the wreck of the locomotive Inc
train was composed of a baggage ear, t"o
passenger cars, the through Montreal com
bination and parlor cars and the New .oiN
Central parlor car, which runs through liohi
Niagara Falls. Conductor Charles h. Harris
horn was in charge of the train, and upon
the locomotive were Engineer wilson
| Chandler and Fireman Martin Costello
The train had left Fryeburg behind time,
| it having been necessary to make some
slight repairs to one of the cars there. When
the place where the accident occurred was
reached it was about a quarter past seven.
The engineer could not see the switch ne
was approaching in the darkness until IL was
too late to slacken the speed OF the tram,
! and the locomotive, dragging the cars behihd
it, plunged over utv -opcit owftch dfe ffis0
the bank at the right hand side of the track.
The baggage car shot up over the bank and
into the field beyond, Mr.. Jordan, the Dag
! gage master, having just time to jump into
tie passage-way and escape injury from the
baggage as it was thrown violently across
theea The other cars were thrown over
agaiist the bank and rested at an angle OF
about Eety-fve degrees.
= When tie passengers made their way Out
~ into the dakness, they found the locomotive
~ thrown over,n its spe and beneath 1t buried
be two feet deepn the sand and gravel lay the
body of the egineer The fireman was
taken from wheA he lay against the boiler
head and carried o house near by. The
st escaping steam haeerribly scalded him and
ed. he was in dying coaition. The body Of
md Mr.. Chandler was the, removed from be
meath the locomotive.
None of the passenas were seriousl
hurt. although they were a of course terri
hlv shaken up. Mrs. FL. svler of Deel
inc was suffering from a spr ned shoulde
and arm. but there were no otL, persons i
W the cars who had been injured. conductc
u Hartshorn at the time of the Accent ha
i,,st stenned into one of the parlor;Sf~ A
200, az he could learn the extent ofthe az,
49, 49, he teleoraphed the I'D news to his On
a1,.ae,-i,,s train wa,>at once made up
s.nt IN snneripendent Hamilton, VIII
Sta,.;n,, 81 sah.z6 Lake, went immefen u
\ s NV saena 1.-The catastropbeot 10 otef
- sno So az Portland al md the paSse
ttaih ie etvos turned p train put on boal
faiis s,.o,,, no Us city. The body of M
p GER ea obs brought to the city u tn
= %Syndfhe> train rolled into the depot he
- Sl;sGle after half past ten.
= A number of railroad employees and frient
. of the two men upon the engine stood upo
the platform The train men brought til
news of the death of Mr.. Costello, who e,
pired shortly after the train left Steep Fall
The body of the engineer was removed |
Rich's undertaking rooms
Conductor Hartshorn stated that the trai
was running at speed of forty miles a
hour when the accident occurred. He though
the switch was left open by sectionmen. Nj
Hartshorn said that the locomotive did nc
appear to be damaged to great extent an,
that the damage to the cars would not b.
heavy. The trucks were torn from thei
fastenings but the cars were not broken u
much. The conductor appeared greatly al
J, fected when he answered the inquiries in re
eaMEf f 4e a faaa 81 tins city Was one Of tn
passengers and was seated in the forwar
rails Mr.. Palmer says he thought it was al
over with them. Mr.. Palmer said the en-
CINE appeared to be badly broken up. Th
smoke stack was off and the running gea
,f torn from the body of the locomotive
N Wilson Chandler, the engineer, was abon
sc years old. He was widower withou
u children and lived at No. GA Clark street
Mr.. Chandler has father living in Stowe am
N the remains will be taken there for inter
:, men.. Martin Costello, the fireman, was
:; young man and unmarried. He was hal
brother of Mr.. j. K. Martin, proprietor o
It the Falmouth Hotel.
+ The work of clearing the track was no
II completed at the time of going to press. TIL
d passengers on the 6.15 p. m. train, which re
/ turned to this city last night, were sent for
ward on special train. The body of MI
d Costello will be brought to this city on tn
Il wrecking train.