St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-09
The Story Of the Awful Results of the
Accident at Bardwelps
Ferry.
More Than Ten Thousand People Visit
the scene-Picture of Mothers
Agony.
twenty-five Distinct wounds Found
on the Person OF One of the
Victims.
Ten Dead Bodies Recovered--T Thirty
Passengers Wounded--A List of
the Dead.
The Fitehburr Accident.

NhONeo VI ycSltTualS dcciuenJ on TIE fltcn-
burg road. Brakeman Spencer was the one
whose body was found in the wreck last
night with the bodies of two unknown COM
mercial travellers. Engineer Littlejohn
cannot live till night. Two bodies were
brought here this morning by wreeking
train. One was identified as that of l.. L.
Hayden, the other as that of j. r. Gould
OF Clinton, Conn. Nicholas Gargan of
Greenfield had his shoulder fractured and
was injured internally. w. n. Wilcox was
injured slightly. G. p. Bell of Nashua says
there were several persons in the water be-
low him, but he saw none of them get
| ashore and he believes they were drowned.
The search for bodies is still progressing.
Ihirty-ive passengers and ten train hands
were ON board. John Crowley of North
Adams was on the train and is wildly in
sane. The following bodies have been
found and are at Shelburne Falls: Viola
Littlejohn. o. Littleiohn. E. Z. White
house of Boston, Mark Spencer, brakeman,
| Charles Temple. The body of Mr.. White
house was found in the river under car.
A body just found at the wreck is believed
10 be that of Agent Whitehouse of the New
England IL Boston line. The body of
Charles Durkin of Boston has also been
recovered. Eight bodies from the wreck
nave DCCll ldk6I 10
Supt. Adams reached the scene of the
West Deerheld disaster at this morning.
Throughout the night the trainmen worked
removing the wreck, and are still engaged
in the task. Up to noon ten bodies. nine
of which were removed from the submerged
wreck and the other from car in which
the victims had been burned to death, have
been found As nearly as can be aseer-
tanned thirty persons were wounded. En-
gineer LittleiOhn died this morning. Con-
ductOr Foster was not as badly hurt as re-
ported, escaping with Jews eyere cuts. 1t
is impossible to obtain the names of some
of the sufferers. Physicians are prohibit
ing any questioning.
A TERRIBLE STORY.
Charles Dugan, not Durkin or Durgin, as
in previous dispatches, whose body was
found in the wreck last night. travelled for
Fielder. Meolder & Co. of Boston and lived
in South Boston. Charles Temple, another
drummer, who was killed. resided in Wal
than and travelled for the successors of A.
L. Stewart & Co., New York. Another
travelling agent, A. c. Harvey of Boston, left
for his home to-day. He had twenty-five
cuts about his head, which were dressed,
and he left town in quite a comfortable con-
ditiOn. Edward WhitehOuse probably
never knew what killed him. The wound
over his eye was terrible one and must
have produced utter Inconsistencies.
When the car struck the water he was
buried under its weight and his body was
found in six feet of water. E. E. Hayden
must have died in frightful agony. When
found his right arm was raised above
his head as though he had attempted
to clutch some support. The fingers of his
hand were burned to crisp, and the top of
his head was literally roasted. His mouth
was open as though he had been shrieking
with agony. NJ. Seeley's body was taken
to Great Darlington this afternoon. Since
last night not less than 10000 persons
visited the spot, some of them walking
from six to ten miles to view the wreck.
As viewed by daylight the scene is
FAR WORSE THAN REPORTED.
last night. 1t is considered marvellous that
any one escaped alive. The descent is 100
feet by actual measurement. Crowds of
people lowered about the precipice to-day,
and hundreds decended to the river by
means of the strong cables which the
wTecking crew had stretched to the river
bank. Four cars were thrown into the
river. among which was the sleeper The
tender was thrown to the very bottom of
the preciplce, a mass of twisted and broken
| iron and steel, robbed of all semblance
of Its former shape. Frank Lane OF BOs-
| ton was standing on the platform of the
rear car at the time of the accident. He
said lie was startled by the humping of the
| cars along the ties. He knew they had
left the track, and jumped just as the train
went whiIling down the awful chasm. 1t
was an awful night, not a star was to be
seen, and no light of the moon Illuminated
the fearful blackneSs over the scene. To
add to the misery of the situation snow
began to fall and in the fullest sense it was
night of terror. The shrieks of the
wounded rent the air, and their cries and
grOans were terrible. The wailing of a
mother over the death of her little girl was
heart rending. Penned in the wreck, I'M
able to effect her escape and expecting each
moment to be crushed by falling bOulders
or debris from the wreck. she passed an
hour of fearful agony. Mr.. Lane stood
rooted to the spot, his blood fairly chilled in
his veins. Far below in the rush of
THE wHIRLING FLOOD
he could hear shreks for help, but he was
powerless 10 respond. Then a red flame
shot up among the shattered mass and
spread with startling rapidity, and the
shrieks of agony were redoubled as the
imprisoned passengers faced the ire fend's
breath. One cry was heard above the rest,
one shrek or agony and piteous pleading
for help, as Hayden, held fast by a mass
OF debris, felt the scorehing flames upon
his face and he sank into the insensibi-
| lily of death. a. X. Warmers
cries of agony brought Landlord
Hager of Greenfield to his side. Tenderly
he took the wounded man upon his lap and
loudly shouted for help. but the hooking
echoes of the neighboring hills were for
nearly half hour the only response his
cries evoked. 1t was night for heroism.
Conductor Foster, though badly wounded
himself, was to-day so concerned at the
death and sufferings of others that he was
mildly insane. He did all in his power to
recover the dead and rescue the dying. Hun
dreds of excited persons crowded around
| the depot, some of whom were
anxious for the safety of friends who are
on the Inflated train. and when the bodies
were brought in for identification hundreds
IhrOnged around, dreading to look at the
dead. fearing to recognize among them the
bodies of friends. Every possible means
| has been taken to clear away the wreck,
aid the suffering and recover the dead.
ONE MANS EXPERIENCE
II. II. Scribner of Waltham, postal clerk
on the Inflated express wrecked at West
Dearfeld, gives the following story of his
experience:
Twas In the postal car with another clerk,
]. H. Pitney or Eagle Bridge, N. Y. The
first intimation of anything wrong was when
| the train got OF the track and went humping
along the road. / grabbed post and chung
for life, my companion doing the same. The
car rolled over ut least once aud may have
turned several times. We went dancing about
like q couple of jumping jacks. As it de-
seconded the precipice 1 felt no fear. had no
chance to do so, although IL seemed
as though the car would never
stop. Finally found myself standing I'm the
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