Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-04-17
The WORLDS NEWS
Received BY Wire and Gable from
livery Quarter Of the Globe.
And Gathered from the Most Re-
liable Sources
EAST.

Foundry, owned by Burke & Co., was totally
destroyed by fire this morning. Loss s24, OOps
CLEVELAND, April s. -One mail car attached
to the limited express left Chicago at S: 80 last
night was burned at l o'clock this morning at
Oak Harbor, near Sandusky. The car con-
tanned mail for Cleveland and other eastern
points, also the cssket containing the remaips
OF the mother and her newly born babe enrouts
from st. Paul to New York in charge Of A. B.
Nettleton aud his mother. The car was side
tracked and burned to the ground before any
OF the contents could be recovered. The loss
Is unknown.
GREENFIELD, Macs, April IA terrible
disaster occurred on the Fitchburg railroad to
night midway between Bardwell's Ferry and
West Deerfeld station. an east bound passen.
ger train due at Greenfield at 8 :05 p. m. going.
over an embankment 200 feet high. Six bodies
have already been taken out OF the ruins, and
II is not known how many others were killed.
The train was an eastern express, and con.
sisted OF o baggage car, smoker, sleeping car
mail car and two ordinary passenger cars
The point where the accident occurred is the
most dangerous on the rord. The train ran
on the edge OF an embankment 200 feet above
the Deerfeld river. The bank is steep and is
covered with huge boulders and masses Of
rock. When the train arrived at this point the
track commenced to settle under II for q dis
lance covering its entire length. The coaches
broke from their trucks and vent rolling over
and over down the precipice. The engine
broke from the tender, tearing up The track
for twenty feet. Below rolled the DeeIfield
river, on the very edge of which the cars were
thrown. AS soon as they struck they caught
fire from the stoves. The sleeping-car was an
entire wreck. II was occupied by several pas
sengers, not one OF whom at this hour is
known to have escaped injury. One man,
whose name Ia unknown, Is imprisoned IN the
wreck Of the sleeper, where he is being burned
alive. One little girl was picked up dead. AS
soon as the news reached Greenfield q special
train Was made up and sent to the scene Of
disaster, having on board several physicians,
section men and a few citizens. On arrival at
the scene Of wreck q horrible sight was wit
messed.
Darkness had settled over the epot. Far
down on the river bank could be seen the
smouldering embers Of the holocaust. 1t was
impossible to tell who was hurt or who was
killed. Stout-ho arted trackmen were lowered
cautiously down the treacherous height and
the work Of rescue began. Merritt Seely, su-
perintendent OF the National Express company
Of Boston. was found In the wreck and taken
into the relief car. He had o wound four In.
ches long and half an inch wide over the left
temple. His left thigh was broken and also
his left leg at the knee, besides which he sus-
tanned internal injuries from which he will
die.
d.. Crandall, a postal clerk, was plunged in
to the river, and got ashore with difficulty. He
was wounded about the head. and his arm was
fractured. The Fitchburg coach was the only
one that escaped the c~onhagration. Deputy
Sheriff Bryant, 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 Shellbuine Falls, and
oOnC VI LILAC WOuuu W okCCbhSlu. ". L.
Bell, OF Nashua, N. H., was cut slightly on the
head and leg, but Is not seriously hurt. He
was thrown hesdtoremost into the river and
went to the bottom, barely escaping drowning.
Conductor Forster is reported safe and ut
slightly injured. d. G. Wells, OF Andover, had
his shoulder hurt and his head cut. The car
IN which he was riding was broken in two and
stood on end within a few feet OF the river
bank. Nicholas Dorgap, OF Greenfield, had
his left arm and ankle broken and was seri-
ously injured internally. A little girl who was
a passenger on the train died In his arms from
injuries received. J. K. Priest, Of Littleton,
N. H., had his face and head cut. Engineer
Littl. DIN, OF North Adams, was badly scalded
and 1t is believed fatally. A. X. Warner, chair.
man OF the Greenfield board Of selectmen, was
badly hurt, but his IN jlries are not fatal.
There Is no doubt half a dozen were killed
outright while falling and as many more were
fatally Injured. The west bound express was
delayed ut Greer fl I'D and West Deerfield two
hours while the relief train, with surgeons
and their assistants, was sent out on its time.
The locomotive Is q complete wreck, but re.
mains on the track, while its tender is down
the bank.
The following persons were taken to She'll
burne Falls, more or less injured:
FL. G. Littlejohn, brother OF the engineer,
with his wife and child, both Of whom have
since died.
A. d. Cornell, Allen Lewis, E. B. Stowe, A.
c. Harvey, Of Boston, badly hurt.
j. P. Fowler and A. r. Warner, Of Green.
field.
II. Couillard, Of Chsrlemont.
E. w. DunDell, of Waltbam.
Miss Darby and May Gowning.
A Miss Cornelius, badly hurt, as Is mail
agent Putney.
A. M. Warehouse is missing.
1t was rep rted In Shellburne Falls that
thirteen persons were killed outright, but this
could not be verified.
CHICAGO, ap,ii iG.-Thc AZ. Sc2 Ct the
eight hour mt ,ment In Chicago will be fired
tonight In the shape Of a monster rally Of
working mcn IN the armory Of Battery ID. The
affair is under the auspices Of the Trade and
Labor assembly, and this morning the moving
spirits of that organization are busily engaged
In giving the finishing touches to the arrange
ments. Scores Of trade organizations have in
timated their intention Of participating in the
rally, and according to the estimates Of
special committee Of arrangements the inside
and overflow meetings will have an aggregate
attendance Of at least forty thousand.
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