Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-04-15
A FRIGHTFUL LEAP.
A Passenger Train Goes over .
Two Hundred Foot Precipice.
Fully Dozen Persons Kil1ss
All Bat Three of the -
or Less Severely sssss-r
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GREENFIELD, Mass, April s.-A En-
rible disaster occurred Old the Fitchburg
railroad last night midway between Bard
wells ferry and West Deerfield Statioh'
the east-bound passenger train, que at
Greenfield at sos p. m, going over an
embankment 200 feet high. Six oooles
have already been taken out OF the ruins
and it is not known how many others
were killed. The train was the East
ern express, and consisted of bag
gage-car, a smoker, sleeplng'car mai s,
car and two ordinary passenger-cars. Inc
train was in charge of Conductor Foster,
with Herbert Littlejohn as engineer. Inc
point where the accident occurred Is
the most dangerous on the road. Inc
train runs on the edge of an emoahk-
ment two hundred feet above Deerneio
river, The bank is steep and covered
with huge powders and masses OF rock.
When the train arrived at this point the
track commenced to settle under 1t Tor
distance covering its entire length. The
coaches broke from their trucks ana
rolled over and over down the precipice.
The engine broke from the tender, tear.
ing up the track for twenty feet. Below
rolled the Deerfield 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.
It 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 he Is being
burned alive. One little girl was picked
up dead.
Merritt Seely, superintendent OF the
National Express Company of Boston,
was found in the wreck and taken into
the relief car. He he'd wound four
inches long and half an inch wide over
his left temple. His left thigh was broken
and also his left leg at the knee, beside
which he sustained internal injuries from
which he will die.
w. d. Crandall, postal clerk, was
plunged into 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 confiagration. Deputy
Sheriff Bryant, of Greenfield, who was in
this car,
RESCUED TWO CHILDREN FROM THF
FLAMES,
but one was dead and the other dying.
he found. Some of the injured and dead
were taken to Shelburne Falls and some
of the wounded to Greenfield.
G.. P. Bell, of Nashua, N. H., was cut
slightly on the head and leg, but not Sc.
riously hurt. He was thrown head-fore-
most into the river and went to the bot
tom. barely escaping drowning.
Conductor Foster is reported safe and
but slightly injured.
d. c. Wells, of Apdover, had his shout
der hurt and his head cut. The car in
which he was riding was broken in two
and stood on end within few feet of the
river bank.
Nicholas Dorgan, of Greenfield, had his
left arm and ankle broken and was Sc
rously injured internally. A little girl,
who was a passenger on the train, died in
his arms from Injuries received.
J. E. Priest, of Littleton, N. H., had
his face and head cut.
Engineer Littlejohn, of North Adams,
was badly scalded, it is believed fatally
A. X. Warner, chairman of the Green
field board of selectmen, was badly hurt,
but his injuries are not fatal. Being in
terviewed by wire last night at Shelburne
Falls, Conductor Foster said: 81 am un.
able to state how many were on the
train. Only three men have thus far
been found who escaped injury, and they
set the number of passengers all the way
from twenty-five to one hundred"
No doubt half dozen were
KILLED OUTRIGHT WHILE FALLING
and as many more were fatally injured!
The west-bound express was delayed at
Greenfield and West Deerfeld two hours,
while relief train with surgeons and
their assistants was sent out on it's time.
The locomotive is a complete wreck.
TIL E~l1 AL H.,
Shelburne Falls, more or less injured:
H. G. Littlejohn, brother of the en-
gineer, with wife and two children, both
of whom have since died; A. d. Corner,
Allen Lewis, E. B. Stowe, A. G.. Harvey,
of Boston, badly hurt; J. P Fowler; A.
r. Warner, of Greenfleld; H. C. Couii-
lard. of Charlemont; e. w. Dunnells,
of Waltham; Miss Darby and May Cow
ing. A Miss Cornell is badly hurt, as is
Mail Agent Putney. A. w. Watterhouse,
is missing.
thirteen were killed outright, but this
was not verified. Fears are entertained
that the list of deaths and casualties will
be greatly increased as the work of re-
covery progresses. A portion of the
mail is reported lost in the river. 1t
is learned that the number of injured at
Shelburne Falls is nineteen.
LATER.-Engineer Littlejohn is dead.
Henry Couillard will die before morning.
Three more dead bodies have been found
in the wreck.
The train at the time of the accident
was running at the rate Of about twenty
miles an hour. Frank Lane, of Boston,
salesman for New York firm, jumped
from the train, and is believed to be the
only person who saw the train go down
the embankment. He says there were
three passengers in the drawing-room
car.
FOUR MORE DEAD.
At midnight it was reported that four
more dead bodies were removed from
the wreck, and it was believed that 9TH
ers had been swept down the river. OF
the four bodies one was recognized as
that of Brakeman Spicer. IT is impossi.
BILE to give complete list Of the killed
and wounded at present.
VIII Garland Resignf
NEW YORK, April ga Washington
special to the Conansercial- advertiser saws !:
The story is again renewed that Garland
will soon resign. He hardly goes to Cab
met meetings and is not in his Office half
the time, but remains at home WHARF ha