The semi-weekly miner., 1886-04-10
h"H8ohs OF TIE RAIL.
Greendold, Msssa chusetts, the ScoIp Of
the Latest Dissster.

Greenfield, Mass, April IA ter1tib
accident occurred on the Fitchburg Aai
way tonight midway between Bard1eI
Ferry and West Deer6sld Station II
east-bound passenger train due at Green
field at 6:O5 p. m. going over an emhank
ment 200 feet high. Six bodies bav
already been taken out of the ruins and i
IL not known how many others were I6lled
The train was the Eastern Express ant
consisted OF baggage car. smoking car
ms mail car and two ordinary passenger cars
The train was in charge of CondeetO1
Forster with Herbert LittIejohn as emf
neer. The point where the acsslent
occurred is the most dangerous on
tho road. The train runs onsA. tAs
edge OF an embankment 200 s sret
above the Deerfield river. The sbank
Is steep and 10 covered with huge bcalders
and a mass of rock. When the train Ar
rived at this point the track comnlenced
10 settle under it for distance calsring
It's entire length and the coachea broke
from their trucks and went rollins oyer
| and over down the precipice. Ths5 5aeine
Droke from the tender and tearing s the
track Tor twenty feet below rolled iuo the
Deerfield River, on the very edge ofswhich
the cars were thrown. As soon 3 thev
struck they caught fire from the Goves.
Inc sleeping car was an entire wrelk. It
was occupied by several passengers nit one
OF whom at this hour is known tashaye
escaped injury. One man whose qlme is
sleeper where he is
BEING BURNED ALIVE.
One little girl was picked up dead. Al soon
az the news reached Greenfield a Snecial
train was made up and sent to the speue of
tne dlsaster, having on board severafphysi
cams, the section men and a few e6sens.
On arriving at scene the work of rea.a.e vas
at once begun.
The F1tchburg coach was the only one |
Gnat escaped the confagration. Deputy
SherlH Bryant, of Greenfield, Who was in
TINS car. rescued two children from the
names, but one was dead and thu other
dying. Their parents we're on board. Init
cannot be found. Some of the injured and
dead were taken to Shellburne Fails and
SEINE OF the wounded to Greenfield.
ofeatexcltement prevailed all along the
road between here and North Adams. on
being interviewed by wire tonight e She'll
ourne Falls, Conductor Forster aid: II
am unable to state how many wers on the
train: Only three mon have thus Tar been |
ound who escaped injury and they set the
20 100. No doubt half dozen wire Killed
outright, while falling, and as mkny more
'ere fatally injured" The weet bound {
'xpress was delayed at Greenfield and
Vest Deerfield two hours while Che relief
RAIN with surgeons and their snsistants
'as sent out on it's time. The locomotive
complete wreck. but remains on the I
rack, willis it's tender is down the bank. r
me ioilswlng persons were taken to She'll s
urne Falls more or less wounded: IT
II. G. LlTTLEJoHN, brother of thu engineer t
18th his wife and child hnth ~ ,Ao,o - | o
ince died. Il
A. D. CORNELL. %
ALLEN LEWIS. 81
B. B. Stowe. 81
A. g. HHARvEY, OF Boston, badly hurt. =
A: r. WARNER, of Greenfield. L
II. CouL-LARD, harlemont. 9!
y. w: DUNNELs, WaItham.
MISS darcy.
MAY GowNa,
MISS CORNELL, badly hurt. =,
MAIL AGENT PUTNEY y.
A. M. WATERHOUsE is missing 40
1t was reported in Shellburn Falls that IN
!hteen persons were killed outright but II
ls could not be verified. ri;
Fears are entertained that the morning 81
IL increase the list of deaths and casual. n
-. A portion OF the mail is reported lost h,
the river. At IL o'clock tonight the w.
en- were still working at the wreck. It is ",
srned that the injured at Shellburne Falls -,
mber nineteen. 81 81
LATER. | fr1
ENGINEER LIrTLEJoHN is dying. pr
HENRY Z. COUILLARD will die before morn l..
;.
Three dead bodies have been found at al
e wreck. TO
1t midnight it was reported that four OC
re dead bodies were removed from the
eek and it was believed that others had an
IN swept down the river. OF the four 10
dies one was recognized as that OF Al
BRAKEMAN sHYER. sh
t is impossible to give complete list of !,u
Killed. and wounded tonight. a.. ~.