New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-08
A TRAIN OVER A PRECIPICE.
PLUNGING TWO HUNDRED PEET.
CARS ROLLING DOWN INTO DEERFIELD
RIVER.
MANY PERSONS KILLED-oTHERs woUSDED-THr
TRAIN BURNED SOME MARROW ESCAPES
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TRAIN BURNED SOME MARROW ESCAPES
MAIL NATTER LOST.
GREENFIELD, Mass, April Ton the Fitch@
burg Railroad tonight. midway between Bsrdwslrs
Ferry and West Deerneld. tho east bound passenger
train from North Adams due at Greenfield at COSY N
over an embankment 200 feet height Six bodies
have already taken OF tho ruins and it is not
known how many others killed.
The train tho Eastern express and consisted
Of baggage car, . smoking car o sleeping car.
mail and two ordinary passenger cars Tho train
in charge of Conductor Foster. with Herbert Littc-
john engineer The point where the accident occurred
IL the most gcrous on the road The track
the edge of emoankment 200 feet above Dcerheid
River. The bank Is steep and IL covered with
huge boulders and masses OF shale rock. with
which the roadbed had been filed When the train
arrived at this point the began to settle under
1t for distance covering Its entire length The coaches
broke from their trucks and went rolling over and over
down precipce The engine broke from the tender.
tearing up the track for twenty feet Below rolled tho
Deerhed River. the edge Of which tho cars were
thrown. As soon they struck they caught fire from
the stoves The shriexs OF the wounded and dyins
nleu tho lue siccpiub o"t vas
wreck Il was occupied by several passengers
not of whom. this hour known to have escaped
injury. Ono man. whose name 1t is impossible 10 learn,
was i'm prsoned in wreck OF the sleeper where he
was burned to death. one little siil picked uD
dead.
As soon as the news reached Greenfield special train
made up and sent to the scene having on board sew
section and afcw other persons
On arriving at the scene OF the wreck horrible
sight was witnessed. The darkness OF nishs
had settled the spot. Far down on
the river bank could bo seen ths
smouldcrng embers OF the train. Is impossible
to tell who was hurt and who was killed stouheared
trackmen we're lowered cautiously down the treacherous
height and the work OF began. Merritt Seely
superintendent of the National Express Company OK
Boston, found in the wreck and taken into tho rs
lief car He had wound four inches long and halt an
inch wide over left temple Hsleft thigh was broken
and also his left leg at the knee, besides which he
sustained internal injuries from which he will die.
D. L. Cranda of Athol postal clerk, plunged into
the icy waters of the got ashore with din
Guilty. He was wounded about the head ani his arm
was fractured.
The Fitohburg coach was tho only one that escaped
the fire. Deputy Sheriff Bryant. OF Greenfield who Vas
in this car the bodies Of two children from the
flames but one was dead and the other DYING Their
parents we're on board, and their mother
4. believed to have been injured. Their
names cannot be learned. Some Of the injured and
dead were taken to shelburne Falls and some OF the
wounded to Grecnncd
CP Bell of Nashua, " H., was cut slightly on the
head and injured the leg and arm. but not seriously
hurt He was thrown head foremost into the river and
went twice to the bottom barely escaping drown
Ing Conductor Foster was reported mis'ins'
but at 10 o'clock report came from shell
burne Falls that he was there 'afe ana
only slightly injured ID. c. Wells, OF Andovcr' nad
his shoulder hurt aud head cut The car In which no
was riding wa. broken and stood on end within
few feet of tho river bank Nicholas Dorgan OF Green
field had his left and ankle broken and was serious
ly injured Internally girl who was passenger
on the train died in his arms from injuries received
J. f. Priest Of Litreton. H. had his face and head
cut.
Engineer Herbert Ldttlejohn, Of North Adams. vas
badly scalded. it is believed fatally. A. X Warner
chairman Of the Greenfield Board OF seiectmen' vas
badly hurt but his injuries are not fatal
Conductor Foster says: II am unable to state how
manv persons were on the Only three men have
thus far been found escaped Injury and they set the
rumhsr Of passengers all the way from 25 to lo0"
Noaoub,haf dozen were killed outright while falling.
and a. many moro were fatally injured. bealdes many
who escaped with broken limbs and Gashed heads.
Tn. vestboupd express was delayed at Greenheld
and West Deerneld two hours. whio relief train Win
.urseons and their assistants was sent out on Its um"
Locomotive No. 12is Wreck but remains on tho track
vbile fts tender is down tho bank. The foho"ins
n.r.ons were taken to shelburne Falls more or less
injured:
r. G. Littlejohn. brother OF the engineer WIN
.,. v,,. and child. both Of whom have since
died. A. d. Cornell, Allen Lewis. Z. B. stowe. A. q
Harvey. of Boston. badly hurt J. +. Fowler A. ~
Warmer of Greenfield H. Conillisrd, Chariemont; l.
". puunells. waltham; Miss Darby and May Go~'pc
Mia. corns is badly hurt as Mail Agent Putney, oi
Eagle Bridge.
AM watterhouse is missing.
norton of the mail reported loat in the river. Az
II O'Clock tonight still working at he wreck
T, learned that the injured sheburne Falls NUMBER
;ns,sen among whom is E. II. Arnold Of North Adana
In addition to those already mentioned three moro
a.,d bodies were found the wreck late IN the night
The train at the time Of the accident, was ruhn"s"
IN. rate OF about twenty miles an hour Frank Lane OF
Ros,op. salesman for New-York firm. jumped from the
,, and il believed to the only person who saw the
ann. ao dawn the embankment. He says there were
three passengers in the drawins'room car
LATERAL midnight it was reported that four moro
dead bodies we're removed from the wreck and was
believed that others we're swept down the Deernela
River or the four bodies found was recognized a.
that OF Brakeman spcer To the list OF the wou''sd
r u, he added the names OF c. Abbey Fredoni' NJ Ice
and E. H. Arnold, North Adams. Mass
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