The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-09
THE WRECK AT DEERFIELD.
Ten Bodies Recovered, but the List Of
Lost Is Thought To Be Incomplete.
Conductor Foster States that He Feels Ger
tain Other Bodies Will Be Found Under
the Cars-List of the Dead and Injured.

GREENFIELD, Mass, April Sit is thought
that twenty persons have been seriously injured
and seven killed, with score of others more or
less injured. Two more bodies, the last to be
extricated from the wreck, have been identified
as G. a. Temple, of Wakefield, Mass, and Chas.
II. Durgan, of Boston. Two young girls. whose
names are unknown, are reported to be among
the killed. A wrecking train sent from Shell
burne Falls and relief train from Greenfield
did much to alleviate the suffering. Only three
persons are known to have escaped uninjured.
Fireman Richardson lost part of one OF his
hands. He ran to West Deerfeld, however, and
telegraphed the notice of the wreck The east
track is torn up for distance Of twenty rods.
The western track is clear. and the trains for the
east will probably use it in passing the scene OF
he wreck
Merritt Zeely, superintendent of the National
Express Company. who was injured last night IN
the accident, died this morning.
Brakeman Spencer was the one whose body
was found in the wreck last night, with the
bodies of two unknown commercial travellers.
Engineer Littlejohn cannot live till night. Two
bodies were brought here this morning by a
wrecking train. One was identified as E. q.
HAYDEN. The other man was about sixty-Ave or
seventy years old, and was identified as j. r.
Gould, of Arlington, Conn. Nicholas Gargan, OF
Greenfield. agent of the Fleischmann Yeast
Company, had his shoulder fractured and was
injured internally. w. II. Wilcox, living near
Syracuse, N. Y, was injured slightly. G. r.
Bell, of Nashua, says there were several persons
in the water below him, but he saw none of them
get ashore. and he believes they were drowned.
The search for bodies is still progressing.
Thirty-ive passengers and ten train hands were
on board John Crowley. of North Adams, was
on the train and is wildly insane. These bodies
have been found, and are at Shelburne Falls:
Viola Littlejohn, O. Littlejohn and O. E. F.
Whitehouse. of Boston; Mark Spencer. brake
man; Charles Temple. The body of Mr.. White
house was found in the river under car. A
body, just found at the wreck, is believed to be
that of Agent Whitehouse, of the New England
& Boston line. The body of Charles Durkln, of
Boston, has also been recovered.
Charles Dugan. not Durkin, as stated in pre-
vious dispatch. whose body was found in the
wreck last night, travelled for Fielder, Moeldner
& Co., of Boston, and lives in South Boston.
Charles Temple who was killed, resided in
Waltham, and travelled for the successors of A.
T. Stewart, New York. Another travelling
agent, A. C. Harvey of Boston, left for home
this morning. He had twenty-five cuts about
his head. which were dressed, and he left town
in quite a comfortable condition.
Ed Whitehouse probably never knew what
killed him. The wound over his eye was ter
rible one, and must have produced utter uncon-
seriousness E. E. Hayden must have died in
frightful agony. When found his right arm was
raised above his head, as though he had attempt
ed to clutch some support The fingers Of this
hand we're burned to crisp, and the top of his
head was literally roasted. His mouth was open,
as though he had been shrieking with agony.
Merritt Seeley's body was taken to Great Bar
rington this afternoon.
Since last night not less than ten thousand
people have visited the spot some of them walk
ing from six to ten miles to view the wreck. As
viewed by daylight, the scene is worse than re-
ported last night. 1t is considered marvellous
that any one escaped alive. The descent is $50
feet by actual measure. Crowds of people how
cred about the precipice to-day, and hundreds
descended to the river by means of the strong
cables which the wreckng 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 precpice,
mass of twisted and broken iron and steel,
robbed of all semblance of its former shape.
Frank Lane, of Boston, was standi ng on the
platform of the rear car at the time of the acct
dent He said he 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
whirling down the awful chasm. 1t was an
awful night. Not star was to be seen. and no
light of the moon illuminated the fearful black
ness over the scene. To add to the misery of
the situation, snow soon commenced to fall,
and in the fullest sense, it was night of ter
ror The shrieks Of the wounded rent the air
and their cries and groans were terrible. The
agony of mother over the death of her little
girl was heart-rending. Penned in the wreck,
unable to effect her escape, and expecting each
moment to be crushed by falling boul-
ders or debris from the wreck. STE
Lane stood rooted to the spot his blood
fairly chilled in his veins. Far below, in the
rush of the whirling food, he could hear shrieks
for help, but he was poweress to respond. Then
red flame shot up among the shattered mass
and spread with lightning raridity and the
shrieks of agony were redoublcd as the impris-
oned passengers faced the fire fends breath.
One cry was heard above the rest. one shrek of
agony and pteous pleading for help, as Mr.. A.
e. Hayden, held fast by mass of debris felt
the scorching flames on his face and he sunk
into the insensibilty of death. A. K Warmers
cries of agony brought landlord Hager, of
Greenfield, to his side Tenderly he took the
wounded man in his lap and loudly shouted for
help but the echoes of the neighboring hills
were, for nearly half an hour, all the response
his cries evoked. 1t was a night for herosm.
Conductor Foster though badly wounded
himself was to-day so. concerned at the deaths
rinO of hat ho oyvrilA lv in
sane. He did all in his power to recover the
dead and rescue the dying. Hundreds of ex
cited persons crowded around the depot, some of
whom were anxious for the safety of friends
who were on the train, and when bodies were
brought in for Identification hundreds thronged
around to look at the Dead fearing to recognize
among them the bodies of friends. Every pos
sible means has been taken to clear away the
Superintendent Adams reached the scene at