The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-04-16
A FRIGHTFUL LEAP.


OnEKxrfRr.D, Mass. April "a Ter
rible disaster occurred on die FItchburg
railroad last night midway between BARD.
wells ferry and West Deerneld Station.
che eaat-bound passenger train, due at
Greenfield 1t sos p. m. going over an
embankment 200 feet high. Six bodies
have already been taken out d the ruins.
and Il Il not known how many Others
were killed. The train was the East
ern express, and consisted Of bar
rare-car. smoker, . sleeping ear. mail
ear and two ordinary rassenger-cars The
train was In charge of Conductor Foster.
with Herbert Littlejohu A. engineer. The
point where the accident occurred Il
the most dangerous on the road The
train runs on the edge Of an emhank-
ment two hundred feet above Dcerheld
river. The bank Il steep and covered
with huge bowIslers and masses Of rock
When the train arrived at this point the
track commenced 10 settle under u for 4
distance covering liz entire length. The
coaches broke from their trucks and
rolled over and over down the precipice.
The engine broke from the tender, tear
Ing M the track for twenty feet. Below
rolled the Deerfeld river, on the very
edge Of which the cars were thrown. A.
soon a. they struck they caught fire from
the stoves.
The sleeping-car was an entire wreck.
| IL was occupied by several passengers,
not one Of whom. ~ this hour, Is known
| 70 have escaped injury. One man, whose
| name Is unknown, IL 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 IL the wreck and taken into
| the relief car. He had 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
| winch he win die.
| W. ID. Crandall. postal clerk. was
| plunged into the river aud 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 conhagration. Deputy
Sheriff Bryant, Of Greenfield, who was In
this car,
RESCUED TWO CHILDREN FROM THr
FIAMkSs
hut one was dead and the other dying.
Their parents were on board hut cannot
he found. Some III the injured and dead
were taken 10 Shelburne Falls and some
Of the wounded 70 Greenfield.
G.. y. Bell. Of Nashua. ~ IT,. was cut
slightly on the heal and leg. but not Sc
rjously hurt. lie was thrown head-forc-
most into the river and went 70 the bot
ear. InruIv uof.1ufur lrlWUlnV
Conductor Foster IL reported safe and
but slightly injured.
u. G.. Wells, Of Andovcr. had his shout
der hurt and his head cut. The car 10
which he was riding was broken in two
and stood on end within few feet Of the
river bank.
Nicholas Dorcan. OF Greenfield. had his
left arm and ankle broken and was ser
rionsiv injured internally. little Girl,
who was passenger on the train, died IN
his arms from injnries received.
| J. r. Priest, ~ Litsieton, n. H., had
his face and head cut.
Engineer I.ittlcjohn. 81 North Adams'
was badly scalded. Il IL believed fatally
Ak Warner. chairman Of The Green
field board Of sclectmen. was badly hurt
but bis injuries are not fatal. BENZ ~
| tervieweS nv wire last night AZ Shclhurne
l
| able to state how many were on thf
train. Only three men have thus var
been found who escaped injury, and they
| st the number 81 passengers All the way
| from TWENTY-FIVE 10 one hundred"
No doubt half dozen were
KILLED OUTRIGHT wnrLE FAILING
and as many more were fatally injured.
| The wcst-hound express was DELAYED ~
| Greenfield and West Deerheld two hours:
| while relief train with surgeons ana
| their assistants was sent out on it, time
| The locomotive II complete wreck
The following persons were taken v
Shelburne Falls. more or less injured
ri. q. Litfleiohn. brother 81 the er
| ejpeer. with wife and two children bv'
| ~ whom have since died: A. H. Corncn
Allen Lewis. #. b. Stowe. A. G. Harvey
| n roston. badly hurt; J. r. Fowler. =
r Warner. Of Greenfield; u. g. Couil
lard. of Charlemont; r. w. Dunnells
| 81 Waltham: Miss Darby and May Cow
ing. A Miss Cornell Is badly hurt. a.
Mail Agent Putney. A. w. Watterhonse
II missing.
thirteen were killed outright. Int mi
was NOT verified. Fears are enteriaL'e'
| that the list of deaths and casualties VII
be greatly increased as the work 81 r.
covcry progresses. A portion 81 w
mail Is reported lost In the river.
Il learned that the number Of injured =
| SheIburne Falls Is nineteen. !,
) LArER.-Enginecr Littleiohn Is dead
| Henry CouIlIard will die before morn'n-
! Three more dead bodies have been fcun'
IN the wreck.
~ The train NJ the time 81 the accinen
! | was running az the rate Of abons twcn'
! | miles an hour Frank Lane. of Boston
4 salesman for New Ynrk hrm iumpe
. from the train. and II believed - pc "
only person who saw the train 20 dow
! the embankmcnt He says there wer
J three passengers In the drawing-roo'
4 car.
POuR MORE DEAD.
(. At midnight Il was reported mat i"u
J more dead bodies were removed 'r"'
v the wreck, and II was believed that "ir
|. ers had been swept down the river Y
!. the four bodies one was recognized
. that 81 Brakeman SpIcer. II y imposs
: HE 10 give complete list Of The Nile
and wounded 81 present.
VIII 0arensd Re~Igne