Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-11
WOEFUL WRECKS.
A Passenger Train Jumps
the Track.
MANY KILLED AND INJURED.
Distressful Incidents = A Whole
Family Perishes - Other
Minor Calamities.
Associated Press dispatches to the HsRAlDl

Assocja ated Press dispatches to the HRRALpl
HAvERHTLL, Mass, January TO-
The Portland express which left Bos-
ton for Portland at ! O'Clock met with
a serious accident this afternoon be.
tween Bradford station and Haverhill,
On q bridge over the Merrimac
river, caused by the rails spread
ing. The train consisted OF an en-
gine, two baggage cars. smoking,
parlor and three passenger cars. The
engine passed safely, but the smoker
and two other cars left the track. The
smoking car ran onto the bridge and
turned over. Ore coach smashed into
the water tank house and another
through the sleeper. The cries OF the
people were terrible to hear. The
cars did not take fire. Six persons
are known to have been killed. Sew
eral others are expected to die, and
many more are less seriously injured.
The train was on time and running at
ordinary speed. Assistance was sum-
moned and the wounded and dying
rapidly cared for. Several bodies
were mangled beyond recognition.
THE IIsT-oF THE KILLED
AS far as ascertained is as follows
John O'Brien, of Bradford; John L..
Madden, section boss, Bradford; G.
P. Goodwin, wife and child, Kenne.
bunk, Nc. an unknown man having
card in his pocket with the name j.
Hazelton. Fifty-two passengers in all
were wounded, some badly. One of
the saddest sights was the death OF
Mrs. G. p. Goodwin and her little
daughter, of Kennebunk. She was
riding in the second passenger car
with her little child in her arms.
Both were instantly killed, as was also
her husband.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
A frightful accident hefel the Port.
land, Maine, express train, which left
Boston at ] o'clock this afternoon
The train consisted Of eight cars.
This train does not stop at Bradford,
and was going at great speed. The
Georgetown branch train was stand
ing on the track near the water tank
house at the Bradford end OF the
bridge waiting for the ex-
press to pass over to Haverhill.
AS the express rounded the curve,
two cars left the rails and went crash
ing into the watsr-tank house, de-
molishing it. In this house anumber
Of section hands were eating dinner.
John O'Brien, a retired merchant OF
Bradford, was talking to the section
hands and was killed, together with
William Taylor, one Of the laborers.
The car that crashed through the
tank-house knocked the foundation
out, letting the heavy tank down
upon the car, crushing through
the top of it and doing
| FEARFUL. WORK WITHIN.
The next car telescoped the one
ahead of it, adding to the havoc.
The killed and wounded we're mostly
in these two cars. The cars behind
these ran down alongside the George
town train, barely escaping collision
with the engine Of that train. The
people in the smoker had fear
tul experience. One of the wheels
on the forward truck broke and the
car bumped against the end Of the
bridge, causing it to cave in. II
ran upon the bridge for come dis
tance over the sleepers, then careened
the others and leaned against the
ironwork of the side of the bridge
The passengers, Of whom there were
about thirty in the car, found them
selves at the. top of the car, and
it seemed to some of them that the
car was tumbling off the bridge into the
river below. The passengers managed
to crawl out, none Of them being very
seriously injured. As soon as they
reached the ground such ns were able
rushed back to help those who we're
imprisoned in tic wrecked car. The
entire force Of physicians in the city
were summoned by telephone Mnc
We're quickly at hand and the wounded
were cared for as soon as released.
DEATHS HARVEST.
The rames Of the killed are IS iol
lows: Clarence Hazlwcod, residence
unknown; John U'Brien Of Bradford
10. p. Goodwin, wife and child O
Kennebunk, Maine; VIM. TAYLOR
section hand A. L. Walker OF Harri
son ), Maine; Charles Thurlow, New
ton Junction, N II. Joseph Shaw
Boston. The name of the man re
ported unknown is Joseph Shaw
Boston.
| CAUSE, OF THE GALA NIFTY.
The accident is supposed to hav
been caused by a switch rod breaking
after the engine and the three forwart
cars had passed over the switch. Th
train was running, according to tn
engineers story, at about eighteel
miles an hour, and after the smokin,
car had been broken apart from tn
rear portion of the train ant
J bounded forward ON the bridge
the air brake on that ca
was applied and the car throwl
Oh its side. 1t is possible tha
but for this the brake car would hav
, fallen into the ice-bound Merrima
river one hundred feet below. Their
were about forty passengers in tn
smoking car as near as can b
learned, but they all escaped withou
severe injuries, although nearly al
of them were badly shaken up an
) plumber of them had their clothin
torn from their bodies. All of tn
,, cars were equipped with steam heat
ers and no portion of the cars caugh
fire. The two passenger cars ar
completely wrecked.
|
y ANOTHER ACCIDENT.
!, HELENA, Mont, January TO-.
! Billings special to the Indepeade,
! says Local passenger train No.
! ON the Northern Pacific, bound cas-
while l,as making ma gnng%rs regd,aa time, was so q
Cliff, Mont, to-day. The entil
\ train ran free from the trac
a upon the prairie, where
q now stands, leaving the road unol
structAd. The engine turned upo