Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-14
FRlGnTFuL ACCIDENT.
An Express on the Boston & Na1ne
Creates Havoc At HaycrhiiL.
Spreading Rails Cause Some OF INT
Coaches to Leave the Track.
A Car Dashes Into a Tank House ana
the Tank Falls on 1t.
The Cars Heated by Steam and DO MOI
Catch Fire.
List Of Those Killed, Among Them
Several Section Hands.

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full accident befell the Portland (Me.) eA
press train which left Boston at l o'c!oeh
this afternoon, the scene OF the disaster
being near Haverhill bridge, which spans
the Merrimac river between Bradford anc
Haverhill. The train consisted OF elsh'
cars. This train does not stop at Brao
ford. and was going at great speed. Inc
GEORGETOWN branch train 5 standing Oh
the track near the water tank n use Ht 'hs
Bradford end of the bridge waiting Tor lhe
exnress to pass over to Hayerhill. As tht
EXPRESS rounded the curve two cars ielS LIS
rails and went crashing into a water TAM
house demolishing it. In this house a
number OF section hands were eating dinner
John O'Brieu, a retired merchant OF BRAD,
ford. was talking to the sect1o" hanos anu
was killed, together with William IaSi'r
one of his laborers. The car that crasi,en
into the tank house knocked the iounda-
tim o.t. letting the heavy tank down upon
the car. crushing through the top OF the
car
DOING WORK
within. The next a behind telescoped
the car ahead Of it, adding to the havoc.
The killed and wounded were mostly IN
these two cars. The cars behind ran down
alongside the Georgetown train, barely es-
Gaping collision with the engine OF that
train. The people in the smoker hah !,
fearful experieuce. One of the wheels OF
the forward truck broke ana the CIR
bumped against the end OF the bridge,
causing it to careen. It ran upon the
bridge for some distance and the sleeper5
then careened the other way and leaned
against the iron work OF the side OF the
bridge. The passengers, OF whom there
we're about thirty in the car, found them.
selves at the top of the car, while it seemed
to some of them that the car was tumbilng
off the bridge to the river below. The pas
sensers managed to crawl out, some Of
them being very seriously injured. Assoon
as they reached the ground such as were
able rushed back to help those who were
imprisoned in the wrecked cars. The en'
tire force OF physicians in the city were
summoned by telephone aud We're quickly
at hand and the wounded were cared for "a
soon as released. The
LIST OF KlLLED
il az follows:
Clarence Hazslwood. residence unknown
John O'Brien. Of Bradford.
C. p. Goodwin, wife and child, OF Kenne
bunk, Maine.
VIM. Taylor. section hand.
A. L. Walker, OF Harrison. Maine.
Charles Thurlow, Of Newton Junction,
NH.
Joseph Shaw, of Boston.
The name of the nan reported unknown
is Joseph Shaw. OF Boston. The accident
is supposed to have been caused by a
switch rod breaking after the engine and
three forward cars had passed over the
switch. The train was running, according
to the engineers story, at about eighteen
miles an hour, and after the smoking-car
had broken apart from the rear portion oil
the train and bounded forward on the
bridge, the air.brake on the car Was applied
and the car was
THROWN ON IT'S SIZE.
1t is probable that but for this brake the
car would have fallen into the ice bound
Merrimac River, one hundred feet below.
There were about forty passengers in the
they all escaped without severe injuries,
although nearly all OF them were badly
up and a number OF them had
their clothing torn from their bodies.
All the cars were equipped with
steam heaters. and no portion of tn, cars
caught fire. The two passenger cars are
completely wrecked. The loss to the road
upon rolling stock will not reach over $780,
900. The inward track was cleared at 6
O'Clock and trains bound for Boston were
started as usual. The first passenger car
which ran into the water tank and section
house was ground almost to atoms. The
heavy tank crashed through the mentor
top, crushing it Ike AZ egssheil. IN this
car there were six killed and nearly II!
passengers received injuries mostly 81 a
severe nature.