Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-11
STRANGE AND AWFUL.
Dersiled Coaches. Crowded with Pas
seDgers, are Crushed and Smashed
Under an Immense Tank,
Cars Crashing Into House XIII Peeplo
sitting About the Fire-Mapy People
Killed and Wounded.

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ful accident befell q Portland express
train which left Boston at l o'clock this
afternoon, the scene Of the disaster being
near Aaverhill bridge which epans the
Merrimac river between Bradford and
Haverhill. The train consisted OF eight
cars. It does not stop st Bradford and
was going at great speed. The George
town branch train was standing on
the track near the water tank house at the
Bradford end OF The bridge, waiting for
the express to pass over for Hsverhiil
As the express rounded the curve two
cars left the rails and went crashing into
the watertaDk house, demolishing 1t. In
this house 3 number of section hands
were eating dinner. John O'Briep, re-
tired merchant Of Bradford, Was talking
to the section hands and was killed, To-
gether with William Taylor, one Of the
iaborers. The car that crashed
into the tank-house knocked
the foundation out, letting the heavy
tank down upon the Car crushing through
its top aud doing fearful work within.
The next car behind telescoped the one
ahead of it, adding to the havoc. The
killed and wounded were mostly In these
two cars. The cars behind these two
ran down alongside the Georgetown train,
barely escaping collision with the
engine OF that train. The people In the
smoker had
A FEARFUL EXPERIBNCE.
One Of the wneels on the forward truck
broke and the Car bumped against the
end OF the bridge, causing 1t to careen
1t ran upon the bridge for some distance
over the sic. pers, then careened
the other way and leaned against
the iron work Of the bridge.
The passengers, of VIII I'M tnere were
about thirty in the car, found themse yes
at the top OF the car. The pass ers
managed to crawl out, none OF
them being very seriously in.
jared, AS soon as they reached the ground
such as were able rushed b-ck t.
help those who were imprisoned in the
wrecked cars. The entire force Of
physicians in the city were summoned
by telephone and were quickly al hand,
and the wounded were cared for as soop
ss released. The list OF killed is as fol-
lows:
CLARENCE HAzLRwooD, residence ua-
known.
OOAN " Ohah-N Va Di00AOiNy
G. 2 GOODWIN, wife and child, Kenne
bunk: Me;
WILLIAM TAYLOR, section hand;
A. L. WALKER of Harrison, Me;
CHARLES THURLOw, Newton juno
ton, N. H;
JOSEPHINE SHAW, Boston;
The follo wing wounded are st the Cit,
hospital:
NropCp ID Yyu~,r-onr,, Do,-o., NJ II
scalp wound and shoulder-blsde broken
REBRCCA MCKAY, Some1viIle, n. B,
compound fracture of one leg.
FRED MCKEoN, SomeIvtile, n. B,
scslp wound snd severe head cortusiD
Nils BoTLIN Of BrockGon, head 81
arm blurred.
HUGO STETTEN GERM of Brockton, back
and leg injured. aI+..
W. f. KIMBaLL of Kimbsll Bros, Bos-
ton, fractured leg.
JOHN MADDEN of Bradford, compound
fracture of right leg.
Mr.. HART, Portland, Me-, bruised srm
and bad scalp wound.
DENNIS SHANNON, Bradford, feet bed
ly crushed and scalp wounds, probably
fatally Injured.
An unknown woman, injured on the
hsad and internally, will probably die.
MRS. JOHN 2. FELT, Wa1eham, Mass,
injured, not serious.
MISS Eta OWEN, right leg and HAND
badly bruised.
JOHN KELLOGG, Boston, several scslg
y ounds, but go slight ne confined h
journey.
A large Lumber Ct those slightly
wounded continued to their de stinatioDs
and their names could not be learned.
The people OF Hdverhil are doing every
thing possible fer the wounded
The accident is supposed to have beer
caused by switch rod breaking
after tie engine and three forward carr
had passed over the switch. The switch
and Its connections were so badly broker
that it is impossible at present to ascer.
tain the eX.ct truth. The train was on
Of the finest equipped on the road ano
was running according 70 Tie engineers
story about eighteen miles an hour. After
the smoking Car had broken apart from
the resr portion OF the train and bounded
forward on the bridge th
sir brake on the car was ap-
piled and the car was thrown on it.
side. 1t is probable thst but for thie
break the Car would have fallen into tn.
ice bound Merrimsc river 100 feet below.
There were shout forty passengers In the
smoker, but they ali escaped
without severe Injuries, although
nearly ell of them were b,dl
shaken up and number had their Cloth
ing torn from their bodies. All the cars
were equipped with steam heaters, ano
no portions Of them caught fire. Tit
two Messenger cars are Seompletely
Wfeckeds. The loss 10 the oaia'on rolling
stoek Wsisnot reach over $4,000.
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