The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-01-20

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H-AvrnruLr- Mass-. Jan 1.-The Fort
land express. which left Boston ~ one
O'Clock ys>eerlay aftcrnooo, met Win .
terrible accident while crossinE tbs hAv-
o-hil bridge over the Merrimac river.
The train consisted of eight cars and -
engine. Conductor Weymouth had charge
~ the train. II had passed on 20 the
bridge from the Bradford side IN safety
when suddenly thers vas great crash:
The smokcr Wa hurled apo - SOS ana
two coaches were thrown on shesrsck ana
completely wrecked. being piled up
against the Bradford car house Two
men were killed outright, and no less than
~ Others Are expected 10 die. Zig t a.
ten more are seriously injured II q said
che accident was caused by the rail
spreading near = frog a. . curve where
che turn u made % run on the bridge. and
the b.eak ing Of the forward trucks Of the
smoker. Tie train Was On time, and run
nin< ~ the ordinary sped.
The IRE alarm was sounded immediate
Az and the department responded; hut
their services were not needed. - the
ears did not take fire[ A large force Of
physicians were summoned. and the
wounded and dying were rapidly cared
for.
The work OF clearing the wreck was
Immediately pushed forward with energy
and AZ half rast three o'clock no less than
right bodies had been taken from the
wreck. Several Of them were d~isngured
beyond recognition II was reported
that Mr.. Watson, druggist q haverhiii.
Was anon z the killed; but the report was
fortunately untrue, Is he Was safe ana
I uninjnrcd- II i now reported that John
ORr;en ana W. TAYLOR. Of Bradford,
were both killed outright Dennis r.
shannon residing on Blossom street,
bradford. IL reported seriously injured
LArER
Five bodies have lust been taken out Of
che tank-house. into which = sar
smashed. one woman, . little boy ana
three men. IL Il impossible TO tell Who
thew are at present, the bodies hcing 90
lady disfgured
Among the passengers ON the train we're
Major C. J. Chamau- Portland, Ne, ana
Acknowledgement ID. d. Baker, Of Angus
q. Ne. Both escaped without injury
Following il . correct list Of the dad:
r. L Adams Newton, Mass
@. n. Cole. wife and child. lawrence
Mass
Jo<ephus shaw. Of the arm Of shaw =
Thaver. Boston
Clarence Hardwood. Boston
A. & Walker. Harrison. Me-
william Taylor and pohn O'Bdsn, o.
Bradford. Mass
Mr.. OsBrisn and w. Taylor were near
the water tank house into which the car
crashed John Madden. the boss Of tns
section hands. was near the tank house
and was terribly injured He will prob
ahiv die. b other persons killed we're
passengers
There were ifty two passenger woune-
"a. some OF them badly; many we're taken
20 the City hospital
z Thompson . c-srrisremaker- OF Port
land. Me-. was injured about the head
and his arm broken
Mrs. 8 A. Rowe. Of Lowell, Mass -
injured. but not seriously
) John Maiden il now dead
: Dennis shannon. . secticz hand "a
, killed in the round -hcuse.
, bis leg broken
Rertie Allen. q young boy Of Exeter
: received 4 terrible scalp wound.
D George Gardner was badly bruised
> MANY or the injured were taken awa'
Nv Il-MtA< ~
. time 60 learn the names r. ailthe injured
. Some offhs injured. whose names wer'
noe given before were:
: The newsbov. head cut and internal IN
Z Jury.
Z broken and bead cut
u ". p. Kimhaii, leg broken
Frank Williams 81 Boston, head cut.
q. c. Wentworth, head cut
George n. Odeil, Of Boston face cnf-
Caivan McKenna. Il Auburn. Ne. h>a
cut and injured about the body
Frank Litchf-id. OF Portland. Ne. VII
y vas in the smoking car. in m inscrvie'
with . reporter, relates his experiences q
2 follows: II was riding in the forward en
? Of the smoking-car In conversation Wit
another gentleman. and as we were abo'
= entering th- abufm-nt II The bridge OF
q the Merrimac river. | was suddenly throw
. ove- two seat. and rendered rarity u
70 conscious and knew nothing for sever
= minutes. but urcn rcgaininx conscicu'
. ness c-awfed out 81 the window" !
= escaped with several cuts and was injur'
= about the body, his clothing being torn
= shreds-
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