Wichita eagle., 1888-01-11
BY SPREADING RAILS
A WRECK AT THE WATERS EDGE.
A Portland, Me-. Express Ditched at
the End of Hayerhill Bridge.
Six Dead Bodies Already Found and More
are Supposed to be Buried IN
the Debris.
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Fifty-Two Persons Injured, Some Seriously
The Station Depot Turned lntOa
Hospital-Sickening Scenes.
OfDeath.

HAvERHILL, Mass, Jan. 10.-The Port
land express, which left Boston for Port
land at o'clock, met with a serious acci-
dent this afternoon between Bradford sta
ton and the Haverhill bridge over the
Merrimac river, caused by rails spreading
near a frog on curve where the turn is
made to run on the bridge. The train con
sisted of an engnie, two baggage cars,
smoking parlor and three passenger
cars. The engine passed safely, but the
smoker and two cars left the track. The
smoking car ran on the bridge
and turned over. One coach
smashed into the water tank house
and the other through the sleeper. Six
persons are known to have been killed.
Several others are expected To die, and
many others are more or less seriously in
jured The train was on time running
at the ordinary speed. Physicians were
summoned and the wounded and dying
were rapidly carried away, Several Of the
bodies were disfigured beyond recognition.
The list of the killed, as far as can now be
ascertaned, is as follows: John O Brien,
of Bradford: John Madden, section boss, of
Bradford: c. p. Goodwin, wife and child,
of kennebec Me: an unknown man
having card in his pocket with the name
of J. HaZeltOn.
The smoking car lies upset on the bridge
aud two baggage cars are badly smashed.
The Bradford depot has been turned into a
temporary hospital.
Hugo A. Lettengeren, of Brooklyn, was
in the smoking car and escaped with II
broken leg A little boy, BERTHE Allen,
was enroute for Exeter, and received a ter
rible scalp wound. He will probably re-
cover. Zenas Thompson, carriage manu-
facturer, of Portland, is injured about the
head and back, also an arm broken. Mrs.
LaRowe, of Lowell is badly shaken up.
Fifty-two passengers in all were wounded,
some badly. Part of them have
been taken TO the city hospitals. In the
station the scene was terrible one. The
men were laid on the floor. In the ladies'
room were five or six ladies and these We're
suffering terribly, Many, OF the injured
were taken away by friends and it is i'm
possible at this time to learn the names of
all the injured
AS far as known they are: +. *. Deem,
of Louisville, newsboy, head cut and IN
ternal injuries; Rebecca Mckee, of New
Brunswick, leg broken, head cut BERTHE
Allen, of Exeter, head cut; w. F. Kim
ball, leg broken; Frank Williams,
of Boston, head cut; q. G.
Wentworth, head cut; Dennis Shannon, of
Bradford, both legs broken; George H.
Odell, of Boston, face cut; Calvin Nc
kenna of Auburn, Me-, head cut and in
jllred about the body.
One of the saddest sights was the death
of Mrs. c. p. Goodwin and little child, of
Kennebec. She was riding in the second
passenger coach with her little child in
her arms Both were instantly killed, as
was her husband. Mr.. Frank Litchfield,
of Portland, who was in the smoking car,
escaped with several cuts and was injured
about the body, his clothing being torn in
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