Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-11
NINE LIVES LOST !.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON THE BoS-
 TON AND MAINE ROAD.
Cars Jump the Track Into Water Tank House, Which in Turn Breaks Through the Coaches-Nine Killed and Many Injured.

which left Boston at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The scene of the disaster was near the Haverhill bridge, which spans the Merrimac river between Haverhill and Brad ford The train consisted of eight cars in charge of Conductor Weymouth and En- gineer French.
 The train does not stop at Bradford, and was going at great speed. The Georgetown branch train was standing on the track near the water tank house, at the Bradford end of the bridge, waiting for the express train to pass over to Haverhill.. As the express rounded the curve two cars left the rails and went crashing into and demolishing the water tank house. In this house a number of section hands were eating dinner. MT. J. OBrien, retired merchant of Bradford, was talking with the section hands and was killed, together with MT. Taylor, one of tho laborers.
 The car that crashed into the tank house knocked the foundations out, letting the heavy tank down upon the car, crushing through the top and 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 thrilling experience. One of the wheels on the front truck broke, and the car bumped against the end of the bridge, causing it to careen, and the car ran upon the bridge for some distance upon the sleepers, then careened the other way, and leaned against the iron work of the side of the bridge. The passengers, of whom there were about forty, found them selves at the top of the car, while it seemed, fo yyhn boI c,ff fo;o, of ,;,,I to think, that the car was tumbling off the bridge to the river below. The passengers managed to crawl out, none being very seriously injured. As soon as they reached solid ground, such were able rushed back and helped those who were imprisoned in the wrecked cars ....+" .s..
 The entire force of physicians in the city were summoned by telephone, and were quickly hand, and the wounded were cared for as soon as released. The list of killed foots up nine, as follows:
 Clarence Hazlewood, residence unknown; John OBrien, Bradford; B. $. Goodwin, wife and child, Kennebunk, Me. William Taylor, section hand; A. $. Walker, Harri- son. Me-. Charles Thurlow, Newton Junc- tion, N. H., and Josephus Shaw, Boston.
 The following is list of the wounded, some of whom are at private houses, some at tie hospital and others at the Eagle hotel: George B. Wentworth, Dover, N. H., scalp wound and shoulder blade broken: Rebecca Mckay, Somerville, N. B., leg fractured; Fred Mckeon, newshoy. Somerville Mass, severe contusions on head; Niles Bolin, Brockton, head and arm injured; Hugo SteLtengren, Brockton, back and leg inj jured; w. F. Kimball, of Kimball Brothers, Bos- ton, leg fractured; John Madden, of Brad ford, comp ound fracture of right leg; Mir. Maj, h,.,,i bad scalp wounds; Dennis Shannon, of Bradford, feet and leg badly crushed and scalp wounds, probably fatally injured; an unknown woman, apparently about 35 years old with dar! hair, breastpin marked "J," injured on the head and internnlly, probably fatal; Mrs. John P. Felt, of Waltham, Mass, not seriously injured; Miss Etta Owen, right leg and hand badly bruised; John Kel- logg, ol Boston, slight scalp wounds; Bertie Allen, Exeter, head cut; Mrs. Charles L. Clark, New York; bruised about chest and ribs; George Gardner, badly bruised; Ernest Hatch, fireman, bruised by falling timber; Frank Lit, htield, Portlani, Me-, not serious; Calvin Mcko.ia, Auburn, Me-, head cut and other injuries; George H. Olel, Boston, face cut; Mrs. l.. A. Rowe, Lowell, sight injuries; Zenas Thompson, Portland, Me-, arm broken and other injuries; Frank Williams, Boston, head cut. -.r
 A large number of the slightly wounded continued to their destination, and their rames cannot be learned.
 Conductor Weymouth escaped injury Ernest Hatch, of Haverhill, fireman, was hurt by a portion of the building falling on him.
 The train was one of the finest equipped on the road, and consisted of one of tine company's largest locomotives, which t,al <>, p,.,.o,, i,,f fl,of foIJo ing order: Milk car, baggage car, smoker and four new monitor top passenger cars, with the Westinghouse automatic air brake. The train was running, according to the en- gineers story, at about eighteen miles an hour, and after the smoking car had broken apart from the rear portion of the train and bounded forward on the bridge, the air brake on the car was automatically applied and the car was thrown its side. It is probable that but for this brake the car would have fallen into the ice bound Melri- mac river, 100 feet below.
 The hard pine stringers of the bridge were badly splintered, but the bridge, which is ot iron, withstood the severe strain, and was il no way injured.
 There were about forty passengers in tho smoking car, as nearly as can be ascertained but they all escaped without severe injuries although nearly all of them were badly shaken up, and q number of them had theil clothing torn from their bodies.
 All tue cars were equipped with the Baker steam leater, and no portion of the trail caugha fire. The two passenger cars ar, compl, sely wrecked, but the smoking car though badly damaged, can be repaired at small e ;pense. The loss to the road upo, rolling stock will not reach over $2O, 900.
 The first passenger car which ran into tn
 water tank and section house was groun
 almost to atoms, the heavy tank crashin
 through the monitor top and crushing
 like an egg shell. In this car there were si
 killed, and nearly all the passengers receive
 injuries. mostly of a severe nature. Tn
 passengers in the car next to this received
 bad shaking up, and several were throw
 over the back of the seats, but, as far as ca
 be learned, none of them received seriou
 injuries.
 The two rear coaches jumped the trac
 and ran about 1O0 feet, when they wel
 stopped by the automatic brakes A
 of the passengers in these two cars escape
 without injuries, although they were badl
 shaken up by the cars running over tl
 sleepers.
 There are several different stories in ci
 culation regarding it's cause. There al
 rumors that broken wheel, and also that
 broken rail, caused the disaster, whi