The Portland daily press., 1888-01-11
several cuts and injuries about the body.
His clothing was torn in shreds.
THE KILLED.

The list OF killed is as I0loWs:
Clarence Hazlewood, residence unknown.
John o. 'Brien. of Bradford.
G. p. Goodwin, wife and child, of Kennebunks
VIM. Taylor, section hand.
A. /. Walker, of Harrison, Maine.
Chas Thurlow, Newton Junction, N. ii.
J0sephus Shaw, Of Boston.
THE INJURED.
Twenty passengers were wounded, some
badly and some slightly. Zenas Thompson,
carriage manufacturer of Portland, was In
the car which was damaged the most and
was injured about the head and back. One
arm was broken. He is at the Eagle House.
Mrs. L. A. Rowe, of Lowell, is also at the
Eagle House. Size is not much injured ex-
Geo. Gardiner, OF Uxbridge, at the Eagle
House, is badly shaken up and is tnougnt 10
be injured internally. -
L. f. Branson, Of Andover. escaped with
slight injuries.
some at the hospital, and others at the Eagie
Hotel The wounded at the City Hospital
are: a,r
wounds shoulder blade broken; he Is very COM
Rebecca Mckay, Someryille, N. b. has 81. a
daughter residing in Lowell; compound hacture
Fred McKeon, wayerly street, somerville,
newsboy, scalp wound and severe heaa con-
Niles Bolin Of Brockton, head and arm injured.
Hugo Slettengren, Brockton, injured about the
The last two men were en- route to Pennington,
n H. to work in the shoe factory.
w. f. Kimsall, of klmbal Bros, suoDury
street. Boston, fracture of the leg.
John Madden Of Bradford, compound fracture OF
" II. <. A. Hart ri of Portland, bruised arm and bad
Dennis Shannon of Bradford, feet and leg badly
crushed scalp wounds, probably fatally injured.
Unknown woman, apparently about 30, win
dark hair and breas,pfn marked -" injured on
the head and internally, probably fatally.
At the residence of Richard Dwyer, at
Bradford, John Kellogg of Boston, en- route
to Portsmouth, was found to have several
scalp wounds. so slight that he continued his
| tourney. A large number Of the slightly
wounded continued to their destination, and
| their names cannot be learned. The dead
man reported as unknown is Josephus Shaw
| of Boston. Ernest Hatch of Hay erhill, fire.
man was hurt by the corner of the building
| falling upon him. He will recover. The
people of Haverhill are doing everything
| possible for the wounded.
THE SUPPOSED CAUSE.
The accident was supposed to have been
occasioned by the switch rod breaking after
| the engine and the three forward cars had
| PISSED over the switch. A careful examina-
| tion was made by General Manager Furber,
assisted by several other well known rail-
road officials. They found the wheels on the
coaches of the wrecked cars all sound. The
| journals on the wrecked cars were also care.
fully examined and found to be perfect
| The switch and its connections are so badly
broken that it is impossible to ascertain. &C.
1 curately. but 1t is the general opinion of the
1 railroad officials that the broken switch ROD
equipped on the road. 1t consisted Of one OF
| the largest locomotives ON the road, attached
| to eight cars arranged in the following. or
der: Milk car, baggage, parlor, the smoking
| car. aud four new monitor top passenger
cars, provided with the Westinghouse all
automatic brake. The train was running ac
cording to the engineer at IS miles an hour
After the smoking car broke apart from the
rear portion of the train it bounded forward
onto the bridge. The brake was automati
caIly applied and the car was thrown on iti
side. 1t is probable but for the action o.
this brake the car would have fallen into the
Merrimac river, hundred feet below, kill
! ing all Of the 40 passengers inside. Th'