Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-08

Forcpansh's show Badiy shshen I'd
Ia New England.

AFali River special says: The second ace
ton OF fDrepaughs circus hsln, en- route
from ibis city 10 Newport. was wrecked here
early this morning. Two cars we're COM
plctely wrecked, two men injured, and four
valuable horses killed. The first section left
this city for Newport about 1880 this morn.
ing, the second following Immediately after.
The dfst section went through ell right.
The second was derailed al the switch Just
SOUTH OF the tunnel under Central street,
where the tracks TO the steamboat dock
branch or.
just how the derailment occurred no one
is able TO explain. The railroad people clam
that they were not running over ten miles an
hour. and some Of the circus people assert
that they were running fortT. There were
over twenty cars in the second section. The
first i've went over the switch all right. The
sixth and seventh went of the switch and
took the other track, while toe rest oil
tie train kept down the main track. The
result was the worst railrosd wreck thateyer
occurred In Fall River. The sixth car was
turned completely ever. and the next one
had all its trucks knocked OF aud lelescoped
the one ahead.
In these two cars were eighiy-fye horses,
including the thirty horses which Adam
Forepaugh, Jr., drives around the track al
once. In the forward car. IN charge OF the
horses. was Frank FagaD. brother OF Bar
uey Pagan, the clog dancer. Pagan was
asleep In his bunk Of the top OF the forward
end OF the car. aud was awakened 10y tue
| Jolt. He caught windOw-bsr ana neid on
q moment The car bad turned over on us
side, and Pagan hung by his hands from the
window.bar. The next moment me car
behind crashed into tins one, AID the
- opepfH from Inc
side. lie started to climb out through
the opening and had got bis body
about bali through when another car crashed
into the wreck aud the opening closed,
thinning him FIST by the hips. In the car
behind John Woody was 10 Charge. lie
was thrown ont under the horses ana
tramvled on by the frightened animals. An
artery I'm his right foot was cut open ana ne
was bruised and wounded all over bis BODY.
Pagan. pinned between the roof and tue side
| OF the car, was shouting Justify for aid, but
no one could venture near him, all being
fearful OF the frightened horses Ia the over
turned car. Finally men climbed on
| the eide Of the car with axes and
rescued him. His right hip was
| spralned and his right hand was injured
| lie pluckily went TO work looseniDg the
horses in his overturned car and got most
| OF them out safely. only enc horse was
| killed outright out Of the eighty>bye in The
two ears. This was one OF the Zig pays
used in drawing Forepaugh's own coach.
Three other horses were injured so badly
| that they had TO be killed. One was
| Suckney stallion which Forepaugh valued
at 5000, aud another was valuable
broncho pony. Wrecklng train was or
dered from Taunton and the tracks were
cleared for Newport travel before noon.
Woodey and Fsgan, the two injured men,
were sent 10 the Wilbur House by Agent
Ackley, OF the Old Colony. and we're attend
ed by DR.. Terry. WoOdey's injuries con-
fined him 10 his bed but Pagan was able TO
move about. lie has been In two railroad
accidents before, hOthtimes with car that
was smashed. The 6rst was in the wreck OF
Robinton's circus in Eastern Penn'ylyania.
n 1854. when he had both arms broken, ana
the next was in o. BrieR's smash.up At wax
ton, n. Y, I'm 1856.
ForepauRh's less by the smash Is about
$4,000. The railroad company loses seye-
raj thousand dollars By damaged tracks ana
switches. The circus had big houses ut both
performances here yesterday. The two au-
dlenceS footed no about 1000 people, but
in other WAYS the show had unusually bad
luck. Some one gave the elephant n
chew OF tobacco and be nearly Killed MS
Keeper and will be bsrd 70 manage for a
week. Just before the show packed up last
nirbt the lion got ugly, and when his keeper
put his arm through the bars to iasteh ine
sides on the cage the beast struck at nm win
his paw. tore his right arm open from Tue
elbow, aud tore one OF his knuckles'