Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-01-21
WRECK ON THE RAIL.


lut HCcluent Detcil the EOftiAnQ express
train which left Boston at / o'clock this af-
lernoon, the scene of disaster being near
Haverhill bridge. which spans the Merri-
mac river between Bradford and Haverhill.
The train consisted of eight cars. This
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 Bradford, and
on the bridge waiting for the express to
pass over to Hayerhill. As the express
rounded the curve two cars left the rails
and went crashing into the water tank
house, demolishing it. In this house q
number Of section hands were eating din
ner John o'Brien, retired merchant of
Bradford, was talking to the section hands,
and was killed, together with William
Taylor, one of the 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 Of the car and doing fearful work
within. The next Cur telescoped the
enc ahead of it, adding 10 the horror. The
killed and wounded We're mostly in those
two cars. The ears behind these two ran
down alongside the Georgetown train,
barely escaping collision with the engine OF
that train. I be people IN the smoker had
fearful experience. One OF the wheels on
the forward truck broke and the car
bumped against the bridge, causing it to
careen. 1t ran upon the bridge for some
distance over the sleepers, then careeDed
the other way and leaned against
the iron work Of the side Of
the bridge. The passengers, of whom
there were about thirty in tire
car, found themselves at the top of the car,
while it seemed tn some Of them that the
car was tumbling off the bridge to the river
below. The passengers managed to crawl
out, some of them being very seriously i'm
jured. AS soon us they reached the ground
these who We're able rushed back to help
those who were imprisoned in the wrecked
cars. The entire force OF physicians i'll the
city were summoned by telephone, and
quickly at hand, and the wounded were
cared for as soon as released. The list Of
killed is as follows:
CLARENCE IIAZLEWoOD, residence
unknown.
JOHN O'BRIEN, of Bradford.
C. p. GOODWIN, WIFE AND CHILD,
of Kennebec, Me.
WILLIAM TAYLOR, section hand.
A, |. WALKER, OF Harrison, Me.
CHARLES THURL0W, OF Newton
Junction, n. II.
J0SEHPUS SHAW, Of Boston.
The name of man reported unknown is
IOsephus Shaw, of Boston.
The accident IS supposed to have been
caused by a switch rod breaking after
the engine and three forward cars had
passed over the switch. The train was
running, according to the engineers story,
at about eighteen miles an hour. and after
the smoking ear had broken apart from
the rear portion OF the train. and bounded
forward on the bridge, the ali brake on the
car was applied and the car was thrown on
its side. 1t is probable that but for this
brake the car would have fallen into the
ice-bound ATerrimac river, 100 feet
below. There were about forty pas
sengers in the smoking car, as nsar
as can be learned, but they all
escaped without severe injuries, although
all of them were- badly shaken up and q
number of them had their clothing torn
from their bodies. All the ears were
equipped with steam heaters, and no por-
ton OF the cars caught tlTe. The two pas
senger cars were completely wrecked. The
loss to the road upon rolling stock
will not reach over 5000, 900. The
inward track was cleared ut 6 clock and
trains bound for Boston were started as
usual. The first passenger car, which ran
into the water tank ard section house, was
ground almost to atoms, the heavy tank
crashing through the monitor top. crushing
it like an egg shell. In this car there
were six killed, and nearly all the passen-
gers received injuries. mostly of severe
nature.
Following is the corrected list Of the
dead:
L. b. ADAMS, of Newton, Mass.
G. n. COLE, WIFE AND CHILD, OF
| Lawrence, Mass.
JOSEPHUS SHAW, Of Boston, of the
| firm OF Shaw Il Thayer.
CLARENCE HASELWooD, of Boston
| Highlands.
A. S. WALKER, of Harrison, Me.
WILLIAM TAYLOR, OF Bradford,
| Mass.
JOHN o'BRIEN. Of Bradford, Mass.