The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-12
IN HAvERhILL HOSPITAL,
Among the Suffering Victims of the
Railroad Disaster.
Condition of .Messrs. Hart and
Thompson of Portland.
Further Particulars as Told by Pas
sengers and Others.

section hand who was so badly injured, be
ing the victim. The list of injured. SO far a,
ascertained, is as follows:
Zenas Thompson, Portland, injured about thu
head and back
Miss Eta NJ. Owen Portland, bruises about tn,
arms ana body.
III. A. Hart OF Portland, broken arm and bal
scalp wound.
William Y. Pomeroy, Portland slight bruises.
George Gardiner, Uxbridge, badly shaken vi
and thought to be injured internally.
L. II. Branson, Andover, slight Injuries
George B. Wentworth Of Dover, N. H., scalI
wounds, shoulder blade broken.
keDecca Mckay, Somerville, N. H., COMPOUND
Fred McKeon, newsboy, Somerville, scalI
wound and severe head contusons.
Niles Bolin of Brockton. head and arm injured
Hugo Sleitengren. Brockton, injured about thu
back and leg,
W. f. Kimkall, of Kimball Bros, Sudbur,
street Boston, fracture of the leg.
=, John Madden of Bradford, compound fracture o.
Unknown woman, apparently about SO. with
dark hair and a breasl pin marked "J,n injured OF
the head and internally, probably fatally.
John Z. Felt, Waltham, Mass, slightly wound
@. f. Friedman, Lewiston, IL years old, injured
about head and arms.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. p Goodwin, Kennebunk, botl
injured, taken to the Haverhill hospital; quite
comfortable today.
Bert Allen, Exeter. N. H.. 10 years old; three
bad scalp wounds and injured internally.
Mr.. Odell, Stratham, NJ H., scalp wounds.
Mrs. l.. A. Rowe, Cumberland Mills, injured
about the head and shoulders, seriously,
Mrs. Flora K. Walker, Lawrence, lower limbs
badly fractured, cuts about the head insensible
and is probably fatally injured.
Thomas +. Roach. Hayerhill, ankle and other
Bert Whittier, Haverhill, legs badly injured
Miss Day. Bradford, slightly injured.
Pairlck Lenehan, boss section man, side and
legs hurt.
William Robert Williams Boston, head cut and
internally injured
AMONG THE INJURED.
The family at first supposed to be Mr.. and
Mrs. Goodwin and child, proved to be George
N Cole, his wife and fve-year-old child, who
were en- route from Rockdale, Mass, their
home, to Kennebunkport. on a visit to Mrs.
Coles parents. Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Good
win were wounded. They were at the hos
pital today, and rapidly recovering
Bert Allen, aged 10 years, step-son of A.
II. Shaw of Exeter, N. H., was taken home
last night. He received three bad scalp
wounds and was also injured internally. He
was in the car that was nearly demolished
by the water tank. He will probably re-
cover.
A visit to the Hayerhill hospital early this
morning showed that many of the injured
were still suffering In a small room, ON
the right of the corridor, was an occupant
evidently. suffering sharply. He was at
times delirious His name was Henry A.
Hart and he said he belonged in Portland
Mr.. Hart's heavy eyebrows twitched with
pain, and it was with the greatest and most
painful effort that he could tell the attend
ant who he was and where he belonged. Hi
face was badly gashed.
Across the hall, in another room, lay Gals
win McKenney of Auburn, Me. He was one
of those who were unfortunate enough to be
in the fifth car. A piece of the iron tank
had fallen on him, and as a result he had re
ceived many severe contusions and scalp
wounds, and four of his teeth had been
knocked out. His lips had been literally
torn from his gums, and the blood was flow
ing freely from his mouth into basin which
the surgeons had placed beneath. His right
hand was crushed. OF course it was impos-
sible for him to speak.
Mr.. Zenas Thompson was found at the
Eagle House. His head was so completely
bandaged that he could not see. His first
question m was Haye beard anything
Mr.. Kimball occupied the same Seat when
the crash came. They were in the wrecked
car. Mr.. Thompson was knocked down by
a beam, which fell across his chest and
pinned him on top of Mr.. Kimball. Another
large piece OF timber shattered Mr.. KimbalPs
leg. When they were rescued, Mr.. Thomp-
son was taken to the Eagle House and Mr..
Kimball was carried to the City Hospital.
Mr.. Thompson was injured internally and
spoke. with great difficulty. He said: Il
thought | was drowning, and surely thought
we had gone into the river A big piece of
timber held me down and / didn't see any
chance of escape. But they dug me out. /
saw the front part of the car caving in and
tried to leave my seat, but the car was
knocked into kindling wood before could
move"
In another room lay w. F. Kimball, of the
Boston carriage manufacturing firm of Kim
ball Brothers. The soles of his feet were torn
in shreds, but they had been carefully band
aged up by the skilled hands of the surgeon.
His head and face were almost unhurt, but
the right leg was fractured in four places
and will have to be amputated. As the doc
tor and reporter stood at his bedside the
former said
This young man is from Boston, Mr.
kimball. Can he take word to any of your
friends there?
NO." replied the poor fellow. "but if he
comes across my friend, Zenas Thompson,
who was with me, wish he would let me
Know"
and doing well, and he murmured, almost in
audibly, THANK God for thatl Then tell
him for me to keep brave heart"
Medical Examiner Cogswell, of Haverhill,
received the remains of the killed this morn
ing and granted permits for bodies to be de-
ing condition at the hospital. The friends
of the wounded from all points have arrived.
AN EYE wITNEss's GRAPHIC STORY.
George G. Nightlinger, drummer for
Philadelphia house, gives probably the most
accurate account of the wreck of any one
who witnessed it. He left Philadelphia some
days ago to make a trip through Eastern
Massachusetts,, having never been in this
part of the country before. He was on his
way from Georgetown to Haverhill, and
when the accident occurred was seated in
the smoker of the Georgetown train. This
train stood on the track next to that over
which passed the doomed train. He sat at a
window toward the Haserhill side Of the
car, and was looking out toward the fac
tory. AS the Boston train appeared in
sight and rushed past. he, of course observed
it. He says: 81 think the train must have
been going 20 or % miles an hour. The acci-
dent as it appeared to me occurred in this
way: The engine. baggage car mail COR and
the palace car passed safely over the switch
opposite the depot and above the roadway,
and ON down by the window in which sat,
smoker and the two cars following it, must
have left the track at least 200 feet beyond
the water tower They came crashing on,
and as they passed where l sat the smoker
seemed to careen towards the windows. /
sprang up in fright and rushed to the door
and stood on the platform when the crash
came. After the smoker had gone upon the
bridge perhaps 20 feet the coupling broke,
and It tipped over toward the water tower
The rear end of the smoker struck the tower,
and the car following it crashed into the
tower, and one end of the next and last car
leaned up against the baggage car of the
Georgetown train. The water tower col
lapsed upon the fifth car. / nearly tainted
from the shock and from the piercing cries
that rose Immediately from the ruins, and
was unable to render much assistance as
freely confess, because / was too faint
hearted to witness the bloody scenes.
don't know whether the smoker caught fire
or not. think it did. At any rate, saw
smoke, rising from the rear end of it. sup
pose the stove set fire to it If it was afre.
The water rushed out of the tower after 1t
collapsed and for few seconds the water
was fully six feet deep at that point 1t
rushed out with terrible force. The cries
from the injured were most distressing to
hear. Jumped to the ground and passed
round the wreck and stood upon the. other
side In the beams of the fourth car, the one
so badly wrecked, l saw man lying on his
face, wringing his hands in agony and cry
ing out for assistance. He said that his body
was cut in two and / think he must have
been severely injured. After the water had
subsided aud spread cut over the ground Isaw
several other persons apparently fastened by
the broken timbers. The wreck was one OF
tla et L / have traV-