The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-11
The Smoking Car Turns Over, While One Pas
senger Coach Runs Into Water-Tank
House and Another Into Sleeping Car.
Nine Persons Killed, Some of the Bodies
Being Mangled Beyond Recognition.
A Large Number Injured. Several of Whom
It Is Believed Will Not Surviye-Three
Lives Sacrificed in Burning Almshouse.
A Broken Flange Causes the Loss of Nil
Lives and the Manning of Many People.

A Broken FIange Causes the Loss of Nine
Lives and the tIaimiDg of Many People.
HAvERHILL Mass, Jan. 10-The Portland
express, which left Boston for Portland at L
O'clock met with serious accident this after
noon between Bradford Station and the Haver-
hill bridge the Merrimac river, caused by
rails spreading near a frog on a curye where
the turn is made to run the bridge The
train sisted of an engine, two baggage cars,
smoking, parlor and three passenger cars. The
engine passed safely, but the smoker and two
cars left the track. The smoking car on to
the bridge and turned over. One coach smashed
into the water-tank house and the other through
the sleeper. The crash was fearful, and the cries
of the people terrible hear. The HaTerhill fire
department. came ont, but the did not take
fire. Six persons are known to have been killed.
several others are expected to die and many 9TH
more or less seriously injured. The
train was time, running at the ordinary
speed. Physicians were summoned, and the
wounded aud dying were rapidly cared for.
Several of the bodies were disGgured beyond
recognition.
The smoking car lies upset the bridge, and
two passenger cars are badly smashed. The
scene of the accident is awful The
Bradford depot has been turned into temper
ary hospital Hugo A. Lettengren. of Brock
ton was in the smoking and escaped with a.
brogen leg. A little boy. Bertie Allen,
route for Exeter and received terrible scalp
wound; he will probably recover. Atty. Gen.
.. d. Baker. of Augusta. Me-, was on board
but uninjursd. Zenas Thompson, carriage
manufacturer of Portland, is injured about the
head and back. also broken; Mrs. l..
A. Rowe of Lowell, is badly shaken up.
Fifty-two passengers in all were wounded.
some badly. Part of them have been taken to
the City Hospital In the station the scene was
terrible one The men were laid on the floor.
In the ladies' room were five or six ladies' aud
these were suffering terribly. Many of the in
jured were taken away by friends, and it is i'm
possible at this time to learn the names of all
the injured. AS far as known they are
- McKeon. of Louisville, newsboy. head
cut, and internal injuries: Rebecca Mckee. of
New Brunswick, leg broken, head cut; BERTHE
Allen. of Exeter. head cut; W. T. K;nhall, les
broken: Frank Williams, of Boston, bead cnt;
G. c. Wentworth, head cut; Dennis Shannon,
of Bradford both legs broken; Geo. Ell. O'Del,
of Boston, face cut; Calvin McKenna, Of
Auburn, Me-, head cut and injured about the
body.
One of the saddest sights the death of
Mrs G. P Goodwin and little child, of Kenne-
bunk. She riding in the second passenger
with her little child in her arms. Both were
instantly killed. was her husband.
Mr.. Frank Litchiefield, of Portland, who Was
in the smoking-car. in an interview, related his
experience as follows: II was riding in the for
ward end of the smoking-car, in conversation
with another gentleman. and as we were about
entering the abutment of the bridge over the
Merrimac river / was suddenly thrown over
two seats, rendered partly unconscious, and
knew nothing for several minutes. but upon re-
gaining consciousness crawled out of the win
dow" He was injured about the body. his cloth
ing being torn in shreds
The list of killed is as follows:
L. B. ADAMS, of Newton. Mass.
&. N. COLE, wife and child, of Lawrence, Mass.
JOsEPHUS SHAW, of Boston, of the firm of Shaw
CLARENCE HAZELWOOD, of Boston Highlands.
A. S. WALKER of Harrison. Me-
VIM TAYLOR, of Bradford Mass.
JOHN O'BRIEN, of Bradford, Mass.
The following wounded are at the City Hos
pital:
wounds and shoulder blade broken; Rebecca Nc
Kay, of Somerville, N. B., compound fracture of
one Leg Fred McKeon. Somerville newsboy,
scalp wound and severe head contusions; Niles
Boylin, of Brockton, head and injured
Hugo Sletteneeren, of Brockton, back and leg
injured; W. F. Kimball, of Kimball Brothers,
ford, compound fracture of right leg; Mr.. Hart,
of Portland, Me-. bruised and bad scalp
wound; Dennis Shannon, of Bradford, feet and
leg badly crushed and scalp wounds, probably
fatally injured; unknown woman, apparently
about thirty five years old. with dark hair and
wearing a breastpin marked ~" injured on the
head and internally. probably fatally.
= Mrs John P. Felt, of Wareham, Mass, in
jured not seriously, is at the residence of Wm
Smith. at Bradford.
Miss Eta Owen, right leg and hand badly
bruised, is at the residence of Richard Dwyer
Bradford
John kellogg, of Boston. several scalp
wounds, but slight that he continued his
journey
A large number of those slightly wounded con-
tinued to their destinations, and their names
could not be learned. The name of the man re-
ported unknown is Josephus Shaw, of Boston.
Ernest Hatch. Of Haverhill, the fireman, was
hurt by the corner of the building falling on
him. he will recover. The people of Haverhill
are doing everything possible for the wounded
The accident is supposed TO have been caused by
a witch-rod breaking after the engine and the
three forward cars had passed over the switch.
The switch and its connections SO badly
broken that il Is impossible at present to ascer-
tain the exact truth.
Details of the Accident.