The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-17
NEWS BY WIRE.
The Wreck of a Train and the
Fatal Result.
FOR A REVISION OF THE TARIFF

| 30 O'Clock this morning 10 repair slight
damage to the engine. After the delay, and
when the train had proceeded but few
hundred yards, q freight train, running at a
high rate OF speed, rounded curve and
dashed into the rear car, telescoping two emil
grant cars, which at once caught fire and were
entirely consumed. The rear Of the sleeper
"Delhi" was also burned. A wrec6ing car
and corps Of surgeons were soon on the ground.
Five hours after the collision the track was
cleared and the dead and wounded were re-
moved to Rawlins: Following is a list Of the
killed and injured:
CHILD Of Mrs Jennie Street Killed
INFANT son Of Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, died soon
after reaching Rawlins.
WILLIAM r. JOHNSTON, ches: injured.
MRS. WILLIAM 4. JOHNSON back injured.
BRAKEMAN GEORGE sHERER, right leg
MISS IDA JAY, Injured about the back and eb-
domen
JAMES PRICE, right ankle and hip injured
MRS. JAMES PRICE, bacl, injured.
MRS. JENNIE STREET, back injured.
D. b. KkilZER, several ribs broken and injured
MRS. i. b. KRITZER, abdomen and chest in
jured.
Tho thermometer registered 20' below zero
when the accident occurred and assistance was
nearly fifty miles distant. The clothing of
many OF the emigrants WIS consumed in the
flames, and number were badly frozen before
thing possible for the unfortunate ones Scott
Vermillon, conductor Of the passenger train,
fed to adjacent bluffs Immediately after the
accident. Twenty cowboys have searched for
him al day, and it is believed he was rendered
crazy by the awful sight.
HAvERHrLL, Mass, January 10.-The Port
land express, which left Boston for Portland at
one o'clock, met with serious accident at
Bradford this afternoon while crossing Hayer-
hill bridge, over tho Merrmac river. The
train consisted Of n locomotive and eight cars.
1T had passed onto the bridge from the Brad
ford side in safety when suddenly the forward
trucks of the smoker broke The smoker was
hurled upon its side and two coaches were
thrown OIL the track and completely wrecked,
being piled up against the Bradford car
house. The train was on time and
running at the ordinary speed. A
fire alarm was sounded Immediately
and the department responded, but their ser
vices were not needed, MS the cars did not take
fire. Physicians were summoned, and the
wounded and dying were rapidly cared for.
The work Of clearing the wreck was imme-
diatcly pushed forward with energy and at
30 six bodies had been taken from the wreck.
Several of them were disfgured beyond recog-
milton.
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 the Bradford end of
the bridge, waiting for the express to pass over
to llaverhill AS tho express rounded tho
curve two cars left tho rails and went crashing
into, and demOlshing the water tank house.
In this house a number of section hands were
eating dinner. j. O'Brcn q retired merchant
of Bradford, was talking with the section
hands and was killed, together with Taylor
one Of the laborers. The car that crashed into
the tank house knocked the foundation out,
letting the heavy tank down upon the car,
crushing through the top of the car and doing
fearful work within. The next car behind tel
escoped tho car ahead of it, adding TO
the havoc. The killed and wounded
were mostly in those two cars.
The cars behind these two ran down
along side the Georgetown train, barely cscap-
ing a collision with the engine OF that train.
The people in the smoker had fearful expe-
renCe. One Of the wheels on tho front truck
broke, and tho Ger humping against the end
OF the bridge caused il 20 careeH, and the car
ran upon the bridge for some distance upon
the sleeperS, then careened the other Iway and
leaned against the iron work on the side OF the
bridge. The passengers, of whom there were
about thirty found themselves He tel; Of
the ear, while Il seemed to those who had suf-
neeut presence OF mind to think, that the car
was tumiliug off the bridge to the river below
The passengers managed 10 crawl out, none
beng very seriously injured Such MS were
able rushed back and helped those who were
imprisoned in the wrecked cars. The entire
force of physicians in the city were summoned
by telephone, and were quickly at hand, and
tho wounded cared for us soon as released.
CLARENCE IIAZI EWOOD Residence unknown
JOHN o bRiEN, OF Bradford, \.
C. fGooDWlN, WlFEa and CHILD, of Kenne-
WILLIAM TAYLOR section hand.
a. {. WALKER, OF Harrison, Maine.
CHARLES TllURIO, of Newton Junction, n II.
JOSElNtS SHAW, OF Boston
Fourteen people are too seriously hurt to be
moved from iaNerhil. Some of them will
undoubtedly die. a majority of the wounded
We're able 10 proceed &c their homes. the ac-
cident is supposed To have been occas;oned by
a switch rcd breaking after the engine and
three forward cars had passed over the switch.
| The wheels, aNlcs aud journals were found to
bo sound after tho accident. The switch aud
its connections were SO badly broken that il is
impossible AZ present to ascertain the exact
truth. The train was one of the finest equipped
on the road The train was running, accord
ing 10 the engineers story, ut about eighteen
N. les an hour. After the smoking car had
| broken apart from tho rear portion OF the train
and bounded forward on the bridge, tho air
! brake of Che car was automatically applied and
! the Ger was thrown on its side Ii is probable
! that but for this the brake car would havo
mlleu into tho iCe-hoUnd MtgrimaC river, one
| hundred tCet below.
The hard pine stringerS Of The bridge were
! badly splintercd, but the bridge. which is of
| iron, witj,tuod the severe strain and was in no
way injured There were about forty paSscn-
gers In the smoking ear, asnear as can hc learn
ed, hut they all escaped without severe injuries,
! although nearly all 81 them were badly sAB,cn
| mp and number lad tllcir clothing torn from
/ their bodies. All the ears were equipped with
! the Baker steam heater and no portion OF the
| cars caught hrc