The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-08-21
TWENTY OR MORE PERSONS
REPORTED KILLED.
Over Thirty Persons Known TO be
Seriously Injured,
A TRAIN JUMPS THE TRACK WHILE
RUNNING AT HIGH SPEED


Inc Engine Net hlfe 70 the ifhin-iht
Passengers We're for the Most Part In'
jured by Escaping steam, Many Being
Trightfully soalded-The Fourth aud
ni-Fated Coach Was Completely
wreohed-It Contained seyenty-riys
Passengers, Men, Women aud Chii'
dren-soenes About the Car We're oi
the widest Desoriptlon-The story
from q Victim,
Boston, Aug, 9O,--A terrible accident
occurred yesterday ON the Old Colony,
by which many passengers and the fire
man were instantly killed, and the On
gineer and twenty passengers injured,
some fatally, The train, which was the
Vineyard express, due In Boston nj ii(
p, m,, aud consisting Of five or six par,
Ion cars, when within 100 feet on the
other side OF Presldenta bridge, and
running NJ the rate Of forty miles an
hour, jumped the track, the engine I'M
mediately toppling over and tho first
passenger coach on the top Of II, The
engine rot fire 20 the train. The pnaaen'
gers were for the most part injured by
escaping steam, many being fiightfully
acalded, The Quincy fire department
was called 10 the scene ~ quickly ~
possible, and shortly afterward the fire
was oxtinguahed, The dead and In.
iured were removed from the scene, the
latter being taken into private houses
and % the Quincy hospital.
The story Of tho Wreck
The engine jumped the track on the
West Side, plungng into the steep bank
adjoining the Adams estate, The nine
cars attached 10 the engine plunged
after it The first threo-baggage,
Pullman and smoking car-wont
passed the engine, but the fourth cur, u
passenger coach cOllidod with tho en-
gine and was instantly filed with eaoap.
ing steam, The next five GERS remained
ON the track, but the occupants were
badly shaken up, The Inflated pasaen.
ger cnr was completely wrecked, II
contained neyCnty-iiye passengers men,
women and children, The windows ON
the east side were all closed, thereby |
preventing the steam from escaping |
The scents about the car were OF the
widest description,
strong. Hearted Nien Tainted
as the steamed bodies Of dozen women |
and children were being taken from the |
ruins, Some Of the occupants, gifted |
with presence OF mind, broke through |
the windows and escaped with slight |
wounds, Where the engine and car |
collided were several women and chill. |
dren steamed 10 death, while some were |
badly manglcd, The Quincy fire do. |
partmont and all the surgeons IN the |
city Were summoned 20 the spot, aud the |
lawns ON each side OF the railroad wore |
covered with killed aud injured. Heroic |
efforts were made by the train hands
and passengers 10 reBcuo some Of the |
paesengera, and they
Succeeded In Icmoylng Twenty or More
who were only slightly injured. Thoro
were 8Ol passengers ON the train, 100 DO.
ing from BroclIton. Fireman Ryan, In
attempting 10 save his life, was caught |
between the passenger cur and engine |
and killed, Engineer Bullock, who
jumped from his engine, but not until
h0 had done all that was possible 10
avoid tho wreck, was injured about the
head and badly scaldcd, Conductor
Steadman and one of the brakemon
sustained severe bruises about the facO
and hands The only roason given for
the accident " that there is q very bad
curve near tho presidential bridge, the
scene Of the accident and 10 this, to-
gother with the fact that the road was
undergoing repairs IL attributed tho
cause Of the accident.
In the Fatal Fourth Car
William Fennell, u carpenter and house
builder, NJ No II Harvard place, was
passenger. II was there that the major
portion Of the casualties occurred, and
nearly, II not all, of those who lost their
lives were caught by beams and soalded
70 death, Ho eays "Our cur swept
like lightning right onto the broken ON.
gine and was forced on top Of II with n
terrific shock We seemed snatohed
right up from the earth fifty feet In the
air, When the Cur descended on the
engine II had twirlod over and tho
wounded passengers were thrown ruth.
lessly about, As the Cur struck ON ita
side solidly, the bottom Of II was torn
away and thus nm opportunity was given
us 10 get out, That was the only thing
that saved my life and those Of forty
or fifty other passengers. Thirty sec.
onds after the car struck the death.doal.
ing steam entered tho cur In dense
clouds from the engine beneath us, fll.
ing every crovice and almost mifocnting
those whom " did not burn 10 death. IL
Caused All the Deaths That Occurred.
Ten women were gasping about me as
tried 10 shrek and shout and rs they
became weaker and weaker M the steam
filled their lungs | could see them push
their hands and feet through the torn
windows, trying In vain TO get u breath
OF fresh mir. don't know how many
saw die before me. | saw eight or ten
nj tho moment, but now | don't think
there were more than six or seven.
There were forty or fifty passengers In
the car lnd nearly all of them were
wounded more or less, don't consider
myself injured badly, although ] can
hardly walk, and there were perhaps
ten on fifteen like me- but the rest, per-
haps, twenty-five altogether, were sori-
ously injured saw them In the CIR
crying out for help and ] did all could.
j saw the
Flesh Burned from nIen and womon
90 that cursed steam onveloped them,
and saw men groaning and shrieling
IN their death struggles as the scalding
fumes became hottor and donser. When
the bottom Of the Cur burst out II left
hole Just large enough for my head,
directly over my head, and the edges OF