St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-20
FIFTEEN ARE DEAD,
FrightfuI Results Of a Wreck
on the Old Colony Rail-
road.
A Heavily Loaded Train
Jumps the Track on a
Curve.
Fifteen Persons Killed and
Twenty-Three Injured,
Three Fatally.
To Add to the Horrors of the
Wreck, the Debris Is
Fired.

Boston, Aug. 19.-One of the most
disastrous railroad accidents that ever
occurred IN the vicinity of Boston, and
one that rivals the famous Wollaston
disaster of Oct. 5, 1873, occurred shortly
after l o'clock this afternoon OH the
same road, the Old Colony, and very
near the same locality. In the Wollas-
ton disaster Is were killed and nearly
$50 injured. To-day fifteen persons
were killed, twelve Instantly; twenty
three were seriously injured, three
fatally, and several more sustained
Slight injuries. The train wrecked
to-day was the Woods Holl express,
which left Woods Holl at 1880 a. M,
and was due in Boston at 1910 p. m. 1t
consisted of Locomotive 122, manned
by Engineer Babcock and Fireman John
Ryan, a baggage car, smoker, the
Pullman car Puritan AMI four ordinary
coaches heavily loaded. The train had
passed Quincy station at 1857 p. No.,
running about ten miles an hour, and
Just beyond Presidents bridge. about
an eighth of mile toward Boston, the
engine left the track, from cause at
present undetermined, and
Plunged Into an Enbankment
twelve feet high and was buried up on
one side. The tender, baggage car,
smoker and Pullman passed by the en-
CINE and were stretched along for a dis
lance of 100 feet beside the track. The
foremost passenger coach, No. 236, left
the rails, and its foremost trucks
swerved to the left and plunged diagon-
ally through the car floor. The lower
forward portion was torn to pieces, and
Of the passengers in the car, some fifty
in humber, many were thrown into the
rear corner, from which eleven
dead bodies were afterwards taken
out. The escaping steam and
smoke from the engine instantly
filled the car, so that those within could
see nothing either within or without.
The forward cars were forced over upon
ii outward bound track, completely
Jcking traffic, and up to S:45 p. m. no
train had passed the wreck in either
direction, all being sent via the Granite
branch between Atlantic and Braintree,
while shuttle trains piled between the
scene of the wreck and Atlantic as fast
as other trains arrived. Only three
persons on the train ahead of car 236
were injured. These were the fireman,
who was instantly killed and buried
under the engine; the engineer, who
Jumped and was ouly slightly hurt, and
the Pullman car conductor, B. f. Ben
sOni who had the side of his face
cut and his right ear nearly cut off by
being thrown out of window of his
car. The three rear passenger coaches
did not leave the track and the occu-
pants received no worse injury than a
slight shaking up. Car 256 was the
principal
Scene of Death and Agony,
and the experiences of the occupants
were probably never exceeded in horror
and suffering in any railroad wreck of
recent years. The following were dead
when taken from the wreck:
MRS. oRCUTT ALLEN, Philadelphia
MRS. MARY E FENNELY, aged seventy,
Louisville. Ky.
F. j. JOHNSON, Montpelier, vt.
JOHN RYAN, South Boston, fireman of
train.
Foar women, two men and two children
one boy of fourteen-unidentifed. Total,
twelve.
The following died during the after
noon and evening:
Mrs. A. c. WELLS, Hartford, Conn.
A daughter of Ii. l.. WEIGH, of Water
vile, Conn.
Mrs. OSCAR FENNELEY. of Louisville, KY.
The following are critically injured:
Mrs. OSCAR FFNNELEY, of Louisville Ky.
wife Of the cashier of the Citizens Natfona,
bank, Louisville, scalded over her whole
C. NJ Corr, Cleveland, O., scalded over his
whole body; not expected to live till morn
E. C. BAILEY, OF Dorchester, formerly pro.
prietor of the Boston Herald, scalded on face
and hands.
The following were seriously but not
fatally injured:
Mrs, MARTHA E. CHASE at the head of the
Santa Rosa Female seminary, Santa Rosa,
Cal face and left arm slightly burned.
Rev. II. Ii. DMMICK. Los Angeles, Cal,
face. arm and hip scalded. His wife, a sister
of Mrs Chase. had her face and hands
gcalded and suffered compound fracture of
both bones of the left leg halfway between
the knee and ankle.
Mrs. GEORGE P. WEIGH, of Cleveland, O.,
scalded head, arms and neck; condition
critical.
HENRY JAMES WEIGH. her son, face, arms
and neck scalded.
Mrs. T. A. ADDISON, of Chelsea, face and
arms burned and thighs bruised
Mrs. ANDREW TOWER, 3S Sullivan street
Charlestown, spine injured and badly
scalded.
Mrs. GEORGE NJ. Snow, of Winter Hill
daughter of Mrs. Tower, face and hand!
scalded.
Mrs. MARY +. Snow, of Charlestown, face
and hands badly scalded and internal 1nju
ries.
Mrs. ABBIE R. ABBOTT, Louisville. KY.
face and hands scalded and compound frac
ture OF left thigh, condition critical.
Capt W. r. ABBOTT, Louisville, KY, hands
scaded.
j. G. BROWN, Lawrence, Mass, slightly
scalded on hands and face.
r.. F. BENSON. conductor of Pullman cal
Purtan right side of face cut and ear nearly
torn off.
r.. W. EDWARDS judge in chancery, Of
Louisville, KY. wrists cut.
Gen. MAT WALES. of Boston, finger broken
ELIZABETH FENNELLY, aged six, daughter
of Mrs. Oscar Fennelly, Louisville, KY
bands arms and legs burned.
JESSE McALLIsTER, Fort Wayne, Ind, face
side and hands burned.
RUTH BLACKBURN, Lowell, conclusion o.
left leg and severe shock to system.
MRS NJ A. HAsLE, Fort Wayne, Ind
grandmother of Miss MeAllister, compound
fracture of the nose and knee sprained.
LUCY -, negro maid of the Fennellys
badly burned.
ENGINEER BABcocK, wrist broken, and hea(
and legs lacerated.
r. II. NEEDHAM, Lawrence, slightly in
iured.
Mrs. j. S. NEEDHAM, of Lawrence, bod,
badly burned.
Mrs j. c. BROWN, Lawrence, slightly in
1ured.
Mrs. S. F. STOWE, Somerville, leg burned.
DR.. f. S. WARNER, of Canandaigua, N. Y.
hand bruesed.
McsEs FARNHAM OF Franklin.
MEYER HIRscHBERG, of S. Hlrschberg 4
Co., Boston, badly scalded about face.
Miss MINNIE HUBBARD and MISS Rosl
TUCKER, of Lexington, slightly injured.
Mrs. EVA BALLARD, of Nashville, scaldet
about head and face