New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-20
DEATH ON THE OLD COLONY.
FOURTEEN PERSONS KILLED AND MANY
OTHERS INJURED.
PASSENGERS HELD IN THE RUINS OF A CAR
ARE BURNED BY STEAM ESCAPING FROM
THE LOCOMOTIVE BENEATH THEM
AN EXPLANATION OF THE
CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE!

10 :45 a. m and is due in Boston at | ~ D. m.
off the track at Quincy shortly after o'clock
this afternoon. Fourteen persons were killed
ard many werP injured, some seriously The
train consisted Of a locomotive, baggage car,
smoking car, Pullman and four passenger coaches,
with about 400 passengers. 1t was running
thirty miles an hour.
The following were dead when taken from the
wreck:
Allen, Mrs Olcott, Philadelphia.
Fennely Mrs. Mary f., aged seventy, Louis
Vile, Ky.
Johnson +. j., Montpelier, Vt.
Ryan, John, South Boston, fireman Of the train.
Besides these were four women, two men and
two childrcn-one boy of fourtccn-who were
unidentified
The following died during tie afternoon:
Wells, Mrs. \. G., Hartford, Conn.
Wech, Miss, a daughter of H. l.. Wclch, Water
ville Conn.
The following are severely injured:
Abbott, Mrs Abnie r.. Louisville Ky. Face and
hands Scaldcd and compound fracture of left thigh;
condition serious.
Abbott Captain W. r., Louisville, Ky. Hands
scaldcd
Addison, Mrs. F. A., City Hotel, Chelsea. Face
and arms burned and thighs bruised
bailey T. C., of Dorchester, formerly pro-
prctor Of "The Boston Herald Scadcd on face
nnd ,nds.
Renson. b. F., conductor of Pullman car Furi-
tan. Right side OF face cut and ear nearly torn
Of.
Brown. J. C., Lawrence. Slightly Scalded on
hands and face.
,opp C.. NJ. Cleveland Ohio. Scalded over
whoc f-,dy: not expected to live.
f-ards. r. W. Judge in Chancery of Louis
Vile. Ky. Wrists cut.
Fenncly. Mrs Oscar. Of Louisville. Ky. wife
of the cashier OF the CItzcHs' National Bank,
Louisville sca'dcd over her whole body.
SNOW. Mrs Geora, il. of Winter Hill. daughter
Of Mrs Tower. Face and hands scaIdcl.
Snow. Ms. Mary T., of Mystic-st, Charles
town. Face and hands badly scaldei and III
tcruol Injuries.
Tower. Mrs Andrew. No : Sulyan-st,. Charles
town. spine injured and back scaldcd.
Wales. General Nathaniel. OF Boston Finger
broken.
The following were seriously but not fatally
injured
Mrs. Martha T. Chase. al the head Of the Santa
Rosa Female Seminary. santa Rosa, TAI; 'he
Rev. r. w. Dimmck. Los Angeles. NaL; h'S
wife: Mrs George t. We'cl, a: cleveland, 'Ai"'
Ter son. licur, James Wclcn: Elizabeth lennclly'
ol .i> dauchier of Mrs Oscar fennelly, l.ouls-
u,. .es,e NcAlli.tcr, Fort Wayne Ind. ;
,yuth Hacl,hnrn. Lowell: Mrs. VI \. Halle. Fort
Wavnc Ind: Lucy - negro maid OF the Fen
nellys. Engineer Babcock: X. I Nccdham, Law
renee: Mrs j. y Necdham, Lawrence Mrs }. =.
Brown, Lawrence: Mrs. +. : Stone. >omerNiIie:
Dr. r B Warner, Canandaigna. y. Y; Moses
Farrham, franklin: Meyer iIirschhrrI, oi
Hirschhcra ~ Co.. Of Boston Miss Minnie liub-
bard and Mi,s Rose Tucker, OF Lexington; AirS'
Eva Ballard. of Nashville.
The accident happened Just amer the 'r"h
pa,s4l ,he Quincy station. aud nearly nnhrt "h''
is known rs the Presidents Bridge as III" home
stead Of Pns,dcn, John Quincy Adams is near
a., Thar. - doom cut ~ This point The
locomotive nmpcd the rail 10 the outward track.
The buggacc car, smoking car and Pullman lcI'
,he track. hut Slid by, and. although considerably
shaken M. few Of tlrir passengers were hurt
Tie fourth car. however. did not slide but struck
the locomotive. and wac badly smashed. In TINS
ear were about seventy passengers. and here II
wa, that most of the fatalities occurred. lhel
were due almost entirely "a the escaping steam
frnfn fine locomotive This fourth car rode upon
tIe engine and was so smashed and broken by
the shock that the Scalding steam from the
locomotive found an easy entrance. Many ot the
passcngcrs were held down by the seats ana
others bv the wreckaoc. and were unable TO eN-
iricite themselves.
The scene which followed terrible. Pro
fcssor ". l.. Hooper. of Tufts College. was IN
the fourth ear. lie escaped almost hnharmed,
and gives this description OF what he witnessed
Il war sitting in the fourth car OIL the right
hand side and next 10 the aisle In the thlrd
or fourth seat from the front end OF the car.
think had been doing little. The first thing
/ noticed ont OF the way was that the ear began
70 sway. then 10 Jolt mp and down badly, and then
all of a sudden II seemed If the SEATS were rising
up and bobbing about In a crazy dance. lhen
We came to a stop: Just as this crazy dance
stoppcd the steam from the locomotive, which
was right under our car, began to escape ana HI
the ear. | did not hear much shricking but there
was a general groan to be heard amid the crashing
and shivcrng OF timbcrs and glass.
As soon as | began to realize what had hap
rcncd. tried to break the window and get out,
but the blind was partially pulled down. 50
could not. However, | smashed the window OF
the Seat in front Of me with my foot crawled ont,
and then hclpcd to get ont two or three others.
Boston newspaper man who was IN the
smoking car hastencd back 10 the wreck ms soon
os he was able. He says that the windows on
the east side of the ear were all closed, thereby
dviu0 the steam no opportunity to escape from the
ear The scenes about the ear were OF the widest
dcscription Women and children were searching
for their friends. while stout-hcortcd men tainted
,s the steamed bodies of dozen women ana
clidren were being taken from the ruins
Some Of rhc occupants who had the pres
cncc of mind 10 net broke the windows and
esconcd with slight wounds Where the engine
and the car came into collision were ScVeral
women and chidicn steamed TO death, whlic some
were badly nansied.
As the disaster occurred within easy rcach oi
Ouircv. an attendance of assistance was soon nv
hand The fire department responder 10 an
alarm and cNtinQushed small lire that had
started among the ruins, and the dead ana injured
we're rapidly removed from the wreck. corps OF
thirty surgeons and wrccking train were prompt
ly dispatched by the Old Colony managers from
Boston. 49,, =,
There were various rumOH iyihg hoout IN
regard 10 the cause of the accident IL was Sald
that il was due 10 misplaced sWItch mn
nlrLn il was reported that the tracks "cr' spe''!
der thc weight of the heavy locomotive buu
II is understood tonight, on eNcclIeht hn'hoiiN,
that neither of these explanations II hle tue