Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-08-20
.PARB0ILED BY STEAM.
TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
PASSENGERS CRUSHED, MAIN.
ED AND sCALDED.
An Asheville Lady Among Those
Reported dInjuresi-The Graphic
story Of a SurVivOr-Cause Of the
Accident Not X nOwn.

Accident Not KNOWN.
BosToN, August 2O.-The Cape COD
and Woodshal train on the Old Colony
railroad jumped the track one hundred
feet from Presidents bridge yesterday
The first passenger coach fell on the en-
gine, the latter having toppled over, and
the engine set fire to the train. The
fireman was killed and the engineer ia
tally injured.
There were eight passengers killed and
about twenty hurt. The latter are fol
the greater part injured by escaping
steam, having been frightfully scalded
The dead and injured were removed
from the scene, the latter being taken
into private houses and to the Ouinby
hospital.
VIM. Fcnncll, Il house builder of Boston,
sayst The train was running through Quin-
ccy at the rate of thirty miles an hour.
When near Presidents bridge there was a
rumbling sound, followed by an awful
crash. Three forward cars lurchcd and
left the track, the fourth kept the rails
and swept right along upon the broken
locomotive which lay in its way, forcing
itself right on top Of it. The shock was
terrific, and il seemed as il the car drove
up twenty feet in the air. When the car
descended on the engine il whrled sud.
denly over. the occupants being thrown
violently about. The steam came into
I he car in dense clouds from the locomo.
tive beneath, scalding and almost sufio.
eating the people pcnned inside. In the
descent OF the cur hole was torn in the
bottom oft through which many of the
iorty or fifty people were taken out. Fen
nell thinks six or seven persons were
killed and twenty-five slightly injured,
and that the accident was caused by the
spreading OF rails.
The following were dead when taken
from the wreck:
Mrs. Orcutt, Philadelphia.
Mrs. Mary L. Fennclly, aged 40, Louis
vile, ny.
+. J.. Johnson, Montpelier, VI.
John Ryan, South Boston, fireman oi
the train.
Four women, two men and two chill
drcn, one boy Of II, unidentified. Total
twelve.
The following died during the after.
noon and evening:
Mrs. a. {. Wells, Hartford, Conn.
The daughter of II. |. Welch, of Water
vile, Conn.
The following are critically injured: ::
Mrs. Oscar Fenelly, of Louisville, n.y.,
The wife OF the cashier OF the Citizens
National bank, Louisville, scaldcd over
her whole body; her daughter Alice and
Catherine; {. NJ. Copp, Cleveland, o.,
scaldcd over his whole body. not ex.
pected to live till morning; L. {. Baily
Dorchester, formerly proprietor OF the
Boston Herald, scalded on the face and
hands; Rev. 7. NJ. Dimmick, Los Angeles,
Cal, face, arm and hip scalded; his wife
had her face and hands scaldcd and sui.
tered a compound fracture OF both bones
of left leg half way between knee and
ankle; Mrs. George +. Welch, OF Cleve-
land, o., scalded on the head, arm and
neck, condition critical: Mrs. May +.
Snow, of Charleston. face and hands
badly scaldcd and internal injuries Mrs.
a. X. Abbott, Louisville; face and hands
scaldcd and compound fracture of the
left thigh, condition critical.
A telegram from Mr.. A. II. Fuller, Of
Brockton, Mass, to THE CITIZEN this
morning stated that in the railway acci.
dent, the particulars Of which are given
above, Miss Eva Ballard, of this city,
was injured about the fasc and hands
Miss Ballard is sister OF Mr.. W. A. Bal
lard and left for Massachusetts the first
part OF August on visit.
Up to noon to-day Mr.. Ballard had re.
ccived no news from the wreck. Ii will
be noticed that Miss Ballards name is
not in TUE CITIZEN list OF dangerously
wounded.