The morning call., 1890-08-21
HEARTRENDING SCENES.
Intense SuferinSs Of the Victims Of the
Old Colony Wreck.

Boston, Aug. 2O.-The wrecked train
connected at Woods HUll with Marthas
Vineyard, Nantucket and all the watering
places on the southeast coast of MasSachu-
sets, and most of the passengers were sum-
mer residents, hence coming from all over
the United States. Between Woods II oil
and Boston there is only one stop, n Brock
ton. Here there was a delay, causing the
train to get behind time, so the engineer
tried to make it up. Quincy is a thickly
populated manufacturing town, but the
train swept through like the wind, going
forty miles an hour. Half mile beyond
the depot is a curve. Here sectiOn-men
were at work replacing the ties. They had
the track raised with track-lack, thinking
they would be warned IN time OF the train S
approach But their fiagman was Sinking
and the train bore down upon them without
giving them time to remove the jack. The
engineer saw the danger and whistled
"Down brakes put on the air, and
jumped. He escaped, but the fireman, on
the engine leaving the rails, was buried un-
der the machine, being cut in two. The To-
connective ran off to the left, turning over on
its side, across the track.
HEARTRENDING SCENES.
The baggage, Pullman and smoker jumped
the track, and the first passenger coach kept
right on and struck the engine. and raising
up IeIl across IL, DIedhlHS lnlO lI6 UOlltT
and fire-boX, which, prOtrudlng through the
car, set it on fire and filled the interior with
scalding steam, literally cooking the miser-
able victims to death as they were held
pinned TO their seats. The dead were so
disfgured by steam that it was after mid
night before anything like Identification
was possible. On the car was a party from
Louisville, KY, who had been visiting
New England summer resorts. They sat
together, and every one was injured. a
mother, her daughter, and two grand
children, were scalded to death. Such
was the effect, of the steam that, on
examining tile old lady, Mrs. Oscar Finley,
her head came of. The scenes were heart
rending. The victims in their agony made
sickening spectacleS, clutching at their
burns and pulling off great shreds of cooked
flesh. Some begged to be killed. Many
would have escaped from the windows
comparatively uninjured If the craZed ones
beneath them had not pulled them back.
The Quincy new hospital was only dedi-
Gated last month and was used to-day for
the first time. The whole city is a hospital,
and everything possible is being done to
make the injured as comfortable as possible.
ADDITIONAL LIST OF KILLED AND IN
JURED.
Miss Bessie Allen, a daughter of Mrs.
Orcott Allen of Philadelphia; Ella Barn,
aged %; Mrs. Addie Abbott of Louisville,
r KY; A. e. johnson, son of E. 2. Johnson,
aged years, and c. NJ. Capp, cashier of
Cleveland bank, are among the dead.
In addition to the names already pub
lished, the following were injured Mrs. G.
NJ. Snow of Summeryille. badly Scalded
hands; Mrs. May Snow of Charlcstown,
scalded; Mrs. 5. p. Welch of Cleveland,
badly scalded; Henry James WEIGH, aged
81 years, badly scalded; Mrs. Louis. Cleve-
lana, burned and scalded; Mr.. Thomas Ad-
olson of Chelsea, scalded and burned
Judge J. w. Edwards Of the Court OF Chan
Gerry, Louisville, both hands and left arm
badly cut by window glass; E. G. Bailey.
founder Of the Boston Herald, will die;
Mrs. E. C. Bailey, badly scalded, will die
Captain w. X. Abbott, badly scalded; Mrs.
Andrew Tower. Charleston. scalded; j; G..
Brown, Lawrence. eyes scalded out; Mrs.
A. C. Hill, Hartford, Conn, badly scalded
Miss Eva Ballard, Ashevil'e, n. c., badly
scalded; Fred Stedman, the conductor,
bodily injuries; Il. F. Benson, conductor of
Pullman car, Puritan; Rose Tucker, Lex
llngton, badly burned; Rev. F. NJ. Dimmick.
Los Angeles, badly scalded; Mrs. K. NJ.
Dimmlck, badly burned and leg broken in
two places; Miss Jessie McAllister, Fort
wayne, Ind, internally injured; Ruth
Andrew Tower, Charlestown, spine injured !;
Mrs. Matte Francis, Chelsea, badly scalded ;
Eddie Francis. youth, badly scalded.
There were many others who received
slight injuries, not requiring medical at
tendance.
ROBBERY OF THE DEAD.
1t appears from the statements of pas
sengers that pickpockets worked with
great success and reaped quite harvest.
Several of the dead We're known to have
had money and watches, but these were not
found on their persons. Twelve persons
are now at the Quincy hospital. They are
all seriously injured. Most of them were
scalded by escaping steam, and several are
in precarious condition.