Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-20
FIFTEEN KILLED.
Yesterdays Terrible Accident on the
Old Colony Railroad.

The accident yesterday on the Old Colony
road was one of the mos. disastrous that ever
| occurred in the vicinity of Boston, and one
that rivals the famous woolaston disaster of
| October 5, 1878. It occurred shortly after
| O'Clock on the same road. the Old Colony, and
very near the same locality In the woolas-
ton disaster fifteen were killed and nearly one
hundred and fifty injured Yesterday fifteen
persons were. killed, twelve instantly; twenty
three we're seriously injured. three fatally and
| several more sustained slight injuries.
THE DEATH LIST.
The following were dead when taken from
the wreck: Mrs. circuit Allen, Philsdelphia;
Mrs Mary E. Fennelly, aged seventy, Louis
VILE, KY; F. }. johnson. Montpelier, VT. John
Ryan. South Boston, fireman OF train. and four
women, two men and two children one a boy
OF fourteen, unidentified total. IL. The fol-
lowing died during the afternoon and evening:
Mrs: A. c. Wells Hartford Conn, daughter
OF ID. L. WEIGH Of Waterville, Conn.
THE FATALLY INJURED.
The following are fatally injured: Mrs. Oscar
Fennelly OF Louisville, KY, wife of the cashier
Of the Citizens National Bank, Louisville
scaided over her whole body, and her daugh-
tiers Alice and Catherine; c. NJ. Copp of Cleve-
land. Ohio, scalded over whole body-not ex-
| IS
chester, formerly proprietor OF the Boston
Herald scalded on face and hands. 1t is re-
ported that the name of one of the unidentified
dead is W. II. Grady. and that two others are
Mrs. E. p. Johnson and her ffteen-year- old
boy. 1t Is also reported that a niece Of Mrs.
A. c. Wells OF Hartford Conn, is among the
unidentified dead.
DETAILS OF THE WRECK.
The train wrecked today was the Woods Holl
express, which left Woods Holl at 10 so a. M. and
was due in Boston at ll0 pm. 1t consisted of
locomotive 100, manned by Engineer Babcock
and Fireman John Ryan. baggage car. a
smoker, the Pullman car Puritan and four
binary coaches heavily loaded. The train had
passed Quincy station at 1887 pm, running
about 10 miles an hour, and just beyond Presi-
aents bridge, about an eighth of mile toward
Boston the engine left the track and plunged
into an embankment twelve feet high and was
buried upon one side. The tender. baggage
car, smoker aud Pullman passed by the engine
and were stretched along for a distance of 100
feef beside the track. The foremost passenger
coach, No. 236, left the rails and its foremost
truck swerved to the left and plunged diago-
naily through the floor. The car then fell
upon its left side upon the engine. The lower
FORWARD portion was torn to pieces, and of the
passengers in the car. some fifty in number
many were thrown into the rear corner. from
which eleven dead bodies were Hfterward taken
out The escaping steam and smoke from the
engine instantly filed the car, so that those
within could see nothing, either within or with
out
ALL TRAFFIC BLOCKED.
The forward cars were forced over upon the
outward-bound track, completely blocking
traffic, and up to s:45 pm. no train had passed
the wreck in either direction, all being sent via
tho Granite branch between Atlantic and Brain
tree. 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 only slightly hurt. and the
Pullman car conductor, b. +. Benson. who had
the side OF his face cut and his right ear nearly
cut of by beng thrown out Of window Of his
car. The three rear passenger coaches did not
leave the track and the occupants received no
worse injury than slight shaking up. Car 236
was the principal scene of death and agony
aud the experiences of the unlucky occupants
we're probably never exceeded in horror and
suffering IN any railroad wreck of recent years
CARING FOR THE INJURED.
The Goals of the engine set FIRE to car 236. but
the fire was not serious and was soon extin-
guished. The Quincy fire department, and all
the surgeons OF that city were summoned to
the spot and as soon as possible those still liv-
ing were taken from their positions Of peril
and those most seriously hurt were taken to
the residence of a man named Carr living near
by, and were subsequently taken to the Quincy
Hospital some In carts and some in ambu-
1ances which arrived from Boston. The dead
we're laid on the grass beneath large tree
until undertakers arrived.