New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-21
THE OLD COLONY DISASTER.
TWENTY PERSONS NOW NUMBERED IN THE
LIST OF DEAD.
CONDITION OF THOSE SERIOUSLY HURT-To IN;
YEsTIGATE THE CAUSE OF
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

BY TELEGRAPH The TklBCNE.I
Boston, Aug. 2O.-Contrary to the usual ex-
perience in such cases. the actual number OF
casualties in the Old Colony disaster at Quincy
yesterday was in the beginning greatly UNDER
estimated The list of the killed now numbers
twenty persons, four of the most severely injured
having died this morning. These four were Mrs,
Abbe Abbott, wife of Captain Abbott, of louis
vile, KY: Miss Eva Ballard of Ashevile, n. c.,
twenty years of age; Charles NJ. Copp an at
torney, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Matte
Francis, Of Chelsea.
The identity of four of the five unknown bodies
has now been ascertained. They are Lyman Mer-
rill, of Rumney, n. H., forty-five years of age;
Mrs. Mary F. Parker, of Wellesly Hills; Benjamin
T. Parker, her son, fourteen years of age, and
Miss Mary +. Tilton, Of Lexington, Mass, thirty
four years Of age The only body now remaining
unidentified is that of young lady of about
twenty years, who wore drab dress and had
long black hair
Some of the wounded in critical condition.
Captain W. r. Abbott, of Louisville, whose wife
died this morning, is severely scalded, but is
bearing his eXcruciating physical suffering and
his bereavement with much fortitude lie was
q member of a party of eight from Louisville OF
whom he and little child, now on the verge of
DEATH are the only survivors. Oscar Feney, Of
lie loses at one blow his mother, wife, sister and
two children, and the life of his remaining child
is hanging in the balance The most severely
injured at the Quincy Hospital, besides Captain
Abbott, Mrs. Andrew Tower, of Charleston;
Mrs. George NJ. Snow, of Somerville: Mr.. and Mrs.
| f. c. Bailey, of RoXbury: Mr.. and Mrs. J. S.
| Needham, of Lawrence; Judge l. w. Edwards, Of
| Louisville: j. c. Brown, of Lawrence NJ T. A!
Addison, of Chelsea Mrs. Maria Wech and SON
| James, of Cleveland.
At the home of Mrs. Gushing Lane. near the
railroad station, there sin of the injured,
Probably all will recover, although they are pain.
| fully wounded. Their names are Mr.. and Mrs.
Dmicll, of Los Angeles, Cal, both severely burned
about the face and arms: Miss Martha Chase, also
from Los Angeles, whose face, head and arms
are badly scalded; Miss Jessie McAllister OF
Fort Wayne, Ind, burned about the face,
arms and hips; Mss Ruth Blackburn, of Lowell,
who is prostated by fright and slightly bruised );
Mrs. Martha Halle, of Fort Wayne, Ind, who was
! burned about the face and has a broken leg.
+. c. Bailey, who is lying at the point Of death
| at the hospital, was formerly we'll known as the
| Editor of The Boston Herald He was with his
| wife in the car which bore the brunt of the dis
aster, and pinned behind one of the seats.
On account of his advanced years he was unable
to eXtricae himself with of the others,
whose injuries were similar to his and was forced
to remain in the scalding, binding and sutfocat-
ing steam until aid could reach him. He was then
almost gone His limbs and face were terribly
burned, and his lungs had received so much of the
fumes that he breathcd with difficulty.
w. +. Allen, the advertising manager Of The
Illustrated American of New-York, narrowly
escaped being one of the victims of the accident
| His mother and his niece both among tho
killed The three, II seems, were at Falmouth,
and originally intended TO travel to Boston to-
gether. The son urged his mother and niece 10
accompany him on the first train yesterday
morning, but, being two Of party of friends they
had at the last moment arranged TO take the neNt
train, and thus met the death from which he
escaped. Mrs. Allen seventy-cight years old.
In the parting conversation at Falmouth Mrs.
Allen said TO her son:
." You may not have a chance 10 see me any
more. You know I'm getting old -,
The railroad commissioners of Massachusetts VIII
begin an investigation into the circumstances OF
the disaster this mornine, az which the work
mems jack which is supposed to have been the
| immediate cause will be produced. j. y. Lander
superintendent of motive power for the Old
Colony declares that there is not the slightest
doubt that the jack caused the accident. lie
SAWS that the boiler of the engine did not eA'
plode, but that the blow-oh valve below the
iire-box. broke, and that il was through this
that the scalding steam, which caused most oil
the deaths escaped into the car that fell against
the engine. Twenty thousand dollars will prob
ably cover the damage TO the Old Colony roll
| ing stock, but the amount necessary TO meet me
claims of the friends of the killed and or the
injured cannot be computed. The Old Colony II
is understood. will follow the precedent 1t SCI
at the Wolliston disaster, and promptly settle Win
everybody on just and generous basis