Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-09-08
THE LIMITED WRECKED.
Frightful Accident on the Boston
and Albany.
Fourteen Persons Killed and Score
Wounded.

The Chicago limited express train for Eos-
ton broke through q trail iron bridge On ia"
Boston a Albany railroad one mil" aud a half
east uf Chester, Mass, and four Wagner ears
were crushed. killing at least II persons,
fatally inJurng many others, while at least "a
score arr badly hurt. TIE wreck Is the worst
ever known on the railroad.
The bridge was being strengthened for the
big locomotives and the wuTkingnen who
We're putting ou the plates were at dinner
when the crash came The locomotive pas 81
over the structure hut was smashed, the water
tank being thrown long distance.
The buffet, two slrrpers and "A dining ear
were smashed 10 kindling when they struck
the stream. 20 feet below, but two day coaches
and smoker did not ieayc the track.
Fourteen dead bodies have been taken out
and l3 Of them have been identified. II is
! believed there are more bodies IN the ruins.
The train was Srvrn minutes late at Chester,
and the railroad hands say il was going al
the rate Of ~ miles an hour when it struck
! the first Of the two spans across the West
. field river. The locomotive seemed 10 leap
across the bridge n the trI~-t-- collapsed and
! fell over to the South. Tn" conductor was
: taking tickets in a day coach. and. although
/ thrown violently. escaped serious injury.
/ There are only a few houses III tn" vicinity,
! and man driving by whipped his horse and
/ gave the alarm through tn" village street.
/ In a few minutes hundreds were On the
scene Tn" ~hriekS ot the imprisoned wgr"
most terrible, and sror-S Of people looked On
/ completely unn"ry"d.
! The yillag" people soon recovered from the
( shock and were hard at work. The hospital
WAS group ot apple tr"rS in an adjoining
1 orchard, where scores were taken. Ok teams
1 arrived with loads Of straw, cushions, bad
. ding and food.
/ The wounded were soon removed to the
houses of y. \. Harwooi. Washington Moore
und j. c. Crock"r, and all that remained on
/ IN" apple str"wn ground were - bodies COW
. ar''t with red blankets from al adjoining
,tabe.
/ Inc dead were, many OF them, horribly
mutilated heads crushed in, limbs torn and
! often only recognizable from tn" clothing.
/ Tue KILLED. Mis- Emma D"t"ry. Of COL
umbu-, o. Ii. C. Ives, OF Chicago, Santa F.
/ H. L. T. Everett SrdCwlrk, Of Palmer, eN-
/ pr'sS messenger James McMa~tcrs of Sprlng-
field. brakeman J. II. Murray. of Green
bush. y. Y, haScag" master George A.
Mprs.' u Ru-ton, Wagner EAR conductor :.
J. {. Sta 'kpole, Of Hartford, Conn, r. c.
| Hitchcock, Of Bellows Falls, Vt; j. +. De-
witt OF Portland, Me, president Of the Union
. Mutual Life Insurance Co., Thomas Kelly,
{ Of Boston. blanket manufacturer; Mis-, Susie
| o. Getting, Of Boston, daughter Of Charles
, [. Cntting: Mr.. c. Bi-pham. Of Philadel-
. ,,itt. Mr. I WiDt.bnll 81 ()Dpitu Y
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Crny.- ~ 4. .i,,n frn,.tur,, Of right thivh ana
fr't,n t,r,,r,n. Ftb,I Carsnn 81 DaIt,n
shoulder -pr,inrI; John u. Carson of Dalton.
bruised: Louis Burhanau Of Boston, badly
bruised Eo... Strr haue of Springfield. Itai-
inn. fractured r1l-. MARY Sadie Of Spring
Brld. Italian. bruised; John Plat of River
ton. y. j. bruised Mr.. Dr. Alice LittelI OF
Brnokl,nr, tad SCALP wound: NJ +. Leach Of
Rainfall. fractured left thigh. Mrs. james +.
Fldr.dge of Boston. broken. hip. fractured
shoulder: Mr.. II. F. Whitney 81 Cleveland.
O.. badly bruised and -ralp wound; Mr..
J. y Winchester If West KoNbury. bruised ;
sumner Cummings. II Worcester. bruised and
sprainrd kurr: Mr~ Sumurr Cummings. of
Worcester compound fractur" Of the i"-, and
bruised Wellesley Porter Of Boston, buffet
porter, fractured thigh Arthur Williams, OF
Lenur. bad scalp wound Frank Lang, Of
Chicago. bruised chest and back; Winthrop
H. Walr, uf h etun, frarturr of left thigh
MR.. IIrlrn Rirh. ot Pitt-l"id, cut face: Wal
ter Hawkins. of Fittsn"i, bad scalp wound
and serious confusion "f mouth and nose
Lewis Mitchell, otthauy. badly bruised and
fractured rh- William Horton Of Albany,
locomotive engineer, badly bruised. left hip
broken and internal injuries feared J. wal
Iron Johnson, Of Is '~ton, bad scalp wound