Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-09-01
IA ARE DEAD.
lover a Score In
juTGd.
A TRAIN WRECKED.
II Was the Chicago Lin.
tied From Boston.
WENT THROUGH A BRIDGE.
The Terrible Calamity Occurred at
Chester, Near Springfield.
WENT THROUGH A BRIDGE.
The Terrible Calamity Occurred at
Chester, Near Springfield.

Uont dnu UWlsttu lrOu, UnOuShnuS Oh spin
tors OF what were once integral parts of
superb railroad cars, and scene Of desola-
tion and disaster tells the obituary Of more
than dozen men and women who were
passengers on the Chicago special which
went through the bridge over Westfield
river. near Chester, yesterday afternoon.
Never In the history OF the Boston and
Albany railroad has disaster so APPALLING
happened to that corporation, and 1t will
last In the memory Of the present genera
ton g one Of the most disastrous wrecks
that has ever occurred In the Old Bay
state.
ture, but was smashed, the water tank
being thrown long distance. The buffet,
two sleepers and q dining car were
smashed to kindlinR when they struck
the stream - feet below, but two day
coaches and smoker In the rear did not
leave the track.
The conductor was taking tickets In a
day coach, and although thrown violently
down, escaped injury. A man driving by
gave the alarm through the village street.
The train was seven minutes late at
Chester and the railroad hands say 1t was
toing at the rate Of 20 miles an hour when
II struck the first Of the two spans across
the westfleld river. The locomotive
seemed to leap across the bridge as the
trusses collapsed and fell over to the
south.
The shrieks Of the imprisoned were most
terrible. The dead were many of them
horribly mutilated. Mr.. Scull of Phila-
delphia was with his sister, Mrs. Bishop
ham. In Wagner car. She was instantly
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extYieated When her body was laid out q
wrong name was affixed to the breast, and
the officials called him to see the mutilated
fAoe, which he had avoided.
"Are you sure she Is your sisterw the
officials asked.
my God, II Is, IL is." he exclaimed
while the bystanders turned away.
Tho Death List.
The list Of the identified dead are:
J. D. Dewitt Of Portland, Me. president
Of the Union Mutual Life Insurance CON-
pany.
T. K. Kelly of Boston.
Miss Susie Getting Of Boston.
Mrs.. G. ID. Bisham Of Philadelphia.
Miss Emma Deterly Of Columbus. O.
H. C. Ives OF Chicago.
Frank Sedgewick OF Palmer.
Express Messenger John McMasters Of
Springfield
Brakeman J. H. Murray of Greenbush.
ny
Baggagemaster George W. Morse of Bos-
ton.
Wagner Conductor J. c. stackpole of
Hartford
r. O. Il Hitchcock Of Bellows Falls, VT.
MIRA J. g. Winchell Of 0nslda, N. Y.
An unknown woman, plsiply dressed,
apbarsntly about as yeafs tt age.
There were sbont 10 seriously injured
and five or six may die.
The wounded.
The wounded arc As follows, Mira Rev.
pr. Lewellyn Pratt OF Norwich, Conn,
cut hand. right thigh sprained-
Robert Cuckson Of Boston, Wagner car
porter, badly scalded.
Murray Graves Of Boston, right hand
fractured and broken forearm.
Ethel Carson OF Dalton, shoulder
spfained.
John Carson of Dalton, bruised
Louis Buchanan Of Boston, badly
bruiseA.
John Plat Of Rivsrton, N. j., bruised.
MIRA John Platt Of Riverton. N. j..
bruised.
MA DR.. Alice Littel of Brookline, bad
sca1b wound.
NJ r. Leach of Rainfall, left thigh frao-
tursd.
Mira James 7. Eldredge Of Boston. bro
ken hip; fractured shoulder.
Mn II. E Whitney Of Cleveland, badly
bruised and scalp wound.
Mn j. NJ Winchester Of West Rox-
bury, bruised
s0mner Cumming of Worcester, COM
pound fracture Of the leg and bruised.
Willesley Porter Of Boston, fractured
AftAur Williams of Lenox, bad scalp
wound-
Frank Lang Of Chicago. bruised chest
and back.
Winthrop Wade Of Boston. fracture of
thigh
Qra Helen Rich Of Pittsneld, cut face.
Wsltsr Hawkins Of Pittsfeld, bad scalp
wound and confusion of nose.
Lewis Mitchell Of Albany. badly bruised
and fractured ribs.
william Horton Of Albany, locomotive
engineer. badly bruised, left hip broken
nd Internal injuries feared
J. waldron johnson Of Boston, bad
sdaIe wopnd.
{6hn E@syyon, brakeman, of Boston.