The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-01

Mrs. IA. A.. - y. SssysI.nu, BADLY
bruised and scalp wound.
Mrs. J. NJ. Winchester of West Rox-
bury, bruised.
Sumner Cumming ..of Worcester, com
pound fracture OF the leg and bruised.
Wellesley Porter Of Boston, fractured
thigh.
Arthur Williams of Lsnox, bad scalp
wound.
Frank Lang of Chicago. bruised chest
and back.
Winthrop Wade of Boston. fracture OF
thigh.
Mrs. Helen Rich of Pittsflrld, cut face.
Walter Haw kins of Pittsfield, bad scalp
wound and confusion of nose
Lewis Mitchell OF Albany, badly bruised
aud fractured ribs.
William Horton OF Albany, locomotive
engineer. bSdly bruised, left hip broken
and internal injuries feared.
j. Waldron johnson of Boston, bad
scalp wound.
John Emerson, brakeman, of Boston,
LETT eye badly bruised.
w. II. Russell OF West1eld, both legs
injured.
Il. h. Adams of ITolyoke, head bruised
Mrs. Avery Of Holyoke, hip injured.
Mrs. John J. Howard, of Boston, whose
stage name is Hattie Blanchard, was one
of the five saved in the sleeper next in
front of the dining car, which was the
worst wrecked. She left Albany where
the John l.. Sullivan company had ap-
peared the night before.
She says that she felt the car going
down and reached for her hat In the seat in
front In an instant she was pinned down
with beam across her waist. A chande-
lier had crashed down over head She ex-
tricated herself and turned to Mrs Bishpam,
who was crying for help. Her head was
wedged under car seat arm. When she
saw It was impossible to extricate the
woman, the poor victim squeezed her hand
with "God bless you. good by"
There are only a few ho1ses In the vicin-
ity and a man driving 10y whipped up his
horses and gave the alarm through the
village street.
In a few minutes hundreds were on the
scene. The shrieks Of the imprisoned were
most terrible, and scores OF people looked
on completely unnerved. The heroes OF
the hour were Dr. George l.. Wood of Col.
linsville, who went to the train to meet
his wife, and the colored porters and wait
ers in the dining car. Although their
faces were bruised and cut and covered
with blood they did splendid work. The
village people soon recovered from the
shock and were hard at work The hospi.
tai was group of apple trees in an ad-
joining orchard, where a score were taken
Ok teams brought loads of straw, cushions
bedding and food. The wounded were soon
removed to the houses Of N. A. Harwood,
Washington Moore and j. G. Crocker, and
all that remained on the apple -strewn
ground were 13 bodies covered with red
blankets from an adjoining stable. Many
of the dead were horribly mutilated. heads
crushed In, limbs torn, and often only
recognizable from the clothing.
bridge was supposed To ne strong.
The bridge over which the train went
was what Is commonly known among rail-
way men as AN iron lattice bridge, which
is usually considered very strong. The en-
tire length Of the bridge, including the two
spans, was 22l feet, and its height about
20 feet. The bridge was first built about
% years ago, but since that time 1t has
been repaired several times, aud 1t was
considered safe. 1t is the second bridge
over the Westfield river, and in the I'M
mediate locality was known us the Will
cut bridge. 1t is about 20 miles from
Springfield
a Providence Passenger.
Among the passengers on the il-fated
train was Mrs. l.. 4. r gers OF
this cit. Shs was on her way
home from Great burlington and
was in the next TO he | ,st car. The din
ing car which just preceded it was
hauled from the bridge, but that
car kept tie track. Although
considerably bruised ard cut with flying
glass she was no, seriously injured and
con inued her trip to this city today.
William Schedley. saloon keeper on
Uhiou street. is thought To haze
Uecn in the wreck. he was
on bis way home from Chicago aud had
notified his manager here that he would
cJme through on that train. Nothing
has beer heard from him aud IL is sup
posed that hs was among the uuiienti-
fled Injured AIKEN To Il ston.