Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-02

sRRIsGFiEID, Msss., Sept. LA mass o;
! bent a:s.t tsssss-i iron. thousands Of splin-
! sers Of what we're encr integral parts 81
superb railroad ears, and scene OF desoia-
! fion and dixsss-r tells the obituary Of mort
I than dozen ulen and women who wers
passenger. on the Chicago special which
/ went through the bridge over westield
river. near Chester, yesterday afternoon.
Never in the history Of the Boston aud
/ Albany railroad has disaster 50 APPALLING
/ happened Co that corporation, and il VIII
/ last in the memory Of the present genera
/ fion rs one of the most disastrous wrecks
!, that has ever occurred In the Old Bay
state.
l The locomotive passed over the struc-
tuFe. bat was smashed, the water tank
being thrown a lonx distance The buffet,
two sleepers and q dining car were
smashed To kindling when they struck
the stream r. feet below. bat two day
coaches and Q smoker in the rear did not
ieave the track
The conductor WAS taking fickesa in q
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 aud the railroad hands say it was
going at the rate Of ~ miles an hour when
it struck the first of the two spans across
the WestfeId river. The locomotive
seemed to leap across the bridge a the
trusses collapsed and fell over To the
s9uth.
The shrieks Of the imprisoned were most
terrible. The dead were many of them
horribly mutiIated Mr.. Scull of Phila-
deIphia was with his sister, Mrs Bishop
ham, in a Wagner car. She was instantly
killed. and he was pinned down but finally
extricated When her body WAS laid out a
wrong name was affixed to the breast. aud
The officials called him TO see the Inutilat.d
face. which he had avoided.
Are you sure she is your sister," the
officials asked.
My God, il is, it is" he exclaimed,
while the bystanders turned away.
The Death List
The list Of the identified dead are:
j. ID. Dewitt Of Portland, Me, president
Of the Union Mutual Life Insurance COM
pauy.
T. X. Kelly of Boston.
Miss Susie Getting # Boston
Mrs. Z. d. Bshain OF Philadelphia
Miss Emma Deterly of Columbus, O.
H. c. Ives OF Chicago.
Frank Sedgewick Of Palmer.
Express Messenger John McMasters o..
Springfield.
brakeman j. H. Murray of Greenbush,
Ny.
Baggagemaster George W. Morse of B0s-
ton.
Wagner Conductor J. C. Stackpole of
Hartford
r. c. III Hitchcock of Bellows Falls, VT.
Mrs. j. 5. Winchell Of Oneida, n. Y.
An unknown woman, plainly dressed,
apparently about - years Of age.
There were about ID seriously injured
and five or six may die.
The Wounded.
The wounded are rs follows: Mrs Rev.
DR.. 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 aud broken forearm.
Ethel Carson of Dalton, shoulder
sprsined.
John Carson of Dalton, bruised.
Louis buchanan of Boston, badly
bruised.
John PIatt Of Rivertou, n. j., bruised.
Mrs John Piatt Of Riverton, \. j.,
bruised
Mrs DIR. Alice Littel of Brookliue, bad
scalp wound.
VI. f. Leach of Rainfall, left thigh frae-
tured. r7I..
Mrs. james T. Eldredge of Boston. bro
ken hip; fractured shoulder.
Mrs. IL. L. Whitney of Cleveland, 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 Lenox, bad scait
wound
Frank Lang of Chicago, bruised chest
aud back.
Winthrop Wade OF Boston, fracture o
thi2h.
Mrs, Helen Rich of Pittsti Id, cut face.
Walter Hawkins of Pittslield, 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
aud internal injuries feared.
J. Waldron johnson of Boston, bad
scalp wound.
John Emerson, brakeman, Of Boston,
left eye badly bruised.
W. II. Russell OF Westfeld both legs
injured.
Il. b. Adams of Holyoke, head bruised.
Mrs. Avery of Holyoke, hip injured.