The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-11-12
CRUSHED BY An ENGlLy.
Two Portland Men Very Badly Hurt
at Gilead.
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON A SPUR
OF THE GRAND TRUNK.

Fhe Engine Leaped the Irons and Went
Over-The Injured Men Are Allen Nc.
Dohald and Myron NJ. Fairbrother--
Both Seriously Injured--McDonald
Brought Home-The Other Left There.
A very serious accident occurred Sat
urday, on spur of the Grand Trunk
near Gilead-known as the Wild River
railroad-Saturday, that, resulted in
very dangerous injuries to two Portland
travelling men.
1t appears that some miles beyond Gill
cad, at Hastings, there is large lun-
Der camp, and 1T has been customary for
travelling men in order to reach the
camp, to hire locomotive from the
Grand Trunk. The road to the camp is.
very naturally, quite rough, as it is
simply used for hauling lum Der, and ii
connects with the Grand Trunk main
line.
Saturday last Mr.. Allen Mcdonald
OF this city, who travels for the
P.J.Sorg Tobacco Company of Ohio.
and Mr.. Myron N. Fairbrother of East
Deering, who travels for Thompson &
Hall of this city, hired an engine to
visit the camp. They passed over the
road all right, transacted their business,
and started on the return. Mcdonald
and Fairbrother were on ons side of the
cab, and the other men ON the
the other side. The locomotive was a
wood-burner, and there was quite a
quantity of large heavy wood in the
cab also.
just before reaching Gilead the en-
glne jumped the iorn, and as it dill so
fell over on it's side. As the engine ton
pied, the men on the other side from the
way it inclined jumped and escaped
with severe bruises. Messrs. Mcdonald
and Fairbrother also spranR out on
their side. but were not $50 fortunate as
their fellows. They fell partially un-
der the cab, the wood fell on them. and
escaping steam struck them AS quick
ly as possible the injured men were en-
tricated from their terrible predicsnept.
Mr.. Mcdonald suffered from a broken
arm, badly scalded leg. and it is feared
some internal injury. He managed,
however, to bear transportation to this
city, and was taken to his home at No.
142 Neal street, where DIR. Gordon set the
broken arm and attended to his other
injuries.
Mr.. Fairbrother, however, could not
bear transportation his injuries were
so serious. He was attended by DR.. Hill
of Bethel, and trained nurses were sent
from the Maine General Hospital to care
for him. MIR. airbrother is abous 81,
years of age, and has wife and thrc
daughters. One of the daughters T. !.
recent graduate of the Training Scho5l
for Nurses at the Maine General Hoslit-
al. and another is employed in one OF the
large dry goods stores in Portland.
The road on which the accident oc.
CURED is the same one on which a se-
rious accident occurred last winter.
Those on the engine at the time of
the accident were Conductor Griffin, En-
gineer Stewart, Fireman Pereival, and
Allen Mcdonald and MN. Fairhrother
of Portland. Mr.. Fairbrother is very
dangerously injured, and last night the
result was regarded.as in.doubt although
there is yet hope that if no change for
the worse takes place he may pull
through. As he lay practically pinned
down. he was exposed to almost all of
the escaping steam and is in bad con-
dition. The road has no connection
with the Grand Trunk, but is owned by
the lumber company.