The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-03
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Greenville, Me-, July IA terrible acci-
dent occurred to the Halifax express on the
Canadian Pacific railroad at S O'Clock this
morning at West Outlet stream three and
one half miles west of Moosehead station, by
winch nve persons were instantly killed and
eight injured, some fatally. AT the place
where the accident happened the track
crosses gorge some thirty feet deep over
rapid rocky stream on a wooden trestle with
an iron bridge in the centre. Some forty
feet of the western.e .end of sthe trestle col
lapsed beneath the train which was running
at rate of thirty-two miles an hour, and
all the cars except the rear Pullman were
hurled in rightful tumble to the bottom of
the gorge amid rocks and stumps, There
were hve cars In the train, four of which
were wrecked. an express car, mail car,
second class and first class coach The first
three cars were telescoped and thrown over
on their sides, their tops being torn off and
their tlmbers wrenched in hundred shapes
The great seventy pound steel rails were
bent an twisted amid the debris like ribbons,
and baggage and boxes were mixed with
mail matter in indescribable confusion. Be
meath this mass of jagged timbers and
ponderous pieces of broken trucks and
twisted iron, five passengers lay crushed to
death, while hobbling around and striving
to feebly help themselves were the wounded
some of whom were seriously hurt. The
killed are: Fred Leavitt, the engineer OF
Megantic, married, crushed under the en-
gine. Fred Foss, Canada Pacific station
agent at Greenyille, single, scalded to
death. Walter Starkly, mail clerk of St.
John, N. B., married, head crushed in and
G. G. Hoyt, passenger of Fort
Fairfield, Me-, breast cut open and bones
broken. An unknown second class passen-
ger is still in the wreck The wounded are:
Angus Mcdonald, fireman, single, concus-
sion of the brain and internal injuries. He
jumped to save his life and will probably
die. Charles Grant, station agent at Jack
man, single, conclusion of the brain and
scalds, condition serious. VIM. J. Kelly of
Megantic, baggage master. single, broken
arm and dislocated shoulder and will
probably recover. Devine, news agent of
Montreal, right arm cut and oontusions,
will recover. Richard Duke of New G.ou-
cester county, n. B., scalp wound Alex
ander Balfour of Nova Scotia, cut over the
eye. W. E. Williams of Manchester. Eng,
scalp wound. E. j. Mabenbank of Nova
Scotia, injury to thigh.
A wrecking train was sent from Brown
vile junction soon as the news of the
received. Upon it were DR.. j.
M. Boothhy, surgeon of the Atlantic division
of the Canadian Pacific road, with a corps
of physicians. Including DR.. Thompson of
Dover, DR.. Hiram Hunt of Greenville, and
DR.. Maloney of Jackman.
Upon reaching the scene of the accident
the wounded were gathered up and at
tended to with great care in a hospital i'm
provised from hand car, while the dead
were placed in the shade beneath the trestle
work.
DR.. G. P. Thomas of Brewer, was the first
medical man to reach the scene. and by his
timely aid undoubtedly saved several lives.
He was waiting the arrival of the wrecked
train at Moosehead station on his return
home from fishing trip. He was at once
taken to the wreck on a hand car and did
much needed work before the swrecking
train arrived The dead and injured were
put aboard a train and brought to sthe
Moosehead Inn at this place, where every
thing possible is being done for the
and arrangements are being made
for delivering the dead to their friends. The
accident was probably caused by the giving
way of the western end of the trestle at the
point where it joined the road bed. AS the
structure gave way the engine leftsthe track
and went plunging over the wooden ties
and hence off into space and down to de-
struction, followed, one after another by
the rear cars
An inquest will. be held upon the bodies of
the killed by Coroner W. H. Hanson of