Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-02-04
DEATH ON RAIL.
Maine Central Express Train
Hurled in Ditch.
Four Dead AMI Many Injured
Cause Not Definitely Known.

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( nnnkmsnt President Wilson and the other
/ nc,unnnt. were NOT ininrrJ and
. inmediataIv returned 10 Hangor
/ The locomotive tender left the rails
INT the locomotive itself remnined on
I ana soon nrneaedpd to I'M station at Orono
/ Tb,. hasvy .taaI conrIinI, Iink Letween tbs
baggage ear and the locomotive was snapped
off like a piprstem. The five derailed cars
the hollow at the foot % the embankment,
and such was the speed OF the train when
/ the accident occurred that one or two Of the
ears went Il length ahead after rolling ON the
sides. All five cars stopped onthe sides and
I the passengers were taken out with great
difficulty. The accident was witnessed by
dozen people who were watching the ap-
proach Of the train. and help was soon at
hand. Those who arrived first at the scene
say that deathke stiffness prevailed dur
ing several minutes, ana was then broken
. by the cries OF the wounded, The work Of
rescue was prosecuted with yigor by the
trainmen, assisted by police officers from
Bangor and the vicinity, and the dead and
those seriously hurt were taken to the Orono
house and to the hall near by, both Of which
were for hours the scenes Of misery and
suffering, with crowds on the street in front.
/ The list Of killed and injured. rs now COM
/ pleted. accounts for 10 OF the passengers
! upon the ill-tated train. OF these four are
dead, two more may die and "a have injuries
/ varying in nature from slight to critical.
This is the list: The dead: Mrs. Jennie ).
! Murray, 90 years old, OF ~. stephen. \. H.,
| Instantly killed. Mrs. Daniel V. cunning
ham, 60 years old. Troy. Me. instantly killed.
Daniel '. cunningham, about 10 years Old,
| Troy, Me, died at o clock in the morning.
| The keN. fr. Matthew H. McGrath OF South
| Boston stationed at Nlnh, Me-, died at Il
o'clock the following morning. Seriously
injured: Stanley Bean, IassadumEeag, Ne,
condition critical; Howard l.. Maddocks'
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