The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

house after many hours of intense suffer
ing. Mr.. Cunningham was about 70 years
of age and he was terribly injured inter
nally. The large sum of money which
was found in his pocket book was taken
in charge by Coroner Lancaster. At 6
o'clock Rev. Father McGrath Of Winn,
who received internal injuries and a
broken hip breathed his last at the same
parish house to where he was removed
and tenderly cared for by Rev. Father
Generoux Saturday evening his case was
not considered critical but along towards
midnight he rapidly grew worse and died
at the above named house. The dead
priest was well known throughout Maine.
He had been to Bangor on visit to the
clergy in that city and was on his return
home when the accident happened.
Touching references to his death were
made in all OF the churches in Bangor,
Orono, and Oldtown at this mornings
service.
David Frank Atherton of Augusta.
Howard Lewis Maddocks of Skow-
hegan, Sylvester Beane Of Berlin
Falls. NH. and Eugene T. jenkins, the
brakeman on the train, who were the
most severely injured are all in bad shape,
and there is not much hope of their re-
covery.
Atherton, besides having fracture of
the skull had an ear almost cut off and
his neck tore opon and he complains of
an injury at the base Of the brain. He
was unconscious during the night but to-
wards morning he revived and told DR..
Bayard the attending physician all about
himself his relatives, etc., and spoke
about other matters which should be
looked after in case he died. Then he
went off into stupor and he had not re-
covered consciousness at six O'Clock to-
night.
Maddocks is in even worse shape than
Atherton. The fracture of the skull from
which he is suffering is a bad one. The
injured young man is a member OF the
junior class at Orono and is one of the
most popular boys in school. He belongs
to well known Skowhegan family His
mother arrived here on the morning train
today and Is tenderly caring for her son,
together with the kind assistance of the
people at the home of Mrs. Calvin John
son, who is nurse of rany years expert
ence. Atherton is receiving the best OF at
tention at Joseph Smiths home.
Frank Jenkins, the brakeman, was pre-
pairing to jump from the train when the
car tipped over. He was thrown high in
the air and when he come down struck
right in the midst of a mass OF truck
frames The doctors say that jenkins in
juries cannot be fully determined at this
time. He had q leg badly broken, several
ribs were crushed and his internal in
juries are most severe. jenkins is un
married. His mother lives in Vanceboro
and is expected here Monday. The injured
man is at L. B. Johnson's.
Sylvester Beane of Berlin Falls, was
formerly connected with the railroad
when he lived in Passadumkeag. He is
now in the employ of the Berlin Mills
Lumber Co. He and his wife and child
were going to Passadumkeag to make
visit. The doctors say that the chances
for Beane's recovery are very small. His
wife was injured badly about the head
but today is more comfortable and will
come out all right. The child is in the
care of friends.
A, B. Nolan of St. John, N. B., a
travelling man. was in the wreck and
was badly hurt. He had three ribs
fractured and breast bone broken. He
will be removed to the hospital in Ban
gor, Monday. His sister has been notified.
Julian H. Merrill. the representative
of Milliken, Tomlinson = Co., OF Port
land, who did such heroic work In saving
people from the wreck, and who fell ex-
hausted in the snow, is at the Penobscot
Exchange in Bangor and is suffering
from injuries in the back. The senior
member of his firm came to Bangor sun
day morning.