The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-16

provided by people living near the de-
pot
All Were dead when taken from the
wreck but Mr. Plouff. FIR. Charland.
pastor of the Church Of the Assump-
ton, was summoned and administered
the last rites of the church to Plouff,
and he was carried as quickly as pos
sible to his home, about mile out. on
the central road toward Bramanyille.
DR.. Lincoln and DR.. Charles Booth
worked over Welch, White and Shea
for many minutes after they were talk
en- to the New Haven depot.
Both doctors rushed from their homes
at the general alarm, and resorted to
all the extraordinary respiratory pro-
cesses known to medical science to
maintain life, but to no avail. Not a
sign of life was evident.
Chief of Police Thomas Dolan tele-
phoned Medical Examiner F. H. Baker
of Worcester, and he with DR.. c. f.
Stevens, who happened to be at DR..
Bakers office, on Pearl street. FASTENED
to the scene. On their arrival at the
Consolidated depot, they were met by
Patrick +. Buckley and Chief of Police
Dolan, who directed them to the wait
ing room, which at this time was
turned into a temporary morgue.
The body of Conductor Fred White
rested on a mattress alone near the
radiator on the south side of the room,
while the bodies of Shea and WEIGH
were upon mattress in the centre OF
the room.
Welch's right arm was broken while
Conductor Fred White apparently suf-
fered from no Commissions or bruises.
Shea presented a pitiable sight, his
face being covered with blood from a
wound OH his right temple, which in
itself would have been sufficient to
cause death.
Dr.. Baker, with DR.. Stevens, careful
ly examined the bodies of the deceased
DR.. Baker told Spy man that the
cause of death in each case was drown
ing.
Drs. Beauregard and Church arrived
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examination of Plouff, decided, with
the approval of DR.. Lincoln, that Plouff
was in condition to be moved to his
home, and that his injuries were not
serious. PIouff suffered from a severe
cit near the right eye.
Plouff was unconscious when taken
from the wreck, and was accompanied
to his home by DIR. Beauregard. He
talked in an incoherent manner to a
Spy man about the accident, uttering
cries for help.
He was unable to give any account
of the manner in which the accident
took place or what happened to the
car to cause it to leave the track. He
did not even seem to be able to tell
where he sat in the car although he
endeavored to make his statements as
audible as possible. His home is in
Harrisville, and he was employed by
Warren A. Harris. He has a family.
He was resting comfortably last night,
at his home, and chances for his re-
covery are considered good by the doc
tors who examined him late last night.
He may be injured internally, but the
exact extent of his injuries could not
be determined.
Chief of Police Dolan is a brother
in-law of Welch and was going to his
home, in Bramanville, when the acct
dent occurred. While he was deeply
affected by the death of his brother-in-
law, no person present did more to get
out the bodies of the three dead men
and Plouff than he.
Plouff being the first to come out, was
hurried away, and when Weloh was
taken out it was expected by the crowd
that it would be too much for Mr.. Do
Ian to remain at work on the wreck.
He looked at the features of the dead
man, brushed away tear and con-
tinued to do what he could to get the
other bodies from the wreck.
The scene at the depot where the
bodies were taken is, beyond descrip-
ton. Hundreds Of people called at the
depot and the scene was pathetic in the
extreme. AS Medical Examiner Baker
conducted his examinations, friends of
the deceased and the few relatives who
CHANGED to be present were affected to
tears.
There the three bodies lay mute and
silent in death.
Up to a late hour froth came from
Whites lips, and as the doctors had
worked unavailingly over him, it made
an unusually deep impression The
other bodies lay stretched out stark and
stiff.
Citizens from all over the town gath
cred about the depot with offers Of
assistance. Women and children gath
cred about the depot, but were not ad-
mitted, and only those who had business
were allowed within the charnel house
A few sobs We're heard, and now and
then tear was seen, but otherwise all
controlled their grief
The Inflated car. according to the
statements of several of the railroad
men who were at the station last night
after the accident, was behind time
from 25 to 40 minutes, occasioned by the
slippery condition of the rails. 1t had
been gone from the center perhaps three
minutes when the accident occurred,
and was running ON the time of Con-
ductor r. ]. Sheehan's car, which
should have been crossing the bridge
about that time.
When at the center, Conductor shee-
han told Spy man, Conductor White