The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-02
Northampton Road Passen- ger Goes Through Wash-
 out Near PIainviIIe.
FOUR PERSONS ARE KILLED
ENC. $. SEARLES AND BAGGAGE.
 MANBARROWS AMONG THEM.
Both Live in Now Hnven-Thc Other Two Dead Arc Unknown Pussengers-- some Seventeen Others IAtured. u Number of Whom Also Live in New Haven--The Lists.

Plainville, March IA passenger
 train, southbound, on the Northampton division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, due in this city from Shelburne Falls, Mass, at 6:55 p. m., went through washout about two miles north of here, tonight, and four persons were killed and fifteen more or less injured. The dead are: Stephen Searles, engineer, married, 172 Howard avenue, New. Haven.
 Edward .i'!nl ,d BarroWs, baggage master, un-
 Two unknown passengers. The body of one passenger killed has been recovered: the other Is still in the wreck.
 The injured are:
 Jacob Corpre fireman, unmarried. New Haven, probably fatally.
 C. w.. Phillips, express messengers New Haven, injured about head.
 William Seymour. mail clerk, New Has ven, right leg hurt.
 Charles R. Neale conductor, 14S Howard avenue, New Haven, slight injuries.
 Passengers:
 George N. Merrill, Bristol, internal ins
 J. T. Newton. ice dealer. New Haven. right arm and left leg injured.
 Charles Hills, Hartford, cut about the
 F. Stanley Barnes, simsbury, injured about back and head
 J. w. Grannis, New Haven, ribs frac. tured and right side injured.
 Joel Camp, New Haven, right shoulder ina jured.
 H. Redfeld, New Haven, both arms broken, hurt about the head.
 k ". Eagan, collector, New Britain, hurt
 ". A. Minor, mail clerk, shelburne Falls.
 John Kane, Simsbury, hand crushed.
 The dead were taken to Farmington by a special train, accompanied by Medical Examiner OsbornSof Southiflg. ton ana Medical Examiner vvriKiit uff P1ainville. The injured were later takt en to the Hartford hospital.
 The wrecked train was made up of engine, baggage and mail car, co1nbina- ton car, passenger car and the pay car in the rear. The train was nearly one and one-half hours late and was pro- ceeding cautiously when it struck the washdut The engine passed over safe- ly, but the baggage car was derailed and slipped it's trucks. It landed in it's natural position, but when it fell it dragged the engine with it, and lies at the foot of the embankment mass Of wreckage with the combination car on top of it, and the engine partly so.
 The two unknown passengers killed were in the smoker. There were no women aboard the train at the time, and according to Conductor Neal but nine passengers. Seven escaped with injuries but aside from the unknown man taken from the wreck it is be1iev- ed that another man lost his life Both the killed and seriously injured pass engers were riding in the smoker.
 Jacob Corper, the fireman, jumped as the engine rushed over the embank- ment, but he was so seriously injured that little hope is entertained of his The unknown man, whose body was taken from. the wreckage, was about fifty years of age, weighed about 200 pounds, red hair, and wore dark clothes He was taken from the smoker and mail car, dead. 'Roddey" Degan of Bristol, who was riding in the smoker with the two un- known men that were killed, escaped almost by miracle with but few bruises.
 The scene of the wreck is ordinarily l small rivulet, the waters of which low through a spacious culvert. To- lay however, the water assumed great 1T proportions than the culvert was able Q carry away, and owing to the quick and nature of the embankment it was luickly washed away. A freight train lad passed over the place less than half In hour previously.
 Owing to a Wash-out at Cheshire 1t vas impossible to get relief train from New Haven, and likewise it was impos- ible to send a wrecking train from Hartford, and the only assistance that ,ould be given the injured was from attracted to the scene. There were 150 mail pouches in the wrecked nail car and but seventy-five have been accounted for.
 Later--From reports sent in from va- ious stations along the route it is esti- mated that there were fully score of messengers aboard. Conductor Neale vas so excited tonight that he was un- ble to give a definite estimate, as he
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