New-York tribune., 1904-09-22
CAR HIT DYNAMITE. 9 DEAD
CARNAGE IN BAY STATE.
ErpIoare Fen from Uqgon on
the Track Mann Hurt.

Nelrose Mass. Sept. 21.-Au outward bound
Boston electric car. well loaded with people, was
blown 20 pieces az s o'clock tonight near WyO-
ming and Main sts. Nine people were killed
several fatally injured and at least fifteen re-
ceived severe wounds The cause Of the wreck
was the striking OF a nifty pound box OF dyna-
mite whicn had fallen from an express wagon
just ahead of the car The wagon driven
by Roy Feuton who discovered that the box
had dropped on and rushed back 70 take it OF
the track but before ne got within hundred
wards ~ che box the car came along and was
blown up Fenton was taken into custody by
the police
Late to-nish, the following dead have been
Identified.
NAYNEs z p. Fsir1our' N.iros-
M.rENNAN D- Nal-olr Mciro~s HjEr'are,
'',,. $50 's,' a, N1r9s~ srs,a Bo-paa '''''' '
ROWE. wiuaea. uor'ruan
.s,ed a Melro,e Hospital
The unidentified dead were three women and
a ,hrse-yeor-oid girl, one ~ the women died
a, the Meirose Hosoital.
Among those most seriously injured are the
follow ing
ANDREWS GEORGE II Melra,s. 7ompouai fracture ler'
CONWAY Mrs John Melrcs- both Iers broken below
LEE Martha wyoming scalp and breast roana
PATTEN. J 2. Merose Hlghlaats both ankles injured.
PERRY or wakeaeld both legs broken. ar sunnys.dr
yv,rrRjtoT,sr Edward No "a Rowe st Mero,e.
face and ankle fractured one foot amputated
The front portion NJ the car was blown in
every direction the front dashboard being
hurled more than atty feet. The rnotorulan G
r. Rowe was among the killed. The Immediate
neighborhoOd presented fearful spectacle. ana
the ground was strewn with portions Of the
bodies OF those who had been killed. So great
was the force OF rhe explosion that two men
standing in the door OF a store nifty feet away
We're severely injured 10y the flying pieces while
every window Within radius OF a quarter OF
a mile was broken.
Others who appeared 20 be at the point OF
death We're removed 20 nearby houses. while the
police began the grewsome work OF collecting
the dead Within fifteen minutes after the ac-
cident crowd Of TWO three thousand people
was at the scene. Relatives and friends OF
those on the wrecked ear were rushing abOU--
trying 20 ind their missing ones while many
others, who thought that some members of
their families might possibly have heen on the
car. were equally excited
There was large number OF people IN the
when II left Boston but several got OF al
Maiden and at the little streets beyond tarly
repnrts as TO the number the car when II
neared Wyomiug-ave. were confusing. but II
was generally asserted that there we're thirty, al
least on board. The contained mostly
working men, on their way 20 their homes III
this city. but among the dead was woman ana
her babe. The conductor, who stood on the
re:.r platform. not injured IN the least and
about ten feet of the rear end remained intact.
All the doctors In the city were summoned.
and others called from the nearby cities OF
Mcdford, Everett and Maiden, as well as from
Boston. The several injured We're lifted into
wagons carriages and automobiles ard taken
20 hospitals