The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-28
CAR BLOWN Up.
Nine Persons Are Killed and Hi1e,
Teen Are Injured.
TRAGEDY OCCURRED NEAR BOSTON
Express Wagon Dropped Fifty Pound
Box of Dynamite on Track
Which Car Struck With
Terrible Results.

An outward bound electric car con-
tanning thirtytwo persons, was blown
upin Melrose, Mass, Wednesday night
by striking a fifty pound box Of dyna-
mite that had fallen of an express
wagon. Six persons we're killed out
right; three more died OF their In
lures within an hour, and nineteen
others on the car were taken to the
two hospitals suffering from severe In
juries. At least score Of persons In
the immediate vicinity Of the explo-
sion were hurt By flying glass and
splinters.
The following dead have been
identified.
DR.. Malcom E. McLennan, Melrose
Highlands.
E. B. Haynes, tMelrose. 4
Winfield Rowe, Saugus, Mass, mo-
torman.
E. A. Stowe, South Boston.
HIGu -. N1dtSlAdAl, OSocOAs
The unidentified dead were three
women and a 3.year-old girl.
Edward a. Waterhouse, OF Mel
rose, had foot anputated, and was
otherwise badly injured. r.
Dr.. Perry, Of Wakefield, had both
legs broken.
Mrs. John Conway, Of Merose, had
both legs broken.
George e. Andrews, Of Melrose, re-.
Fceived compound fracture OF the
left leg and his foot also was amputa-
ted.
All OF these are Likely to die.
So great was the force OF: the explo-
sion that all but ten feet OF the rear
portion Of . the car was blown into
small pieces, while windows within a.
radius OF q quarter OF q mile we're
shattered.
The immediate vicinity Of the acci-5
dent presented fearful spectacle
when those in the neighborhood
reached the scene. The ground was
strewn with legs, arms, and other
portions Of the bodies Of those who.
lhad been killed, while shrieks and;
groans came from the wcithing forms:
of the injured. s.@
The car contained mostly men ON
their way to their home in the city,
the accident taking place only aquar-
ter of mile from Melrose centre.
Within few minutes crowd had
collected and the injured were cared
for until the physicians, not only from
Melrose, out from Medford, Everett
and Maiden reached the scene.
For more than three hours there
was the greatest confusion and it was
difficult to obtain the names Of any OF
the dead or injured, or to ascertain
the cause Of the accident.
Thousands of people rushed about
trying to find relatives and friends,
and the hospitals were besieged.
The police announce that the cause
| OF the wreck was the striking OF a If
ty-pouni box OF dynamite, which had
fallen from an express wagon just
ahead OF the car. The express wagon
; was dri a by Boy Fenton, who dis
covered that the box had dropped of
and rushed back to take it off the
track, but before be got within hum
dred yards Of the box the car came
along and was blown up. Fenton vas
taken into custody by the police.
The police arrested Boy Fenton,
driver Of an express wagon. Fenton,
: it was learned, was carrying two fifty
pound boxes of dynamite on his wagon
. and did not know until be reached
The express Office that one of the boxes
: had dropped of. He hurried back in
, the hope Of picking it up, but the
electric car reached the box first.
The force Of the explosion was ter.
: rife, and the report was heard many
miles. Directly opposite the scene
was the Masonic Building every win.
dow Of which was shattered, ano
r through one of the windows a human
: foot was blown. A score Of persons
r within a hundred yards Of the cal
4 were knocked down and rendered dea.
q by the conclusion.
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