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Show LBrW. U. Telegraph. TERRIBLE RAILROAD DISASTERS DISAS-TERS IN MASS ACHLSETTS AND PENNSYLVANIA. Boiton. 27. A frightful accident occurred last night on the Eastern K. R. at Revere, seven miles from Bos ton. The accommodation train had started behind time and, while stopping stop-ping at the station at Revere, the Portland lightning espress overtook it and telescoped it, killing twenty-one passengers outright, of whom three were women, and wounding forty or fifty more. The cars took fire and two or three were consumed. Most of the wounded were scalded and their limbs fractured. The killed and wounded belonged mostly to Lynn and Salem. The appalling disaster caused intense in-tense excitement tc-day. Largo crowds visited the scene. At the time of the collision the accommodation train for Beverly held its red signals behind and red signals hoisted mast head, as a signal tor the express train to hold up, which it did at Everett, but it subsequently subse-quently proceeded and was under full headway when near Revere station. The engineer was evidently not aware of the proximity of the Beaverly train until within sixiy rods, he then whistled ''down brakes," but not soon enoungh to avoid the caianiity. Some of the passengers in the rear part of the accommodation train heard an ominous whittle, but too late to escape. On came the express train at great velocity, and the engine struck the rear car lull in the centre, and forced its way in telescopic manner man-ner two-thirds the length of the car. The smoke-stack was instantly knocked off, and the boiler penetrated the whole length into the rear car, which was crushed Into a thousand splinters. The car was crowded with people, every scat being occupied and many standing in the aisle. In among these the locomotive locomo-tive rushed quick as a flash,ju3t as the Beverly train had started, mangling and tearing in amostfrightiul manner. Simultaneously with the collision, the head-cap of the boiler was broken, which enveloped the sufferers in a cloud of hissing steam and deluged them with boiling water, which brought instant death to many of the wounded and will prove fatal to many others who would probably not have been otherwise seriously injured. Although tho Beverly train was just moving when the collision took place it did not prevent injury to the cars in front of it. The coupling between the two rear cars broke, and the platforms of all of thorn werejammedup together with thosmok ing car. The kerosene lamps upset and the contents were spilled upon the upholstery and in an instant the smoking smok-ing car was in a blaze. The flames traveled with great speed from one car to another until three of them were embraced in fiery folds. Those, subsequently, subse-quently, were moved up the truck half a dozen rods, and let burn until nothing noth-ing was left, the passengers having escaped. es-caped. An effort at first was made to put out the tire, but this was prevented, i and the flumes were useful in lighting up the dreadful scene iu the rear, and facilitated services for tho wounded. wound-ed. The work of rescuing tho victims at once commenced, assistance being soon furnished from Chelsea, Charles-town, Charles-town, and at a late hour from Boston, including surgeons and physieiaus. Dozens of poor creatures were jammed with ll" WOO-1 rwl iw.n-wnvWiliaeOIiJr not get out. An axo was applied vigorously vigor-ously and soon a rope applied to the ribs of the car and all the remaining framework was pulled asunder. The dead and mangled dodies were taken out carefully and speedily placed on the platform or in the depot. Some had been pinned with splinters, some had arms and legs broken, bro-ken, while others were mangled beyond recognition. Many, in fact the major-ivy major-ivy of tho dead, wero apparently Irce from bruises; but the peeling skin and deathly pallor which overspread the liiec and flesh, told plainly that steam and scalding water had been the frightful fright-ful and effective agents of death. The following is the list of killed up to the present: H. F. S hat tuck, C.B. Shat-tuck, Shat-tuck, Susan F. Cheney, W. II. Jeffreys, Jef-freys, Ella Pierson, James Burns and Tbos. F. Bancrolt, of Lynn; E.F.San-burn, E.F.San-burn, II. A. Foster, Miss Foster and Wm. ll.Emcrton, of Providence; S.S, Morrill, of Danvers ; George W. Bancroft Ban-croft and Wni. A. Seolc, of Beverly ; Rev. Dr. S. R, Mason, ol Cambridge; Bsv. Dr. E. S. Gannett, of Boston; Aaron Erickson, of Swampcott; Mrs. P. C. Jasper, K. D. Miller, Mary A. Crowley, and two bodies unrecognized, makmg24 in all. Ihe total number of wounded is between thirty and forty, most of whom are likely to recover A Coroncr,s inquest will be held to-morrow. Kcv. Dr. Gannett was a well known pastor at Arlington Street Church, and formerly colleague of the lato Dr. Channing. Dr. Mason, of Cambridgeport, was also a man of note, and greatly beloved by his congregation. congrega-tion. Public sentiment is strong against the conductor and engineer of tho express ex-press train: The engineer escaped with afew bruises by jutnpingfroni the train. The accommodation train was forty-five minutes iatc, which fact it is said was known to the manager of the express train. Among the wounded are Frank B. Colling, Treasurer Grund & Co., Edmund Ed-mund B. Hail of E. B. Hall & Co.,and Wm. Loyd Garrison, Jr., of Bailey Jenkins & Garrison, wool dealers. A young man viewing the wreck to-day from the rear platform of a car was thrown off by the sudden start of the train and fatally injured. i'jric, Pa., 27, Between seven and eight o'clock yesterday a. m., near West port station, on the Philadelphia and Eric R, R., the mail train going west had a collision with a freight train going cast. The conductor and fireman of the mail tiain and two passengers and the conductor and engineer of the freight train were killed. Three passengers were dangerously danger-ously injured. Lesser injuries were sustained by a dozen other passengers. The passenger train was about an hour late leaving Williamsfort and running thirty-five mi.ea an hour, and the freight train (eighteen) meeting it on a sharp curve thuy were not visible to each other till within a lew yards. The speed was not checked and the baggage bag-gage car telescoped with the smoking car. All but a few passengers in the two cars in the rear were injured. An official investigation shows that the accident ac-cident was caused by the neglect of tbe conductor and engineer of the mail train to obey orders given them not to pass West port until tho freight train had arrived there. A copy of the orders was found in the pocket of the encineer, who was believed to be fatally injured, but later intelligence reports him improving. |
