Show ACCIDENT A disputer occary new boston several persons killed creat suffering BOSTON aug 20 special one of the most disastrous railroad accidents that ever occurred in the vicinity of boston and one that rivals the wollaston aaton disaster of october occurred yesterday afternoon and on the same road the old colony and very near the same locality in the wollaston fifteen were killed and nearly injured yesterday fifteen persons were killed twenty three seriously injured three fatally and several more sustaining slight injuries the train wrecked yesterday yeste iday was the Wood shall express which is due at boston at 1 50 p m it consisted of a locomotive baggage car smoker pullman car and four ordinary coaches heavily loaded the train had passed dumcy station running ten miles per hour aad just beyond presidents bridge the engine left the track from a cause at present unknown and plunged into an embankment twelve feet high the tender baggage car smoker and pullman passed by the engine and were stretched along for a distance of feet beside the track the foremost passenger coach left the rails and fell upon its I 1 left side upon the engine the lower forward portion was torn to pieces and of the passengers in the cars some fifty in number many were thrown into a corner from which eleven dead bodies were afterwards taken out the escaping steam and smoke from the engine instantly filled the car the forward cars were forced up over the outward bound train completely block all day and night only three persons on the train of the head pa passenger csenger coach was injured these were the fireman who taa instantly killed and onried under the engine and engineer and pullman car conductor benson who were both badly injured in three rear passenger coaches the occupants received no worse injuries than a slight shaking up the first passenger coach was the principal scene of death and agony and the experience of the unlucky occupants were probably never exceeded in and suffering in any railroad wreck in recent years the lawyers of america SARATOGA N Y aug 20 special the american bar association began its thirteenth annual convention today to day the address of the president and routine business occupied the morning and afternoon sessions the convention will be in session until friday evening there will at this meeting become interesting features aside from the regular business such as a paper by henry C tompkins of alabama on the necessity of uni in abe law governing cm mercial paper a paper by dwight H olmstead of new york on land with an explanation of new york block indexing and a paper 1 duncombe Dnn combe of iowa on election laws encampment N J aug 20 special the annual methodist camp meeting begane today to day with an elaborate pro gr the services are to be well nigh continuous and a number of noted methodist preachers and laymen are present this place is much quieter and more secluded than ocean grove and the discipline is more strict if anything democrats in south carolina RALEIGH N 0 aug 20 special the state democratic convention was called to order at noon by edward 0 smith chairman of the democratic state executive committee the plat is in harmony with the declarations of ane last Mat ional democratic conven on all public questions tie farmers alliance is thoroughly organized in but it is understood it wi not act independently of old party elihee A bail of st louis ST louis aug 20 special she will institute proceedings ce against several grocery men and peddlers for sell milk adulterated with a powder called pera ervaline composed it is alleged by chemists of deleterious substances such as and doaa it is sari and si stuff has been than ever before the lacker otyce tempting abo farmers and deafer s alike to resort to questionable method sio keep milk missions NASHVILLE tenn aug 20 special hiie board of oi the methodist south met in called today to day to take action with reference to tha resignation of dr A C smith one of the recently elected inise 1 |