St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 5, 1887

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No of this time it wi ad ready to serve. ro BROIL MEATS. coal-gas or smoke, ender and better in ed over the oiling in the oven . g. TH Ue 9 a — 1 t Cd og 5 « 0 a‘ . ot * 7 - 4 AV id - 4 * . § : i. os Le Sw ta : * N 0 4 ny 7 . * * N. . 85 * ost - Dispatch. Consecrated by the PEOPLE.| SATORDAY'S Post-Dispatch OI. 37.—NO.: 186. i dia „ ‘FEBRUARY 5, 1887. TWELIVYE PAGES. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, BY CARRIER, FIFTEEN CENTS A WEEK. — 4 — Dre — ~~ — . . Are K in Need of a | 600 | If so go direct to JORDAN'S, fever thought fo Ue Lghe largest assortment of GOOD goods A. J. TO Manufacturer of FINE CUTLERY, 612. „„ „ WASHINGTON -AVENDBM.- „ 1 — ' : , 0 1 9 ¥ 2 n ‘> * . 1 * — WEEKLY or MONTHLY PAYMENTS HOUSEKEEPING. Come and see om eae I Allg > gs 4 — l ; , . : , . ’ : E „ ie > 4 . ’ , , Be > — reports Bridge, at West Hartford, Vt., were of a very indefinite character, Owing probably to the distance of the scene of the wreck from a place whence direct communication could be had. All reports agree, however, that the ac- cident is a very serious one. reported that fifty persons had been killed, and in fact this statement has not as yet been 3 AT A Frigttful Disaster on. the * * N ' 6X The Montreal Night press Wrecked and Burned. Nearly Sixty Persons Killed Alive. dent Ever Known in New England. Passengers Dashed Into a Frozen River. Nearly All the Passengers from New York and Boston En Route to the Montreal Carnival—Rescuers Obliged to Stop Work on Account of the Intense Cold—Heart- rending Scenes at the Wreck—A Partial List of the Victims—The Demolished Coaches and a Bridge Entirely Destroyed by Fire—Twenty Bodies Recovered from he & Victims. Woodstock, Vt., two miles north of White River Junction, and the sleeping and passen- burned is also reported to be large. Conduo- tor Sturtevant was fatally burned. The acol- Road. ASSUMING FRIGHTFUL PROPORTIONS. Woodstock Bridge, assumes frightful propor- the Vermont Central Railroad with connec- tions at White River Junction with the Mon- treal express from Springfield, one sleeping- attached the Boston & Montreal train. Frank Wesson, firm of Smith & Wesson, pistol manufacturers, life is large. further particulars can be obtained. SIXTEEN PERSONS KILLED. A dispatch from Troy, N. Y., says: It is reported here that there were sixteen persons killed in the accident last night on the Ver- mont Central Railroad, near White River Junction. THE TRAIN. The train consisted of one sleeping-car and a passenger coach from here, one Chicago sleeping-car connected at White River Junc- tion, one Boston sleeping-car, one mail car from Boston and one other passenger coach, one baggage and one express car. A FATAL DELAY. Frank L. Wesson, who was killed, was about 85 vears of age and leaves a wife and four chil- dren. He married the daughter of John Lov- John W. Lovell, the New York publisher. He morning by the day express, but there being no parlor car attached to thetrain he deferred his departure until 8:15 o’cloek night, taking the sleeping-car through to Montreal. his sister-in-law, Miss Lovell, whowas teturn- ing to her home in Montreal. that she was not seriously injured. TWENTY KILLED. about as many more were injured. THE TRAIN AND BRIDGE BURNED. A dispatch from Bradford, Vt.,to the As- sociated Press, giving another account, says: The night express which left White River Junc- tion, bound for Montreal, filled with passen- gers from Boston and New York for the Car- nival, was wrecked at the first crossing of the White River. baggage-car, two passenger coaches and two sleeping-cars plunged over the bridge, sixty feet into the river. Before the engineer or any one could get to the wreck the cars had caught fire and burned. The bridge also was burned and inside of twenty minutes all were destroyed. were killed. Henry Tuxbury of West Ran- doiph, Vt., a well-known lecturer, is among those killed. Arail broke, and the engine,one It is estimated that fifty persons TEN BODIES RECOVERED. A @ispatch from Concord, N. H., says: The of the accident on the Woodstock At rst it was - » K 1 eG 11 15 4 * ‘the beg. dual Vermont l. Outright or Cremated there was | train was stopped and ran back to the scene of The screams of the injured were The Most Horrible Railroad Abel- Coaches and Sleepers With Highty the Wreck—Efforts to Identify the Charréd and Mangled Remains of the SPRINGFIELD, Mass., February 5.—The night express train for Montreal, which left here at 8:15 o’clock last night, ran off the bridge at ger care and bridge were entirely burned. It is reported that there are a large number of persons injured. The number of killed and dent occurred probably between one and two o’clock this morning on the Central Vermont The accident to the Montreal express at tions as further particulars are learned. The train was the Boston & Montreal express on car and one passenger coach from which are son of D. R. Wesson of the was killed, and it is reported that the loss of At this hour (9:15 a. m.)no ell of Montreal, und was a brother-in-law of intended to leave for Montreal yesterday last He was accompanied by It is understood The latest reports received here state that the number of killed reaches twenty, and that } ; the passengers already been taken from the wreck, and that a number of injured passengers are being taken to the nearest places of shelter. More definite information will probably be obtainable ina short time. IDENTIFYING THE VICTIMS. Word has been received here that Edward F. Dillon of Springfield, Vt., was killed. He Was a member of the Sophomore class at Dartmouth, and piteher for the University Nine. A. B. Veasie, a classmate, was with him, but escaped uninjured. — — — THE FEARFUL CATASTROPHE. Uninjured Passengers in the Wreck Burned Alive—Terrible Holocaust. Concornp, N. H., February 5.—The express train that left Boston at 7 o’ciock last night met with a terrible accident near Woodstock, onthe Central Vermont Rallroad, at about 2:30 o’clock this morning. The train started from this cityon time, but was detained at White River Junction so it was about an hour and a half late when it leftthere, It consisted ot a locomotive, baggage car, postal car, two passenger coaches and two sleeping-cars, and Was running at the usual rate ofspeed. When about 200 yards short ofthe end of the Deck bridge, near the old Windsor Station, A BROKEN RAIL WAS 8TRUOK. The locomotive, baggage car and postal car broke away from the rest of the train, passing over the bridge in safety. The rest ofthe train was thrown from the rails, and oontinu on the road-bed until it came near the end of the bridge, but there it ran over the abutment and all of the cars fell into the White River, some fifty feet below. The gorge at this point is frightful, and when the cars went down A TERRIBLE CRASH. As soon as possible the detached part of the the disaster. heartrending. Assistance also came from the people living in the vicinity and everything was Gone to rescue and relieve the injured. Soon after help arrived it was discovered that are had started in the first passenger coach, and soon the entire train was ablaze, thus ADDING A NEW HORROR to the already frightful catastrophe. Those present were powerless to stop the fire and devoted themselves entirely to attempting to rescue those imprisoned in the wreck. The fescuers met another and an unexpected ob- Stacie inthe heat which had been so intense that they were obliged to relinquish their efforts to save the sufferers and were com- pelled to retreat to a place of safety for them- Selves and to become unwilling and horror- stricken witnesses of THE AWFUL HOLOCAUST. In addition to this, and to add to the terrors and sufferings of the passengers, the weather was intensely cold andthe heroic rescuers were hindered thereby in their work. No water could be obtained with which to check or extinguish the flames. The ice was several mohes thick on the river and there were no appliances at hand to raise it. Ira A. Ohase ot Bristol was at White River Junction when the ews of the disaster was received. He te the wreck on a special train. His story of the accident is as follows: MR. CHASE'S STATEMENT. „The train left White River Junction late, and the accident is thought to have occurred at about 2:18 a. m. A broken rail was discov- ered some 200 feet this side of the bridge, but whether this caused the accident or a wheel first broke itisin doubt. The locomotive and baggage and mail cars crossed the bridge in satiety. Two passenger coaches, the Boston sleeping-car ‘Pilgrim,’ and the Springfleld sleeper. ‘St. Albans,‘ went off the bridge at the end on tbe right hand side, and apparently TURNED BOTTOM SIDE UP in the fall. Men living near by stated that when they got to the scene there was no fire except in the forward passenger oar, but the flames soon spread to the other cars and then to the bridge. All were consumed. Twenty- six persons, so far as known, were taken out alive from the cars which were burned. Two of these are understood to be Mr. Wesson, pistol manufacturer of Springfield, and Ed. Brockelbanks, a brake- man, but they died soon after. The two pas- senger coaches were well filled and every berth in the Boston sleeping car was occupied and twelve in the one from Springfield, making the total number of passengers in the wrecked cars about eighty. This will probably make the number of the DEAD BETWEEN FIFTY AND SIXTY. The bridge was between thirty and forty feet above the water, which was covered with thick ice, making it probable that death re- suited from crushing and burning rather than from drowning. Several were penned up in the wreck who might have been rescued alive but for the flames. Brakeman Parker, who was on the forward end of the first passenger car, felt the jar and saved his life by jumping. He quickly secured a conveyance and carried the news to White River Junction. A PASSENGER’S ACCOUNT. An occupant of the Boston sleeper, whose name could not be ascertained, passed through here this afternoon. He said the car was full, every berth being occupied. The train was late out of White River Junction, and when it left it had the sleeper from Spring- field and besides a passenger car. He thinks it must have been about 2:10 o’clock in the morning, when he was awakened by the quivering of the car as if it was off the rails. This movement he noticed butashorttime, when he became conscious that the coach had gone over the abutment of the bridge and was sinking with frightful rapidity. To add to his consternation the car turned upside down, and when it struck the ice in the river THE TOP CRUSHED IN. He occupied the lower berthand by almost superhuman efforts succeeded in extricating himself from the wreck. He was well ac: qnaintead with the occupant of the upper berth—a Boston gentloman—and as quickly as possible, set himself at work to relieve his friend. He worked with energy and by kind words cheered him, but his efforts proved unsuccessful, and he was finally driven away by the flames, and be- came an involuntary witness of the horrible death of his companlon, who was BURNED BEFORE HIS EYES. He saw quite a number ot persons rescued, many with severe bruises and burns; but few bodies had been taken out when he left. At that time it was impossible to ascertain the names or the number ofthe victims. He ex- pressed the belief, however, that not more than thirty persons were killed. The railroad bridge took fire from the wreck and was total- ly destroyed, The accident isthe most terri- ple of any that has occurred in New England. 3 Napoleon Rosseau All Right. MANCHESTER, N. H., February 5.—Among on the fatal train which the bridge at Woodstock went through . several persons from this city, 22 7 4 4 = ys * * f 8 e bi 8 * * av — is Bnoilide Chagnon, clerk of the Club Joliet, which sent arepresentative this afternoon to look after his remains. Napoleon Rosseau of the Trappeur Club of Montreal, who was sup- posed to have been killed, stopped over in this city, and is all right. SCENES OF HORROR. Ineffectual Efforts to Rescue Passengers From the Burning Wreck. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt., February 5.— When the relief train from White River Junc- tion reached the wreck, the progress of the flames had been so rapid that the bridge and four cars had been practically destroyed. A few burning timbers were seen and the iron work of the bridge was scattered over the ground. The only house near the scene was that of Thomas Pingree, a farmer, and had it not been for his hospitable roof some of the injured would doubtless have PERISHED FROM EXPOSURE. The baggage and mail cars afforded accom- modations for a number of the wounded. Chas. M. Hosmer of Lowell, Mass., who was on the train, states that he was in a Central Vermont sleeping car. He says: ‘‘I can re- member twenty-one others who were in the car with me. I new none of them personally. There were five ladies among them. I was awakened bythe bumping ofthe car. Then came the crash and , ALL WAS DARKNESS andconfusion. Ido not remember hearing any screaming, but there were moans and calls for help. I found myself pinned down by aseat which lay across my hips, but I broke the window and some way, I cannot tell how, worked out of the window onto the car. I should think the car, DROPPED FIFTY-FIVE FEET. The other three cars were also on the ice, having broken away from the forward part of the train. My clothing, with the exception of two shirts and my socks, was torned from me in getting out. I lost everything also that I had with me. A gentleman who occu- pied berth next to the mine was strug- gling in the ruins and I sue- ceeded in extricating him. There was also a lady in theruins and underneath me, whom we succeeded in saving, but she was almost naked when we had taken her out. It was necessary to tear her clothing off to get her out. She proved to be Mrs. Pryden of Mon- treal. I think I was THE FIRST PERSON TO GET OUT. AMr. Hutchins of Braintree, Vt., escaped and assisted in saving others. I worked until I was so chilled I could do nothing more. Ina few moments after the crash the cars took fire and amid the flames, which lapped on the bridge and illuminated the valley fora long distance those who were unable to es- cape could be seen in the embrace of death. I cannot even now realize the terrible aspect of the last scene. When the flames burst out I could seethe imprisoned passen- gers either calling for help or insensible. I walked, or rather crawled, toa house, where I got some clothing. Out of the twenty-two in my car I personally know that NINB AT LEAST WEA SAVED... Mrs. Pryden was seriously injured in the back. I saw two of those in my car in flames. I remember a Montreal Trappeur who had been with his olub in Boston. He was accompa- nied byalady. He was saved, but his com- panion was lost.’’ FORTY KILLED. Word was sent here immediately af- ter the accident and a large force of men attended by several physicians repaired to the scene. Forty persons, it is supposed, were killed out- only of the killed were recovered from the flames. About fortyu es- caped, most of whom were badly injured. PARTIAL LIST OF THE KILLED. The list of killed, so far as learned, is as fol - lows: EDWARD BANGS. brakeman, of West Lebanon, N. H. F. L. Wesson of Springfield, Mass. S. 8. Westcott of Burlington, Vt. O. E. MLS of Iroquois, Ontario. E. F. DILLON of Dartmouth College, DANGEROUSLY INJURED. SMITH STURTEVANT, conductor, right side of body burned from head to feet and head se- verely bruised; cannot live. O. BOISERET, Angelina, Quebec, injured. L. COMBREMONT, New York, and back bruised. MITCHEL LACAILLODE, Lawrence, head and chest and back bruised. LosEs POULET, Quebec, right leg broken, head wounded. Mrs. W. D. DRYDEN, Montreal, contusion on back. GEORGE GENETT, Syracuse, N. Y., head cut open; back wounded. Horace Ju nau, East Pepperel, Mass., face, back and legs bruised. ANNA MourRpPHy, Boston, Mass., right cheer badly cut open; back bruised. HENRY TEWSKBERRY, Randolph, Vt., left leg and left arm broken. : Mrs. CHARLES KASTNER, Boston, contusions on back and limbs. Karim WAHL, Boston; severe scalp wound. J. O. Hutcunreson, Montgomery, Vt.; injured spinal column. JosEePH E. Jacqugs, Fitchburg, Mass.; contu- sion over eyes, hip and legs bruised. Henry Mor, Alburgh, Vt.; internally in- jured. ANDREW A. WHEELER, Fitchburg, Mass.; cut over eyes and face burned. Mrs. JOHN GRAHAM, Medford, Mass., ankle sprained; spinal column injured. JamMES KILEY BURKE, New York, left arm frac- tured; head braised. O. M. HosMER, Lowell, Mass., legs and body bruised. JOSEPH MAIGNET, Three Rivers, Quebec, body wounds. internally a Swiss, hips SLIGHTLY INJURED. Frep A. FisHER and Howarp F. Surrun, Gloucester, Mass. Miss MARIE SADLER, Orsmtern, Quebec. POLLY ARELL, Chicopee, Mass. HERBERT CUSHING, Middleboro, Mass. ANDREW A. WHEELER, Fitchburg, Mass, GEORGE PARKER, brakeman, St. Albans, vt. The above are all identified so far as known, TWENTY-SIX CHARRED BODIES. - On the ice at the bridge site are twenty- six charred and unrecognizable bodies. Doubtiess many are entirely cremated. The Central Vermont Railroad authorities were at the scene of the accident at an early hour, and are doing everything possibie to relieve the sufferers. * THE MISSING. No less than ten physicians were in attend- ance upon the wounded before 9 o’clock, One member of the Dartmouth party named O. F. Merrill, from New York, whose father is said to be connected with the WoRLD, and formerly ot the Boston Globe is right or burned to death. The bodies of three accounted for are a young Frenchman named George Bell of Bellow’s Falls, Vt., and Chas. W. Hall, a Boston drummer. Both of the — took the train at Clarenmont Junctic n, The Passengers. Boston, Mass., February 5.—No list of pa- trons of the sleeping car which left Boston was taken, but the employes at the station say there could not have been more than a dozen through passengers from thecity. Eleven pieces of baggage were reg- istered. Not even a list of the killed or in- jured as yet is received. Dillon, the Dartmouth Pitcher. HANOVER, N. H., February 5.—Edward F. Dillon of Springfield, Vt., who was killed, was a member of the class of ’89 at Dartmouth and one of the best college base ball pitchers. He was a nephew of Sydney Dillon, the New York railroad magnate. Another Victim. CLAREMONT, N. H., February 5.—It is said it is impossible to identify the dead. One of the victims is said to be Amos Wilder. 0 Roasted Alive. ROCKFORD, III., February 5.—For the past year James Oolligan, 80 years of age, has re- sided with his granddaug?rter, aged 20, and her child of 2 years. Last nicht the granddaughter went away leaving the old man and childin bed with a kerosene lamp on a stand near by. The old man. in getting out of bed, knocked over the stand, The lamp was broken and the clothing set on fire. A man who was pass- sing the house, heard the couple screaming and moaning, and broke in the door of the house. He found the old man on the floor, with his clothes on fire. It was with great difficulty that he rescued him from the flames and put out the fire on his person, The little child was literally roasted alive. The flesh dropped from one arm, sothat the bone and muscles were exposed. It lived but a short time after —— 1 The old man was seriously urned. Suffocated to Death. CHICAGO, III., February 5.—At a fire in the house of John Zimmerman, at No. 868 Thirty- third street last evening, two small children were suffocated to death. At the time of the fire the eldest daughter, pei was visiting a friend and had left the two little girls—Eva, ed about 4 and Emma, aged 6—alone. hen the fact of the presence of the children in the house was made known tothe firemen, two of the men entered the house and found the younger sis- ter upon the bed with her head covered by the pillow and the elder ina stairway leading to the attic where she had evidently run in her fright. Both children were dead though neither was burned. A Wrecked Schooner. CHARLESTON, 8. C., February 5.—The tug Thomas Morgan arrived here at 10 o’clock this morning from the wreck of the schooner Fred. W. Chase, and reports that the vessel is under water and being lashed by a tremen- dous sea which prevents the approach of either tugs or lifeboats. Threeof the crew were seen in the rigging and no other persons were visible. Later reports from the schooner Chase show that she is completely submerged. Eight men are in the ing, and the crew of the lite- saving station trying to reach them. A tug with life-boat and volunteers has gone down from the city. AN ELECTRIFIED CITY. Singular Atmospheric Conditions Expe- rienced in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Dr. Wm. M. Garrard is in the city to-day on his way home from Cheyenne, W. T. He was appointed Receiver of Public Moneys at Cheyenne by President Cleveland, from Lawrenceville, III., his former home having been at Paris, Ky. Dr. Garrard was forced to return for his health, his indisposition having been caused by. an atmospheric phenomenon which is singular to say the least. He with many other residents ot Cheyenne have been overcharged witn elec- tricity which affected their nervous systems to such an extent as to cause most unpleasant consequences. such as insomnia and hallucina- tion and depression. The super-electrification, ifthe term may be used of the Cheyenneites, was caused by the continued blowing of strong winds for a period of seven weeks. The velocity of the wind during this timo has never been less than 80 miles and sometimes as great as 80 miles an hour. The ground n consequence became ex- tremely dry, and the friction of the wind in passing over it produced an enormous quantity of electricity, and that everyone was more or less charged withit. The old resi- dents are used to such things and areina sense non-conductors, or are charged with something stronger than lightening, but the the new resi- effect was serious on dents. Dr. Garrard said that when two persons charged with differing quantities of the fluid would shake hands there would always be a distinct shock and the cats are simply —＋ 2 They are walking electric bat- teries and give painful shocks when they are touched. Dr. Garrard is a genial Kentucklan who does not drink, and he says itis rather hard to have escaped deltrium tremens and all the ills that flow trom Jerse lightnirg and catc them from wind. Such a condition is un- beard of in Cheyenne, and many residents have gone to California temporarily to get re- lief. REDEEMED COIN. The January Showing—Counterfeits Dee tected—Custom-House Notes. The following is a comparative showing of the coin redeemed at the Sub-Treasury during January, 1896 and 1887: 1886— Dollars, 401,930; halves, 34,630; quarters, 13,280; total, 449,840. Counterfeits detected, twenty-five in dollars and two in halves. 1887— Dollars, 404, 400; halves, 35,440; quarters, 17,340; total, 1,460,180; counterfeits, W in dollars, 2 in halves, 1 in ters. Wes. Edwards, Sub- Treasurer, has been con- to his home for several days with a cold, 1 David K. Asbury, Chief Steam Vessels Inspector, returned to-day from Washington where he has been fora month attending the meeting of the Board. The Strikers’ Tactics. JERSEY Crrr, February 5.—The coal etrik- ers resumed their old tactics in Hoboken this morning of obstructing the delivery of coal. All of the approaches to the ferry were lined at an early hour with strikers. As — large crowd of t 2 — Railroad yards on the Hackensack, at 2 O lock this mo . They yen allof the men employed ere, in- cluding switchmen and brakemen, d nected cars and stopped all work for two hours. — CITY PERSONALS. Miss Dora Scherzer of Philadelphia, Pa., is in the city visiting her sister, Mrs. A. Glaser, 1 d Miss Nettie Duncan of D. M. Keblor an K few weexs in Mon · treal at 3 * . M. V. Gordon is atten may. | * — at the residence or ner tasher, „L. Boone, at Boonvilie, Mo. THE month : of ͤ—