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ssnsostls. (Ifsn) De Is. 1890
Ny obisct l. - give yse 4 Aeely she;sh
eie Dreaded setidsni upon Tie WesgiTn
Rsii Road. ~ This place. vhieb oteoued
lass eEsning 81 81 oielock. Tie ffeieht
train, eonsisting 81 lhirly-thfes Ion1kd
esss. attached % The nav apd powerful
eneiae, : hsssachaseiis.' 10 descending
The lnehned plane, beesma unnannesas
BE. elinoofh tie enRine was reversed
and the orsahmen vera 81 their posts
i srsived ~ she depot With great velocity,
and pasaea ShloaRb tie passenger bose,
tie sEilchrrsil bainG changed, TIE train
ihen took lse di1eciicn OF The engine
house. il which we're the mssser-me.
cbanie end two a. three oihars, espselisg
The arfivsl Of she ioeomoiise. one Il whom
% hearing sc approach, vas 10 the set 81
|opeatng The dear. oneooecioos 81 danger,
when Il burst IN nPon him, demoiishing
The door and large portion Of The brick
val, iben rushed 70 lie opposite aide q
The house. WheFs Il came 10 eoniaca with
another eneine, slhe Hampden.r Which
was Showed ehend With tFomeud6ls force
tbfoogh tha ssli5 brick well sixteen a.
eigbieen inches thick iho Massachusetts,
ioilouiugs SoD9 Iva q sia rods ouisida
Of the bulldog, i Gene n conla<t with
the wood pale. which ufrssted igs pro.
grpss the Hampdeu hsvine clambsIea
Up ths Wood-pile Elk o. eight fset from
the ground, where she nov lies : com.
plsip wreck. The NGasochusGtts IL slso
entirely broken % pieees.
Fopf dead bodies have been tskra from
undsE the ruins. which ptoya % BE fhoss
one bFeekmsn. The EnRineaF. Condue-
cor. end one o. tuo olhsfS. Cienfed tAem.
seite9 from ihu train q few feet from the
|engine houIs. end ere said 10 Be unhurl
The shove 90 lhstleudiDg particulars
q "a necdieat which has east 90 naasual
gioon pPon The eounishauees q Ger cili.
sens.
Such On accident shows ibsl the mosi
scientific. ssEasioes and prudent men
heSe somethihg 10 learn yet a. the re.
msudcus powers Of slssm and The sppli.
anees ennnpcied with Il. The '.ineiined
plane q which our eorfespoadenl spsuhs,
u Doi an IhRlined plane With local Pow.
~. ~ perhaps the phrase would Be 90.
detsieed 10 mean. but descent o. o;xsv
feet 60 TIE mile. extending &c q n.llo %
tive, By which tha road i bionpht dozen
80 The isyel a lhs ConneeIient valley.
fha cause Of he accident Vas ne ice
npon the rOiis o. The frost u shan. uhich
Ptessatsd The phstls flom hoi1iae Wiih
SsutfsisHt teEseiiy So Fssisi fla F1est sses.
lure % PFobably HUNDRED thssssss tens
% molchaBdizs. uiih which The Iope train
81 ears resa loaded. Rsobahly ha1 the
tFaia might have besn laken aoWh viii
tafsiy, bat the uhols caused ths wktels
% Aide ca ths sails. and when cncs the
nolion e ths mass Was seesiersisd ia shis
way Il vas sli over. The eneinsass saa
breskman ssem % have ssood 10 tAsis
pests like bravo follows, hopins, 10 sonbg.
% bfinE Up 10 she PASSENGER house. boz
shea iAtl bore failed iheua aad thsy
teaBd themselves piuseine ssainsl tie
etiek wails q TIA epgins.bcuse. Il was
lime ls cry. "3sva biosall sho ean.s'---
Whsn lhs Creates huslsd ths sniyerss
inlo mctiou. 10 flsnei ran Of end broke
lie ehaia, the eebtnluesi aud eengsipetSl
Poaefs balanced etsa eEhss viii the g.
nssi eNaedlpds, There Eas hosiiag 10
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