The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-09-14
srHiet = DISASTER :

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IrHUInIT ACCIDENT oN Tnr Wr-TruN /
RAILROAD TmrEpAssrNGEus KILL
rp-A NrMuEu WorNprp.
Last night passenger train from Albany /
did not arrive till after 10 o'clock two hours /
bchiud IT, usual hour-iu consequence Of q
sad disaster, which hcfcll il when about two
milc. wo.l of thc Washington summit
While going at the rate Of 20 miles the
hour, the forward aisle ur the second passcn-
ger car broke letting il down upon the track;
and in this condition it was dragged along AZ
q rapid rate of speed for AZ least three hun
drcd yards the broken aNlr, truck Sc,
breaking through the iluDr and dying up n
moug the crowded passengers, the car. ~ the
same time bounding and grinding along,part,
ly on IT, remaining whcclsNnd partly on The
track and slccpcrs,
The .rrnc that was witnessed IN tho cars, A.
mong the passengers II - impossible 10 de-
serbia, All was the most terrible confusion.
Scarcely any escaped injury in some degree,
and three were killed outright
The killed were Col. s, T.. nouhtG6rd,
lawyer OF New York Cgy;NIiss Roc,.ic Of NJ
hauy. daughter of the proprietor of the Dele
van House; and MIR liiiUttrrHprr ef-lyeieester,
Mass.
I James IIagcrman was badly mi ircd-onc
leg brokcn-and taken away on alittcr. Am
asa Richardson of North Adams, was much
hurt hy the handle Of one of the seats DNing
thrust into The llc.hy part 6f his Irr
Three ladies were seriously injured and REM
dcrcd unable Ia proceed; hut they were well
-eaFeA it.E At the place of the accident
4 number Of others were injured. but they
are believed to hc but slightly -. Among
these was Mrs Cot Dwight of Stock bridge
(f,l AtfoHuth,vI Of tIna. Ltlla1 VIVA
accompanied b, Young daughter, whose
| bodily Injuries were not serious but whose
mental agony AZ finding her beloved parent
aud only present friend stricken down in n
horrid death, who can tell ? Her conduct is
described as most hcart-rcuding, on seeing
/ the mnnglcd and lifclcss corpse Of her father
drawn from the ruins Of the car.
| When the train was finally stopped, the car
to which the accident occurred was almost
an entire wreck. The wheels were all torn
/ or thu bottom broken through, and the seats
smashed up The bodies Of The killed were
mixed mp with the wreck, and It was some
] time before they could hc cNtricnicd Whcn
I thcl were found they proved to be dreadful
/ Is nanglpd and torn.
/ The thru car was detached from the second
] lust before the train was brought GO n stand
and stopped short of the latter, But for this,
/ IL, with the passengers may have shared, in
/ part, the fate of those before them.
The whole scene may well be- imagined 10
ihc-as described. irghtiu appalling, terrible.
/ The disfgurjd bodies of the dead, the groans
and cries of the woundod,thc ,hricks of fright
cncd aud bcrcaycd females, the perfect wreck
which the ear presented, constitute the lead
in9 features ola picture, which those who
Witnessed il can never FORGET, and which those
/ who were spared it, sight may well pray ncy-
cr to have presented to their vision Spring.
. f,H Republican. Vs.
The conductor of the train states that the
physician who attended the wounded arrived
at Springfield yesterday morning, aud reports
that no bones were broken, though many are
badly bruised in various ways, and that they
+ali= bid fair to rcruvcr.=-==.--
TuE LATE RtIIRoAn ACCIDENT. The
D.. Springfield Republican gives few addition
nj particulars concerning the late accident
on the Western Railroad. One of the pas
scngcrs, whose name was reported rs Col
Mountiord, is said to bc Col. S. Jones Mum.
ford.
,Iarury fIagrrtna,,, of FteyysFas -s,et-sa seIi.
ouslv injured rs was at first represented, The
physicians could find no serious external in.
jury.
T. Amasa Richardson, of North Adams, wa.
the most severely wounded of all who cscap
eel with their lives. Yet he came down Il
SprinE+.4d- thi. -'I1llt- lEht- and on lucsdaN
returned home, though at great risk III
suffered great pain, and viii need much time
to recover
Mrs Col Dwight of Stockbridge, who was
on her. way to WcstGcld, was considcrabl,
bruised and her system seriously Jared. OIL,
also received a cut over her eye.
There is no reason, says the Republican, tc
suppose that -tl,eFa-ITa any lack-uf ur1iinnr,
caution or foresight to which the cause of tn,
accident can be in the least attributed. |
was the result of unforeseen circumstances
which human sagacity could scarcely hav'
controlled, however prudent.