Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-04-19

The particulars Of the accident on the Nor
witch and Worcester Railroad, on Tuesday eve
ming, which was mentioned in our Telegraphic
despatch last night, are given by the Boston
Traveller, as follows -
FEARFUL ACCIDENT TO THE NoRWICu STEAM.
GOAT RAIN-MIRACULoU ESCAPE OF ONE
HUNDRED i'ASSENGEEs.-At about O'Clock on
Monday evening, AS the New York train from
Boston, upon the Norwich and Worcester Rail
road was approaching FISHERY lille, about / miles
the other side Of w, b-ter, they came to Il bridgr
known "a Masun'5 Bridge, Whch crosses "a
small factory strea:h. As the engineer, NJ &.
john Hyde, touched the bridge, he felt it swerve,
and Immediately putting on 4 fail head pt steam
attempted TO cross. just as the locomotive
reached the other side, the bridge gave way
TIE engine broke trun the tender, and RENAME
cd upon the track the tender ana crae-car a.
50 cleared the bridge, bat were thrown from
the track, tearin. off a rail, which went through
the crate-car and one Of the crates. The sec
end class car broke IN two pieces, and one por-
t,un fell iutu the river Tue next car COLL Of
pi-scligors) dropped down with the bridge, but
dad Lot reach tue water, the umbtrS OF the
bridge supporting il. The third car WAS thrown
upon one end. and all the seats but three broken.
This car was full Of passengers, who suddenly
found themselves thrown into Il heap at one cor
ner Of the ca. To add to the confusion, the
car took tire from the stove, but fortunately the
tire was promptly extuguiSheJ. The alarm OF
the passengers, at this moment, can be b tier
! imagined than described. After some order
mad been restored. aud time given to look about
/ ii WAS found that MT Il passenger had Il bOHt
/ hroFt0, though several were considerably brus
| 60. AS near as can he a>certained, there were
about "na hundred passengers on board the
/ train. oi Whum N'y-threc from New Hampshire
tud Vermont, bound Ia Cthtlruia, came over
the Nashua Road, and to, !; the train at Wor-
ce,ler. Al about tAelye O'Clock, nearly til,
whole OF the passengers their baggage having
been transferred across the river proceeded Oh
their journey to New York, some with slig'
bruises, Tut n0st Of tlrm, Lclrriug then
fright, in "a good condition as when they star
ed from Worcester. Tne only person XIII
ed was a brakeman, named Joha Gala gan
. lie WAS staudin! upon the platform al the time
4 die disaster, aud was prob bIv struck by tim
bcr5 On The head and in the abdomen. \ pas
,euger Nhn was also standing upon the pla loru
c,crped without bruse. Another bra&cmar
named john iloran was badly praised and cut
and II was feared, at last accounts, lie mrh
from his fate. Tho couductDr of the train, Mr.
/ w. kichar!son, WAS considerably used, bu
was able to keep his feet until the extent Of tn,
disaster was asccrtaine', when lie was taken t,
Webster. The bridge in question was abou
s,y1v ,.ei loan 81 nd aOunt len feet from The water
which is at present eight Eat deep The eng,
necr has orders net To- ran la, across me Bird &c
and it WAS only wucn he felt the bridge sling
that lie put on steam, and went across TIN
accident caused cons lderabe detention to trains
aud the steamboat train from New York, viz
Norwich, had not reached this city at O'Clock
The officers of the road are at the scene Of tn
disaster. making every eXerIlun to clear off tn
wreck of the broken cars. A. To the causes {
the accden', which has thus haztrd,d the live
f over one hundred human beings. aud cause
the death Of At lea one, uurhing can be said wit
certainly at resent. 1t is 10 be hoped that
thorough investigation will be made, and II
I danger Of recurrence If similar event mo
rgldiy guarded against for the future Ira
eiier.