The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-01-12

ChSlahu would prefer any change In tho
condition of Cuba to that which is the
most to be apprchcndcd, viz an internal
CONFUSION which would renew the hor
rors aud the fate of St. Domingo.
Railroad Accident. - General Pierce's
Son Killed.
The express train which left Boston
for Concord. n. H., at l2 Ia o'clock on
the afternoon of Thursday last, was
thrown from the track near Andovcr,
while moving at the usual speed, by
the breaking of an a1lctrcc of the pas.
sengcr car. There was but one car, be-
sides the baggage car. Both were forced
along the track for twenty rods, when
they were thown off, with great violence,
down an embank mcnt of about twelve
feet Gen. Pierce, his wife and son,
were passengers in the train on their
way to Concord. The son. bright lad
of some ten years, was instantly killed.
The cars were badly smashed and scvc-
raj of the passengers were seriously in
jurcd. Mrs. Pierce appears not to have
been seriously injured, but she was COM
PEELED to behold the body of her son
crushed before her eyes Her agony
was of the most frantic nature. She
attempted to seize the body, and had she
not been restricted by a passenger, she
would have shared the fate of her son.
lie was an only child.
General Pierce, after the accident.
complained Of pain in the back from
bruises, but was otherwise apparently
uninjured. He, with his family. took
the cars at Andoyer, where they had
stopped through the previous night.
Those who were at the scene of the ac-
cident state that the escape of the Presi.
dent elect and all others in the cars was
almost miraculous
The Manchester Mirror publishes the
following additional particulars given
by Rev. Mr.. Fuller, of Manchester. who
was in the car at the time of the acci.
dent. Professor Packard, of Bowdoin
College, a brother-in.law of Mrs. Pierce.
was passenger, but escaped any mate
rial injury. Gen. Pierce and his lady
were returning to Concord, from the fu-
neral Of Amos Lawrence, Esq, uncle of
Mrs. Pierce, and had stopped over
Wednesday night at the house of Mr..
John Aiken, in Andovcr, where their
son had been visiting some FIVE weeks.
In detailing further particulars, Mr..
Fuller writes as follows:
| was looking out of the window.
when We felt severe shock, and the car
was dragged for few seconds the axle
of the front wheel being broken. Per
fectly conscious Of our situation, | re-
member thinking what was the the mat.
ter. ! retained through the whole my
consciousness. In another second, the
coupling which joined our car with the
other broke, and our car was whirlcj
violently round so as to reverse the ends,
and We were swung down the rocky
ledge. For once | had no hope of es.
Gaping death. | shall never forget the
brcathless horror which came over us
during our fall, There was not shrek
nor an exclamation, till the progress of
the car, after having turned over twice
on the rocks, was arrested, and with a
violent conclusion, having parted in the
middle, and being broken into many
thousand fragments. I received person.
ally few bruises and flesh cuts, of no
particular moment, and found myself
amid n mass Of broken glass and splin-
tered wood, and groaning men and wo-
men, with no limbs broken, and with
heart to praise God for his sparing mer-
cy had no need to get out at any
door or window, for the car was q frag-
meniary ruin The next moment, per-
son covered with blood himsel noble
fellow-said 1--WE are alive, let us help
others" / passed from one frightful
part Of the scene to another, and the
whole is before me now as u fearful Wis
ion. Men came up on every side drip
ping with blood and few escaped some
cuts and bruises. Before all were res
cued, the top, covered with oilcloth, took
fire from the stove, and added to the
general horror and suffering.
Two incidents, among the many ter
rlble onos. are especially present to my
memory. On the bank sat a mother,
Mrs Stokes of this ethyl elasping her
little boy, of some three or four yeais of
age; be had been rescued from tho ruin
which had strewn the rock with splinter
ed fragments, and her own person was
considerably burned by the FIRE, but she
was shedding tears Of gratitude over
her rnscund child and ra;oioinr IN Liz