Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-12-07

~ RECENT RAILROAD AcclDENrs.-1he first
loss of life or injury to passenger or en-
lloyee on tile Worcester and Nashua rail
road, since its opening seven years ago, Oc-
CURED on the Goth. The boiler of an engine
exploded win ,rca. force, throwing some
pieces of it half mile, killing the engineer
Mr.. Gibson, and badly scaling the fireman
The wheels were not thrown from the track,
hut the wreck continued on its way for near
~ half a mile.-On the Niagara Falls R,il-
road, several days since, the locomotive OF the
express train was thrown off the track hy the
breaking Of the q angc of one Of the forward
truck wheels, and rolled over down an em-
bdnkment, The engineer, Mr. Weston, re-
cciyed terrible wound in the groin, which
caused his almost instant death. The brain
oi MIR. Buchanan, the fireman, was emptied
from the skull through wound in the back
part Of the head. y coupling broke and the
passenger cars kept the track On the Buff
fllo and Brantlorl (Canada) Road. the ex-
press train on the night of the DIST ran into
wood train, smashing several cars, and
killing four German laborers, names un-
known.-A remarkable accident occurred on
the Conn. River Road, on Saturday last. at
the long bridge, 1000 feet long, over the Deer.
field River. 1t is thus described by the
Greenfield paper
." rs the down freight train, consisting Of
an engine. tender. and seventeen cars, was
approaching the high railroad bridge across
the Deerheld River, about mile South Of
this village, at Cheap-iie. the engine, when
within about 100 feet Of the bridge, from
some vet unexplained cause, was thrown from
the right rail of the track, the left wheels
keeping on the track until the engine had
passed about 100 feet on the bridge. when
the engine ran on to the extreme East side Of
the bridge, so that the COW catcher pro-
jectcd over the bridge, when the engine broke
through the flooring Of the bridge and lodged
on the timbers The tender broke through
the flooring between the rails and sunk down
% the top OF 1t, when 1t also lodged ON the
timbers. The first freight car, next to the
engine, was pitched from the top of the
bridge into the meadow. landing hottom side
up. The next six freight cars broke through
the first span Of the bridge, which is over
the travelled road from Greenfield to Cheap
side, and fell distance of thirty five feet
from the track into the road, completely
filling up the entire road between the anut-
ment and the first pier with broken cars.
freight and the wreck of the first span Of
the bridge. The eighth car ran partly over
the ahutment where it stopped The ears and
the first span Of the bridge were literally bro
ken into fragments The engineer, Dennis
Cooley OF South Deerield and the fir man,
jumped from the engine before il struck the
bridge, and saved their lives Henry Wcy
mouth, a brakeman, was on the fourth car
from the engine and went down with the
wreck. lie tremendously escaped with his
life, however, the extent of his injuries he
ing severe cash on the right side of his face
near his eye. No other person ON the road
Was injured The bridge immediately took
fire from the locomotive, hut the engines
from this village were soon on hand, togeth-
er with hundreds of our citizens, and the
bridge WAS saved from destruction The en-
CINE was BADLY damaged 10y fire. The loss to
the company cannot be less than from : ) 600
to 500, 900