The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-11-28


tors odge--ha1 given way under the
pressure of The engine and train. Had
it been the next span. that over the wa
ter itself the loss of life must have been
fearfullv increased The engine had
reached the first pier some forty wards
or more from the abutment-when it
fell with the foremost cars. dragging
those in the rear after them. till seven
or eight cars had crashed ono after an
other into the chasm between thirty and
forty feet deep: while others farther back
had tumbled sidewise down the ombauk
ment.
As looked on the terrible and Tit
anic ruin there Law the huge engine on
its back still pouring forth its fierce va
por engineer and superintendent crush
ed dead, or screaming in living agones
underneath it. The cars lay cris-cross,
scattered about and partly on each 9th
or spliutcrod and crushed, like the for
est trees in the path of the tornado. The
cries Of those prsoned and mutilatcd be-
meath made the scene hideous. Amid
the wreck. men were running about
some mad with Consideration and ankle
tv. some looking for friends. some aiding
the wounded. Some seemed 7arnlyzea
and astoundcd, as if stunned with the
s''"I''Vo9 ,'ii '''''o'''0a' , :.
to heroism and energy of effort. For
tunately our company was of men; and
we were spared the horror Of the shrieks
y. "!''Vn inu G"ttu!s" u'uTI'y TI nI ~C,u
P1". ny r"''ro'u u.'I''I'' .t;. = u: "oIrn
GU io' ''!o ''o'' P,,' o''o '"0i' sun
.,'SS !, i" Nl'o"cr'". WV" sup, o9s'u o1''
"o'hc 'ounu S,'.''B o' ,os' VI o','?e
s,u'"ps So'n' y S'nE y" .Io 'ou"u ~
.ne ,'o''" 10y - 'Iu w .'' ~ 'or .t1 W.
'n' n'ur, Il '""''',''. SUI III .i: uuo W 'u0
,noS' ''o'en' ever h'oW" ~ .".s ,1s .J"'
or'Fe upon US JUST "s ','' o"''s'f1Pue
'ooh pace ine ar ia" u.V?'"o a. ua' n
"' n'-"' '"' "'"u was r'"'i"9 "nI'
.'9'' sem 'ne :n 'I'" y: isIin si,;. '",ous
'h' u''o'''e I'''' .nc r"'n ,''i'"s i;, II. 'or
r'n,S anu ,"' ''4"'n'nES paying Inv d
p'rN Vi hr'','try Oh INC , gloon'l ;.,c ioie'' a
'ou"u u s'.'N'"S ''' "''eN ''''''' ""u
nearly stunning '"'"' ,""t VIZ 'N''
ca'''S 'ne W"u'ucu anu '"o u'"u'
S''"i'u as Il "pp T"s "te' } ",tu w. ',u
ne'r'nE 'le ""iu' o'"Si'"o'i'e' '',"' 0toAo
',o"' '"' ups u S'''o ',r '"' '''"'N %"
Iorin, Ice, 'io hal,s of ofranicJ II.avor
sLnnIi ato,c. .sni,n tho i,nnious inorotos
i',, o,ornoi suorn, WITH m,st how.
cycr Lat,.r c..I;nc-ono of .rata owc
-oh,oin.d and sense Of n presont
COD ,h,, trr.t may Iouc rcmain
Atter = vL;le tbo rpl;ef train come
and hronrb, AWAY tLo wouuded who
wero mora ,b,n cnonoh to Gll il. LEAVING
most If those unbnrt and esneciallv orr
military comnouiesLwbo rendered very
ctT.&tivc service ON tLc occasion-to as.
sist in cv,,icotin, rho lcod or n.rcbance
tLo.n stil aliva and bnricd nndcr the
wreck Sadly and in fear and pain.
,Lronrb III. j,rLncss and storm wc ro.
tur,cJ to onr .tr;ckcn citv. Gndinc il
thong,, ,t dn,J of nigLt tn'p,a,tr9 with
rnmar oud onxioty. and mnI,itndcs woit.
ing ot tbe dannt ,nory If them far
fr;enIs thny nnro, mara shou,1 bcholA
ArI w;,L ,yLot toors If grateful inv we
oroo,.J tho lovo1 nn.s IF ou,bo once
ar,;n wLiIo our bsar,s were hlcedino
for HASA ~ wton, f,tLe, ,nd hrotber
sL,ul1 rc,nr, M ,n,ro
u..-, ,l.,.
come ','F'y u'au oou'oSTas you ui'y
nave zen oy 'Io ''''sraPn---n"VJ osen
",,u9"' i,,' ""u are ~" uwa'''ng ou,'a''
Othefs Will nrObablY be IOunu, anu u