Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1855-12-06

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EWonaeri acSidents occurred which The
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lssn road va blown "a the track bodily
and rolled down sn slnbanka,snt some
Hthirty Iset high Tue ears turning four
complete sostel1ets killing twoInesf and
injuring many others. Only thirty pm
sengers were 81 the train, md il ii
wonderful that any III them escaped
The following = HE staieqent of me
conductor, Mr. n, ]. White, r,bo M
rived ID the city his morning ~, 81;
we left Albany Al 80 II M /, and
Chatham -Four Corners " sos. with
three passenger-cars and |. bagg
car. About 30 passengers were IAN ont
at Copake, and at 6;36. as near al 4 cun
Judge, the cars went off the track The
whole train turned over four times. ME-
coupling between the bag age-car md
tender being broken. No other coupl-
ing was broken and the cars went to-
gether. They rolled no less than sew
~ feet and were dashed il pieces. got
out, aud the first persons found were
three ladies' The rain was ponring il
torrents, and i was 70 dark nothing
could be seen. ! first found the foot Of
one Of the ladies and pulled The frag-
mehts of her head ] took her out and
laid her Oh the grass Then I went
back and found another !; lie side ofthe
car lay on her head and shoulders.
IA third was lying on her head with
her feet upwards. and every thing piled
All about her Then | thought Of an old
lady, Mrs Cobnrn Of Chatham j; cali
ed ont TO her, and some one whom ]
knew, Mrs. Brant, answered. She said
she was not hurt, and came to me, but
fell. ! laid her with the rest, and then
bandaged up two men / then thought
OF my old friend MIR. Rathbone, and
called but could get no answer from him.
4 My baggagemaster, Shelley, said i
am hurt in my back and inwardly -
Then heard something whicha appeared
to be on the upper side Of the car.
i 81 got up and found Mrs Coburn. She
had cash over her left eye, and the
skin was hanging down. Her face was
covered with blood, which wiped away,
|, went back aud called for my men
: Barnes told me- he was hurt. Thenswe
found Gaylord, almost dead the car had
crushed his ribs right in and his sintraiis
. were pusheh out He was taken to The
farm house Of a Mr.. Pulver Or Culyel
near by.
g ! then found the paper-boy craWlin!
up the bank with the back Of his hea,
!. cut open. He told me to lock after III,
rest, he could take care Of himself.
! then found Mr.. Rathbone lying on hi
face under the truck. The bearing 3
! the truck lay on the small Of his back
We got the truck off !; he was dead
His watch was broken off by the ring
/ but was still running. I found Mrs
Coburn badly injured about the hea
d and slightly IN her side, and Mr.. Cobur
j. with his head cut.
g I got the ladies' on the engine an
took them to Boston Corners /; then
4 sent the engineer to Middleton for ca
I'd and physicians he brought two phys
i clans, Dr.. Wood and one from Ne
: York we then went up and got Il
Z dead and wounded on board, all exec
Y Gaylord and Barns, who were ii II
Il farm. house ] changed the car VII
e one on the express train which had
q stove in it, and then we brought u
. passengers down to Middleton, whe
i we left them, and arrived IN Nc
York on Tuesday morning at 5:45 A. 4
Ks The car lay on both my legs, and u,
Ia are considerably bruised below /
81 knees. My engine was the Pilot, i
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