Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-04-01
QheEree W1xss
BCELiNGTON.
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL /, 1850.
TERRIBLE u. r. ACC,ppxr

III '"' hochehter Dfn0crN OF the 21st,
re ing gives many particulars of the frightful
of Railroad accident. about miles west of
as Hamilton, G. W. on the 10th.
:" Inc unfortunate train left Detroit on
w fri 'ay evening and consisted of one ba rp 20
eu and three passenger cars, the last one Of
which was n sleeping car. That night. il
VIII DC remembered. there was n terrific
rs storm OF wind and rain, and n the yicinity
ne 81 the accident it would seem TINT tho
re streams were suddenly swollen. At the tine
= oil the accident the train was thought To bc
n running 1T the rate of thirty miles an hour
'u The cmbankment at the fatal spot is some
It h'ty feet high, and is said to be mostly sand.
W which on becoming saturated easily settles
ana Sildes away. The entire train plunged
y INTO the chasm. the cars snccessiyelv beino
'e piled upon each other. The sleeping car
was storp.d when about half way over tho
i brink, but the forward end was broken in
e and one passenger killed ny being run
i through with piece Of broken timber.
How many in all were killed is as vet unas
&C certaned. but the number is not less than
: twelve Nine dead bodies. shockingy manr-
. led. had been drawn up from the wreck.
/ We are indebted to Mrs DR.. Genre of
Cincinnati, for the foregoing particulars
She is daughter of j. W. Wilson. ESQ. of
lenfield, and was on her way thither. Mrs.
". was IN the middle car. and providentially
escaped any serious injuries, altboupb
scratched and bruised in many places. Tho
car was about half turned over. and standing
, at an angle OF forty-fve degrees she could
escape only by climbing to the rear. On
emerging from the car in comnanv With
Mrs. Markham. of Auburn thov So
themselves at an elevation of frteen raat
from the ground. but fcarine the oar n,;aLt
tilt over. they iumred dow5 and s,ni. ni.Sne
deep in the sand MS to he unable to a,,r;.,
themselves witbont oss;s,anoa A. eA'r,cate
lost her bonnet. shoes and .,oolia LIZ. oears
was obliged to remain in this nncom srr,nsia IIa
plight for several bours. until oss;St,nno In h,S
been procured from IIamilton A. tbo lay
ter place she was kindly furnished hv f,,o',
| passengers with what she needed bnt w..
regret to add the passengers all concnr in
representing the conduct of the resident non.
ulation as most Indifferent and unteeling
The spot where the accident bonnnred :.
within four miles of Copetown. nnd we ~
derstand that on the first oncning nf .ha
Great Western Railway sevcraI locor,n.;uno w. ,me
were sunk at the same nlncc. tho sof, oar,L
Welding to tho great wccbt
Mr. W;I;,r, Cov IS pL;,,.,,.
P""' WHO
was on the train' and IN the sleeping car in
the rear. says
.'Thc first intimation reco;v,d oe d.
was a tremendous crash. and in nm ;,stan.I
was nlrlpl from berth IN Tho
lighting fortunately. on nv faet ua,, a.,
the rear door of the car and ont m tba "a y,
form, where obtained n dim ya,v .n
condition of nfr,irs 'Tbo sInon;n VI tue
still on the track but the trucEs 49, ""'
off and the BODY of the car wns obor, t'.h hni
unccd on the vcrgc of tbo otns,,, "'la ~ p''i
ward end being ritcbcd doyn,rarJ, i 'nJ .1' M
rear end elevated about eirbt f,ct trn," tho tho
Ground. All tho ntLsr nars y. ,,. ,ioii inc
chasm. "c'' III 'he
The engine. which had of co,rs, ~
over first. was Mt the bottnm ard h,'u; S'no
dccnly in rho s,rt e,rtb tb", "i'u - 'ur,ea so
thinr ,;siha oC IL or.a,', ,'''' ,"oiG was no.
ing wheels Tho tcn9n. ..,d ,,',s.ol nt 'nc @ u,N Nv
en,,inc and or,,.'>'T- ','' I i"n.'u iI;. over tne
that tho w,tcr'i t',' ~ '"o 30
m, ha,.,,, iS, ''s w ."''' sIuo oi IT,
the cn,i''o and ,'" ,'nd3r s""e % com hnleleiy over
ao,ins, +, - onnositc h,nl ,,,' a ~. was Ny'nS
con. .r,Ilv hrokrn nm rho sa,o,,h ', anu
Q. ear WA, driven int and nartIr :, ,.L
,,;s :, s,,,o ,,i,os ,,h;,L ,;o '," pH.us Trough
N.yt w,s tbo sIa the
which hung on the odcc IF rho rrooi,';ao '"i'
There We're about seventy p,ssspro,s
the train in all. and ,,rre,t tS''S -, va
killed and hurt. | know Of sx Nv .a,n,,
iond u a"'., n"o" y, SIX or seven
nnNb,t go .;,.a w., "ou'ueu r'''' anu TWO miss
,no rorso,' r"" - S'I u..s "a '.m names only
ia ,,,, "''s ''"i m III ,"o eicePihg car.
..' =. VOC - ''''', h'''u Draiu' VINO was sitting
~ wy 'o'M:iu Gnu Vi Tue car engaged IN con-
~ nnd WIZ, .ne .1nuuc'or UI .he sleeping
~ don,h ;''.,',t H, He was crushed
hamilton and ,sas i nlaiu belonged IN
o,d comronr hn,;ano ',,. enEEttoye oI tho raii
mon, th, L;,iaa IL I"Shcer was
ler five feet Of Garth liz n",n u'u outleu un'
,an Ono of tbe hrol lor,onn n,.i,I ,I was MOT
lso killed The 6roman n.as ' was
bo runs hodI, s,aIdad IL HoIi
vas called CHARLES Tho condno.ou n lie
rain was not severely ;n;urod ~ VI 'no
ar, man escaped with n fcw slick. h.;s os
,yervbodv who yyas ur;r;nrad ., o'uIses.
I once ~ roscro tho ,,o,paa1 @ W "ork
ide for tho comfnrt or ,ho Iad;" ",'u " pro
ron Jnss;stnd ,n -. wv ''uo' anu chh-
hs frst c,r ,rho ,rnro .,niee n,eh rom
la, ,,oro Ill w." We. very oau'y hurt.
,nc onp ~ ,ha.o U~o r.. IVA tne wlnlow S, win
- o,d oaoh as ~ .ia au oIoheh arm ana
II tho ,,ssO,oa y, .,'i o'.' ,t n"u icS broken,
,;ndnul - '''' '"' so' ou' "' the
Tbo on,ho,L,,o,.
odv s,nt IN ,ho ,,,S arS s3'' 1,,u ,'sly
o,.od Ianos h"d .;,t '"u e sA.u ~ onW iauy'
ro,, ,So ,'n,. .', ~. n't ,Iut s'iiail cnli-
,oaLs . oI5 Tsis ois ohoo oi oniy Two
lied or bad,v hnrt 'y "'''''nu WIS e''ncf
A terrible s;orm of ,r;nd ,.oo,,na,;oa,,;
lin and snow rordered Tho nfnd;,;a
~ rassen,,ors mnro oor,Cnr,oh'o .t "
onIn otbsru,;s. haT, hoon Al I'LL ~ nun ~
nd ch;ldron ,b.t ,o,I5 hc 60 a., 'no Iauies
!, ,ho onbantu,or, o,J ,IS ~ ~" MeIs eo'
~ car for a time hn, as ,ho h,nt ~ mI h;h;,pS Ssp
sns or c;S;na ,an hnnaatb lam :. ,L iAn'n,.eu
''ar,,ar r,n,ho,od a.! - -, ~, ny "e'e