Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-12-06

Barni 3 g Railroad Train at Lock
land, @.
The railroad Slaughter on the Cincinnati
ana Dayton. (O.l road at L5cklari, Thurs
. day uarnia,. hy which FIVE passengers were
+ killed and IA entire passenger tram consum-
+ Cd. WAS one OF the most irishtlul and ap-
+ pl'Iius in tie annals OF railway tIsls.ers.-
/ 4 lreist, train 5l sixteen clss cam. down a
grade a. high rate Of speed, and went
crashing into stationary passenger tran Of
. t-a ,ss-, 10 5he rear cr which were three
sleeping coaches. The fearful scene Of
as.oy and suffering that cas-ed is thus de-
z-ii,l iy The Cincinnati Camug1a1:
lin two Of the ears people were wright
Ing under the tortur,s of torn limbs and
bodies blt IN that last car death was reyei-
Ing. Ar. allison escaped. aut there were
!a-r women and a man im1ris1ued between
ti.n1-T- and panels bleeding. s-sging, and
dying. Do Hi.l lcr tlrails torn out. and
1--or W.,a her head clt uH. WhHe the
h."-l-r-1 ard frightened p- olcers m she
a-h,r clrs were b-iuz released, tle steam.
scl.-lrE lot. Tas FlIoliliHg these manglci
t.c. SIMS. th- su3sCi was choking them, and
som t-,re vas Vli.l 0i fire through their
car from -lg engines headlight. ur the car
a-agl, Rue oul. tire % tic tram that had not
-,-n eEtln-ulsled as soon as possible after
the accident The flames creut all over this
-a-- tltal wreck, wTeatlc1 themselves around
if- human Beings, ate up clothing. SKIN.
a- and bones, while the victims sariesei
cad sclt-ugd for mercy Tor lIly. for aid
an- One --r water. Oue oi JAe ladies GOT
Llr head lur ot the window, and an effort
MAS made o. rescue her. boz 20 was made
I'D yam. UEig llr head aud ulcs could have
.,tl saved lram ire, ilr .er body was lock
I'd between tm5eTs, and could MT be drawn
out. Tie c.uluclaI aud engineer procured
aXe- and attempted Go eur into Ile clr. Tut
laiiei ~ TINS. Rapidly Jhe ire swallowed
tal- car and --role through and over every
passenger coach Jl the Train. IT, progress
was uaimFc Jed and its triumph complete,
save t.4t }. could find 100 more ises 10 d.
sJroy. IS len thc tire had exhausted itself /
the wreck Was cleared away from the track F,
and search i.r tll dead was made. 4 head F.
less trunk AND tIuuk JEat lacked limbs /
were l1uLl, and three others were 0uud. /
lees muullccl. bile the dressing % the /
wounded y.- 4u praElls-. thee chastity I
remnant 1l humanity were picked out, al /
char7gi 4u- hlacs.u,d, and -till smoking |
with He-t. ..l carefully laii aside. - rrs 1
as H-s possible, -lt Parts were placed lD- |
g--.g-. iatl- were remnants Of W.. bodies, |
however, tA4t amounted 10 nothing more I
tnau several uuIyc.E ELizlilc masses ID I
tIoi.li lc,l and ir ken bones.
The iIlr lll.ls burned 30 death were si-- 4
ters "a a. wealthy New Orisar- family I
named j. gan, ami w-9e 20 tloir way home. I
after summer az 81. Jataarluc. Canada /
The gentleman killed was Mr. Charles Jack /
son, OF Boston, who had acquaintance on /
the train and friends IN Cincinnati This /
man was MT scratched. lie was roasted /
aliye-in tie iul Yigor OF manL3.d-and lie
met death 10 the herOism Of q vain attempt l
- save one Or more OF the ladies. After the |
crash. be was seen outside the train, on the 1
ground, entirely unharmo5. Il was apps |
cd that be was staining on the platform I
and Jumped bat when Ac saw the head of /
one and tie hand Oi another OF the ladies |
who wlr- imprisoned IN the car and appeal |
luE for help. projecting from the window, |
While tie steam was sclIIIng them, buI be- |
lorl tle roasting alive had commenced, be 4
worked L-5 way back into the car (Low, |
1t is 10. known, unless through one Of the |
wlaJlwsl in a noble effort to save life. But |
De was Immediately chJkci and blinded bY |
smoke ana team, and sank down besides his |
fellow travellers and sufferers, and died with |
them. Several passcnge-s we're injured, |
among tL-m several young ll les returning 1
llom party a, Hamilton, but az. viii pro- /
badly recover.