The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-12-27
Another FrIghtful Railroad DiSaS.
ter.

Another horrible Railroad sccident
took place on Wednesday OF last week.
Two cars of the train from Cleveland
to Buffalo were thrown from the
track, down an embankment, near
Angola, the distance being fifty feet
About sixty persons were killed or
burned to death. and number woun-
ded The following details Of this
terrible accident are from the Buffalo
EJprees;
ct IS easy 10 iiA@sino the t.;sh II.
wreck to which the car was reduced
by its terrible descent. All, or nearly
all its passengers, of course, were pre-
cipitated into a mangled, struggling
mass at the lower end OF the car,
buried under heap Of ruins, and even
the slightly injured, if any there were,
were unable to extricate or help them
selves
The horror of the situation was snf-
fcient without that which instantly
became added by the igniting of the
splntered wreck from the overturned
stoves. A lnoment,as one of the three
sole survivors describes it, and the
) whole was wrapped in flames. Who
can attempt to depict the unimaginable
t horror of the scene that enaued.
Nearly fifty human beings being roast
E in death, or in the pangs of dying from
: horrible wounds, or in the full yigor
of life, buried in an inextricable po-
/ sitiop, and committed to the flames
: without hope of rescue. THIS shrieks,
6 the groans, the imprecations - let
7 those who heard them forget this side
r Of eternity if they can. 1t was some
+ moments before any could reach the
scene to attempt assistance. The sec
ond car, in the meantime-the car
q first thrown from the track-had
5 plunged over the opposite side Of the
e embankment. falling less height, bal
= suffering almost u complete wreck
i and its few uninjured passengers had
:. enough to occupy taeir attention
Z The train which had run some distance
! before being stopped, was backed tc
. the scene as speedily as possible, anc
: those on board set to work witt
. promptitude and energy But the
q steep and ice-covered slope to the car
II most horribly situated, was not easily
d descended, and when helping hands
ii reached it they were without weapons
!, for fighting the flames or for breaking
v into the wreck.
!; AS soon, Of course, as they could b.
;. summoned. the people of Angola AM
~ nearer inhabitants ran to the spot
]. and it was not long before man,
d buckets OF water were employed il
90 pouring water upon the burning
O. wreck bat raging fire is not TO b
le overcome with buckets, and those des
n perately laboiing at the work had t
~ suffer the unspeakaole anguish of Sc
y ing their efforts made utterly vain
IN The hideous, remorseless flames crack
en- ed on /; the shrieks died into means
X and the means into a silence NOR
be terrible, as the pail of death drew owe
~ the scene Except one little ftagmer
as of the side of the car, nothing but
I'D heap of smoking cinders was left f.
Of those gathered round to search int
ay with sickened hearts.
VI AS we have already stated. the CT
cd next the rear one was that with whic
~ ~ the disaster originated, but its fate WI
IA. less terrible than the fate of the CT
in; following. The headlong plunge
'' the latter threw it over, but not unit
Of the bridge had been passed, and
"a made its descent on the opposite I
to right side of the embankment, whel
ice the height was not more than twent
10 five feet. The crash was only lessa'
sd full than that already described