The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-12-20

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ly injured in tho head, it is feared |
fatally. =. Pasha, Cbamplain, leg bro
ken and otherwise badly injured. w
Corbitt, st. Albans, banly cut about !.
the head. b. A. Gage, White River
Junction, leg, hands and face bruised /
Aehbel Cray, liigbgate, internal IN
juries
The number Of dead is the anne as
reported last week fifteen. One or
two of the injured are in n critical con
diiion, still hopes are entertained Of
their recovery. Drs. Keith, Claggett.
Nichols, McLaren and Porter, of
/ Mortified, and Clarke, Putnam, Rub
4 lee, Paine, Chandler and Greeley, Of
Montpelier, were in attendance and
did everything possible for the suffer
ers; and the citizens of Mortified rem
dered them every relief in thoir power.
The dead were taken to Engine House
No. one, and most Of the wounded
were taken to the Mortified House,
from whence those who are able have
been removed to their homes.
Mr. Wetherbee, a Mortified me-
chanic, among the killed, had an FAC.
cident insurance." Of $4,000 on his life,
taken but few weeks since. He
leaves family
The funeral Of Geo. r. Bancroft, one
of the victims of the Mortified calam-
ity, took place on Saturday, Rev. L.G.
Ware conducted the services. The
Times says; Bancroft was a man Of
character, and an excellent mechanic
lie was ap.ong the first found crushed
under the tender, but refused assist
ance, saying: "Help the other boys,
there is no hope for me" and in ten
minutes died
The following is copied from the
Free Press
AT the inquest held at Northheld on
the late fearful accident, the testimony
Of Abbott the engineer, was. that he
was told 10y Major Tenney to hurry up
with his load so rs to get another, and
therefore ran faster than he had pre-
vously that the train was going
but eight miles an hour when the nc
cident happened, as he had already
g eased off the steam that some one
!, on the tender said to him "hold on
@ and looking ont, he saw the danger,
shut off the steam, and then immedi-
ately reversed that the drivers slip
ped on being reversed the rails being
frosty that he jumped from his en-
f CINE as the tender was falling that
l. in his opinion, if "bunters had beer
put on that side of the chasm, as OF
the south side, the accident would no.
4 have happened that if Sidney Bis,
J had not occupied his attention jus
e before, with remark that the engiu,
was working in it's frame, the acct
i dent would not have happened tina
:. it might have been prevented if lib,
:, breaks had been well manned tina
y he was not intoxicated, had drank NJ
liquor for six months, was feeling wei
and had no business of his own OF
:, his mind
:, Mr. Locklin, the Assistant Superin
: tendent, testified that it was custom
arg to back up such trans, rs NOR
convenient ; that no "bunters' wer
), put up, because the grade was up
) fiftv feet to the mile, and nothln,
would 90 off unless showed over tina
y he was on Tie forward end of the pas
- senger ear, and gave Abbott sigma
40 to stop, as be WAS going too fast
about go rods from the chasn, bu
I'd suppose5 he did not see it there wa
D, no bell rope that Abbott had Away
ne been considered safe engineer tha
Il, the speed OF which he took particula
notice, was about 20 miles per hou
" when he gave the signal 10 stop, an
u about II when the cars went over
g. that hunters would not have pr,
or vented an accident of some kind, :,
that speed /; that when he jumpe
90 from the car, 80 feet from the chasn
'o he Judged the engine had not been n
yersed that the brakeman apple
the brakes when he gave the signal
Is stop that since the accident buntel
have been put up, and The trains 4
not back up as before.
h Maj. Tenney, the master bridg
builder, who was on the tender, test
fed that he told Abbott before star
10 ing to ring the bell and hurry The me
40 up does not remember saying an
ar thing else it was the underestimate
that Abbott was to go back for anot
III, er load, but does not remember sa
G.. ing anything about it, might ha
lis spoken about it /; cannot say what h
70, first warning of danger was saw Il
lis brakes rapidly put on. looked OF
ily thought the train would go over, al
n. jumped of, not 100 feet from {
ed. chasm did not consider the ira
ac- under his own control, but under th
leg of the engineer does, not know w
gh, TO call conductor of it if Mr. Loo
iu- lin gave orders, it was the duty of
abs to obey them.
lie Sidney Bliss, fireman on the IA
the road, who was passenger on the {
rm CINE, testified that he spoke to Abbt
al,