National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-05-15


Boston, who was on the train of the
Vermont Central Railroad at the
I time of the accident near Bethel, Oh
Friday afternoon oflast week, writes
to his father as follows:
j rode III the baggage car some
distance, Looking ahead through
| the front door. while talsing with
! the baggage master, Mr.. Hazard,
lust before we reached Bethel, had
an impression that | was not in a
safe position. as | knew we We're
about half an hour behind time SO
| went back and took seat in the
passenger car, the second from the
engine.
[ had been there but about five
minutes when ! heard the whistle
for the brakes, and inStinctively
braced myself Tor something, 1 knew
not what. In an instant came a
shock, ana | saw the baggage car
rise up and overlap ours; and then
found myself in the middle OF the
ear, without any cap and Il lady
clinging to me and about fainting.
In almost 10 time | was out of the
car.
cannot adequately describe the
looks of things there. Right in
font of me lay the dead and mang-
led body Of the man with whom /
had Just been talking, the baggage
master. We had cOllided with a
freight train on 2 curve; and, as
both tIains we're moving at a rapid
rate. the crash was tremendous
The engineer of the freight train
was in his seat, .jammed mp against
the boiler, and almost dead. They
got him out rs soon rs possible and
carried him to a field bathed his
head with water and with brandy
until the doctor came. lie was Il
. dreadful sight; and / could hardly
bear to look at him. | understand
that he cannot live. Chas. Perkins,
Jr. travelling agent for uaughtoD
Perkins 4 Co.. who lives on Dor
f chester street, was in the baggage
car. and was buried beneath the
baggage and the tender of the en-.
CINE was over him, and a dead body
tthroVn out Of Il coffin whicl-waS in
the baggage earl lay close by him
and partly underneath him. He
was not badly hurt, however; and
consider that he had most miracu
d lous escape from death.
If | had remained III the car five
minutes longer. where | was, /
should have been killed or badly
. hurt, as the tender OF The engine
J was forced back into the baggage
car, into the very place where
, stood five minutes before the coils
ion. You may believe that my frst
D action was toe = thanks to Him
who directed III. unworthy feet to ;
place of comparative safety.
" understand that Mr.. Lincolt
f. was at first inScnSible, but recovered
h il consequence Of water from thu
tender tlickling upon his face, anC
was thus enabled 60 crawl from ;
place where he would otherwis'
have been buned to death Boston
IrGreler.
Among the appropriations in tn,
'' Treasury bill which Secretary Nc
= Culloch is OF opinion may be carrie,
to the surplus fund, are those 70
custom Houses at st. Adams, New
+ port and Island Hond-ten thouSan'
Il dollars each.
: The speaker Of the Mmnesot
/ House of Representatives is a Gree
y Mountain boy, and hepreSideS viii
!. dignity and grace worthy OF hi
>, position. He is farmer 10y prao
" licc, Farmer by name, and by pre-
Il fesslon Il lawyer. Vermont has te
members in the Senate and House.
Is JAIL DELIVERY IN ST. ALBANs
d Five prisoners, Nm. d. Jones an
Il Hosea Comstock, III for stealing
|. Richard G. CheeSeman in for forge
:. ~: Merritt Leonard and Ed >
Lewis. for burglary in Fairfax, brok
out Of the Jail i'll st. Adams on tr
y, dan night last, and are at large
~ One prisoner rcmained,-the son {
re Leonard-who being only Il cand
ID date for the Reform School, disdal
- ed fight. lie says that the Other
r.. bought a case knife, tor "a dolia
= from boy outside, whom the
hailed from the window LAWN
l. also in some way procured Il iiit
I, they made the knife into saw, Wit
r the file. ComStock severed two bal
( in the grated door Of his cell c
=. Thursday night. On Friday nigh
- Jones, reaching through the bars
). his cell door, with wire picked Il
7. lock of Il handcul' with which
n was secured, liberated ComStock !
N bending up the bars which he Ii,
va severed, and the two then brol
IT, open the other cells. They then a
Il. tackled the outer wall of the bull
s. ing and as they had nothing to ,
= but to saw oil one Scantling, cut
~ couple of bolts. bend back an il,
- bar, and then dig through the out
no brick wall, they speedily made til,
:, way out.
y" The Messenger says of the affair
n The frequency and facility wi
II. which these things are conducte
be leads to the suspicion that our cou
ho ty Jail, as q jail, isn't much of
:" institution. We don't know but
NJ reasonable precautions were TAX
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