The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-10-12

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computed that iho damage q the Com
pany viii reach S2oo0o0. AT Berlin
thrce l,eosaVH,es are "stAl.sd" an
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LOST.
Ga Monday the Troy and Bos
Ton train To-, Troy Al O'Clock IN the
afternoon, rerched Hoosick Junction
bridge about ten O'Clock ainighL Con
lgctor Clark on account q the unsafe
CONDITION Of the bridge, doomed it in
ozped.ent 70 run tho train across and
the passengers go: out and walked.
Arriving o. the further side Of the
bridge, Al the suggestion Of Con. CLARK
the passengers, TO the number OF ff-
teen took position on the tender Of the
locomotive, and it was concluded 10
back tho tender slowly towards Hoo
sick Falls. Two men with lanterns
were placed on the rear end Of the ten
der, as the party progressed. They re-
ported tho track in good condition, but
when the engine reached the bend
in the river, short distance above
Hoosick Junction, the engine and ten
der sank into the stream, the bank and
track giving completely away
The rushing torrent OF the river had
undermined the sandy soil at Che an
gle Of the river, directly beneath the
track, leaving deceitful crust Of earth
hence when the engine reached this
point, the earth gave way, and engine
and passengers, plunged int to the roar
ing food beneath, about thirty feet be-
low. The dead body Of Chas. +. AIKEN
OF Sandlake, young man twenty years
OF ago, was found near by. The body
Of DIR, Fowler was found in the morn
ing quite distance below the scene OF
the accident. The body when found
was in a sitting posture with the bacs
against a stump, and the left hand OK
tended up over the head A cash has
been cut in the forehead which has
bled considerable. 1t is supposed iron
this that he Was not killed instantly, but
had survived for some time. The body
Of Mrs Fowler was found IN a corn
field ON the farm of John Harmon, a
Eagle bridge, on Wednesday. Tn,
daughter, who was sitting on the oppo
site side OF the tender also went down
but was grasped by A. H. Webster, wht
with superhuman effort carried be
up the embankment. Her feeling
may be imagined, but not described. :
Her last recollections Of her father anC
mother are that her father told her t,
jump and her mother gave piercing
! scream. When urged to ride home Oh
a hand car, she declared she woulC
never ride on the Troy and Boston
railroad again and walked home.
Conductor John w Clark received
few trihing bruises about the face. =
: Mr. Robert Haswell, Avah H. Webste
VIM Powell, Jr, Rev DIR Dyer, T. Lew
: is, baggageman, Frank Benson, expires
man, Robert IL Clark, engineer, an,
John Ryan, fireman, were slightly in
,jured. Kucious NJ. Cooley receive
I severe internal injuries and Geo. "
4 Fisk had leg fractured. Amputatio
J will be necessary.