, 1870-06-14
RAILROAD ACCIDENT,
The Fatal Disaster ON the Rutland Il
Burlington Road-FouF PeEson.
KILLED nnd Thirteen Wounded,

From the Earlia9son tFe) FIRE. P,.ss Juneo-
The night e1p1ess train coming north on the
nutland i Burlington Railroad, On tuesday
n1ght, ran into washed-oat cu1yert about mid
| b1Rnt. near Ludlow, g dumping the engine
anu ieaS1ng the cars on the south side Of the
pfeak, our 1ntu1inG no oce we believe, but the
engineer. A freight train vay standiug Al
Summit Station. in Mount Holley, and te1e-
gram was sent for the engine and caboose T.,
come to the scene Of the disaster and take the
passengers to RutlAud. This Was ior:s. Tbs
passengers, twenty-five in number, were trans
| ferEed to freight car aud started north,
When about two miles north Of Summit sts-
ton. At o'clock l. M, they ran into another
washout, somo ninety feet wide and fifteen
feet deep. The engine plunged into the chasm
and the car followed, landing On top OF the 10
comotiye- To the shock Of this fearful plunge
in the darkness aud storm, amid crashing TIM
bers and the cries OF the wouuded wefa sided
the horrors Of scataing from the steam cscap-
ing from the wrecked locomotive. When help
was finally secured, and killed and wounded
e1H1cated, it was foul that sad List OF casu-
alties had occurred. The engineer, James
Ha1dy, and Nj. II Croaker, master car builder
OF the road, who was riding on tho engine, vere
instantly killed. One in the car, VI. Abbott,
from Lowell, Hass., vas also killed. Another
passenger died before night; three other pas-
sengers bad broken bones, and nine or ten
were scalded By the steam, some Of them in
horrible manner. Mr.. Foss, engineer of ths
passenger engine wrecked at Ludlow, was so
badly scaIded that when he pulled Off his boota
the skin came on With them. Notwithstanding
his injuries, he walked back to Summit, and
sent telegram to Rutland giving information
OF the disaster.
1t was then found impossible to reach the
scene BY train from Rutland, another break
having occurred between Summit and Rutland
By the washing out OF culyert. Owing to the
condition Of aHairs, but scanty in1oluation
could be obtained up to 5 o'clock last evening.
Prompt measures we're, however, taken to re-
pair the track and open communication from
Rutland. Governor Page reached the spot as
early ~ possible, and every possible measure
railroad oficials to render the injured as COM
Portable US possible.
Among the passengers weto Mr. SkiIlings,
OF Boston, partner Of our sownsman. Law
rence Barnes, Esq, with a party from Boston,
Vas On the way to this citT to attend the we'd
ding Of Miss Barnes. Mr. Barnes received
dispatches last evening from Mr. Skil1inga and
Governor Page. informing him that noue OF
his friends wero injured, except by scratches
and bruises
The cuIye1t, the failure of which caused tho
laRt disaster, was regarded as perfectly safe, it
having stood for twelve OF fifteen years. and
had wlthBtood the freshet Of last fall. The
fall OF rain by which these was houtsSwere
carsed was very heavy along the road ores the
mountain, uanch heavier than in Rutland even,
where it rained copiously from TuesJay, at 4
o'clock p M, until about o'clock the next
morning.
At2 o'clock this morning We received = des-
patch from Rutland, furnishing the following
list Of casualties
6il1ed-Ihonas A. Abbott, Lowell, Mass;
James s. Hardy, Rutland; II. ". croater,
Wonnaed-E. II. Foas, Rutland; Geo. Kim
ney, Rutland; 4: r. Field, Greenfield, Mass;
Douglas Flint, New York: ". T. Emerson,
Boston ". q. Hoyt and Nathan Rice, Cam
bridge, y. T.; ". J. Howard, Rutland-au
sca1ded; ], y. Mcfarland, Salem, n u; E. F.
Ha.ke1l, Rutlnnd-each in hip +; Truman Week,
stoddard, y. H.; W ]. Pierce, Boston, leg
broken; c. r. Eaton, Bristol, IT., face and
shoulder badly cut.
TWO MORE DEATHS FROM INJURIES.
Eu1AND, Juns 9.-Only one man out Of
twenty-five escaped injury. Two OF tho
wounded,-DouGl2s Flint, OF New York city,
and A. z. Field, Of Greenfield, Masa.,-hsve
sirce died ". H. Emerson, Of Cambridge,
Mass. cannot live, and several othess ara
horribly eca1ded, the flesh on their hands be-
ing literally cooked to tha bone, and falling or
The body OF 1Ir. Flint arrived hera this After
noon, in charge Of his brother, and will be
taken to New York On the midniS Sht train.