The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-21
Couldn't Wait.
THREE PERSONS AND A SPAN OF HORSE:
CUT TO PIECES BY A LOCOMOTIVE.

THREE PERSONS AND 4 SPAN OF HORSES
CUT TO FIEcEs EY A LOCOMOTIVE.
Friday morning, shortly after the OK
press train over the Great Western
road, bound West, left the station of
Boutwell,, Ontario, and just before
reaching a crossing, the engineer dis
covered farmers team making haste !
to cross ahead of the locomotive. The
train had just got fully under way, and
the engineer at once saw that an acct
dent was probable. lie blew "down
brakes rang the bell, and sought by
all means to prevent IL collision. Be
side the farmer, there We're seated i'll
the wagon his wife, about fifty years
old. AID lis daughter, a young lady,
and two very fine and spirited horses
we're drawing the vehicle. Either be-
cause he thought there was plenty of
time to cross, or because he could not
govern the horses, the farmer kept
riolit on, ard the rushing locomotive
struck the wagon fair and square,
Both Of the women made an attempt
to leap from the wagon, as they saw
the danger of their situation, but the
ioltinn of the wheels threw them down,
and the farmer himself seemed only in
tent on pushing his team over the
track in advance Of the train. The
train ran some ways before being
brought up, bnt the engineer knew
that he would find SID spectacle on
/ returning. as the wild shouts of tie
e down-ridden family, and the shmll
t neirling of the horses had tod hln
tlat tie collision had been srTlous.-
+ Returning, they found the horses bot'
dead already, legs and pieces OF 1iesi
: strewine the ground, and blood every
> where. The wheels Of the engine ann
: several of the coaches had run over th'
= animals, and their bodies were uh
1t slightly things to see. But, Tar worse
le If was seen that not ore OF the tanili.
! had escaped the collision.
" One leg of the farmer was picked u
10 ON one side of the track, the other VIZ
ar cut to pieces on the rail, and the llie
e. less trunk laid in the ditch, an awil
er sirht to see. The wife was throw
't against an cmhanSment, and, as the
r. picked her up, it was seen that II
nd cruel wheels had crushed off an am
" and that size had received many serio'
"e bruises. The daughter Jared wor
he than the mother. Their wagon "
;ed struck by the cow-catcher, she W
a thrown high into the air, fell doV
zen again on the track, and the cow-cateh
!. NJ Just brushed her to, one side so tn
er. the wheels sheared off an arm AND
I'M, leg. She lay beside the track, sens
/" less, but groauing with her aGoni
,.a and some of the lady passengers FAINT
sti quite away on beholdng her mangI
as body. It all occurred in sccon
by time, but the greedy iron mons
IL tnn never did its work of destruction m
thoroughly. Legs, arms, dead hors
cam blood, the wretched wagon, the sro'
'e- of the iniured--it all made a pct
tI;s that even the strongest of the II
lers could not look at without shuddei
:a OF course, the train officials inn
Of diately took IL possible steps in
OF o; matter. Taking the dead body
aim tbc Injured ones aboard the tran
nd was run back to Boutwell, where
call best medical counsel the town atfor
L"'S was secured, and the road officials
Il ;. structed to render all possible ass
lring apce. Mother and daughter
lain both alive when the train came
h,h! but both were senseless, and the
u az siciuns did not hold out any hope
a the either Woui" s"lN'' '''o w '
Au- The passengers on the tram
I'll to unanimous in exculpating the cnSi
I'll an an from any blame. They heard his
;, sI,l eral attempts to prevent the ia
ribe from crossing, and some OF them
Is be- messed the farmers seeming obsti
ST MN u! from the coach windows. There
:, ra. a fine chance for him tohave tn
bone. his horses into the fence, if ru'
it in away, and he had q sight of the
TO ON, IN motive, and knew the danger, lon
=, .' shn fore his team stuck the crossing
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