Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-12-15
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Three Persons and Span OF Horses Sut
In Pieces by a Locomotive.
u-,vo fha Detroit Free Press, 2Sth.

Persons u
in Pieces by Locomotive
From the Detroit Free Press, 18th.
Friday morning, shortly after the ex
nrasa train over the Great Western
Road, bound West, left the station a
Boutwell,, Ont, and just before reach
ing crossing, the engineer discovered
a farmers team making haste to cross
ahead of the locomotive. The tran
had lust got fairly under way, and thu
engineer at once saw that an acci
dent was quite probable. He blew
"down brakes" rang the bell, anc
sought by all means to prevent
collision. Besides the farmer
there we're seated in the wagon his wife
about fifty years old, and his daughter
young lady, and two very fine and
spirited horses were drawing the vehi
Gle. Either because he thought there
was plenty of time to cross, or because
he could pot govern the horses, the
farmer kept right on, and the rushing
locomotive struck the wagon fair and
square. Both of the women made an
attempt TO leap from the wagon, rs
thew saw the danger Of their situation,
but the iolting at the wheels threw
them down, and the farmer him
self seemed only intent on pushing his
team over the track in advance OF the
TAIN. The train ran some ways before
being brought up, but the engineer
knew that he would find sad spectacle
on returning, rs the wild shouts of the
down-ridden family, and the shrili neigh
ing of the horses had told him that the
collision had been serious. Returning,
they found the horses both dead al
ready, legs and pieces Of flesh strewing
the ground and blood everywhere. -
The wheels of the engine and several OF
the coaches had run over the animals,
and their bodies were unsightly things
TO see. But, far worse, it was seen that
not one Of the family had escaped the
collision. One leg of the farmer was
picked up on one side of the track,
the other was cut to pieces on the
rail, and the lifeless trunk lay IN
the ditch, an awful sight to see. The
wife was thrown against an enbank-
ment, and as they picked her up, it
was seen that the cruel wheels had
crushed off an arm, and that She had
received many serious bruises, The
daughter Jared worse than the mother.
Their wagon was struck by the COW
catcher, she was thrown high into the
air, fell down again on the track, and
the cOw-catcner just brushed her to oue
side SO that the wheels sheared of
nm arm and leg. She lay be-
side the track senseless, bnt
groaning with her agonies, and some of
the lady passengers tainted quite away
on beholding her mangled body. 1t all
occurred in n seconds time, but the
greedy iron monster never did it's work
of destruction more thoroughly Legs,
arms, dead HOSES, blood, the wretched
wagon, the groans Of the injured--it all
made a picture that even the strongest
of men could not look at without a
ahudder.
OF course, the train officials imme-
diateiy took all possible steps in the
matter. Taking the dead body and the
injured ones aboard the train, it was
run back to Boutwell,, where the best
medical counsel the town afforded was
secured, and the road officials were in
structed to render all possible assist
ance Mother and daughter were
both alive when the train came
on, but both were insensible, and
the physicians did not hold out
any hope that either would survive
above a few hours. The passengers on
the train were unanimous in exculpating
the engineer from any blame They
heard his several attempts to prevent
the farmer from crossing, and some OF
them witnessed the farmers seeming
obstinacy from the coach windows
There was fine chance for him to have
turned his horses into the fence, if run
ming away, and he had sight of the To-
connective and knew the danger long be.
fore his team struck the crossing