St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-06-17
from the Rutland Herald.
Fear al Railroad 4ccident.
FOUR PERSONS KILLED.
TWENTY WOUNDED AND sCALDED.

illlt'~ .ill> SilC tl i.I'liOh. ibC XIV
went down and turned over, taking the
baggage and one passenger car with l.,
tut not turning them over, slightly bruis-
in. the engineer, +. NJ. Foss no other,
we're hurt. Conductor y. +. Starkey
sent to the summit for the engine Xii
liugton to come to their help. They re-
plced the baggage car on the track,
and @ith about twenty-five men, includ-
ins passengers. started for the Summit.
On reaching there Conductor Reed and
Engineer Hardy walked down the trac'.
aud across two culvcrtS which they
feared might be insecure, at the same
time sending section man to Mt. Holly.
: to SCI ii The road bed and track were all
safe They then went back to the Sum
nit and awaited daylight. They then
started for Rutlaud, Running slowly, AMI
nothing appeared out IF the way until
the cn2inc came on the second culvCrt,
which settled down (aS some of the pas
scn.e.s expressed it, dropped down like
dropping Il ~tuuc(. the head OF the en"iul
striking the opposite bank, and the ten
der dropping to the bottom. The ba4
gagc ear ran over the top OF the tendc!
and caught the engineer, James :. ilar-
dy, and the foreman of the ear shop,
VI. NJ. Croker. who was riding on til,
lirrmaI.'s seat, and the fireman, f.. r
IIa-krii, i,c.wccn 1t and tia engine, Kill
lin" the t.,o former instantly, and burn
H.. and breaking the right thigh of tn,
latter The car also broke the safety
valve oi the engine, thereby allowing the
to. steam 70 c-capc into lii" ear contain
iig thr passengers Wien the car went
d,wn. it threw all Of the passengers /,
III, font end il one mass. hiiling ory
man. IEomaS X. Abbott. OF Lowell,
Mas, and wouudin2 all the Others.
with enc exception.
List or CN>iALiIL>.
Doucla>~ Flint. OF New York CITY.
President Of Boston Saratoga ard Wc>.-
,rn Railroad. fatally scaled and bruised
ami has since died. Wm. IL. Emerson,
Camuria-a, Ma, badly -c;,licI and ::
Soy re scalp wound. Very severely in.
juryl: W. ). Pierce. boston. Mas.
ii4it - hl"i>tii- VI j. Howard, ~
PIE, Messenger. Rutland. anklc broken
an" badly ~caidtd. l-uman Week..
''toddad. y. H., leg b:oHen l.. VI.
Eos. Engineer, Ru'ilni. badly hurnci
om ine haud- and face AMI al" bruised
Geo. hvhny, kuI1tuI, badly >ca.dcd an"
hurt 'hWaIi'y- \. IL. fIeid' f-n@Inrr'
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roA'' "rtyh'l'id' Mas Nv" r'"s nr"N'i
and Hcai"td. (Nncr d''i) Henry
lloy', t'i"brid-e, y. /, badly scaldrd.
y. +. hc", Cambridge, y. l, badly
-cbided. !. VI. Mcfarland. iamhrlDl-'
y. .prain. ID and bruised. ). +
Co"i'dI', Springfield, Mus, slightly
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lace ana -h'"l"yr' badly cat. j. boot
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Ln,i,nw. bruised and bur,I y &
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l. viii be seen from the hove accnuu
ti'| Ar. fo-s was very severely an
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