Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-06-09


ing the day and evening rendering all the
aid in their power to alleviate the suffer-
ings Of the wounded.
Gov. Page. left here at eleven o'clock
with an engine and train to remove the
bodies of the dead, and to see that the
wounded were properly taken care of,
and if possible brought to this place. The
dead were brought here during the day,
and the funerals of some of them, at least,
will be attended tomorrow, of which
notice will be found in another column.
Mr. Henry G. Congdon, the conductor
of the local freight, was detailed by Gov.
Page to receive the remains of those who
had been killed, on their arrival at the de-
pot and to see that the bodies of those
having residences here were carried to
their late homes, and that those of stran-
gers should receive suitable and respect
full attention. He, last night, was at the
Central House, in care of the remains of
Mr.. Abbott and awaiting the arrival of
his sorrowing friends.
The depot and telegraph office during
the early part of the day were filled with
men and women whose anxious faces
showed that they had been informed of
the accident and that they either had
friends on the Inflated train or expected
them.
A stranger even ,could tell by looking
as the countenances of those present
whether the friends of the person were
safe or otherwise. We hope that we may
never be called upon to witness similar
scene again.
THE ACCIDENT ON THE HARLEM EX-
TENsIoN.-Jnst as we were going to press
yesterday "wednesday morning we learn
ed that there had been an accident on the
| Harlem Extension Railroad at or near a
| bridge in Clarendon, and we made brief
mention of it in the HERALD. Since
then we have learned full and additional
particulars, and find that our item brief
tho it was contained some inaccuracies
It seems that during the freshet, of last
fall, the culvert over the Mill river, some
six miles south of Rutland, and about
twenty rods south of the station in Clar-
endon, on the Harlem Extension Railroad
was washed out leaving about fifty feet
of track that it was necessary to supply
by trestle work, through and under which
the water passed. The heavy rains of
Monday evening and Tuesday had so
swelled the water at this point that it
rushed through, under the trestle work,
in perfect torrent.
The night express train from New
York, Fred Littlefeld, engineer, passed
over the road and arrived here on time,
at 100 p. m, without experiencing any
trouble or apprehending any for the sue
ceeding trains, but it was supposed that
in passing over the trestle work, the earth
beneath having been probably loosened by
the rains, that the supports were weak
ened, if not entirely destroyed, by their
passage.
The track being, as was supposed, in
good order, the train south left here on
time, with James Barnum, engineer, but
when it struck the trestle, it went down.
The train consisted of baggage, smok-
ing, passenger and sleeping car, drawn by
the frst-class locomotive Inland Hall,
probably the best engine on the road.
There were ten passengers on board, seven
in the sleeping-car for New York, and
three in the passenger car, among whom
was our friend Justin Batcheller, of Wal
Hngford. The following are the train
hands: Charles Hammond, n. Z, con-
duetor; James Barnum, of Long Island,
engineer Hiram Mattison, of Salisbury,
fireman; Patrick Connolly, of New York,
baggageman, and others whose names we
are unable to give. There were two boys
locomotive wipers at Bennington who
were also in the engine.
The accident occurred at twenty five
minutes to two, as indicated by the watch
of one of the persons who went over with
the train, it stopping, at that time, on ac-
count of being submurged in the water.
1t was raining perfect torrents and the
night was pitch dark. No alarm was
sounded, and the first that they realized
was the water rushing around them.
| The fireman was washed down stream,
and was supposed to be drowned, but in
the morning was discovered on a log at
or near the mouth Of the river, and was
brought off in boat, and reports himself
uninjured. The engineer was rescued by
car when the train went down, but crowd
ed through the window on to the top of
| the car, and saved himself and the engiu-
Ger from drowning. The baggage-master
had his shoulder broken, and was also
rescued by the conductor from a watery
grave. The young men who were in the
engine were washed ashore unipiured,
and none of the passengers, we are glad to
state, were injured, but terribly fright
ened. The engineer il at the house of
Mr.. Newton in Clarendon, and reports no
serious injuries, and the baggageman is
at the Central House, he being the only
person on board the train that was seri-
ously injured. The train is perfect
wreck, the sleeping car being the only one
that did not plunged into the river, and
the reason assigned for that not going is
because the train had " Cramer's p atant
Brake" attached, brake that sets itself
by pulling the bell cord. 1t is an inven-
ton that meets the approval of railroad
men. The other cars are detached from
each other, and are washed in different
directions down stream, the locomotive is
lying on one side with the tender detach-
ed and over two rods away. The water
was very swift and deep and the great
wonder that no life were lost, and so few
persons injured. - ra
The engine Luther Park, in charge of
Geo. Blanchard, master mechanic, started
from here for the scene of the accident, to