St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-08-18

one only remaining Oh the track. Plat
forms and running gear suffered severely
one truck being driven up through the
lloOr OF the passenger car. The only in
jury to persons inside was a slight hurt ii
the head to one brakeman. The train
was runnin" a iul! speed. and this was
probably favorable condition. sine,
otherwise The ears would have been likely
| to pIrn.c down 1T the side OF The bridge
instead OF shooting beyond it.
Thi~ was followed by an accident
on Saturday morning. The loco.
motive "Mago"' was taken from it,
regular work at the north end. TO bring
the wreck 10 Lyndon. On lis return it
came into collision with the gravel train
At Salem (ncar NcwporD. drawn by the
"Grccn Mountain Boy and both were
somewhat damaged. The &c. NJ. Boy
had no Goa catcher ON. and 50 ran upon
the "'Ma%""." bcndiu" her shafts and
cr"okin" and brcakin" al! her forward
works and frame. Both headlights went
To >lhtSh. and both smoke stacks were the
WUrs" tor the huitinG. The &c. NJ. Boz"
has the llln"rS OF both cylinders broken
oil. AMI other ~li=ltcr damage.
Tia" train men all jumped n IN
>t.Ia"n to avoid the shock except one hand
GA the e. NJ. Boy" Who had the wood
piled about linn MP Ia his ears hy the
~h""". lat ciinr cat unhun. This acci-
dent WUtIi doubtless have b.ru much
more serious, very likely rcsiIrin" IN loss
Of liir. had not Iir' station AGENT heard
The @IIycl lta.u coming. aiId moliunrd
danger Ia line ca .iuccr uI the ''Na"n"''
Il Il passed hiuI. EV this mcau= tie. en-
"ii"'r was enabled Ia >hul nir steam and
neatly top h# machine before the Gravel
tain struck him. The cause OF ili ar-
rI'irni vii h." officially aSccrllimrd rud
madr know in dr" time. The Officials OF
Tia" road -h"Wci lhcm.rlvc equal To thr
'ic'.i~ipn. from The tact that neither OF
th,.-,. accidents Wrir allowed To- hinder
ihc main Tor m"Ir than Il E.w hours.
Ani th"n"h obliged Ia lum hUlh en-" me;
nhd c;lI, luIlII"r than Usual. and hayinw
all lir IuTn"i Oul on the road Vet all the.
uIin+ are rIunnin" "n lime. and prupi.
along Tin" Iin" would scarcely have his
trusted an arcilcnt--r"Itlinlv not one OF
thi- magnitude
Ca Monday last. H. the ,iOvrI'S train
va harkin. up 1T Barton. Mr.. Erla :.
Hastings "i this place VA quite seriously
ih"r:h not fatally iniurcd. He was upon
The top "l the drawers -aln"n. and in at
tempting. T." descend at the side. wa> not
quick enough to escape contact with the
bridge. and So Wa thrown OF ard brlis-
eel hadlN. btiu% unconscious when help
reached him. He was brought to hi,
home i'll this place on ;hr morning" mail
train. accompanied 10y Or. skinner OF Bar
ton. rcnaininr unr"n>r"u- the entire
time.
We team today that Mr.. Hastings i in
4 fair Way OF tall recovery. There was a
fracture "l ia" check bone. and 4 severe.
hr'ii>r L" tho X. but it i believed the
spine received Lo injury.
!hr Newport ErrrcSS adds the follow
in" to the LIT: On Thursday a deaf old
gentleman. name moi .a>rrriGinrd. Wa
walking upon the track iu~: this side OF
East Coventry. IN advance ui the up cX-
pes trim. ~ the train came round a
curv" he N1> discovered iI>l ahead ON
o." g! thr 'rii"rs. The whistle Was
sounded. bn. hr did not notice the train
until il WAS close upon him. when he
dropped h,tw"rn rhc rirn',rr@ and ESCAPED
with Quit" Il icy re Wound on the top OF
his mead. He was picked up 10y the gray
81 train ami brought here. An npplica-
ton Of spirit was made To the wouni; an
inward application at the same was also
mad" +" prevent til" injury >iIikin. in.
ana II" WAS carried along on his way. He
ila~ since n"rm heard from all ri@ht.