St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-07-14
.fnoih Rojfr0nd Syaughtcr.


y ltTllbit ;ltCltltit bttulIeu Oh LII
Newark and New York railroad, Satur-
day morning. at Bills farm, a mile AM
half west of TIE former city and neal
the Passaic river. At this point there
Is spur used inr carrying gravel, tho
switch runninr dia"onally across tho
double tack IhiS switch had beer
turned for a gravel train about s o'clock
and the man that turned it jumped on
his train again, ne"lcclin% to rcadjust it.
Consequently, wien the 10 Il. III. train
from New York reached the switch, ii
Jumped the freq and passed over tho
switch to the other track, upon which
the & o'clock train from Ncwal!. was
approaching. Both trains were runnlng
at high rate Of speed. As soon rs the
engineers discovered the imminent dan
ger, they wIisllci down brakes, but it
was too latc The locomotives plunged
into cncil other, that of :he up train be
ing hurled from the track, willie tho
other Was cum;,i"triy overturned, but
Remained "a the track The +mukn"
ear Of :Ev down trai;l Wa thrown upon
the tcinl.r -! the ru"iur, and !Ilr iii I
pa, :. n4cr cir WAS trlr~cupcd into it fully
- feet In Il lew moments thr terrible
fact became apparent that the engine an'I
cars were ola iilr he liamc- spread
rapidly, AMI soon env'lnpcd everything
within reach. The greatest alarm and
terror now prevailed among the passen-
"cr-. Women screamed and men be
came terror stricken, some rushing to the
doors, willie others threw baskets, bun
dies, and. in some instances. small chil-
drrn from the windows The terror
thus created WAS augmented 10y "a repor!
that scores Of human lrin@S were in The
burning cars, unable t. effect their Is
cape.
Five Irr.ons are known to have hccr
killed, all of whom were employees OF
the ruad-Gcur.c Hi AMI Frank krr-
man, engineers # the two trains, tn,
| former hcinr roasted alive, and the latter
horribly man9lcd 50 that lac died i'll II
minutes. John Rorksi,llpw, fireman.
who W. employed on 'hr Central rnad,
and WIS only ruimirs that trip Will,
the REGULAR fireman w;I- Attending lii,
funeral OF his child NJ NJ. McManus,
lir,mnn, Daniel Whit, brakeman, VIII,
belonged in New Haven and had beer
employed lay the company only 10 dayS.
Gen. Buks, an engineer whu Wa, uu I'll,
tram, l. mi~-i"a and i supposed Ia h,
buried under the locomotive. The num-
her ui passengers injured came; h. h..
than 80 hu, only two Of item fatally
G,ur-. Er:il,- and Frank Adams o
/ Newark.
Tho acridrut - thus described hy 4
man WHO WAS moving close by whcr,
the collision ocrmrcI: The train iron
Newark was drawn 10y the rn"inc PLAIN
field. AMI Tia; from New York Ly III,
engine Aurora. ! WA NOW il" with my
back turned. when heard the llaiuiirlH
whistle luriou-ly and turninn law hcr
tram approaching. the witch at hi@i
speed, the Aurora hr,ug then distant
about loo yards. suddenly law :.
piece of wood lly out Of tie tender ui
the l'lainiirll, and then the engine itself
BEGAN houmrir% over the >lyrpcr-. The
motions OF the tIuin were like three
jumps. the whistle >rrcrrhinr furiou-ly
all tie while AMI the train ioliiug on the
~irrp,r-, maxim" such u nos, that II WAS
heard NJ my fathers huu-r, hall a mile
oil hardly had time To rculi.,r the
came together with 4 -ound like Thunder,