Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-25
ACCIDENT ON THE HARLEM
EXTENSION RAILROAD.
One Wan Killed.
SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED.

We have this morning to record sad
accident which occurred on the Harlem
Extension Railroad, yesterday, by which
one man. the brakeman, was instantly
killed and several passengers more or
less severely injured
The mixed train, over the Harlem En-
tension Railroad, due here at 11:45 am,
yesterday, and which was, at this time,
only composed Of a baggage and one
passenger car, drawn by the locomotive
Lebanon, Charles Bateman, of Rut-
land, engineer, with }. J. Paris, also
of this place, as conductor, left Dandy,
on time, and was going at her usual rate
of speed, until when about two miles
south of the South Wallingford station,
one Of the journals Of a wheel to the
tender broke, throwing the tender, bag
gage and passenger car from the track.
The engineer Immediately, on the
breaking of the journal, signaled for
brakes, and so prompt was his action,
that the brakeman, Peter Gallagher,
stepped from the car to answer the sig
nal, and arrived at the brake just a. the
wheels of the passenger ear dropped
into cattle guard and went OVER,
throwing him off and under the car as
it rolled over Gallagher was a resident
of Rutland, unmarried, and about 21
years Of ago, and was instantly killed.
The following are the names of the
passengers injured, so far as they can
be ascartailed William a Staples Of
Clarcsnont, n H., an engineer on the
Vermont Central Railroad, head cut
Miss Staples, his daughter. %de bruised
Mr.. Douglas and son. Of Peru. \. y.
the formers aI1A was badly bruised and
his 5n. slightly cut on the head Two
daughters Of William H. Dunton of
Rutland. one with cut on the head, and
the other with sprainrd foot
An elderly lady, residing in Burling-
ION, nane NOT ascertaincd. was badly
injured in the back.
Not any Of the above are considered
seriously hurt, hut MI are more or less
bruised from going over with the car,
which made enc UH two complete rrv0-
luI.F!.. fore it came - stand still.
Il +. Doasit,io that there may have been
.0t1rr persons slightly injured, hut if so,
they 1,ave not been fopQrted, and it has
been INN, ,%sihlc to ascertain their names.
AccIneSr on TIE CENTRAL RAILROAD
-NRAcrLor7 ESCAPE. Last Saturday
five freight cars loaded with lumber and
hay were thrown from the high bridge
which crosses Sugar river near Clare
mont. The cars ran off that part Of the
bridge which extends over the highway,
and were precipitated to the riser bed,
eqaty feet below An Irishman who
was stealing a ride between two of the
cars. fell all of the immense distance and
was buried in the ruins. After two
hours hard digging by the railway en-
ploypcs. he was eXtricated, and after
brushing his clothes and adjusting his
.'caubeen" walked off, unhurt. He
tried to convince the railroad officials
that he was walking on the road and the
cars fell on him. but being told that that
was too thin" finally acknowledged
that he fell with the cars.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT. While the pupils
of Miss Belle d. Horizons school, in
Stockbridge, were recently having their
incoming, Miss Nora Pierce put some ap-
pie seeds on her eye lid for another
young lady to name. While she was
naming them, pointing to each seed with
a pen-knife, young man gave her head
push from behind, driving the blade
half its length into the cavity of the eye.
The doctor is in hopes he can save the
eye.
Fatal AoCIDENT.--A man named Ed.
Starksboro, was driving on Wednesday
last, down Ball Mountain, Ferrisburgh,
when the load capsized, falling on him.
A stake struck him in the breast, Killing
him instantly He was in the employ
of Mr. Walter Field, and his remains
were conveyed to his house.
VERGENNEs MARKET.-Butter trade
not over brisk. On Saturday last butter
sold for 20 to 80 cents per pound. Eggs
80 cents per dozen. Hay is worth $40
per ton; straw $15 to S18 per ton. On
Tuesday 2,642 pounds of butter were
shipped from Vergennes station, 216
pounds of poultry, and quantity of
eggs.