St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-15
Wonderful Preservation "A Feather
for the Air-Brake.

w OnQer1ul HreSerVdtlOH- "a = SsAoASA
for the Air-Brake.
A railroad accident which Just es-
caprd the most frightful consequences,
occurred two miles below the station at
Springfield Mass, on Friday morning
at one o'clock. to the night train from
Boston to New York. While running
at only about fifteen miles per hour. the
engineer perceived that there was trou-
hle behind him and Immediately applied
the Westinghouse air-hrakc to the whole
train. and this precaution probably pre-
vented Il very serious disaster. 1t Is Il
peculiarly of this brake that 1t contln-
hes to act on train although the en-
CINE may he broken away from 1t. In
this instance the eng inc and express ear
had passed the obstruction. which prov
ed to he Il broken rail. when they were
/ suddenly detached from the rest of the
train. The iour ears next behind them
suffered the worst of the accident. These
were the postal car, the baggage car,
the smoking car aud an ordinary pas
>cmgcr car. All these went down the
cmhankmrmt upon the lee of the river.
which happily did not break through.
and were completely wrecked. The
mail car instantly caught fire from the
stove. and the whole of large and pro-
| badly valuable mail. save about 80 let
/ tiers. was DESTROYED with the ear.
Behind the four cars which rolled
| down the cmhamkment, were four sleep
ing ears. all of which. thanks to the air
brake. remained on the track. although
some of them stopped almost on the
verge of II sharp dcclivity some 30 feet
high. Strange to say only ten or twelve
persons were injured ut all. and none of
these seriously.
This Westinghouse ;Iir-brake, which
seems to have saved 50 many lives i'll
this caste was described in these columns
last summer 1t is wholly under the
control of the engineer, and it can he
applied to every wheel of every car on
the train instantancouSly -as quick us
the engineer ciI draw Il lever. These
brakes have been used on the best roads
west for some time. but NOT until lately
have any New England roads adopted
them. We hope the time is not distant
when every passenger train on every
road Will use them.
= In the Massachusetts House of
Representatives the other day, and on
the morning of the day when the hill to
prohibit the sale of liquors WAS to come
up. Mir. CudWorth, the chaplain, peti-
toned that 1--WE should put more God
into our liquor. Il very proper petition.
as many who Use it freely can bear teSti-
mony. The devil. evidently, is too
large. an ingredient ia the stuff sold and
drank as liquor. 1t will bear the large
diluiion Mr.. Cudworth Graves for it and
! with benefit to CONSUMERS.
4 Aud last comes g. II. Dayton,
WillamShurgh. New York. who Hoods
the country with circulars offering comn
tertrit money at Il great reduction
''prntcd from the original plates" Do
not let the >wimdlerS whrcdlc You out
of Your money. These private circulars
all come from rIScalS of the first water.
CORRECTION. In the notice. in the
CdIrInniCm of last week. of the self
acting liIc ENtinguiShcr. it was stated
that th, chemicals for 80 gallons of gas
cost SiuO. For 500 ii should have
read II.