St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-30
Accident on the Passumpsic R. R.
Two Trains Collide One Man Killed


Accident on the Passumpsic R. R.
Two Trains Collide One Man Killed.
quite Il disastrous accident occurred
on the Pa>>umpSic road. about Il mile
and a-half north of this station. Tues
day noon. No. 10 freight train culidrd
with the down Camp Meeting train from
Llud"mNillc. The trains came together
with tremendous force. smashing both
locomotives. tclr>c"ping the baggage
car with Il tender. and throwing from
the track and wreck in" five. freight ears.
Frank Hubbard. fireman on the Camp
Meeting train. W,I~ caught at his post.
and >h"ckingll injured. The remain
der of the train hands on both engines
lumpcd oil and were saved.
The facts concerning this sad accident.
~ near ~ We can gather them. are H.
tnll"N>: Tibet amp Meeting train. " hich
was about fifteen minutes late IN lcaN
img LlnduntiIc. consisted ola smoking
and passenger c,ll. and Wa> drawn 10y
the engine Henry kcNr>. Adam
Eastman. engineer; Frank hubbard.
fireman: Quincy scott, conductor The
freight tram which left II. .I"Im>huIN
about >iN minutes late had some twelve
ur fifteen cars. drawn hl the engine l.
l.. ChcnrN." {. \ ldllctou. engineer:
Tons sharp. conductor. with tW" hIakc-
men. Both trains were rIIluiu" AT usual
speed: the freight about fifteen miles
per hour. and the passenger from TWEEN
" five To thirty. The curve in the
track just north of EllclA Chamhcllim' :
trains from seem" each other for ANY
great distance. The first TaIlctou. en-
ginccr of the freight. knew of the APP
pruachim" train. his fireman told him l."
shut OH. which he did. blew the
whistle for brakes. and reversed his
engine The track Was wet. it raining
at that time. and the driving wheels
slipped. Ia the engineers opinion the
speed of his train WAS not slackcncd
much if amy when the collision occurred.
Before the engines met. Tarlct"m. ham
berlin. (tircmam.) and Tom Sharp. con
ductor. who waS riding on the engine,
jumped of Tarlcton on the right hand
side. and the other two ON the left.
rarlrton rolled over Il few times. and
brought up in the river. Seeing the
ears bounding from the track and fol
lowing him down the bank. he swain
out into the middle of the stream until
all WAS quiet. when he returned ashore.
Neither he nor his fireman were injured.
Sharp. conductor, WAS somewhat hurt
and WAS taken back to the Avenue
House. When the collision occurred.
the two ears on the freight train next to
the engine were forced off the track to
the right of the locomotive. and went
into the river. taking the tender with
them. The two next We're empty plat
| form cars, and the fifth IL box car loaded
with Fairbanks scales. These three
were driven from the track ON the west
side, one being forced past both engines.
one resting on the top of the ''KcNeS.' .
and the scale car stopping alongside the
locomotives. Still another ear Was about
/ half demolished. but remained on the
| track The remainder of the train
seemed uninjured. One ear WAS loaded
with horses. and IL man was riding with
| them at the time. but none were hurt.
One of the cars that went into the river
Heated off down stream the other, with
the tender of the freight engine, lodged
near the shore.
Although the Camp-Neetlng train
WAS Il little late in leaving Lyndonville,
it had the right of road. and was run
ming ut full speed. When near the
south part Judge Ross meadow. East
man, the engineer, saw the locomotive