Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-02-27

half late. that route, the Rutland and
Washington, being, as rule, but httle
tronbled with snow blockades. 1t may
be proper to say that the delay OF the
Boston mail interfered somewhat with
the arrangements for the engineers
dance, as among its passengers were the
members of Halls band, of Boston, VINO
were to furnish the music for the oc-
casion.
Later A. M.-The storm has, III
measure subsidized, although fierce wind
is now prevailing, and, sold ProoaDll-
tiles" says, will continue to prevail
through the forenoon. The snow is
now drifting badly and must result I'm
further serious Interruptions to railroad
travel to-day. Telegraphic advices'
lust received from near Healdville, say
that the road is not yet cleared, although
the car, which was off the irons, has
been replaced on the track and returned
to Healdville. The other cars Will be
returned to that station as soon as pos
siblc. and the road opened for the pas
sage of trains, so far as that obstruction
is concerned. The mail train from Rut-
land for Boston, which left here about
noon yesterday, is also awaiting the rails
ing of the blockade, as well as the mail
from Boston. The mixed train from
the north, mentioned above, arrived here
about midnight, nearly five hours late.
The evening express, over the Renssel-
aer and Saratoga railroad, was some
two hours behind advertised time at
Whitehall, and reached Rutland with
little, if any, further detention. The
night express train from the north, over
the Rutland railroad, due at twenty
minutes before one o'clock this morning,
came in Oh time.
We continue the account of the snow
storm of Friday-we wish it were in our
power to conclude it, but it is now in
tensely cold, the wind blows tiercely and
the snow, which fell Friday, is again
drifting badly, and it is impossible to
anticipate its further effects on travel.
But of this more hereafter.
In our account in Saturdays HERALD,
we left Fridays mail, over the Rutland
railroad, to and from Boston, at one
o'clock Saturday morning, barricaded by
a freight train which, in turn, was
blockaded by the snow, on the mountain,
near Healdville. Of course, with this
state of affairs, it was useless to attempt
the running of the night express east,
and it was, accordingly, discontinued.
The work of removing the freight cars
from the track and returning them to
Healdyille was continued through the
night and forenoon, and the road so tar
relieved from distractions that the mail
train from Boston, (due Friday came
into the Rutland depot, Saturday after
noon, twenty-four hours behind time,
with three locomotives attached, two of
them, however, being dead. The New
York night express. over the Rutland
& Washington railroad, due at twenty
minutes before two o'clock Saturday
morning. was only delayed some two
hours. Upon its arrival here, a train
was made up and proceeded north over
the Rutland railroad at about four
o'clock, taking the place of the regular
night express, due to leave some two
hours earlier. The Harlem Extension
mail train of Friday evening came in
Saturday morning at about three o'clock,
having been kept on the road, by reason
-
closes the records of Fridays trains.
We come now to Saturday. The Rut-
land & Washington railroad, alone, was
free from difficulty. All the passenger
trains arriving and departing with their
usual regularity, except the regular mail,
due here at about five in the afternoon,
which was some two hours late. The
evening accommodation, over the Rens-
selaer and Saratoga, which is usually so
prompt to arrive at nine o'clock, came
in a little after midnight, Sunday morn
ing. after three hours and a half delay
and a serious mishap. The train was
drawn by two locomotives and was com
ing along splendidly, when, about mile
and half below Whitehall, one of the
engines broke a rail as it was passing
over The tender of the rear locomo-
tive, two baggage cars, the smoking and
the national express cars went off the
irons, while the passenger coaches were
brought TO a stand still, fortunately, on
the road bed. The portion of the train
which went from the track, as men
toned, were hurled down an embank-
ment some twelve or fifteen feet high,
the express car turning a complete sum-
merset and the other cars landing, with
it, at the bottom. The messenger sid"
Lewis took the descent and the summer
set, accompanied by eight or ten tons of
express matter, but, as strange as it may
seem, escaped uninjured, as did, also,
all others on or connected with the train.
The cars were left where they landed,
the passengers brought to Whitehall,
where a train was made up, reaching
Rutland as before stated. The Harlem
Extension again came in for its full share
of accidents aud delays. The train which
left here at quarter past two Saturday
afternoon seems TO have reached North
Bennington without much difficulty, but
backing down to the estate line" as
they are compelled to do, they went off
the rails and were delayed some three or
four hours. The mail train, due in Rut-
land at ten o'clock Saturday evening,
over the same road, had the smoking
car and passenger coach off the track,
from some cause, at Stephentown and,
after experiencing considerable delay on
this account, left them In stqtu quo and
came on 10 Bennington, arriving there
with the fire box of the locomotive so
clogged with snow and ice as to be near
" useless as an aid to the propelling
power. With renewed and replenished
fires, they started out again, being con-
tiDualIv hinIprpl and trouhIed by the