The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-04-01
\ Terrible Accidcn' on the Rnt and Il
Wash lngion NnIlroad.

\ Terrific Accidcn' on the Rnt and &
Wash ngiOn railroad.
TWO MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED.
An accident attended with fearful con.
sequences occurred to the night express
train over the Rutland Il Washington
division of the Rensselaer, & Saratoga
Railroad, due in Rutland at lao A. NJ,
Sunday morning 1t appears that the
surface water had undermined the track
at point about one and half miles
south Of Shushan Station, and when the
train reached this point, between eleven
and twelve o'clock, the track appeared
to be all right, but as soon as the loco
motive struck the treacherous spot, the
track and ties sunk, precipitating the To-
connective, baggage car, passenger and
sleeping coach off the track, and down
the embankment. The locomotive went
down the embankment on the right hand
side, about forty feet high, turning COM
pletely over.
On the locomotive was Henry Con-
ner, the engineer, Patrick Monahan, the
fireman, Mr.. Ryan, an engineer, and
Fred. Downs, conductor. Downs and
Monahan were instantly killed. Henry
Conner had two or three ribs broken,
and was considerably bruised up. 1t is
now thought that there is no doubt about
his recovery. Engineer Ryan was not
badly hurt.
The baggage car, passenger and sleep
ing coach went off on the opposite side of
the embankmcnt from the locomotive,
which on this side was but few feet
high. The cars were badly wrecked
not u whole seat being left in the passen-
ger car, it is said. Conductor D. G..
Pierce (who was temporarily running
the train in place of Conductor Wcther-
ly) was in the baggage car with the bag
gage master and several others. They
were all more or less cut and bruised,
Mr.. Pierce being struck in the back by
flying piece of baggage, and somewhat
bruised up, but it is thought nothing but
what he will soon recover from. The
baggage car took fire, and the through
mails for northern points were about half
burned up, catching probably from the
stove. The passengers in the two rear
cars were all shaken up badly, hardly any
escaping without some scratch or bruise.
The following is the list of those ma
tcrially injured among the passengers
DR.. S. S. Fitch, New York, badly
bruised, but not dangerous.
j. Houston, st. Adams, VT, head cut
badly.
John Jordan, Saratoga, N. Y, head
cut and otherwise cut badly.
NJ, Fairchild, Salem, n Y, hurt or
leg and cuts around head.
Il, Hawes, Poultney, cut and bruse:
on the head.
Frank Brown, residence not given,
bruised and cut on the head.
Philip Lefebre (residoncc not given
scalp wound and bad foot.
Miss n. NJ. Cushman, Middlcbury
huir III the hips.
G. ID. German, Lafayette, Ind, IN
jured on the leg and breast.
Charles o. Miner, Burlington, som'
severe bruises and scratches.
Among the employees hurt not men
toned before are:
Robert Wallis, baggage master, han(
hurt.
The colored porter in the sleeping car
a severe scalp wound.
The injured ones will all, it is thought
probably recover.
When Conductor Downs was found h,
was lying in the water and mud, unde
the casing of the dome Of the locomotiv,
with his neck broken. Fireman Mona
han was found in the mud under tn,
front Of the locomotive, and it was neces
sary to dig some little time before hi
body could be got out. Monahan wa
out oiling valves when the accident oc
Cured.
Dispatches were sent to Rutland ant
Salem for help, a wreck train being sen
from Salem, and train with Superin
tendent Wilson on board leaving Rut
land at 1 o'clock a. m. Surgeons wcr
sent to the scene Of the disaster from Sa
, lem, Shushan and Cambridge.
The bodies of Downs and Monaha
were brought to Salem yesterday fore
noon. Downs lived in Salem, and leave
wife. Mouahan lived on Elm street
+ Rutland, and leaves a wife and tw
children. Both these men were old EN-
ployes of the railroad company and wer
very much respected by their associate
, and the objects of the railroad company
Great sympathy is expressed for the al
, fiicted families.
, Engineer Conner lives in Rutland. bu
is not in condition to be moved home
and was left at Salem with a brother-ir
law
, All parties unite in giving credit t
/ Conductor Pierce for his untiring effort
for the comfort CT. his passengers.
The passengers and what was left c
the mails, on the unfortunate train, al
rived at noon Sunday. The road is a
clear and trains will run regularly to-day
Rev. Homer Eaton was born in 1881
at Enosburgh. His parents were bot