Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-08-20
TrrrIhle RaIIroad AecidenI.

Terrible Railroad Accident.
A terrible accident occurred Saturday
night near Lcmout. H.. On the Chicago
and Alton railroad, an iaoeniisg train col
Iidipg with the south-5gand express pas
seurer train, almost entirely ureeking the
later, killing six persons outright aud
foa4lally -injaTiSg soa,o thirty others.
many Of whom, 1t is sid will die.
The total number killed and tbOsa who
died Ct injuries By the collision, up 10 3
o'clock, z. NJ. Sunday, was eleven, and
Of the wounded IS. Among the killed.
are John Miizler, engineer, belonging to
the Baltimore & OHIO Railroad; two
fremcu belonging to the eollidcd trains,
names unknown; Frank Bridges, appar-
emily fireman. All the passengers killed
or injured we're in the secend.elass car
which was also used as a smoking car,
aud with the exception Of the tiremen, en-.
ginscrs and train men, the casualties
we're all caused BY steam. None Of the
regular passenger coaches or sleePers were
thrown of the track or in any way injured.
No person in any Of them was hurt
The following account Of the sccideu,
is from the statement Of officers Of the
road: The passenger tram consisted of
the baggage, express and three day
coaches. The head onc, sceondclass or
smoking car and then two sieepcrs. Three
miles north Of Lcmout at curve in the
road there suddenly appeared a coal tran
Of 50 ears running 20 miles an hour.
The passenger train was raining 30 miles
an hour. Neither engineer saw the other
engine until it vas too late to reverse.
This is accounted for by the curve in the
road aud partly by the dense fog. The
two trains cane together with fearful
force; being on curve, however, each
engine left the track aud passed the other,
that attached to the coal striking the bag
gage car a few feet from the end, break
ing the coupling between it and the smok-
ing ear, which the engine struck square
in the end and with such force as to throw
the forward end in the air so that the en-.
CINE ran under it, tearing the floor COM
plctely cut aud hurting fifty or sixty an
fortunatcs in the car in a struggling mass
to the lower end, where there was no
chance of escape. Then ensued a scene
Of 'htror. The smoke stack and dome of
the engine we're knocked of by the col
lision, and the broken timbers ofthe smok-
ing car penetrated the boiler, letting loose
d dense volume of steam, which poured
into the car binding and sealding the he p.
less inmates, who, with shrieks, struggled
vainly to extricate themselves. Conduc.
tor Russell, of the passenger train, who
was unhurt and number Of passengers
from the rear coaches, came forward and
cndeayored to assist the victims, but there
was little left to do beyond taking from
the wreck the dying aud wounded, many
of whom were tearfnlly scalded Seven
died soon after taking out and four have
since died. There was not house in the
neighborhood. The unhurt passengers
took bedding from the sleopers and
mnistered as much as possible to the
wounded, while conductor Russell hurried
back on fcot to Lemont and telegraphed
superintendent MacMulen for surgeons
and aid. Mr. MacMullen hastily got to-
gathered half a dozen physicians and
supplies of such articles as were necessary
and started about midnight with special
train for the sce@e Of the disaster, arriv-
ing at 100 a. m. Everything possible
was done for the sufferers, and at 8 a, M.
the train returned to Chicago, bringing
the uniniured coaches ofthe wrecked train
and all the dead and wounded, except
two fremen, who we're left at Lemont for
burial. 1t is feared that Captain Smith
and Mr.. Fleury viii not recover. a
The cause Of the accident was the
criminal recklessness of the conductor and
engineer Of the coal train, whose duty it
was to wait at Lemont until the passenger
train passed, unless they had received
positive orders to proceed. This the off,
GERS Of the road say was not the ease. The
conductor of tie coal train, named Be-
man1 has been rpRaing the train for years
and vas considered frst,class man. He
has not been seen since tie disaster and
tits thought he has fed, aslthe last seen
Tvhimrwas seen in the caboose of his
rainn which was uninjurcd. No blame is
attached to thu, officials Of the. passenger
train. r aass.., baer
Lam0ille 60. Supreme Court.
R AUGUsT TrRM 1873. ''a