, 1873-05-07
RAILROAD ACCIDENT,


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From no Montreal Fitness, afay 2,
About 511 o'clock this morning, MS tho Port
land o1preHB on tho Grand Trunk Railroad was
paaatng tho twonty-sovcnth mfe-post, near
soi1ante, tho three last cnra-a Pullman and
two re beo h9 sf 6 m Of dsq
train, and rolled down IN embankment forty
feet high Tho paeHongors within necessarily
sustained dreadful INJURIES thirty-two wounded
persons camo iuto Montreal by the portion Of
st. Hyacntlo and moro at Dolnil. Several were
frightfully injured, as no are informed by
passenger, who says they wore promised sur
geons whom they got near town, but neither at
waa any surgical attendance at hand. Most Of
the passengers seemed to bo Americana.
Tho pullman-car porter says:
Ihis morning about ESQ I WAS In tho wast-
laly, when folt tho car so bump, bump. I
sang ont We're of the track, ma'am,' and in a
second the car rolled over and over. I grabbed
tho .curtain-rods above and hung on. AZ
last the car stopnod rolling and came right sido
up. Isprang out not much hnrt, but dizzy.
Tho passengers wero all tangled up inside. I
helped them out. One man was hurt badly. Tho
Incident was caused, think, by freight train
@ S6 te 'S Sos 'e N tio ant ea sSn' To S ras iah the9
spread. Tho 1lrat-clasa car nearest the Pullman
wasn't broken up much, and lay on Its side. The
other was total smash, md lay IN two pieces
tho poople crawlod out Of tho windows bruised
them baudagcd up and comfortable, and loft fo1
tho city. We rolled down o bank over thirty
feet ligh, and it WAS tho biggest tunbling I eyor
got"
Wo have been supplied With additional partic-
ulars concerning tho accident by tho Rov. 1lr.
McCalluin. Mr.. McCaum himself did not oa-
capo without several cuts md brllisaB about tho
hend and arms. Dean Slack WAS ono OF those
nariougly hurt. Ho was wounded about tho
head, and feared that several ribs wero broken.
Tho mail conductor Lad his arm broken. There
wero about forty persons in the thrco cars, only
hnff OF whom escaped without br11iBoa; among
tllose unhurt was a whole family OF eight por-
eona. In tho Pullman car WAS family consist
ing Of mothor, grandmother, and two children,
WHO wore unhart. There were several mar.
row escapes. A young mnrricd couple had
just before tho accident proridontially got
up and gono to look out. and on thoir
their bed: Another nm by having gone into
the smoking car escaped tho accident. There
was shown spirit of mutual helpfulncas thoBo
only slightly injured assisting the nlost aorlous,
ly hurt, 30 that all weto got in tho train and
man who remained at st. Hilaire. Mr. McCallun
had little to add concerning tho cause OF tho acct-
! dent. Ho Was at first doubtful, but observation
fully confirmed it. Ho aupposes TINT for q mile
or more there Lad been car OF tho track M
| oushi ide support Of tho rail. Tho train to which
| this car belonged proceeded them only about tlf-
toen minutes surprise IL Expressed that tho in
Jury to tho rails was not observed. There
might bavo boon no tmo to notify tho approach-
| lug ttain OF tho danger.
| G1r. G. II. Greeley, of Boston, Maas., was In
| the Pullman, nnd iB badly cut and burned about
tho logs. He Ia at tho st. Lawronco Hall. Flo
had D narrow eBcapo from being burned to death,
az the stoyo fell upon him aud aot his clothes on
fro. Ho struggled desperately, however, and
% Goals, DC. % Getting through R window, 10 ros-
cuod como little children who wore within the
car. Tho condition Of aomo Of tho paeaengera
rms pitiable, ono lady in delicate health sntror:
iug much. Bomo ac1ool-boyH Wero on board, and
capped almost unfnjured,