The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-23
Casualties In Rutland. i,,a.-is,s.
SIXTH PAPER.

date of August 4th, 1865, instead Of 1876
as II was incorrectly printed
The types, also, placed the death of
Stephen johnson, by misstcp in Clements
marble mill in Center Rutland, on the 2Sth
of August 1869, instead Of 1865. as the
context indicated.
1866, January 9th, Ben amin Il. Thrall,
was thrown from a load of hay, which
upset near the Parker quarry, so called, in
West Rutland, upon the ice and his skull
fractured. The hest of medical and snrgi-
cal assistance was, at once. summoned but
it was of no avail and he died during the
following day
1886. January 10Th LIKE DOYLE n
land and Burlington railroad. The train
left the depot. in Rutland at six o'clock in
the morning and run OH the track some
two miles south of the brandon station.
| SiN cars were thrown down an cmbank-
ment Doyle was instantly killed. one Pat
| Tyan was seriously and the conductor,
Harry Congdon, slightly injured "Brokcn
rail >"
1855. January 2ilh. William Clark. the
night Waterman in the depot of the Rut-
! land and Burlington railroad company, in
this place, was voluntarily assisting in
shackling cars on the Saratoga train, pre-
paratory to starting He stopped over to
raisconc of 'buntcrs, which was out of
| pace, when the cars were thrown together
and his head caught and crushed between
them His death was instantaneous.
1856. March eth. Patrick McDonough
was killed by railroad accident" the
! particulars of which are not at hand.
1866. May Gully y. llannum. for
many years sclcciman of the town, aud
trustee of the village of Rutland, and one
of the most cntcrprising business men was
run over and killed hy The mail train on
the Rensselaer, and Saratoga railroad, near
the Freight stree, crossing, at about
noon. \ freight train had just passed,
and the approach Of The mail train was
unnoticcd by Mr.. H.. until his attcn-
ton was called thereto by passcr by,
when, too late, lin attempting TO jump
! from the track, his foot was caught by the
''cow catcher" Of the locomotive, and he
was thrown down, the head and upper part
Of the body falling outside Of the track.
In this condition, he was pushed along
some three or four rods, until he was
thrown against the rod of a switch, forced
under the locomotive and run over. His
person was so shockngly muiilatcd that if
he had not been seen at the time.of the ac-
cident, it would have been well nigh inn
possible toshavc identified him.
! 1866, May l6.Georgc Dyke. fireman on
! the Rutland and Washington railroad, "was
endeavorng to couple platform car load
ed with scanting, which projected over the
end of the car, to box car, and his head
was caught between the end of the scant-
ling and the car, crushing ii so that his
brains ran ont of his nose, and the end of
piece of the timber was forced into the
back of his head" He died the following
Tuesday, his remains being brought to
Rutland for intermeni, the accident occur
ring at Eagle Bridge.
1866, June 1l.-Michacl McKairns, of
Rutland, an employe on one of the gravel
! trains of the Rutland and Burlington rail-
road, took gravel car at Brandon to visit his
children at Pittsford. He was standing at
the end of one of the cars and, when some
miles south of Brandon, fell upon the track,
was run over, and instantly killed.
1866, Jnly 5.-Willard Campbell, of Rut-
land while engaged in building bridges in
Maryland, in the employ of J. f. Bagley,
fell from bridge, upon which he was
then at work, and was instantly killed.
| His remains were brought home and inter
red in Evergreen cemetery
1866. October s. Mary Ellen Kent,
some over year old, was fatally burned at
Center Rutland. Her mother went ont of
the house for a few minutes, leaving the
child near the stove, and during her alb
sence, the little girls clothes became ignit-
/ ed by spark from the fire Before assist
ance could he rendered. the little girl was
so seriously burned that she was beyond re-
covcry She fingered along, however, for
a few days, when death pm, an end to her
/ suffcrings.
/ 1866 October H. Potter Ridlon, of
Clarendon, was almost instantly killed at
the "Pine Hill railroad crossing" in this
| town, under the following circumstances
lie came TO Rutland during the forenoon,
and, having transacted his business, started
for home, by the way of Center Rutland.
| He was driving a span of horses, attached
TO wagon. and upon attempting 10 cross
the railroad track, an engine upon the
Rensselaer, and Saaatoga railroad struck
the forward part of the wagon, completely
| dcmolshng it, and killing one of the
horses. Mr.. X. became cntanglcd, in some
way, with the locomotive, was carried for
ward some three or four rods, thrown over
a fence and 50 seriously injured that he
died within II lew minutes after assistance
reached him.
1866, November l5--Wlliam H.. Rice,
aged about fifteen years. He was employ
ed in the planning mill of Samuel r. viii
| liams-in the rear of Mansfield & StmsOn's
machine shop, and, while engaged in putt
ing belt upon pully, was caught by the
belt, carried several time over the shaft and
through certain parts of the machinery,
tearing his arm almost from the socket,
breaking one Of his legs, and otherwise
mutilating his person. He was promptly
attended to,and fingered along few hours,
dying in the most terrible agony.
1866, November 15-The body of an in
FAINT was found, deposited in box, float
ing in East Creek, nearly in the rear Of the
old Catholic church We believe that no
clue was ever found to its identity, or to
the names of the brutes who thus disposed