Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1874-08-20
Fatal Raflroad Accident. Near
Richford, vt.--The Causes The
Killed and Wounded. s, - Y, -,
KIoHFoRp, Yt., Aug. lib. .

hlCHfORD,t va, aug. To- =
A terrible railroad accident occurred
at about o'clock this morning. about
four miles north of this place, TO the
night train from Boston to. Montreal, on,
the Southeastern Railroad: A bridge
over the north branch of the Missisquoi
river in the township of Sutton. p! o.,
had been carried away by a very heavy
rain last night, and through the neglect
of the, section men the train was. not
sigualed. The locomotive. was: tprecipi-
tated into the stream, and the express
car ran over the engineto the. other side.
The baggage and smoking cars were
telescoped by the fourth car a second
class passenger car-r and both. now lie.
on top Of the engine, Phe fifth and
sixth ears 4.frst-cIass passenger and
Pullman were ,uninjured, although
tipped down. Five persons. are. killed
and fifteen injured,
The. killed are. as follows Frank
Lanetot; engineer, of Malone ~. ~ 4. /
Morris D. Pickle, fireman., sweetsbtsgs,
T.. @, &C. s.. Harris. Asst: supt:, Rich-
ford; a little girl about ten years. of age.
name .unknown,. supposed to.be a :F1ehch'
girl !. an unknown n man FreBciD aboela
fortg-five. years. of !. ages who had
a second ;elass. tioket;. purchased
at. Lowell, Mass, far Montreal
IA EIe was. evidently a labSrer and: had:
,.ocr;t !. seeket nothing by which to ::iis1eE7
!, He died after. being removed
to Eiohford;. BIS left ieg,.wass broken.
shove che knee in several places : e
: The injured we're. Captain, Robert
Manson, of Mansonville, left arm ;cnt
off, right arm inquired and supposed to.
be iDtared ,infefnally; he.vfas. d .Oapadian.
.i,1zsi,eotor of customs who travels On the
train Luther l.. Davis, of Richford,
United States consular agent at Aber-
corn, P. @, a large cash. over the right
eye cut through to the brain and intern
ally injured II. w. Baker, of North
Troy, express messenger, badly injured
about the head; Fred Baker, his son,
baggage master on the train, slightly in
jured Nelson Dowd, of Richford, bad
ly injured about the head John Minosh,
of Farnham, P. @, injured about the
head, back and side Fred Alex, of Cen
tral Falls, Il. l., ear torn and slightly
bruised George w. Allen, a tinman, of
Barnston Corner, p. O., injured about
the head P. Lambkin, of the firm of p.
s. M. Lambkin, furniture dealers of
Riceburg, P O. Adolph Green, French,
of SuncOck, n. H., laborer in steam
mill there, badly injured about the
head Edgar Adams, brakeman, of New
port Centre, badly bruised; John Pow
ers, of Sutton, head cut and bruised ;
United States Inspector Loomis, of
North Troy, head cut; George A.
Pierce, of Stanstead, P. O., hand cut ;
William A. Pierce, of Stanstead, P. O.,
, ouds cut and scalded.
NJ. one aboard of the first-class and
p,-uy. cars were injured. Immediate
=, ro, .ho ~eceipt OF the news here an
ano;no With co.- carried up help from
this nlace and III, a injured were brought
back here and conveye,! to the Amerl-
can and Union hotels and to the '"oSo
of Hon. L. Baker Drs. Hamilton,
Smith, Fuller and Heffian are in attend
ance and are assisted by our citizens
generally. The unfortunate persons
will receive every care and attention.
aonsaI tho lncC nf fhn
bridge was an extraordinary one, com
mencing at about o'clock in the even
ing and lasting about two hours. The
main river was raised several feet and
several bridges were carried away on the
branches; meadows were overflowed and
corn, cats and other crops seriously
damaged