, 1874-08-20
RAILROAD DISASTERS.
Details Of .ilo Accidents in Canada
and Pennsylvania. e

Several Lives Lost, and Many
Persons 'Injyrod.
why. Cnundns
From the Afontreai Herald, 1u0. 10;
Tho storm which broke dvor Sutton IoWhshlp
about O'Clock OIL WodnosdaY night ia saa TO
section. It only rainod for about two hours, but
the water sllod from tho htlls was 40 great thae
ovory little brook and stroanl. wh'oi, iii thoif
normal condition a man would DO ashamoa to
lug aong with torriblo fury, carrying evserythny
bofore IL. From Emerson Station to Ab 'rcorn,
and almost through to Nschford, tho whole val
10y was iooled,r and 1t look. like tho most
to wado through. Tho way bridges aro
Rweps. away, troos torn out by The
roots: mills and :. burnB demolished, and
whole. acros Of ,rI,ont' and grain destroyed,
tn tho vicinity than tho effect OF au ordinary
raiuatorm. Somo Of tho people around Sutton
Flats maintain that q wntorspout burst over tlo
hills, mud the hugo volume OF water was dis.
swept tue line Of tho Southeastern Co1rtles
Halfway, but also all the highways; and yostor-
day Sutton Township WAS almost 'solatea from
tho rest Of civilization, aB 1t appeared impossible
gono. It 10 estimated TINT i will cost tho town
Bhp ovor $1,000 to replace tho bridges, aud tho
damage to houses. baruB, mills. hay, grain, 30,
wilt foot up ns much moro. Tho ontro valley
into luke, md people could not oven got across
tho roRd to oach other. passed down and up
tho track from Sutton Flats to AbeEeorn, aud
back, yesterday morning, nih found tho scono,
Mt tho place the accident occurred truly Terri"
Tho firsss report TINT tho bridge was standing
until the train struck it, proves to havo boon in
correct. Tho bridgo was gnno as two othara
came near 1t, and the train just wont into tho
gap loft in tho track, which was about ~ foot
w.de and IL deop. The engino dropped iuso tho
brook, turning partly over, and y baggage car
shot cloaa ovor it., 5annling into tho opposite
bank. Tho gcoond baggago-car foil partly on
tho engine, and tho neeond .class pasaenger'oar
toloscopcd uuder 1t, tho platform being lower
than tho baggaye-car. Tho bottoms Of tho two
oara waro about 2 feet apart. and into this
small space most Of the wounded wore 1ammed;;
Tho whole Of QUO aiae Of tho baggaKo-car and
eau,e side OF tho pnshougor-oar' 'were torn away,
both perfect wrecks, 6trauge to eav, one Of tho
lamps Of tho passenger-csr was unin1nred. not Of
tlio wounded were: horribly jamned Maj.
Manson was firmly fixed iu his Beat,
and it waa aoma ttmo hofore he was got out,
holes having boen cut in tho side to got at him.
aons s s"e ons es' SeSiad % lin M Eo2od lin tasrbs IL the
bacs. He blod fcarfaity,' and whom found was
trying to check hlaodiug with his right hand,
which was crushed out Of all shapo. Ho Is in
urad torally and en- A keen r., nGsg a. ,om ars
day uoun, and they have no lopes OF his ro-
covery. He has retained consciousness and
arranged all his Affairs quite colloetedly. Tho
doctors Hay lilo lost too much blood. aud have
not amputatod his urn. Luther l.. Davis has d
cutA inches long In tue skull, through which tho
brain rrotrudea He Ia conscious. but worry
woak. and is not expected to live. Phllo Lamb
kius has his collar-bono broken, cut iucheB
windpipo. and recoivod a sovcro oonouaHion Of
tho brain. ue WAS caught fast by tho head
and throat In the woodwork, and 1t waa al
hour before lo WAS got ont. aa tho wood hau
q number Of ft,c neighbors ,xoro ut thu ncepe Of
tho wreck. and the wounded we're oxtrlcatod
from their terrible position under tho two tolo-
scoped cars as quickly aa possible, and run back
well as possible ut tho American aud Union
IIotolH, kept by ". p. Andrews aud ]. ?. God
dald. At noon yesterday, when was In RioE-
ford, Maj. n(hnao1l, United States Uonsul Luther
i. Davis, Adolph Groom, Of snneoon, N. T., aud
| OF these it 'wns considered very doubtful tina:
| Manson. Davis. and Lasnbklnn would recover.
At tho uniou only one scrluunly wounded man
nose Fsaoyop yoSh Is !erg Hs s ssous
acaldod about tho head, and Las received soyoro
informal injuries. besides having sharp coDcus-
| sion Of tho brain. Up to tho latoHt reports |
doing we'll, mud not uonsideroa III dansor. Tho
other persons hurt wero osYory SERIOUSLY DAM
aged, and most OF them havo boon abto'to return
| home.
rho loea to tho road by this flood will proba-
! blY uoth less tlau 56o00u.
Tho disaster apponrs to mo- from pcraonal OBJ
| eoryation, to have been purely accidental, and in
no way chargeable to negligence on tue part of
tho Company. The aoctIon.,nnn, Dixon, who
! ought to have walked tho traok from bntton to
Aborcorn, atates that it WIS impossible for him
to got through and the swolton condition OF tho
nulnorouH brookH, nna tho general aweep'ng
away of bridges, substantntaB lis statement,
| His own house wns almost Awops away by the
flood, and ho was probably too much scared to
atto1npt to ford the turbulent streams being
alone The storm had at1eosed tho telegraph
wireH 30 that thoy would not work.
| The iu9uost was openhd At IL o'clock befnso
Joseph Duoharme, Uuroner OF tho District Of
| Bedford, Tho inquest waa on the bodies oi
| Frank Lanotott, Enginoor, O. 3. llarria Assist
ant Superintendent, A. u. Pickle, fireman. lilo
body OF ths' little girl who was killed has boon
Hont for from Iiohford, aud Till bo included in
the inquest.
After tic examination Of tho bodies, William
Allan, fartnor, Was cxatn[nod;, 1io tostitied te
having soen tho train pass hls house about Z
o'clock. His house is quito close to tho aoona oi
the nccldont. Shortly aftor tho train pahsod ono
OF his Aona called his attention to the wreck
1Ie at ouce went to it and found the Train hnd
gono into tho brook. The bridge was about
SO feet long and IL feet over the brook
1t had boen swept away BY tho hoav.
rain Of tho night bofore. Ho found tae bodice
Of the engineer, fireman, aua Assistan
Superintendent; also that OF tho little girl. 'rh'
engiuo WAS in tho brook, ono baggage-car hut
passed over it aud waa OH tho opposite bank
tho other baggagotcar mud paaaenger-car la.
teloAcoped. lIo aaslsted IN removing tho wound
4 ed. Saw some OF tho employees Of tho Company
somc passengers. and Honlo neghbors hoipiu;
tho wounded. The froshot was tue heaviest III
bud over known. The cause Of tue accident VA
tue washing away OF fho bridge BY tho flood
There was no bridge when tha train arrived. i
had been carried AWAY. Was Blro Of this, bo
cause part OF 1t WINS somo Distance down atroasl
below the wreck. Did not Eee p.1',n, the section
mau, A man could have easily toraod tl
stroain where the bridge wus gone. 1t waa no
more than feet doop. Tho storm was over bo
fore IL.
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