Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-02-25
Stale News.

While Hon. William M. fingiy o.
Weathersfeld was splitting some Wooo
few DAYS since a small piece of bark how
and struck him across the bali OF the len
eve. aud at last accounts he was IN quite
a feeble condition.
The last nomination for governor IS
Z Hon. Harmon Garfield of Arlington. 1t
requires a coed mathematician TO Keep
/ the count.
-Bridgewater gets ahead Of Wood
stock. The frs, council of the Sovereigns
Of Industry in the state has been organized
/ there.
Nelson James of Burlington, having
missed the stage for Port Kent, n. Y,
the other day, was taken across Lake
Champlain on a handsled by skater in
so minutes.
There were % oranges in Vermont
at the last count
The rain Of Friday night came near
giving the railroad company more trouble
with the famous bridge jus, below Water
bury. After the fall of one span of the
iron structure, the other two spans were
prOpped with trestle work, for the sake of
greater security. With the rise of the
river, the ice started and carried away
this propping, leaving the iron to support
itself By this, however, the channel
was cleared, 50 that the trestle work of
the new span was saved. The trains were
not delayed, but are passing over the
bridge IN apparent safety.
On Saturday afternoon last, as the
freight train from Montpelier was nearing
Wells River, the conductor, Mr.. George
WithcrelI, noticed a pedd!er upon the
highway swinging broom at him, and in
other ways eDdeavoriug TO attract his at
tention. Looking ahead on the track Mr.
Witherel saw gap about fifty feet long.
which had Leen washed out, ewing to the
want Of a culvert in the proper place.
Tie imTediatel y pulled pin. which de-
tached seventeen Of the nineteen loaded
cars Of which the train was comprised and
these seventeen cars were stopped within
four feet Of the gap. The engineer, Mar
tin Hamblin, finding that it was impossi-
Bile to stop the engine in season. when
within ffty-fect of the wash-oui, told the
fireman to jump of, which he did. Mr..
Hambin then took his little boy, eight
years old, in his arms and leaped from the
engine, both, fortunately, escaping with
out injury.
But the wonderful part of the story re.
mains to be told, The Fish-joint, which
is used upon this road, forms continuous
rail, so that although The earth had been
washed away to the depth of twenty feet.
for distance of fifty feet, taking with it
the ties, the engine, "Charles RIVER"
weighing thirty tons, with two heavily
loaded cars, were supported BY the strength
OF the continuous rail, and passed over the
chasm IN safety, so that no accident to
person or property resulted from what
might have caused most serious disaster.
Conductor Boutwell,, on hearing Of this
escape, Immediately telegrarhed to the
office of the company, in Montpelier, and
in ten minutes form the receipt of the dis
patch the roadn.aster, Mr.. Mcrse, with
all the section men. had started with a
train, and by three o'clock, Sunday after
noon, the gap was trested, and since tina.
time trains have run over it regularly.
But little doubt is expressed that but
for the peculiarly fortunate circumstances
attending the case, the engine and train
would have been precipitated into the mill. !
pond of Durant Il Adams, and have H.
volved a serious damage to property. If
not to life. All in all, it was truly won
ierful escape.