The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-30
Burglary at Buskirk's Bridge in
Broad Daylight.

On Thursday afternoon, about l 30,
Daniel Hitchcock locked up the railroad
station and went away for short time
He noticed man hanging about there
when he lett. Returning soon after he
found thief had broken window and
crawled in, and had taken between 800 and
$95 from the drawer. That afternoon a
man going on foot from Buskirk's to Eagle
Bridge asked Mr.. Wellington (who was
passing) for ride,-said he was in great
hurry. When near Eagle Bridge the
stranger jumped out and ran into the BUSH
es at the side of the road. 1t turned out
that this man was the same one that Hitch
cock noticed, and he is a young burglar,
named Grace, who was sent to prison at
Windsor, VT, for burglary at Bennington,
aud whose sentence had just expired. He
was arrested, but no money was found
about him. He was examined at Hoosick
Falls on Friday. but was discharged. He
says that after he jumped from the wagon,
he went to the river and waded through TO
.~---lAtjuas nn tho Cambridge side.
SIX PERSONS KILLED.
One of those sad disasters so frequently
reported, and from which Fall River has
been fortunately exempt for many years,
happened Sunday evening on the Old Col
ony Railroad, at the Brownell street cross
| ing at Bonneville, causing the instant death
of five persons and the fatal injury of an
other. A family who reside in the Borden
mill block, in the eastern section OF the
city, took advantage of the fine weather
today to visit a friend, w. j. Graham,
who lives on Lindsey street, Bonneville,
and after a pleasant sojourn were invited
| nv their host to take drive home, q dis
lance of mile or 30. An express Wagon
was procured from man named Frawiey
whose son, nineteen years OF age, accom-
papied it as driver. The party consisted
of Bobert and Thomas Hynes, the latter
wife and child, John Gardner, w. j. Ora
ham and the teamster, Henry Frawley
With many good-byes to their friends AM
promises to return the visit, the team wa
started and passed along we'll until the.
reached Browncll street. The horse wa
whipped up to a brisk trot, and as the wae
on reached the centre of the railroad crost
, ing it was struck by the steamboat trai
, and
1 | CRUSHED INTO THOUSAND FRAGMENTS
: Robert and Thomas Hynes, Mrs. Hyne
and child and John Gardner we're Instant
J, killed, the child being terribly msnglet
|. One of the men was drawn under tn
; wheels and torn to shreds. Mrs, Hyn'
was thrown into the air and landed on ii
il. cowcatcher, and another of the victims VI
o flung fully 60 feet from the track. IT
driver, Frawley, chung to the reins and VI
drawn over the front of the wagon by Il
terrified horse, which made asudden spri!
carving with him the forward wheel
r Frawley escaped without injury, thouf
Df terribly shaken up. Graham was inJure
d internally. and there are but faint hop
O. of his recovery. The train was stopped
n soon as possible and backed up 20 the see
49, and the remnant of one of the men pick
As from between the wheels of the engin
at These remains, along with the body OF I
OF woman, were taken on board and convey
We to the Bonneville depot, 200 rods south
the scene, where they now remain. Wh
p N, the accident became known
"a THOUSANDS VISITED THE SPOT,
Ply and the bodies were taken to the northe
d, police station, which was soon surround
~, ~. by an anxious, busting crowd. Inc dri'
iy, Frawley, states that he was not aware q
Ia. any train was due at this hour, not Del
M coenizant of the fact that the sumo
steamboat under Conductor Porter
=. commenced its trips this evening ior
summer season. He heard no WHISTLE
OF was first aware that something was wre
I'VE by seeing little boy run towards
res motioning with his hand, but before
ties could take thought of anything, the col
ion occurred. Though
THE CROSSING Is VERY DANGEROUS
D. and much used by the travelling pub
ere there has never been fagman locs
s S,e there, owing to some difficulty between
bot civil authorities and the railroad comps
sm the latter claiming that If done 1t shoui'
for at the formers expense, and the for
en-. DENYING any responsibility in the mat
,, Ino Flagmen are stationed at the other CT
bod; ings north and south OF Brownell sur
re- and have averted many accidents an
T. this crossing, within the past year,.sev,
teams have been run into, without, =
here ever, fatal result. This sad loss OF lie
to a certainty decide
Upon WHOM RESTS THb TkhhihLH
IAN sPossIBILITY,
and . .a. .r,ol.
d us since the negligence to provide ample
. A. .>,bt;c On this atreet has