Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-19
Railroad Matters,
EFFECTS OF THE COLD TERM,

considerably delayed, many of them
being from one hour to four and FIVE late.
All trains have been run, and that is
more than they have done in many places.
In some parts of Canada and in western
New York some roads have been entire
ly blockaded by snow and ice and some
of the roads in the vicinity of Oswego,
N. Y, have entirely suspended opera.
tions until the cold term breaks, the
large amount of snow and severe cold
weather rendering it impossible to get
trains through at all. A number of ac-
cidents have happened on the roads in
our vicinity and some very narrow es-
capes from injury have occurred. We
do not hear of any which have resulted
fatally.
CONCORD AND CLAREMoNT RAILROAD.
The morning passenger train on the
Concord and Claremont road left Clare
mont at seven A. M, Friday the 18th
inst, with three engines, pillow, which
they call a I" gouger," and three passen-
ger cars all hitched together with the
pillow ahead, reached the vicinity of West
Concord and while running at smart
rate of speed the pillow left the track and
went down bank some sixty feet high
and landed on the ice of large pond,
while the rest of the train ran clear by
before it could be stopped, the accident
to the pillow not even throwing them off
the track. There were seven men inside
the pillow at the time, none of whom were
injured to speak of
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD.
The same day brakeman on the way
freight from W. r. junction to Brattle-
boro, by the name of S. P. Gotta, while
attempting to couple the train together
at our station slipped upon the ice bring
ing one of his arms between the hunters,
breaking it badly and mangling it some
He was taken back to White River
Junction and attended by Dr. Allen.
The night train north over the central
division, left White River junction about
two hours late Saturday morning, the 18th
inst, owing to the storm of Friday, and
as they were approaching Bethel station
one of the connecting rods of the engine
broke, throwing the tender off the track
together with the baggage and first two
passenger cars. The train was running
at high rate of speed at the time, and
it is very curious that no one was injur-
ed, not even scratched After leaving
the track they passed over short bridge
where the highway passes under the rail
road and when the train was stopped
the last one of the cars which were of
the track was partially down through
the bridge The cars were considerably
broken but altogether it ended very for
tunately. The track was bloekaded
nearly all day Saturday, other trains
having to carry by the obstruction
FITCHBURG RAILROAD.
| Last Saturday whole passenger train
was thrown from the track on the Masor
Branch of the Fitchburg R. r., by run
ming up on the ice which had accumu
lated between the rails, and the engi
neer and fremen were seriously injured
and two or three others slightly bruised
PAssUMPsIC RAILROAD.
Monday Of this week wheel Of tn,
forward truck of the locomotive of tn
mail train south over the Passumpsi
road, came off and rolled down the bank
about two miles from w. r. Junction
while the train was running at full speed
The engineer succeeded in stopping thu
train before any damage was done, bu
the hair of some of the passengers stoo
on end when they saw what narrow es
cape they had experienced.
CHESHIRE RAILROAD.
! On the Cheshire road the same da
the engine Jafrey" while comm
:, from Walpole here without train an
! running very fast, this side of Col
River, ran into the rear of freigf
train, badly smashing the engine an
. one or two cars and delaying the ma
train for Boston over three hours. Th
+ engine was drawn here with the saloo
: car top of the boiler, the front end
the engine sticking through the fror
:, end of the car. The accident was proI
I ably caused by the frost on the window
:. of the engine which rendered it impo
= sible for the engineer to see ahead. n
- one was injured 1t is rather remarl
!; able that in all these cases no one W,
fatally injured.
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