Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29
RaiIrnad Accident at MiddleSeX.

was wrecked Just above the dry bridge,
about quarter of a mile below Middlesex
village. The accident occurred ut five
minutes before four o'clock.
| The engine was the M. G., Elliott,
Charles Pierce, engineer and the train
which it drew consisted Of six cars, one
baggage, one mail, two passenger and two
Pullman cars, all under charge of Conduc-
tor II. G.. Cheney The Pullman car.
! were the ''Ogdensburg' and "Montpelier."
The train did not stop at MiddleseN, but
had Stacked up there and had not regained
| full speed when the accident occurred. 1t
| was Going, however, at the rate of ut least
fifteen or twenty miles an hour. The
| .ause of the dump was Il broken rail (which
| was new one and only nine feet in length.
| The rail had probably been affected by the
frost The engine broke it or completed
the fracture, but passed safely over as did
the baggage car. The rear truck of the
mail ear left the track, there being :. frog
| Just tcyond the broken rail which assisted
in the work Of displacing the wheels. The
:irst passenger car broke away from the
| mail car in front and the second pass en-
ger car in the rear and did not 20 off the
! cmbankmcnt.
On the left Of the road, going north, was
l steep bank down some thirty or forty
feet. The second passenger car and the
| VII Il
ting away u small tree in their descent
and also Sevcring Il butternut tree four feet
from the ground. the stump of the latter
penetrating the passenger coach. This
car rolled down the cmbankmcnt till
stopped bottom side up 1t the stump men
toned. 1t WAS thoroughly wrecked and
in it most of the injuries occurred.
K is strange that 10 one was killed and
| hat not Il bone WAS hr oken. The three
III, in tn" afternoon Were lying in a half
| circle down the cmbankmcnt, the rear OF
| the last Pullman car lying about ten fee
| from the track where the descent into
The hollow begins and the next Pull
man car was lying on lis side, the forward
end being i'll the bottom of the ditch. In
front Of that the ruined passenger coach
was living on its top with the forward end
farther up the emblnklnent. This pa>sen-
-er car took fire but the fire WAS cXtn-
gushcd and no one was burned The
superior strength of the Pullman ears KEEP;
them comparatively whole; AMI. though
thrown upon their sides, and their contents
Of men, women, bedding, &c.. thoroughly
shaken together, no one WAS injured in
them beyond some Slight cuts and bruises
\ queer incident was the one relating to
Mr. Marvi in of Sheldon. who broke his leg
at White River junction on Friday and
was on his way home, occupying IN upper
berth in one of the Pullmt ms. He vas
tipped from this herh to the upper one on
the opposite side Of the car, wholly with
out injury to his broken lcy.
Con- luc,or II. G. Cheney, who WAS about
passing on of the front door of the first
Pullmln ctras it started down the bank.
AMI who escaped without other injury
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Gen. NIpt Hobart, and sent tn" locomo-
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