The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-01
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
A Train Thrown from tho Track in Charlotte
Persons Injured.
We chronicle this morning the only ac-
cident of any importance which has occur
red on the Rutland railroad for some time.
AS passenger train No. z, due at Rutland
at eleven Thursday morning was two miles
and half south of Charlotte, the rear
journal on the forward truck OF the tender
broke, throwing the two baggage cars, TWO
passenger cars and two palace cars from
the rails. The two baggage cars were
thrown down an embankment, one OF them
being thrown bottom side up and the other
turned completely around. Edward M.
Foss, the conductor, Frank Kemp and Mr..
Smith, the express messengers, were the
only persons injured. Mr.. Foss was in the
Troy passenger car when the accident &C.
CURED, and started out to the platform to
pull the bell-cord. The baggage car front
of this going off took the platform OF the
passenger car on which Mr.. Foss was
standing. He was compelled to jump and
turned several involuntary somersaults
down the bank. His right ankle was
sprained in the leap and his knee injured.
He also received several other bruises,
none of them severe. The only persons
in the two baggage cars were Frank
Kemp and Smith, the express messengers.
The baggage-master, Mr.. Hllsworlh, had
got back at Charlotte into one of the
drawing room cars. The express messen-
gengers both went over the bank and were
taken out through the openings made in
the sides of the cars. Kemp was badly
shaken up, and had his hand somewhat
burned, but was otherwise uninjured.
Smith, the expressman, was more injured,
and had a narrow escape from serious
damage lie at first caught an iron rod,
running across the top of the car, and
clung to that till the skin was knocked oil
his hands. As soon as he loosed his hold,
he was thrown into corner of the car, a
barrel of beer and other debris coming on
top of him. Both messengers continued in
the performance of their duties, one rum
ming to Boston aud the other to Troy. MIR.
Foss will not be out for some days. None
IF the passengers were injured in the least,
though some of the ladies were, Of course,
badly frightened.
When the journal broke it dislocated the
air brake, rendering it useless, and the cars
ran on over 600 ties from where they first
left the rails, tearing up the track badly all
the way.
The accident occurred at nine o'clock.
| The mixed train which leaves Rutland in
the morning reached Middebury at half
past nine, lett its freight cars there and
went on with baggage and passenger car.
| Arrived at the scene OF the accident ar
rangements were made for that train to re-
turn with the passengers and mail OF the
wrecked train. They left at noon, the two
cars being crowded TO their utmost caps
city with passengers. At Vergennes they
met the White mountain train going north
ard took one of their cars which gave the
passengers more room. AT Leicester juno
ton they took car of the train on the ADJ
Olson road, and thus equipped they reach.
cd Rutland little after two o'clock. On
its arrival two trains were made up,o fol
Boston and one tor Troy. A wrecking
train was sent out under charge of road
master, E. w. Homer, and left Rutland a
few minutes before two TO clear and re-
pair the track.
Trains were sent from Burlington to
take on the passengers of the White noun.
tain and the Boston mail.
The train due here at $3.50 in the evening
was delayed an hour and three-quarters
and the night express an hour and a half
The road is now clear and trains will no
be delayed to-day.