The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-01-23
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been holden at the NJ. +. church this
week, hut previous engagement Of
the Chairman, Rev. Mr.. Lewis of
Hardwick, makes it necessary 10 post
pone it, and the meeting stands adj
journed two weeks.
\ horse belonging TO Salem Nigent
of Gilmore got loose and ran from 5.
A. Flies store up by the blacksmith
shop into Mr.. Arbucle's pasture and
down over the ledge in front Of the
Congregational church, without doing
any damage to horse, harness or
sleigh.
Rev. Mr.. Kelley will deliver the
sermon intended for last Sunday next
Sabbath. Subject: 1.-The general
judgment"
One or two scholars were expelled
from the village school last week.
This is the incipient form of a very
dangerous disease. "But a stitch in
time saves nine"
A very serious railroad accident oc-
CURED here, to the midday freight last
Thursday, at what is known as the
Carlisle Bridge, the west end Of which
is approached by trestle some ten or
twelve rods long, and about twenty
five feet high, and distant from this
village about one and a half miles.
The accident resulted in the complete
wreck of seven or eight freight cars,
including the saloon passenger Car, in
which were all of the train hands eX-
cept the engineer and fireman, the
Currier Brothers and their help, who
have the contract for saving the COM
pany's wood, and Mr.. A. d. Peck of
of this village, the only regular pas
senger on board, contrary to accepted
rules on all railroads in relation to car
rying car loads of posts, ties, wood,
&C., car loaded with sawed green
hemlock ties, and square timber was
given an intermediate place in the train
and being loaded lengthwise of the car
and the lumber frozen, the motion of
the train caused the top sticks to work
back, one Of which fell between the
cars and across the track, just as
the lumber car emerged from the west
end of the bridge, in such way as to
wrench the forward trucks Of the car
next following, an empty crate car
from their place, clogging under the
next, long flat, upon which the horse
power and saving apparatus, belong
ing to Mr., Currier, were loaded, and
throwing this car diagonally across the
track, left it nicely balanced in mid
air on the trestle, while the horse pow
er kept on, sin the even tenor OF its
way" and landed with but little dam
age, over one hundred feet from the
car, on the meadow below. The car
left standing on the track was Just far
enough from the end Of the bridge to
let the six cars that followed, clear it,
and that was about all. The car next
the one left standing on the track, was
loaded with wheat, and the moment
the forward wheels left the iron, the
wheat shifted bulk and over it went in
an instant Of time, dragging the rest
with it. Mr.. Currier had three horses
in box car, one Of which was in
stantly killed, while the others were
not materially injured. The great
wonder of all, is, that any of the six
men in the saloon car, escaped with
their lives. This car turned exactly
bottom up, strikingly squarely on the
top, and that part containing the seats
was entirely collapsed, the space be-
tween the top and bottom Of the car
as it lay on the ground was not more
than eighteen inches, while the seats
we're broken and distorted in every
conceivable shape, and still none were
killed, and only two badly hurt. OF
course all were more or less bruised
and famed, but Mr.. +. Patterson and
Mr.. A. ID. Peck, received the most
severe injuries. The latter lies in &
very critical condition, being hurt il
the hips and spine, although it is hoped
that he will ultimately recover. The
wounded men were taken to the house
of Mr.. r, G.. Kimball, where Mr.
Patterson still remains. Mr.. Peel
was Immediately taken to his father''
home in this village. Both men wer'
attended by DR.. L. p Fairman, unde
whose skillful treatment they are do
ing as well as can be expected.
Pine Sap Buckets $2l per hundred
at w. Z. Clement & Co.'S.