St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-09-06

and then down again to take H.,
itself to the foot of the monntai, Car
old one being sent up from tb" an
station to help. This train he1 oaSe
about half way down when if i"e. got
track, and jammed over tbe IL; Hi' Tue
several rods, 6emoralizinp tLone eS Tor
the rails, while, if it had gone 10 and
further to one side, it wouII 'i'neS
plunged off from the trestle wor,. nave
been made total wreck. Tbo n ana
are said to have jumped off and "Illds
terribly bruised on the rocks. IF JT Ti
accident had happened with tLa I'M, 'lllS
of passengers that had just left Nv , 'oad
and many fatal accidents from iumpr "nIc
would inevitably have resulted plhs
with the car sticking to the bo Sten
work. ''e-
The people at the Summit wero a.,
that they would be taken down 'o'I
o'clock. Accordingly they crnu at
themselves into the cars as earI ,O"ued
to make sure of going, the jam b "i =
of course greater than in the morn;n uS
when there was one more car. Mao4s,
them stuck there till nearly o, %J. VI
without movement being made v UUcA
they were told that they must re ""tn
at the hotel over night. 1t subseon"n,nl.O
ly appeared that no effort had i t.,
made to get the obstruction from 0 :"
track. The hotel was damned fu %e
provisions were scarce, and maOy
the crowd, especially women, had WI
money. In the morning il was AN,
nOunced that the cars would 90 down
to the obstruction, and that walk If
half mile over good path wouId
bring the passengers to the base. The
cars had fairly to steal away to avoid
being again over crowded. When the
obstruction was reached. it was found
that there was not vestige of II path.
and that the travellers, including women
and children, must walk annie, either
upon trestle work from three to forty
feet high or over the sharp and jagged
rocks of the mountain side, and That
the AmmOnOOsuc river could only no
crossed upon trestle- work 80 feet biob
The sight of the demoralized track and
the wrecked car and engine didn't tend
to steady nerves for the undertaken
In the course of the descent two womr
of the party tainted, and one of them
had to he carried most of the distance
Not a railroad man appeared on tbq
scene, either to clear the way or helm
on the travellers. The cars went barE
to bring down another load to %
the same experience, and al
the time tickets for the ascent uea
selling at the foot of the mountain Al
hight at the summit the transmisSiO0d
a dispatch to inform people at the foot
of the cause of the delay was refused
and at the Fabyan house, only eight
miles off, whence the party started,
nothing was known about it. The only
relief offered by the railroad men during
the "a hours was late in the afternoon,
when they offered to take people to the
Glen house, on the opposite side of Mt.
on their tickets good down
On the railroad. Many went that way.
The Glen coach managers offering every
in their power. The hazard
Of the parties descending the mountain
over the trestle-wOrk and rocks will I've
'ealized when it is recalled that storms
lrlse and cold comes OH very suddenly,
md that the winds which often blow
IN the mountain might have dashed
hem in pieces. The gentleman who
epOrts these facts also says he is in
ormed that the Overcrowding of the
airs still continues. Many of those
Who descended with him said that
Ortune would not tempt them to try it
gain.