St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-11-22

the company, has very pure and
beautiful voice, and her clark" song,
by Bishop, was to many the gem of the
evening. She has very rare voice,
and her appearance upon the stage was
simple and pleasing. Mr.. Tower has a
strong and high tenor voice which he
uses to good advantage; and Mr.. Ru-
dolphsen sustained his part well in both
trio and duet, and gave besides some
very humorous songs. The pianist,
MIR. Scherek, seems a complete master
of the instrument. The audience was
large, and all appeared we'll pleased
with the entertainment.
The next entertainment is a lecture
by DR.. Lorimer of Boston, Dec. 5. He
is to be followed Dec. 10, by Hon. Geo.
R. Vending of st. Louis; and Dec.
81 by Hon. E. j. Phelps of Burlington
Serious Accident on the P. & o. R. R.
"A Passenger Killed, and several
Injured.
The passenger and baggage car of the
mail train from the west, was thrown
from the track near Fosters, in Walden,
on Friday forenoon last, about eleven
o'clock, and Israel j. Currier of WOlcott
was killed, and Mrs. Geo. L. Waterman
of Hyde Park, and Miss Mary Trainer
of st. Johnsbury, quite severely in
jured. The rest of the passengers and
employees escaped with slight cuts and
bruises. The cause of the disaster was
broken rail, about one foot of the end
of rail being broken off and the rail
displaced. The locomotive passed the
place in safety, and it is supposed that
it broke the rail in passing, and that
the trucks of the tender threw it out OF
position. The baggage and passenger
Car both went off, and after running a
short distance upon the ties, were
thrown over upon their side upon a
slight embankment. The connection
between the baggage car and tender
was severed, and the locomotive was
stopped after running a few rods.
AT the time of the accident, Mr.. Cur
rier was in the express car, smoking
and talking with expressman Fred
Keller, who was sitting in his chair
1t is supposed that when the car was
violently overturned, he was struck
upon the head by some heavy box, as
his skull was fractured. 1t is believed
he was also injured internally, as there
was hemorrhage from the mouth so long
as he breathed. He was taken to a
house near by, and lived in an uncon-
sciOus state about one hour. Mrs. Wa
terman and Miss Trainer were sitting
together on the west side of the car
(the car was thrown toward the east),
and when the car went over, they were
thrown violently to the opposite side.
These were the only ladies in the car,
and they were at once removed and
laid upon seat cushions taken from the
car, and restOratives applied, and soon
as thought eXpedient were conveyed to
Mr.. Campbell's house. Very fortunate
ly there was a physician on the train,
and he had stimulants and other re-
stOratives for such an emergency.
Charles Ranney, was conductor of the
train, and Alanson Burt engineer. Mr..
Ranney was sitting on the short seat in
the rear of the car, at the time of the
accident, and was thrown violently up
on the opposite side, but fortunately
was uninjured and after assisting in
removing the injured ones, went at once
to Walden station,-some three miles,
and telegraphed to the general office
at this place for help, and train went
up and brought down the passengers
the same afternoon, except Mrs. Water
man, who was too much injured and
in too nervous state to be removed.
Mr.. Currier, the man killed, was some
forty years of age, and leaves a wife
and two daughters, twelve and eight
years old. He was dealer in patent
rights. If he had been in the pas.
senger car it is fair to presume he would
not have been killed. There were
twelve or fourteen other men in the
cars, and none were hurt beyond some
slight cuts and Commissions. Mrs. Wa.
terman is the wife of the late Demo.
cratic nominee for Congress in the
Third District. She is a nervous wo.
man and not robust, and the shock tt
her nerves was severe; but at last ac.
counts she was doing well, and ii
thought not to have received any per-
manent injury. Miss Trainer is 8
daughter of Mr.. Patrick Trainer of this
village, and with Mrs. Waterman was
coming to the Camilla concert at this
place. We understand she is doing
well, although severely cut and bruised
The cars were new and strong, anG
were not crushed or much damaged ex.
cept in the running parts. Besides
those already named on the train, was
Charley Sias, formerly of this place, M
E. Sprague of the P. & o. office, Mr.
French, flour runner from Underhill
James Mitchell, Hutton and Washburn
train hands, j. D. Goodrich of Hard.
wick, and few others.
There is another theory as to the
cause of the accident which is interest.
ing to know. Mr.. ii. c. Idle was pas
senger on the express train west, which