Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-18
Frightful Railway Disaster.

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and nrominence ~ the ,enuhlicor a nd dornocro,,o
par,ies Tbere were at Ieas. evo hundrod n.ssor-
aors on Tho train Tho c,,o,r,s,anoo. =, ,ho an.
auter arc reno,ted IN bo as fonows. Thoro hod
hoor a de,or In s,artino I'm, ,ho oroo, tat, nras
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snrv,er Duvv,l nm mir braLa oovo an, ana ,ha
tra,n ,vas s,ornod in a deon on, ahon, ,hird -,
mile soutb 81 Tho station Tho mon on ,be train
90, 10 WORK 10 renoir the brake Tho condnctor
ordered George Melus. A brakeman to tal,e a rod
Iar,orn and sIoral anv train 4, Tho zoo, No hoa
annie time 10 90 half mile. I'm, n IA known n
soa,os that ba want oplv l,,,lo ,yav n
valentina nj Renninu,op uas tho on,v nassoroor
who sovv ,bo imnandino co,i,s,on In saosor %
hmm for bis life Ue was standing on tho rear
nlatform of tho Idlewild. wondering nj tho deav
A brakeman with a red LIGHT in one hand and
ma Mr. Valentino believes with n white Iiobt IN
the other was standing not ten feet distant look
ING nm tho tract, toward the snuvten Duvvil sta-
zion OF a sudden the headlight NJ the Tar,v-
town Locomotive doomed I'm the cut. two hundred
yards auav Thu brateman s,arted nm n rrr
toward IL and began TO swing His lanterns. Mr.
Valentine had lust time to lean from the Mat
form and run across the track when the locomo-
tive plunged at full speed into the Jdlewild. the
rear car in which were twelve passengers This
car was telescoped with the Empire. the second
car from the rear, and the horrors of the calamity
were increased by the two taking FIRE some of the
occupants being roasted to death in the sight of
hundreds. The occupants of the houses In the vi
cipity of Spuyten Duyyil at once came to the as
sistance OF the wounded and tried TO ouench the
flames, in vain, with water. The stoves and
lamps in the parlor cars were upset, and they ig-
nted the woodwork and upholstery. The passen-
gers were damned between the seats and the sides
of the cars and held while the flames rose around
and enyeloped them OF the twelve Messengers
in the Idlewid nine are dead
Among the Messengers of the Idewild was Mr.
and Mrs Park Valentine of Remington. MIR.
Valentine. a Young man of wenty.one years WAS
son Vi a, D. NaIen.lhe vi nehn,ng'on anu
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under the wreck and was afterwards burned to
death. Mrs. Park. aged nineteen. was a daueh
ter of William GAYLORD of North Adams. Massa-
chusetts She had returned about a year ago
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