The daily gazette., 1883-08-03
% aeeelNrgD FROM yesreen,s
a HORRIBLE DEAr
SIX Me" Roasted to Deuth IN
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SIX Men Roasted to De.,h A.
Collision. '"i'road
Akof, August IA terrible .oo,,.
Ieu , snls morning on the Trov ,,Gen' ans u oC-
Iallroau between Petersburg in~a.i "uu bostOn|
LIwShaI, S, w. Two freight train ss.un "a.u audi
coIllsloh anu six men were IOIoa Iaue lntoI
wreck. There were 45 cars ,'eu n IN theI
anu % on the other. The engina. ,,l one lral
seopeu and many OF the cars were we're leleI
a1p OF each other. The Other ca,' "ete Pied
the Hoosick river. vars lell int
One oi The traihs left here al
IL should have stopped at Pct,r.LuI..ln -. n'' an
ton until the other lrriph, ,r,t" june
from North Adaus had passed ''' 'oulns
lhe wreck at once took drr nd,
men, partly buried under IN. 1I rar. 'Ae sl
burned to death. 'ue cars, wera
Fire engines from this pl,oo
Hoosick Falls were sent to thr w,aI ",I IlOu
special train. The Hoosick Fan, a,ol .SA oa
also proceeded to the sccue. ii v,' ,'a'uoOsH
hours before the fire was suhd,'o,, e'efa
freight cars with their contrn,s w. fF
tirely consumed, aud seven n,h. "ue "a
badly damaged, The loss in ''s ,ho Se'
company VIII exceed $50 900 ". A, 'ais'
was delayed during the day. "a'
AS soon AZ The wreck could Ia. s,,,,,,..,
WHO safety the work OF srarrhii,,, Sa'a
Victlins anu clearing the track wa. ,
AT D O'Clock under the ruins of IN.
oil the Troy train were found the SKIM Ia
and bones OF the eXtremities believed !, ~ .
all that remained OF the body ol rSo.
Marden, the engineer. The debris Las
been cleared away sufficiently to alla,s
further search o-niglt. but from tbo n,o..
indications nothing will be lound n, pis'el ,tS
men but their charred bones. The,a =,
IL men on the train. III
Mack Sutherland, Of Troy, eugipeo, ot.
North Adams train, said tO Vance HI. 4.
man: II will jump in a minute yon !
along" He was never seen again.
HEART-RENDING SCENE
2 The cries OF the wounded men sov
, roasting to death unde. the ruins ws,a
able aud heart rending. Marden was III
when first discovered and an attemm
made to rescue him.
"For Gods sake pry me out Of hi. -
begged, piteously. He was drmly ws,I
e in, however, and the Tescuing party NJ
r driven back by the fierce heat Of tbe ,s,mI
which wrapped the cars around.
About nvc minutes after the crash n.
senger train with four cars well 6lled N
due at tie spot. With commend,hI
presence OF mind brkrm,I
u whose life had been spared, rngA
, along the track with blood pouring over
J. face and hands from all ugly wound in h
p head. He succeeded in tagging the tnl
and was accompanied back 10 the wreck
the hOrrited trainmen and passenger., VI
did everything possible To rescue the unil
tunate men under the cars.
AN ovERwoRKED OPERATOR.
, w. T. johnson, the night operator at
tersburg Junction, is blamed Tor the M
dent. He was ordered at this morning
flag and hold the Troy train until the N
from North Adams had passed He'd
wered q X, but Is minutes afterwul
| when he was relieved by the day operStj
! he had forgotten the order and went hI
without transferring It,
johnson is but IL years Of age and n
q been on duty all night. At . O'Clock d
morning he bad not been relieved, owing
II the tardiness of A. C.. Hoag, the sni
IL master.