Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-01-13
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


on THE BOSTON & MAINE RAILRoAD-NtNE
PERSONS KILLED OUTRIGHT AND MANY Sc
RiOUsLY HuRr.
The Portland express train over the Bos
ton & Maine road. which leaves Boston at
I r. NJ, met with terrible accident at
Bradford Tuesday, which resulted in the
death of nine persons and the wounding
in some cases fatally, Of a great many
more. The accident occurred just before
the long bridge over the Merrimac river to
Haverhll is reached. Had it happened 100
yards nearer the bridge nothing could have
prevented a portion of the train from crash
ing down the steep embankment into the
icy river The car midway Of the train
left the track, owing TO the breaking of a
wheel on the smoking car, and was followed
10y the remaining coaches of the train. The
four rear coaches broke away from the for
ward half Of the train and were all more
or less demolished The loss of life occurred
i'm the car next to the smoker, which ran
into and completely demolished the tank
house standing at the right of the track.
The underpinings of the huge tanks con
tanning tons Of water were knocked from
beneath them, and their great weight came
down with crushing force upon the car,
killing or wounding almost every occupant
therein The middle section Of the car was
reduced literally to kinding wood and the
car and tank house lay in one general ruin.
The occupants of the other cars escaped
with their lives, but many were wounded
and bruised more or less seriously
The Chicago correspondent who recently
sent a story from Pierre, Oak. stating that
| II skeletons had been found ON the Laplant
farm, has been terribly beaten by Fred La.
plant, one Of the accused family. The
correspondent admitted that the story was
"A hoaX
Later accounts of the overflow Of the
| Hoang lIo river in northern China show
that the loss Of life and property was un-
derestmated in the first reports Fully
5000 villages aud cities are eugulfed in the
province Of Ho Nan
Sherburne G. Hopkins, the young news
paper reporter who some weeks ago sent a
sham internal machine to Chief Justice
Waite for the purpose of creating a sensa-
ton and selling the news, has been fined
! 800
The postmastergeneral has issued an or
der directing the postmaster at Boston to
withhold payment of money orders and to
return registered mail sent 10 the New
/ England decorative works nf Boston, the
/ prupretors uf which have been arrested
and pleaded guilty to the charge Of using
the mails in furtherance Of a scheme to de
| fraud
| Three men were killed in the Campion
mine Sunday in Marquette county, Mich,
by the accidental dumping of the surface.
Two men escaped 10y jumping
Eighteen representatives of the first fam
/ lies Of New Haven were arrested last
/ week for being present as spectators at a
| prize fight.
/ The weather at Belgrade, Mont, last
/ Sunday, was the coolest since 1865, the
thermometer registering - below zero
| Stock suffered severely and heavy losses
are reported. The Northern Pacific rail
road trains have been blocked by the snow
| for several days.
Eight nihilists, including the Cossack
| TschernoH, who were condemned to death
for making an attempt upon the life Of the
ear during his visit to the Don Cossack
country, were hanged at st. Petersburg
recently.
Another plot to assassinate the car has
been discovered at St Petersburg
Fire in the horse car stables at Meriden,
/ Ct, Tuesday morning burned the stables,
II out OF the - cars owned by the compa-
ny and 20 horses.
The almshouse at Monroe, Ct, was burn
ed Tuesday morning early, and three of
the inmates persisted. But for the heroic
conduct Of one man the loss Of life would
have been much greater
The Home Culture club of Northampton,
which George W. Gable, the novelist, or
ganized year ago, observed its first ami
versary Tuesday evening Addresses were
delivered 10y Mr.. Cable, President Seelye
Of Smith College and Mayor Hill