Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-04-13

was made upon building the road 80 years
ago. a portion of the soil from the MIL by
the side OF which the road runs was used
in building up the embankment Above
that was used poor quality of sand, al
most quicksand. The lower strata OF the
soil was held in place while the sand
sloughed off. leaving the difference in the
soil clearly defined the whole length
of the space which slid off.
The road was built in lS49 by
the Rutland railroad company.
The question interesting the public is
whether quite portion of the road Is not
built in similarly family manner. n
number of land slides and wasbouts have
occurred the past year, but with one eX-
ceptlon 10 serious damage has resulted.
The treste is completed and trains crossed
for the first time at O'Clock tonight. NO
attempt has been made to raise the engine
or cars vet. The train records show u
freight train of 90 cars passed over the
place about two hours previous to the &C
cident. after which the track inspector
walked over it, all seeming right. The
railroad commissioners will investigate
this week.
Funeral of the Engineer and tiremAn-
Additional Details.
The bodies of the victims of the Rock
! ingham disaster were removed to their
homes in Rutland where the funerals
were held Monday. The funeral of En-
gineer Moses Pratt was held at mis- resi-
dence at 1890 D. m, Rev. DR.. George w,
! Phillips officiating. Services over the re-
mains of Fireman John Pratt were held
| at the residence Of his father-in-l8W al
y. IA, Rev. q. w. Perry and Rev. DR..
| Phillips officiating The funeral was at
| tended by the CramtOn Hose company in
| a body, the deceased being the first mem
Der of the company to die since It's organ
cation. A number of railroad hands from
| ST. Adams as well as from this city were
| also present.
1t is estimated that the loss to the rail
road company will he fully 10000. The
new trestle which was completed sunday
| is 40 feet long and about 20 feet high ri
the centre. All trains ran on regular
time, beginning yesterday morning; and
no further trouble is looked for. The
locomotive has been righted but it will
be several days before it can be pulled VI
on the track.
Mrs. Mary Lavallie, an old lady, aged
70 years of Essex, who WAS in the car that
went down the embankment, found her
self pinned down under mass of seats
and cushions, her left wrist being wedge
in between a car-seat and the side of The
overturned Car as 1t lay il an irregular
position upon the side OF the embark
ment. After eXerting ali her strength
she finally eXtricated her hand and wris
Ill badly bruised CONDITION, anu lncl
with the others. who had but just succeed
ed in getting their bearings in the dark
ness, began to crawl on her hands anC
knees for the forward end of the car
Help from outside the car came to her alt
inst as the flames began their work of de
| struction.
The Hearing Before the Railroad Com
mission to Begin April 16.
| BELLOWS FALLS. April 9.-Hon T. G.
Fletcher and II. l.. Clark of the railroad
commissioners, with Clerk A. f. Watson
visited the scene Of the Rockingham
disaster to-day, examining carefully thu
appearance of everything which may tent
to throw light upon the cause. They eX
pect to commence their official investiga
tion Monday, April l6.
The hearing upon the complaint Of eX
cessive fares on the Vermont Valley roaC
is expected Wednesday, April IS.