The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-09-05
Accident on the Central Vermont.

A serious railroad accident occurred
near Brooksville station, on the Rutland
division of the Central Vermont Rail
road, last Friday night, resulting ia the
death of two railroad employees and one
passenger. The trains which collided
were passenger train of seven coaches,
which left Rutland at {, 80 p. m. with ex
cursionIsts returning north from the
horse breeders meeting, drawn by en-
CINE John Crombie, with Engineer Will
liam Embery Of St. Adams, Fireman
Perron and Herman Blodgett, Conduc-
tor, and the south bound tram of twenty
one cars Of hogs, drawn by the engine
George Nichols, Engineer W. II. Chill
son, Fireman Robson and Conductor
George W. Button of st. Adams. The
hog train should have set off at New
Haven and met the passenger train at
that point. Instead OF doing 80 it pas
sed New Haven, southwark bound about
the same time the passenger train left
Middlebury, the two trains collidiug on
a sharp curve about quarter of mile
from Brooksville station. Both trains
came on to each other 30 suddenly that
the train men were not warned of the
danger in time to jump. The engines
came together with a crash and were
thrown from the track, The car next
TO the engine was a passenger coach,
which was badly smashed. In this
coach were Conductor Blodgett, who
was instantly killed; passenger Mr.. w.
w .Allen, of Phantom, who was also killed +,
and several other passengers who
were bruised and badly shaken up, The
engineer Of the passenger train, VIM.
Embery, was buried in the wreck OF his
engin and killed. Embery stuck to his
post, as did also his Fireman, Perron,
who had one leg fractured in half a
dozen places. Engineer Chillson of the
freight train was badly injured in the
back and ribs, but will survive. Fire
man Robson escaped with few bruises
The passengers in the remaining coaches
were somewhat shaken up, but none
suffered any serious injury except
Arthur Hunt and his brother Charles,
aged respectively, II and 10 years. Of
New Haven. The former had his left
leg crushed and was severely bruised
about the head; the latter's leg was brok-
en- and he was injured internally. The
coaches were not damaged to any extent,
and were taken back TO Rutland. Eight
freight cars were be dly broken and many
hogs were killed, the wreckage being
piled up and obstructing the line. Wreck
ing trains were promptly sent from Rut-
land and St. Adams TO the scene of the
accident, and General Superintendent ] (.
NJ. Foss OF the Central Vermont went
down to take charge Of the wreck,
Among the passengers on the exour-
sion train were Secretary Of State Porter
Of Montpelier, and L. A. Drew Of Bur-
lington.
Responsibility for the accident is said
to rest with the conductor and engineer
of the freight, who forgot about the
special excursion train, although il had
run for two days previous, and Conduc-
tor Button Of the freight has become in
sane. A wrecking train went up from
Rutland at II o'clock, carrying surgeons
and wreckiDg tools. Another came
down from st. Adams, with railroad
officials and surgeons from Burlington,
Middlebury, and BrOokville people, how
ever, had cared for the dead and injured
with kind hands. A lady who lives In
house near by, and who saw the collis-
ion, says that both engines reared into
the air. The one headed north Is point
ed south, so great was the shock.