St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-08-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
A FriehtfuI Railroad Accident.

The limited express on the Old Col
ony road jumped the rails near Quin-
CIV, Mass, a few minutes after I p. m,
Tuesday, and fifteen persons were
killed outright and 40 were severely
burned by escaping steam The ac-
cident occurred in cut close by the
old home of John Quincy adams.
The engine struck against the bank
and fell back upon the train. Help
was summoned from Boston and in
less than an hour a special train ar
rived at the wreck with a large num-
Der of surgeons and police. The fire
company from Quincy responded
promptly to the call and put out the
fire which had caught from the en-
CINE. The cause of the accident was
a track jack, weighing abont rs
pounds, which was left standing be-
tween the rails by one of a gang of
track Jewelers. An official investiga-
ton will be held Among the dead
was E. P. Johnson of Montpelier,
his wife and their eight-year-old son,
Albert. Most of the injured are suf-
fering from burns caused by escaping
steam and strange as it may seem
not from broken bones. Since the
accident three more have died.
A collision on the st. Louis, Alton
and Springfield road near Alton, ILL.,,
Sunday, killed three men and injured
several.
The total loss of labor in the recent
railroad strike amounts to over
$1SO,0OO. The loss to the road was
also many thousands of dollars
A Missouri Pacific express train
was held up by robbers near Sedalia,
Mo, Sunday morning. and 100000
in money secured from the express
car.
Dunnell Print works near Woon-
socket, r. L., was badly damaged by
fire on Saturday. The loss is esti-
mated at $15O,OOO, fully covered by
insurance.
The wheat crop in Kansas this
year will be about 100000 bush
els. The corn crop has suffered from
the drought and will not exceed 49,
600, 900 bushels.
Kummler'S remains were buried
in a cemetery about mile from the
prison last week Friday. Few no.
ticed the wagon and nobody knew
what it contained.
The friends of the Louisiana lottery
are becoming discouraged by the Sc
we're blows which it has received. If
the House passes the anti-lottery
bill it must dissolve.
An explosion of over a ton of giant
powder in a large blast in a Colorado
railroad cut not only shattered the
rocks, but shook a whole village.
Five houses were completely de-
stroyed and 80 others badly dam
aged.
The census bureau has practically
completed the count of the popula-
ton. A few districts are not yet
heard from. 1t is believed that the
complete returns will reach 64,OOO,-
900. This is a gain of 80 per cent in
a decade.
A destructive forest fire began i'll
the Crawford notch near Franken-
stein trestle last Thursday and
burned rapidly toward the west.
Several hundred acres of heavily tim
WSIS Jul llSti oNCi anu Liz
loss must be very great.
Millionaire Joseph A. Jameson of
New York committed suicide at the
palatial residence of his sister, Mrs
Amos Getting, on Fifth avenue, by
hanging. He leaves a widow and
five grown children. Temporary in
sanity caused by illness is given as
the cause
PinkertOn men stationed on top of
a freight train shot into a crowd of
strikers at Albany, N. Y, wounding
a woman and two boys. A Pinker
tonman was captured by the mob and
came near being hung. The New
York Central strike is not yet over
as the above indicates.
The Pope has signified his inten-
ton of soon leaving Rome on account
of the prosecutions to which he is
subject.
Davis Dalton, an American, has &C
complished the feat of swimming the
English channel from Grisnez to
Folkestone, on his back, in 2312
hours. He finished strong. A boat
acted as pilot to the swimmer.