Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-04-01
WINDHAM COUNTY COURT.
The Fttchhurg Railroad Case on Trial
To-day.

The following divorces were granted Fri.
day OF last week. LOttie T. Hudson from
I William T Hudson for vilful desartiol
+ ana lda Florence { chamberlain from KaIuh
thambefian for iutolerable severity. In
the case OF Martin L. johnson from Mar
I thA Ii. johnson, Tor iutuierabe s,v4-,,,
the petition Wa dismissed
t." Il. BpVlsr Iau-r ar E,j,o,3
hoyH.. as. Ftchtrs E0iroaI ~an.pou.
Tins vas an action prrdIcatet uuou SEQ
lIons -45l and 245- of Vermont statutes
TO recover damages sustained by the father
beng next Of KIN, OF the iutestate who
was killed IN an accident on the railroad of
defendant al PownaL VI, july II. lSg5
Inc evidence of the plaintiff tended 10
snow that on July II 1885. the plain
I'm interstate and three others were driving
across the defendants railroad al a hiph
way crossing IN the town of Pownal. VI.
freight train having Immediately before
passed along bound easteriy toward VII
Jamestown, when passenger train came
along the west bound track al a rapid rate of
speed, struck the carriage, demolsbinr II
killed one OF the horses and also killed
thire Of the occupants OF the carriage in
sianiiy. and the fourth was picked up m
conscious and died soon after.
That neither the bell on the engine ot
SAID passenger train was ruuc. nor lis
Whisli" sounded until the engine was with
ID lu' feet OF the crossing. That the de-
irndant has suffered the brush ana small
trees 10 grow alou- near said crossing that
ooslIuHjrd travellers view OF the west
bound track for long distance. The. in
tes'a'e and the three others lived in North
Adams, Mass, and had that forenoon hired
from livery keeper the span of GRAY
horses and cauopy-iop carriage and rodeto
fOWnai. and that the accident occurred or
their return trip about O'Clock T.. NJ. and
some Two miles easteriy OF The VILLAGE M .
what is known as The ''double crossino' ' .
there being TWO highway crossings within
90 rods of each other measured along the
railroad track and "a rods by the highway
nat Inc lnIeslate was - years of ace and
was a young man OF good habits and iu-
duslnous, That he had contributed. for
the Few years before his death. to his faith
rI' Who iyed IN Erving, Mass, sometime
'IAt SIuV per year IN money provisions
ana cIoihlng, That the father is So wears
Old and not in good health. but works for
The town of Erving on its highways. earns
Whatever he is able TO, receiving 81 40 per
lay when lac has employment. That he
mas two other sons, both older than the in
estate. and also two daughters one mar
led, and both living away from home
That the mother OF these children was
lead, and he had a second wife with one
laughter about 10 year, Old
Ihe evidence OF the defendant tended IN
nov that their track is a double one ax-
ending from Boston. Mass. through Pow
lal 10 Rotterdam junction in The state of
sew ork, one track being used for west
.ouud and the other for east bound trains
nat ON the day in question, which was !
unday, the east bound train was throuob
rtlghi from Rotterdam Junction to
y illimstown, Mass. running about IL
lies per hour, and from Wiliamstown 10 I
''slon was local freight. That the west \
ound train was a local passenger and
lall, stopping at all stations between Bo.-
ln and Troy, Y. y. The freight was AN
Nlra, running without schedule time. but
nat the local passenger and mail run on
'hedule time, leaving Boston at 9A.M
lie at Wiliamstown at 2:53 p. NJ. and al L
oWnal' four miles westerly, at 1901 p. NJ. c
no was on time that day That as they /
pproached these two crossings from either +