Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-01-29
ELEVEN CARS ARE DERAIlED
EXTRA FREIGHT MET WITH AcCi.
DENT NEAR BROAD BROOK.
Traffic Blocked About 5 Hours--Heavy
Snowstorm Helped Delay Trains in
and out Of BrattIeboro Tuesday
Night and Wednesday Morning.


Hard luck and bad weather com
bined Tuesday and made II decidedly
unpleasant for the local railroad men.
Shortly after the beginning of the se-
we're snowstorm, which eventually
blocked traffic more effectually than IL
has been stopped before this winter. an
extra freight met with an accident just
this side OF Broad brook bridge. max
ing the road between Brattleboro and
Vernon impossible for five hours and
allowing the storm to get a decidedly
firm grip on the situation.
The unfortunate freight in charge of
Conductor Duffy and Engineer Prince,
was composed Of Is cars. most OF them
loaded with soft coal for local railroad
use. About o'clock just after the
train had crossed the trestle at Broad
brook ON its way to Brattleboro some
thing broke. probably an axle. and the
result was that IL cars left the rails.
Five of them were completely demol-
ished and a considerable portion of
track was torn up. Division Superin
tendent +. d. Nash happened TO be
in Brattleboro at the time, and as soon
a wrecking crew and went to the
scene. The .emains OF the five cars
that had suffered the worst were
thrown over the embankment, and af-
ter the track had been repaired the
other six were induced TO take TO the
rails again, the work being completed
NJ about $50 in the evening.
The track was cleared In remark
ably short time considering the extent
Of the damage, but traffic was delayed |
seriously. The 4.36 train from the /
north waited in Brattleboro until $40 |
and then returned to Bellows Falls. 60 |
Ing to South Vernon by the way of !
Keene. N. H. Between Keene and |
South Vernon il encountered drifts of 4
such proportions that II was between |
and 3 o'clock Wednesday morning |
when the train arrived at the latter
station. The north bound train due
n Brattleboro Mt $40 went up by the
way of Keene, reaching Bellows Falls
everal hours late. While the wreck
vas being cleared away two freights
,ecame stalled at South Vernon and it
vas midnight when they arrived in
/
real express which failed to reach here
NTH 12.45 although drawn by two en-
ines. The night train on the Central
rermont road ran into snowdrift ,
ear Leverett, Mass, and II was nearly
o'clock before 1t pulled into Brattle-
orc. ,
The effects OF the storm north of !
ere We're shown by the Iateness of the /,
-ains wednesday morning The owl. I
ue here at $50. did not arrive until :
nortiy after 10. just ahead of the SOC
lail train from White River Junction 6
he "owl" train was over four hours !
lie out of White River Junction. not g
aving that station until about z Z
clock. The north bound mixed train a
! the narrow gauge left Brattleboro h
ahind the snow plough at $50 We'd h
esday morning but after proceeding 4
few miles was Obliged to return for a ;,
lpply OF water. The south bound pas =
niger was an hour late out Of Lon :,
,nderry and did not arrive here until i
few minutes before noon. u
Wednesday afternoon saw a continu n
ice OF the poor running time. The .
27 train from the south was delayed :,
a slight accident at willamansett, q
ass. and did not reach here until S N
clock. The south bound train due N
re at 2.20 crawled in about 6 o'clock 9,
vered with snow and Ice. The 436 NJ
ON the north and the 5.25 from a,
e south met here at about 7 o'clock. A,
le narrow gauge passenger did not 9,
i've until about midnight being N
llged to wait for the return of the n,
ow plough. Yesterday morning the !,
WI train from the north put in an T.
pearance here at about 3 o'clock
lille the regular 9 o'clock mail train
owed up at 1240. The switching
gine employed in the local yard left
; rails early yesterday morning and ed
Iayed the start of the 7.25 train on tn
: Central Vermont road for about
hour. BY yesterday afternoon III
ngs were running somewhat more Il.
oothly, but schedule time was not TO
,ught of. The paralysis of the pas bo
lger traffic has had the effect Of j.
cking all the freights. st