Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-29
BRATTLEB0R0 LOCAL
A BAD FREIGHT WRECK.
Tracks Near Broad Brook Bridge and
Five were Overturned.

Eleven Cars Loaded with Coal Left the
Tracks Near Broad Brook Bridge and
Five we're Overturned.
The worst wreck which has taken place
on a railroad near Brattleboro in several
years, occurred Tuesday afternoon about
8 30 o'clock, about two miles south of the
station, near the railroad bridge over
Broad Brook where the highway runs
within a few rods of the track. Eleven
cars of an extra freight from New London,
loaded with coal, left the track, and five
cars were overturned. Two or three cars
remained ON the rails. What caused the
accident is not known. Several trucks
were broken but it is not known whether
any of them broke and caused the wreck
or whether they were all broken in the
wreck. \ careful investigation failed to
reveal any possible cause. Superintend-
ent Il. y. Nash of New London happened
to be ON the narrow gauge road at the
time. lie came to Bratteboro on the
mixed train at I1j, had "a wrecking train
made up and personally supervised the
work of clearing up the wreck. The five
cars that were overturned were moved
enough to clear the track and the others
We're put back on the rails. Then the
track, which was torn up for "a distance
of over 400 feet, was put in order and
traffic was resumed about $50 O'Clock at
use of the Central Vermont railroad.
Two of the cars, and perhaps three,
were so badly damaged that they cannot
be repaired. The work of the men was
made very difficult and disagreeable
by a heavy snow storm which began
little while before the accident happened.
on account of the track being blocked the
435 train from the North was held in
Brattleboro until $50. when it ran back
to Bellows Falls in place of the regular
$50 train. From Bellows Falls she went
. south on the New Hampshire side to
Keene and South Vernon, reaching the
latter station about o'clock Wednesday
morning. Two freight trains south of
the wreck started for Brattleboro as soon
as the track was opened, but by that
time the snow had fallen to such n depth
that they were unable to proceed far,
so it was necessary to make several trips,
bringing in "a few cars at time. The
night trains from the South arrived about
! o clock Wednesday morning, but they
were delayed principally by the storm, the
delay on account of the wreck not eX-
ceedng 10 minutes.
The Boston X Maine section of the II
o'clock train from the South Wednesday
morning was 10 minutes late and the
Central Vermont section was over an
hour late. The 2.2O train from the north
arrived about { o'clock. and the 4.35
train was between two and three hours
late. The 2.21 train from the south ar
rived about o'clock. The Brattleboro
lodge male quartet started for White
River Junction on that train, arriving
there just in time to fill an engagement
hours behind schedule time and through
out the day all trains were more or less
late.
The street cars ran until about o'clock
Tuesday night. after which they were put
in the barn the snow having fallen to
such depth that it was impossible to
run on schedule time. on the last trip
the track was given good sprinkling of
salt, which made it easy to clean off the
rails in the morning
The Jacksonville stage was not able
to get home Tuesday night and stopped
at Green River, returning to Brattleboro
from the village Wednesday, the roads
being impossible.
The storm threw the train schedule all
out of gear. on Wednesday morning the
5.lS train from the North was nearly five
hours late and the 9.07 train was over an
hour late so that those two and the 1915
train which is made up at Bratleboro
went out only few minutes apart. The
mixed train north on the narrow gauge
road Wednesday morning went with the
snow pillow as far as the West River
bridge, when it was obliged to return
for water The second start was made |
at about $50 O'Clock. The morning train
from South Londonderry got to Jamaica |
two hours late and arrived in Bratteboro |
about noon.