Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-27
Rutland Railroad Express ii
Wreck Near Shelburne Fri
day Night.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPES.
Not Drop of Blood shcd-Woman Pas
senger suffered Spraincd Limb
Porter Slightly Injured-Rear
PuIlmnns the Only Cars to
Leave the Track.

The southbound sleeper due to leave
here at 1920 o'clock Friday evening, met
with an unusual accident about a mile
north of Shelburne station at II 80 o'clock
last evening. At Burritts crossing. ow-
ing to a defective rail. the two rear cars
of the train, both of them sleepers, left
the iron.
The train was going at the regular
rate of speed. After leaving the rails
the cars We're drawn along on the
ground on their sides and in the ditch
for distance of about 100 yards. The
side on the track. The other car was
drawn on It's side for a distance of 100
feet more.
BY a circumstance which seems MOTH
ing less than miraculous. no one was
seriously injured. The passengers
crawled from the overturned cars in
whatever way they might and all sue
ceeded in getting out, most of them
having on their night clothes. One
woman, whose name could not
be ascertained, was said to have
sustained sprained limb. but
the character of the sprain was
not such as to prevent her from walk
ing. A porter was said to be slightly
injured AS far as could be learned
from inquiry at every available source.
no one else received even slight in
juries.
The forward cars did not leave the
rails. The passengers were immediate
" transferred to them and all proceed
ed to Rutland going through Shelburne
to "a O'CLOCK,
The second car from the rear was full
of passengers and there were II in the
last car OF the passengers, seven In the
second from the rear were ladies and
there were also three ladies in the rear
car There were A. passengers in all.
The sleeper left this city about 40 min
! utes late and the accident occurred about
II 20 o'clock.
A relief train was made up OF an en-
CINE ana passenger car and left this
city about one o'clock for the scene of
the wreck.
On board the wreck train were DR.. G.
A. Pease. Dr. F.. f. Clark. Dr. Labom-
bard. DR.. G. NJ. Sabin and two Free Press
representatives. When the train reached
the scene of the wreck, the passengers had
all proceeded on the train to Shelburne
station Those who had come on the
special then proceeded by team to the
station and upon their arrival there
found that the train and all of it's pas
sengers had left for Rutland
The defective rail which was respon-
sible for the trouble was on the inner
side of the curve beyond Burritts
crossing. The rail was broken out for
about five feet.
The track over which the deraled cars
traversered was completely demoralzed
The cars, themselves, were not damaged
to such an extent as would be expected
| from such an extraordinary accident.
| Conductor Wyman was in charge of the
wrecked train with Engineer Sweeney al
the throttle. II. j. Miles, rear brakeman
was thrown off when the cars were de
| rallied. He was uninjured and walked
| back to Burlington.
The northbound train known as No
50 due here at 1910 was late into Shell
burne ]. d. Dubuc brought IS people
from that train past the crippled track
and to this city in a barge