Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-04-15
FATAL WRECK AT HARDWICK.

senger has been killed on the st.
Johnsbury & Lake Champiain rail-
road in the worst wreck in this Sec
ton of the state for as many years.
The mail train westbound. due at |
Hardwick at 7:25 Wednesday morn
ing, left the track about two miles |
east OF Hardwick at dangerous and |
sharp curve known as "Cape Horn" |
the combination car and passenger |
car sliding down a % foot embank
ment almost into the Lamoille river.
The train was in charge of Engi
neer Frank Ell. Miner, Fireman Chas.
Johnson and Conductor Charles Ran
ney, all of st. Johnsbury, with o. s.
Cogswell, baggagemaster, George
Campbell, express agent, and Prem
tice Carleton, mail clerk. Cogswell
was bruised about the back, and con-
ductor Ranney sustained injuries
about the hip and back How the
express agent and baggage master
escaped severe injuries amid show
er of trunks, boxes, baggage etc., is
wonder
w. S Bailey of East HardWick was
almost ms family killed and eighteen
or twenty of the thirty four passen-
gers were more or less injured by
sustaining bruises, cuts and broken
bones. Those who were not injured
we're severely shaken up.
The passengers and their injuries
we're:
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Gale of ST.
Johnsbury. Mr.. Gale received four
scalp wounds which necessitated two
stitches each, one wound on leg, right
side and back injured. Mrs. Gale was
cut about head and side injured.
} Mrs. Harvey Gravelin of st Johns
/ bury, scalp wound and right shoulder
3 and side bruised. Mr.. Gravelin was
} also passenger but not hurt.
/ F. A. Carter, travelling man, st.
/. Johnsbury, scalp wound.
j Ed. Peterson, st. Johnsbury, hurt
s on leg and arm.
j J. A. Lord, st. Johnsbury, slightly
. injured.
d DIR. G.. L. Bates, Morrisvil lie, scalp
2 wound.
t Louis Bayley, Peacham, back badly
2 hurt, cuts about face, hip and leg in
jured.
r H. P. Aver, travelling man, Boston
:. slight injuries.
9 Thos. Barrett, no address, bruises
/. hurt back.
3 Chas. E. Buckley, salesman, New
), York, leg and back hurt.
: F. Forrest, Greensboro Bend, leg
d hurt.
d East Hardwick passengers A
ID Simpson, two ribs broken, head an
le leg bruised; Royce Talbert, cola
l. bone broken, cheek wound in which
4 twelve stitches were taken; Chaunce
Massey, ribs broken; Joe Massey
r. somewhat injured; Victor Young
Id Henry Rollins, Ralph Bailey and Wi
ze Montague, slightly injured; Arch
a. Barnett, neck wound, shoulder an
hips injured; Bert Russell.
James Dey, VIM. Allan and NJ.
- Foley, passengers for Hardwick, es
- capped with slight injuries. The la
"a ter had a rib broken and sligl
- wound.
- Opinions differ as to the cause {
- the accident but almost everyor
= thinks it was spreading rail Tt
~ passenger car made complete revC
III luton and was right side up at tt
n, foot of the embankment while tt
~ com bination car turned on one sic
- and part way over again but settle
back. The locomotive did not leav
-, the track. The cars as whole wei
not much smashed. A wrecBing ira
from st. Johnsbury cleared the trac
'c' The injured were taken to Har'
Oh wick into private homes and tt
10 Hardwick Inn, where physicians a
aro tended their wants and everyol
en- seems to be doing we'll at present al
leu no more fatalities are expected to r
oe suit. Tt is wonder that more seve
injuries and other fatalities did n
Id take place.
'oK William 8. Bailey, who was kill
by the rupture of a blood vessel
inc ternally or from broken neck, wal
TO we'll known resident of the town
Hard wick. He conducted the sto
10 farm on Hardwick street years az
Or and bred some quite famous horse
'l'h Mr.. Bailey was forty nine years o
He is survived by a wife and thr
and children, Helen, Ralph and Margar
My Funeral services were held at t
as Congregational church at East Han
the wick Friday, April II, and the DO
mi taken to Peacham for burial.
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