The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-20
VERMONT WOMAN
WAS AMONG THE
INJURED I'M WRECK
When Montreal and Boston Express on
Boston & Maine Railroad Jumped
the Track Near Plymouth,
New Hampshire.

/ Plymouth, N H., June 20.--The air
line express between Montreal and Bos-
| ton, due in the latter city at 500 p.
M, was derailed on the White noun
tain division Of the B. q NJ railroad
yesterday afternoon. There were six
yestibuled cars. and every one left the
iron and plowed along the roadbed for
quarter Of a mile,
That there were no deaths is eonsid-
cred wonderful No one was seriously
injured. There were about 100 passen-
gers on the train and ell were thrown
about and received minor scratches and
cuts and nervous shock
At the time of the accident the train,
No. 10, was travelling at rate Of about
80 miles an hour. The wreck occurred
on straight line, known as the longest
straight stretch in New England where
the road is clear for seven miles.
The train was made up of a combina-
tion baggage and express, frst.elass
coach. second-elass coach, diner and
parlor car, Guernsey. With the ex-
ception Of the mail and dining cars. the
train was composed Of heavy vestibuled
Canadian Pacific cars, the construction
Of which, ii is believed, saved the pas
sengers. It was running on schedule
time.
The locomotive drawing the train was
number 364l, one Of the new big ma
chimes of the Pacific type, which are
being tried out for the summer traffic.
The tender left the iron, The mail car
was next in the train and its trucks
left the rails The baggage and express
car followed and was tipped almost upon
its side The first class coach was next
to the baggage car and was tipped to
an abrupt angle, being buried to the
floor in the gravel of the roadbed. There
were 40 passengers in this ear.
The second-class coach, the diner and
the parlor car, all left the iron and
plowed their way for 200 feet, tearing
up the sleepers. their truck frames be-
ing buried in the roadbed.
The list of injured includes Mrs, Rob-
ert Il. Hudson of South Boston, nervous
shock and injured by sbeing thrown
against a table. Edward f. Spinks of
Water street, Providence, abrasions on
forehead, nose and right leg Mrs. f. V.
JHNuHts VI 2ts 5ohiisbuli is hst 1Pl1Aith
ankle and abrasions on arm Harry
E. Goss of Woodsyille, scalp wound.
Goss was B. & NJ brakeman going
to Concord to take his run and thrown
through a window With his head ban
daged, he proceeded to Concord two
hours after the wreck
The train was manned by engineer
Jack Lawlor of Woodsville, fireman r
f. Burns of Woodsyille and conductor
William L. Wade Of Laconia G. R.
Hutchins of Lyndonville was baggage
master, W. X. Maxon of Berlin and A.
0. Thompson of Concord, brakemen. G.
r. Hutchinson of Lyndonville. VT, was
the express agent and w. NJ. Merrill
and Charles L. Durgin of Lancaster, n
H., postal clerks. Not one of these re-
ceived scratch.
The most remarkable escape from IN.
jury was that of the baggage master
and express agent Each realized the
moment the car left the iron and they
seized the long parallel iron rods extend
ing the entire length of the car As the
car kept upon its passage over, the brok-
ere ties and tipped over upon the road
bed overhanging a l0-feet embankment,
they clung to their positions and for
tunately cleared the large trunks and
express cases as they were thrown about.