The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-02
Derailment This Morning on
New London Road De-
layed Traffic
WEST RIVER TRAIN
SENT TO RESCUE
Brought Back Big Stack of Mail, Bag
gage, Express and Few Passengers
No Boston 6 Maine Service North
from Here.

As if Brattleboro was not sufficiently
isolated the New London train due here
this morning managed to jump the track
at Morrow, Conn, town OF 100 lnhabl-
tants, and that further disarranged what
little remained of train schedules IN or
out of this town. 1t meant that the little
supply of mail that had been coming into
town from the south for day or two
was still further reduced, and crowd.l
more perplexities upon the train despatch
ers and employees Of the Central Vermont
The West River train which was in the
yard being groomed for its morning Jaunt
to South Londonderry was pressed into
service and despatched as far as South
Vernon to take out of town as many pas
sengers as were anxious to get somewhere
and trust to luck on connections. Incl
dentallv it was desired to have that train
bring back as much of the mail, baggage
and express "a might have been unloaded
at South Vernon in the hope that it might
eventually get here
This train with the engine backing made
the trip and was followed by another at
1910 50 as to have one train leave on
advertised schedule time. This last train
went along down the New London road.
At 11.30 O'Clock the West River train
| came back with the combination mail. eX-
! press and baggage and passenger car load
| ed to the roof with mail sacks. newspaper
/ bundles, express and baggage. 1t also had
/ a few passengers. one OF whom was Attor
/ merry Myron p. Davis. who had been since
/ 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon getting back
/ rom Newport, \. ii.
After the train had unloaded here II
/ started for its regular South LONDONDERRY
/ trip about three hours behind schedule
/ time. but it had made a side trip To South
/ Vernon and 50 was eXCusablc.
North of here the reports are still very
indefinite "a to the resumption of train
service. Everyone connected with the
railroad station in any capacity Is impor-
tuned constantly by someone who wants
to know" but doesn't find out for the
simple reason that no one there knows
anything about the prospects.
Last evening an engine, passenger coach
and caboose worried down from Bellows
Falls, having left there at o'clock, reach
ing here in the neighborhood OF 94-
| o'clock The special was being used 10y
| the tlackmaster and other officials OF tin,
road but it brought some passengers who
made the venture. This led to the impress
sion that there would be something othc
.han gravel train service between here aut
Bellows Falls today, but up to the hou
If going to press there had been no fur
-her indications of such service.
From East Putney comes the iuforma
ton that an attempt is to be made to
lay to raise the caboose and big engiu
hat lie in the river Officials at the rail
road station here have heard the sam
tory. but beyond that there is no con
irmation
One track has been laid past the slid
md this il so laid that it is shifted whc
he dirt trains reach there, 50 that the
may 90 near enough to the edge OF tn
ambankncnt to dump their loads effect
uaily.
Wyllys Russell. the engineer in charg
, | IF the construction work of the Holbrool
Cabot & Rollins corporation. whose dutie
we're suddenly shifted Saturday from til
work of building the branch line to Hin
dale to repairing the old line to Below
Falls. turned in about i o'clock last nigl
for the first nights rest in &c hours. III
concern is still dumping rock ballast
different places along the line, and may
K. engaged in that work another day or tw'