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The Railroad Accident

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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
October
Year
1847
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

The late retr'ble accident on tiio Central Railroad in Marengo,has been a principal topic foconversation in this vicKlily Tliat ii was the result of design does not seem toadmitof doubl ,for, we understand, llie vvedge that threw tlie etigine ofT was placed upon the rail three times in the course of the day, and had been twice reiwove'd before the train came alog. Suspicion feata upon several persons ; but we havo lieard of no circirmstanrcs tending to prove the act upon any one. Myers, the engineer, was not killed by the fall or by being crushed under ihe engine. bul was scalded by the escape of the steam and hot water. Ilis legs were caught under the engine, which was turned bottom side up, and a long time elap-ied before he could be extricated. He lived nearly an liour afier he was taken out. - He left a wife and six small children. The grade at the spot where tiie train ran offisso.r.e 12 or 15 feet, nnd tlie engine roüed down the' banl;, with the tender after it. The two next cars ran off so far that they had to be pushed down the embankment, and tlie first passenger car very nairowlv cscapod rolling over. Since the M arengo accÍLent, obstructions have once or twice been placed upon tlie track west of Ceresco. There is a bad st; te of feeling existiug between the proprietors of the land along the road and the company, in most cases by the killing of slock on the track, and the rFusal of the company to pay for the animáis tliey run over. Snme mcasures should pe laken lo abnte this nnimosity, or the running of trains over the road will become vcry dangerous

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News