This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0AC.2ACI/2629 Message Board Post: April 7, 1869 Elyria Independent Democrat (Elyria, Ohio) Shocking Railroad Accident The Rutland Herald records a frightful accident which occurred at North Clarendon, Vt., on Monday of last week: On that day Mr. Myron E. Marshal (sic) and wife, with their only child, only two and a half years old, started from their home in Clarendon, for Rutland, in a sleigh. On arriving at the crossing of the Rutland and Burlington Railroad, in North Clarendon, Mr. Marshal attempted to drive across the track as a train was approaching, when the engine struck the sleigh, and threw Mr. Marshall (sic) up in the air, he coming down about 60 feet distant, and dashing his head against the depot with such force as to break a board. Altho' alive at last accounts he probably cannot recover. Mrs. Marshall was thrown upon the track, and fourteen cars passed over, killing her and mangling her in a shocking manner. The child received a blow upon the back of the head, crushing the skull and causing instant death. Mr. Marshall was about 33 years old, and a manufacturer of chairs at North Clarendon. He was in the army for two years during the rebellion, serving in a Vermont regiment. He and his wife were widely known, and the accident causes a painful sensation in the community. They were going to Rutland to have a picture taken of their child. There is a deep cut in the road where the accident happened, so that Mr. Marshall could not see the train nor the engineer him, but the whistle was blown and the bell wrung. (Note: Myron E. Marshall appears to have survived the accident. He is listed in the 1870 census as a manufacturer, age 34, in Clarendon. According to the "Vermont in the Civil War" site, he died in 1877 and is buried in Chester, Vt.)