Dave, if you are so inclined to do so, please check this out! It seems to me to also be a coincidence that today I completed reading an old book titled Brighter Spheres published in 1890. Prior to today, I had never heard of this deadly Montreal Express train crash on the Central Vermont Line.
I found the book on the internet archive as a microfiche book published in Canada in 1890. (I'm from Canada so I took an interest in the book).Here's the link.
Please read the book, but first start at page 166 to 171 to read about this train crash with the authors first person account, Mr. Arthur Rogers of Massachusetts or New York. He was a passenger and he died in this tragic train accident on the night of Feb 5th 1887. Now I'm checking the internet to see if he was on the passenger list, but there is no record that his remains were identified. He did not tell any one he was going to Montreal from Boston that night, so perhaps nobody would have ever known he perrished in the wreckage that night. I don't think all passengers were ever all accounted for.
In his supernatural type of personal telling of the fiery train crash, intriguingly he further continues his events beyond life after death ...
Could it just be a coincidence, or did some supernatural force direct me here to your blog to share his story with you? You decide! Maybe you can post an update on the upcoming anniversary in February.
Quite the extraordinary discovery. Thanks for sharing. I'm intrigued and will dig a bit further to see if there's more to Mr. Arthur Rogers that might relate to the Feb 5, 1887 train crash of the Montreal Express. Brighter Spheres looks like a fascinating read. Glad you found it! :)
Thanks for posting this! The plaque hasn't been up that long, maybe seven years or so if I remember correctly (the Hartford Historic Preservation Commission was involved in it). It is one of the most heartbreaking tragedies--hard for me to even read about it. How amazing that you happened to be there on the anniversary!
I’d been meaning to stop and read that sign for over a year and happened to stop this morning. You can imagine my surprise upon reading that today was the accident’s anniversary. The story is tragic and heart wrenching. Hope it didn’t cause you too much pain.
Dave, if you are so inclined to do so, please check this out! It seems to me to also be a coincidence that today I completed reading an old book titled Brighter Spheres published in 1890. Prior to today, I had never heard of this deadly Montreal Express train crash on the Central Vermont Line.
I found the book on the internet archive as a microfiche book published in Canada in 1890. (I'm from Canada so I took an interest in the book).Here's the link.
https://archive.org/details/cihm_13891
Please read the book, but first start at page 166 to 171 to read about this train crash with the authors first person account, Mr. Arthur Rogers of Massachusetts or New York. He was a passenger and he died in this tragic train accident on the night of Feb 5th 1887. Now I'm checking the internet to see if he was on the passenger list, but there is no record that his remains were identified. He did not tell any one he was going to Montreal from Boston that night, so perhaps nobody would have ever known he perrished in the wreckage that night. I don't think all passengers were ever all accounted for.
In his supernatural type of personal telling of the fiery train crash, intriguingly he further continues his events beyond life after death ...
Could it just be a coincidence, or did some supernatural force direct me here to your blog to share his story with you? You decide! Maybe you can post an update on the upcoming anniversary in February.
Quite the extraordinary discovery. Thanks for sharing. I'm intrigued and will dig a bit further to see if there's more to Mr. Arthur Rogers that might relate to the Feb 5, 1887 train crash of the Montreal Express. Brighter Spheres looks like a fascinating read. Glad you found it! :)
Thanks for posting this! The plaque hasn't been up that long, maybe seven years or so if I remember correctly (the Hartford Historic Preservation Commission was involved in it). It is one of the most heartbreaking tragedies--hard for me to even read about it. How amazing that you happened to be there on the anniversary!
I’d been meaning to stop and read that sign for over a year and happened to stop this morning. You can imagine my surprise upon reading that today was the accident’s anniversary. The story is tragic and heart wrenching. Hope it didn’t cause you too much pain.
Interesting coincidence! I’d be interested to hear if anyone has a story about the “ghosts “. Thanks
Me too, Jim.
Best, Dave