. Scientific American Volume 03 Number 17 (October 1860). nthe opposite side. In the Richmond (Texas)Reporter of the 22d ult., we find the fol-lowing, which ire suppose must refer to thecrossing described by our correspondent:— We learn that one man, John Farrel, waskilled, and the conductor, Mr. Adams, andMr. Brush, were wounded, the latter seri-ously, by the following sad occurrence:—Yesterday, asthe up train was passing over the Brazos bridge a por-tion of the bridge gave way, and a freight, baggageand lumber car fell through, making a total wreck ofthem. The passenger car, containing quite
. Scientific American Volume 03 Number 17 (October 1860). nthe opposite side. In the Richmond (Texas)Reporter of the 22d ult., we find the fol-lowing, which ire suppose must refer to thecrossing described by our correspondent:— We learn that one man, John Farrel, waskilled, and the conductor, Mr. Adams, andMr. Brush, were wounded, the latter seri-ously, by the following sad occurrence:—Yesterday, asthe up train was passing over the Brazos bridge a por-tion of the bridge gave way, and a freight, baggageand lumber car fell through, making a total wreck ofthem. The passenger car, containing quite a numberof passengers, was only saved from precipitation intothe river—where all wonld inevitably have been, lost—by the disconnection (from the concussion) of the loco-motive from the train. IMPROVEMENT IN GOVERNORS FOR steam engine governors, ot all kinds, there arenecessarily a number of separate pieces, acting on eachother by means of numerous joints, sliding surfaces andbearing surfaces, all of which, in order that the gov-. — ?«- STEAM GREAT FEAT OF THE BLANDYENGINE. As our readers may remember, we presented in ourlast volume, on page 273, an illustration of the steamengine manufactured by H. and F. Blandy, at Zanes-ville, Ohio. By the Ohio papers we sec that at thegreat trial of portable steam saw mills, at the UnitedStates Fair at Cincinnati, the Blandy mill distanced allcompetitors, performing the unparalleled feat of sawing675| feet of lumber by single lines, in 8 minutes 15seconds. This mill employs two saws, one above theother, but both cutting in the same line, so that onlyone board ia sawed at a time. We hear of these admi-rable mills all over the country, from New York- to theinterior of Texas. An advertisement of Messrs. Blandymay be found in our advertising columns. Sawdust as a Bedding and as Manure.—Drysawdust, says a coreespondent of the New EnglandFarmer, is one of the best articles for bedding horsesand cattle, to take up the
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