From the Cortland Standard and Journal
of Cortland, NY - Tuesday, May 30, 1876

More Midland Trouble

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   As the Friday morning 7 o'clock train was running through Cuyler at full speed it came to a sudden stop, and the passengers were thrown from their seats and piled together in heaps on the bottom of the coach. This sudden change in the position of passengers was the result of a night's work by some persons supposed to have been Cuyler boys. Pieces of rail had been spiked on the inside of the track, and the engine trucks striking these, both engine and tender were thrown from the track.

   No sooner had the accident taken place than the train was surrounded by men, women and children who had gathered from all points of the compass at the sound of the warning whistle. The bystanders seemed very much delighted at the turn of affairs had taken, and then someone giving the train hands a bit of advice, such as, 'Go to Norwich and get a mob and take the thing away', and many others of a like bearing.

   Some of the spectators stood with hands in their pockets, others lounged upon the ground, but no one offered any assistance to the poor Midland boys, who with hand spikes, crowbars, rails, and anything with which they could lift were trying to get the iron horse back upon the track. Everything being at last got in readiness, the train resumed its journey down the valley, but a a very slow and cautious rate. Since this event trains move through Cuyler with more moderation, giving travelers ample time to view the country and enjoy the grandeur of the scenery.

Cuyler, May 27th - GAP