Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-12-10
An English Railway Carriage Oil
Fire

the follow NJ account 0! a dangerous &C.
cident which occurred ca tie Great West
ern Railway Ego recently, Is SUI oiled by
an eve wItness:
| was a Passenger ia The up tain which
IS due at Paecing,on at 81 P. 81 uni q
short time a!ier, happening to iook out OF
the widow, / saw several persons ieahing
cat U. the windows Of Il Carriage some dis
lance From me-, who were making signals
AMI evidently t'y Hg 10 attract the Allen
iion Of Inc engiac-LrIver. | soon perceived
Hat the carr aye was uT FIRE, as the smoke
began 10 Cu'i Out between the head, of the
"f:lghied Passengers. We immediately
UiaGc such signais from Off own carriage a
sc Gould with 4 handkerchief fastened un to
al uratrei Il. hoping that as we were nearer
10 The engine We might succeed in attract
ing the a'tea,tIon .: The driver; all these
Signals, however, pr, I'd VAN Ter Ut least
/" tnty E4!iuics. and Tie Train u hiI!ed along
tie imprisoned anu sui.Ocatcd passengers al
lac rate u forty ;a,l4. az hour, UEiil, as Ii
appscdth,d LJniyn, the sp@eddldl n shed to
about ten mi.es an h1ur. as it was prepa!-
Ing 10 stop at the ticAct P~.utio:In; Ne were
aoout 400 ya'cs distant IRON tie port Gi the
part ui tie Platform where We should hive
: opp,t, When We saw q policeman Ola The
lne: "r maae signals 10 lin w.th frantic
energy, ant were ore:joyed 10 tiui tie sPcet
S!&cken and he train 1t Ist stop, af,er
going abcul . yards, W. rushed instant Il
10 rescue the passenger, some OF whom had
lain et, aEc had been cut uuI by The sp.imI-
efs which tie heat had sent flying about the
care.age; IL Gle n:uuie more, the flames
"trP CARING out OF the wIuduws-amd in
t"o or thee minutes niu7e ile whole Gem
fartmcHj WAS !uii UI fame. The carriage
turht !uriuLs!y,:OT hall al hour, and tiIee
OF the four compartments we're entirely d,s-
tfoyed. Nov, had tie train not stopped III
ii had reached the platform, tie passengers,
Q: whom several were ladies, Wcuid have
been III their burning prison for a. least Oh G
mlau;e. and probably one and a halt longer,
Icy Wh'ch time The flames mGst h lave enve-
oped Jhem; so thai | have 20 hesitation in
saying that had lot Tie policeman, attracted
by Our i.antic. signals, stepped the train
when he did, seine ui the unfortunate PAS
seng' rs must have been burnt a.Iva, a fate
the mere contemplation ut which is so hor-
rI3le that, We uay ee sue, no one vi the
imprisoned passtngeTs VIII ever forget the
fearful agony which he endured during the
ha:! bour which elapsed from the tine O.
his discovering the danger 10 the time when
ne was placed III safety, and winch was en-
duIed solely because he cOuii not communi
Cate with The driver.
A correspondent, who was On occupant
OF the burning carriage. wtiies:
Smoke was perceived rising f.cmthe seat
on which a lady was sitting opposite to me,
whom | immeG ate!y handed 10 the other
end Of the carriage, aud never mure July
approved the broad guage. BY piling cloaks
aTd coats U.er the burning Scat, the flames
were for s,Ine t:me kept from rising, but
the smoke Wa suilocating. Ia Tie mean
while / set the same lady 10 scream out OF
the window, thinking she w"uld do it much
better ,hon myself, AID ste performed to
admiration! Fer miles went ca blazing ana
smoking, for no guard could hear; bui the
alarm at length spread along the train, anu
Ii was stopped just near Kensaigrccn, ony
j b~elievel because they take tickets there,
Three Carriages were completely burnt.