Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-12-14

The Cleveland Herald relates the fol-
lowing incident of the recent railroad ac-
cident near Erie. Pa. Besides giving .
picture of terrible suffering it shows what
heroism can be exhibited by woman
when occasion demands -
Mrs. West Of Milwaukee was thrown
on her face, with her babe under her;
Miss West fell on her back, but received
no other injury than the crushing Of her
left hand. Miss Emma's first question
was, !" Aunty, can you breathe?" she re-
piled, "a little" A man managed to
reach her and cut the fastenings of her
dress, which gave some relief Miss West
was released in about ten minutes, but eff
forts to get Mrs. West out from the wreck
were unsuccessfully made for three-quar-
ters Of an hour, she, in the meantime, re-
naming very calm, quiet and entirely
conscious, gentleman supporting her
head. She knew her child was dead.
The pressure was SO crushing that her
eyeballs were forced from their sockets
and hung down on the checks, and the
face swollen, by the congestion or rupture
of blood vessels, 10 Snore t.a5n %see -
propel sise Tho body of her babs hs-
meath beF, being soss and yielding, waa
perhs ~ tl5e oniy 4hsag that saved har lie.
Every eifors 70 relieve her by ohoppiag
off tie eogasr Of the car with an Ak. was
futile. She wss incapable Of 70 much ex-
ertion 80 = - assa sglI them y atops
although every blow of the axe caused
her the most excrutiating agony. Hear
ing some one say, Remove that dead
man and it will release her" she sum-
moned her strength for the effort, and
moving her left arm, which was free, to-
ward her right shoulder, said, am fas-
tened here; )" a saw was procured and she
was sawed out Then the earth was dug
away and she was dragged from under the
car and placed on the grass. The first
question she asked was, g Who's killed :
After being told, she then said, she
could not see, but not knowing why, and
directed a telegram to her husband at Mil
waukee. Your babe is dead, your wife
severely injured, Uncle Wheeler killed,
and Emma slightly hurt" She then said
to those about her, Z Don't leave me here
to die; there is life here yet" They pro-
posed to take her to Erie; No" she
said, !" Is there no house near y To those
who said they would place her in a wagon,
she objected, asking 9 Cannot men carry
me in their arms?" and she was so car
ried, some sixty rods, to the house of Mr..
Chambers. The surgeons arrived about
an hour after the disaster occurred. and
attended 10 her, replacing the eyes in their
sockets. This she does not yet know, a.
though she often speaks of having been
blind for some time after the accident.
Nor did she ever see her babe again, sincs
it was playfnily kissing its mamma al ll.e
moment when the whistle sounded. Its
little crushed body was forwarded on
Thursday 10 Milwaukee for burial.
After her removal to the house re-ac-
ton took place, and she coolly gave The
most judicious directions to the ladies' in
attendance for heating her chilled extrem-
tiles and relieving her pains. She still
remains at the house Of Mr. Chambers.
the unremitting attention Of whose family
are most gratefully acknowledged. She
is improving rapidly and can soon be re-
moved to her home. Her heroism, cool
ness and self-possession under such fright
ful injuries and such bitter mental suffer-
ings astonislled al. The surgeons declare
they never saw rs parallel.