Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-12-31
THE ANGoLA pIsASTER.
Account Of the Acoident nv a Survivol

account OF the Accident by Survivor.
The Utica. Sew YORK. R4afa. Of Dsoen.ber ed,
has the following particulars Of Ibe late terrible
disaster the Lake Shore Railroad a. furuisbed
by survivor Of the calamity:
The I0u'cleek train from the West last Saturday
vic, and IuO Of Ike victims OF the late terrible raiI
accident the Lake Shore railroad They
carried mattresses tbeiE Eesideacs:. No 90
BTccse stTcet. Nc ThoTna = injuries principally
Rcross his hip Ind stomach, aud Although bad are
not az severe as those received by his wife Mns.
Thomas was most severely bruised from bead
foot. Mr.. Thomas and his vile were in the last
and i'll IatOdoaT. from uhieb t 10 said, but three
out o. nifty passengers escaped alive, and they were
two OF these Mr.. Thomas thinks, however. that
tive PassengeEs did finally escaPe alive iTu1n this
car. one 9t WhOip Pas since did, Hs Occupied the
fourth saGt4rUnthe front, und bic vile eat IN the
thlLdS drtcl4F iniront 81 hllII HE hTst fhInS hc
heard was the humping sound Of the wheels coming
in contact with the ties and at once knew che car
had run from the track. Nearly ali the passengers
in the coach Immediately jumped upon Ihcir feet,
and as the svayec to aud fro they N'OUid rush
70 whichever eide upPermOst to prevent lie
ute, aud then tie struck the bridge, beng stil
IN an upright position; II passed nearly osrosS.
that the coupling, being iHsufciCnt to sustain the
great Strain upon it, rIke, aud the went, cud
frst' erashing Gown the side hill, the lower end
just Teac ing the edge OF the creek
Before the fell nearly all the frightened pas
sengcrs we're standing in the aisles, Mrs. Thomas
alone keeping her seat. Her hu band was ia the
aisle, but still holding his sCaIwiTh firm grasp.
when the car took Its fearful plunge the Let that
Mrs. Thomas was sitting in her scat and her hus'
band firmly clinging tU his own, alone saved their
lives and prevented them from being buried among
the moi stoves ana pnFning seas, and cr"shed ana
roasted mas Of human beInsi IN the end Of the
car. How MIR Thomas came Out Of the cET,ihe u
utterly unable to tell. He states that he was not
unconscious; that he found himself ia single in-
slant after he thrown from HE feet lying upon
his back. the roof of TIE entirely swept away,
the cariIseI literally broken into thOusa pieces.
aud he himself looking straight up into the sky =
II seemed be all done in a few seconds Of time.
laying acrOss his Icgs AID pressingO of them up
near the thigh Ills fret thought Was tor his wife,
who be discovered was lying near, but before he
was able t0 render her assistance, she had been Ia
ken out and cared for by citizen of Angola. At
his feet laya man bleeding prOfuscly from wound
in his head, bot whH was aisle to free himself from
Mr.. Thomas, until At last the latter able to
crawl out Of the wreck upon his hands and knees.
and thus make his way up the bank. He was Ia ken
into the passenger car that stoOd upon the track,
and atterwArd removed to private house aud med
iCal aid procured. Mrs. T. was rendered insensibe
by the fall. The first che remembers feeling
the blood running down her face, Casting her eye
tOward the lower end of hat once the car che
"a" the haes eight or ten feet high. but the pas
schg.rs were 50 covered With The ruins that they
could not he seen The fire near that she
must make an effort TO escape or buTT In trying
to rise. her injuries severe the effort TcU-
dered her insensible again. She would probably
nave added one more to the hist OF the dead from
this shocking disaster had not citizen Of Angola,
seeing her fearful position, come to her rescue
Aiter making the eiiOTt to get up, she remembers
nothing more until she found herself in a private
house 4 succession Of ialnting fife followed, and
a. she recovered from each she declared that she
was entirely nnhurt. and it was only come ii ne
after the accident that she onyIncCti she had
received injury. 1t was probably two hours after
the accident before medical aid could be procured
Tw" physicians were aboard the train. whose
lions were fully occupied With tlUsc more severely
injured
a large bundle lay upon the ground that had
identity rolled from the second passenger car. This
had been passrd over md pushed about hy people
bearing the wounded. Al last their attention
attracted by hearing asmothered cry proceed from
u. The clothing was unWTapped, aud, behold.
there lay an infant about six months old, digging
Its chubby hsts into it, crying cyeE, unhuTt, ana
without single scratch upon lite body lite mother
was accompanied by gentleman. Who afterwards
died She still inECnsiJlC last Saturday morn. =
ing. two days after Ihc accident.