The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-02-19
Another Accident on the A. v. r. r.
Two Persons Injured.

The accommodation train from
Brady's Bend ran off the track at 1:25
yerterday afternoon, a few hundred
yards below Lower Hillville, happily
without resulting in any serious per.
sonal injury.
Tho train consisted of nine coal
cars aud one passenger coach, and was
running ut the rate of about fourteen
miles an hour when the accident oc-
cured. Conductor Bonner was stand
ing on the rear platform of the coach
and saw the fifth car from the engine
leave the track. His first impulse was
to jump off, but remembering the
passengers, of whom there were four
in the coach-two ladies, a girl about
twelve years old aud one man-he
bravely went into the car to quiet the
terrified inmates, who by this time
were conscious from the iarring mo-
tion that accident had happened. In
another moment the coach turned over
on its side and slipped down the em-
bankment, which is fifteen feet high at
this point. 1t stopped at the base of
the steep incline, twelve or fifteen feet
from the water, on a gently sloping
ground. Five coal cars left the track
only one of them going over the bank.
Mr.. Bonner, who received slight
bruises on the lead and shoulders in
the perilous descent, promptly extin-
guished fire that instantly commune.
Gated with some cotton waste in one
corner of the coach, and then proceed
ed to extricate the frightened ladies
from their position. One of them was
found to have received severe cuts OH
the back and top of the head, and
over one eye; the other escaped with
out injury. The little girl, sister to
the wounded lady, was cut around the
eye, and sustained hurt in one hand.
All these resided at Hillville, and
were at once conveyed to their homes,
where DIR. Wallace, of East Brady,
physician of the road, soon arrived
and attended to the injured.
The male passengers got off without
scratch, nor was the car badly dam.
aged.
The officials Of the train lost no time
in clearing the wreck, the four coal
cars were got in place in very short
time, and within two hours the track
was clear, and once more in running
order and the train resumed its trip.
The accident was caused by brok.
EN- rail, over which the down express
train safely passed ten minutes before
The accident was occasioned by cir.
cumstances no ordinary prudence
could foresee. But that the coupling
between the coal cars gave way, it is
altogether probaple the coach would
not have been precipitated over the
embankment. Although there were
good fires in both stoves, the blaze
already mentioned caught from a
light.
Altogether the escape of the
passengers is certainly surprising, and
can only be explained from the slow
rate at which the train was moving
The coupling parted between the ell,
gine and first coal car, and the peed
of the train was materially reduced
before the final upset. To this for.
tunate event the immunity of the
passengers from serious injury is at
tributable. Much credit is due Con
ductor Bonner for his presence O.
mind in the affair as well as for the
skillful manner in which he replaced
four coal cars upon the track, getting
the road entirely clear for traffic be,
fore four o'clock. 1t lis very fortunate
there were no oil cars in the train tc
add fiery terror TO the scene. If tht
company have coal freights enough tC
run in their mixed train sas We
hear is the case, it would be well to a
low no caboose or coach to run with
oil cars, to accommodate anybody
Cor. Oil City Derrick.