, 1877-01-01

ret in 1t Rochester, and Ne nj expected to b 7
showed In. At Ashtabuta bridge NC wets thtee
Or four hours behind; this was between s and =,
y In the evening. think We were running. =
faater than Nc did a few n,onents preytousljt !.
The people In the car were talking, ealing, or =
playimg cards, and the arst warning Of any I'M:
kuocked ,lown, the g. siass in Il, tbs lamps beI
shattered and the bcfl'ropo. breaking. Thu
other I'ghts fell; thers was bump, then -
HORRIBLE ChAsH.
we'ts going down." Then ve commenced !"
fall, md We went down, down, down, dewn.
Some remained In their seats, EraspIfy tl'ctn,
WILLS Sthsr. % re- It W. " tatii ark ow
10 The scat, and thinking would be less laIIr
to bo injured by the breaking glass and tic
spl!nteFs FROM thc sides Of the ,car. Aswe
grave, but, when We had struck, terrible shr:ei;
arose iron, tho wreck. There was another
erash At the same time, but not
70 loud as the ifrst. When We
arount IN the car, the bertl,s wcrc slipping
down, md there wus general confusion. samo-
thing fell on me. but It WA nothing very heavy.
wa; aa Sa a ag sps
moment afterwards. could nut tell Eho 1t
wa*, Us It was dusk. Some man said the car
would bc on fire III minute, sud ws must llur.
and We will be drowned" Tn my way out,
perfectly uniniurcd n,au. grabbed me rs /
gropcd tny. way along on hands and knees, and
saitf, 70, help Inc; don't leave ME: save me-,
couldn't sec his face 4 wonInn wnntei me to
help her husband who was tammcd In betwcon
the floor and q birth. tried to gcs him out,
they would come and help ln., Then I went
to the dnor. walking over the furnace In my
ruursc. There WAS no fire caught In Our car
HOW to Oct OUT ALIVE
T h1ftl fI1a
either ablazu or covered with eurtl nlasscs OF
rubbish as to almost completely hem mt III:
But saw a tnaH climbing up the rubbish. an
fol,ows3 n. got On to the side .idn u tue e1
1t seemed to be ttl!c,i With people, 1an,ncl to-
gcticr, sereatning md trying for help !hero
vas n,,%.hcr tnaa behind mt, and hoflt tried I!
fs,,snd could lo better crawling along By
my4clf. When We got 10 the end OF the car
these lnen,-Mr. Tyler, of st.. Louis, md
Mr. Wits u Gni.wielpedt ,.', J., pS e.. lotrr aow'
fuow, utd icc up t. my knees. Mr Tyler was
bleeding abu ;,hc head. facv, aud i,a5ds, with
a tlreadinl s t11"hu !. his eye: ~; White was
's}:; ussara. a." l. * " sefs fss va. 'a'''esa man
and I his limbs xcr. als ''ie.o,. .1.r. liz
s:;s s:ssi !: vi ;S ss SIsi. s sss 5 nj; It sxsy, "
was. Ali tlls t!I,c thu AshtalulA 1lre-bclls ani
the belt uf the engine that had pastea over were
arou.I us. Illuminated b tic light 4 the ilre
| wilicl, had attackcd' tile wrcci;. The banks
loukcd as hEh as those ncnr niagara, as
first. The bridge had broken of short ut zach
end, leaving nothl1tg hut the abutincnts by
this time there we're plenty Of tncn arouna to
help us, but there was
rEnrEcT PANIC,
very few having a'iy presence o. nlna At ~; aai;
IL. MT hal to bt dragged uut of the cars, ur they
would hare been burned to death. Ihs wonc.'
really showed the nost courage, mud TT thett
thc hill to tie englnc-louse, pushing thronri,
liz liz strcp, @ rugged banks ii tle creei.
The injured wcrs brought IN, some ot thsn.
to speak. There were. three fa'lhs ts'tre,-a
Mrs. Graham Of New inrE, Mira: b,z'lI', u.
Chicago. anutlcr la.ly, anl myself. Ny rsta4.s
o,s wea tss ths acrats ap s NY ny s .s.
ham was unly slightly lnju.ct!. My. l':1'.!'ats
lad her lrlt fcc allll spine hurt, ana tn ttner
Indy. who,c na1ic don't knu", "as also ter's~
beforu we had rot up tic hill the Whole train
was On n:e: VT llenrs' tie
sHAlEKs or THE wotSDAp ASD DYING.
and tlfe waole SEEM was r. brl.ht r. ..ay. Men
sufferers ou. nj t!eIr itcry prison. 4 physician
ca1slr III atuut ilaf an lour, a,!d ws too. t'!st1
i. aud wen: to The village. w were drc',chvsi
through anu AAN~S ;" ~oA
| wps taken to tbs Fisk ll0usc. Taree llen wtr1
brought tn badly wnundtJ,--onc a. them i
Frenci,lt,au froul st. Louist hloAt horribly. No
body around tlcrr could speak Frcttch. anu We
could not learn lls natue. lir tnuanea most
pltcuu.ls alt tllr willie.
Our cur, tie palatine,. was better preserved
after the iA.l than amy of the rest. Tho othrsa
we're mass Ut splnsers, iron, pieces Ut glass
etc.. md fragments and scrtous Of the bridge
ycrc oil mixed III with tic cars. There was "
assistance whatever from the Fire Department
but was told that there were tanks OF WuteI
there Ut the cngne-house which could haTc been
, | used by the ire-rngne, and ws wondered why
they we're not uscd. onfY saw one of the Com
, rl,iy'a officers there, but liz was dutnX every
Thing l!u could tn nskiet the wound ed.
OlIr car was the third from the last, and, iron
the easy way It fell, tulrr II was fairly on sh
bridge aud tell will It. The last cnr fell dowt
cn,lwisc, thr rc4r end resting vi the nbutnent
think the second tar was tbs one "llFnbe'
over, md think everybody In 1t must llast per
is!lrs1. .
lrf. Ashtabula Saturday afternoon about
, O'Clock mud arrived here this aftcrnovn. Los
. ull nly portable baggage. hut NY trunk. prooa
his lett Albany by MH earlier tEa!n, anu hop
> to ind them uiyaiitnG me- at Milwaukee. ETery
body In our cur escaped, although t,aru Or lcs
t | Injured, almost cyerY otie getting out tnfous
! | tic windows. As said l,cfnve, concluded q
;, Try the door, aud succeeded III making a'Y "a
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