, 1877-01-04

How did the wreck iookf Why. at the
right Of Us, facing the vest, was \ car wnica lay
g. Sa. 81 :qs L; ta,t =. .oR " raaeae xeat 10
over the ROOT Of the other car to lake look up
and around. 1saw gentleman ard think. 9
laf1y, following 'nc. on lcnklng intn tns ca
a mass. The cnr VAS crushed at It's bottom anu
a1les.
"1uv acExE WITHIN
ras horrible, t1eaFtrendIng- -fndescriiabe. ltwas
maln,td and bruised men, women. anA children,
a1J held down by the cruel tin1berf. They were
In different stage. Of dc!'rtum aud excitement;
Some were screaming some wcre Esoai'ltR. af,o
others praying. There was hardly anY ono "1sf'-
ri saw lie eneroncipents shc fire was maxi
Ing. While on ti,r ront oi that car . took *ha q
ttrriSlc. Yaw,'lnr el,a,n1. tll.1l never forget
the i.orrors Of that night.
~ kept mcssurabIy cool, hut I must hare
been excited. for cotli1 not realize that was
hurt. ! could sec the flames ahead. saw ho"
speedily they would consume the wreck. Some
one hid otacnrheh the hIc In the rear end
OF cur car-the Tatattnc. ] returned to tue
Pala.lns, anl felt that We mad 5es some minutes
to sa7c ali In our chr. hlnno.t every person in
the rasatlne seemed frantic. All wanted to cs-
T ei!Trnm.tante,. Nearly every one who aa9 becn
sased walked awav, bent un saving setl. went
ln,ek through window inio the Palaftnc;: !
found rrntlc1nan whu had m ankle crushed.
we had no timn to iosc. Seconds we're
wouldn't Leave unless he got hfs oyer:oat.
sSe 1 n1sa lin p1t so - sy arS,
We passed smother gentleman otlt head first
to some person who took him from tho outside.
The next gentleman VIC took had q leg broken.
VIZ Just did the best VIC could, we laid thetn in
the ire anil snow. We passed. oHt ss,1i another,
who also tad broken leg. They were laid be-
side the car. II was quick work.
TEE FLAMES wERR DEvorRINa EVERYTHING.
Abby. all rose tic cries and moans of the
and Mira. Swift had been held down by the table
at which they had sat, They we're much brufe-
Cd and shaken. Mrs. Swift showed herself to
be hrares little woman. for she Was a. cool md
| collected a. could be.
" In CUR Tar VIC ncarlr all save1 our hand
sa:chcls, tllawia, hats, and ovrscoats. swift
walked out slick - you please. Will! Ills silk
tile, as Though he was al prepared anu gong 70
| pnrty. ! wcnt through the I'a1atnc agafn, anil
atn sure no nnc either injured OF dying was left
tn It: Al! Its passengers escaped.
were sarcd. The coacl, fell on ctld. and l never
heard SOUND frnn 4 nftcr The fall, abtl no one
cnae nut. All wns death Within III nls estfmn.
tioE. The Bu!lalo was full of passengers. The
hril wcrs killed.
'All the Palat!ne passengers wcrc aarrtl ty
being passed through the windows. Did sAr
| hti! Mcah TO crccpt oA0-Mlfs Shepard, of
Ripou, Via. She was one Of the trarest and
best womtu ever met. She got out by herself.
whcn ! ct last samc cut Of the
palatlnc, after ! was satisfied that there
| the gentlemen who hid hal their legs broken
were still lying wthln il few feet Of the burning
ears. at,l their lives were now a-ain in Jeopardy.
| TO SAVE THEIR LIVES
| 1Insk &1f+a $trr
at unyi. So took hoitl 1T one a1d dragged
lin sume thirty feet away. Poor fellow! lie
hal several ribs hrokeu, uud tts ,aukle was
swollen q thFse t'Ss w. e., slzs W. r., v,srg
eucrcaehtng. moro aud more; ont tue agunfz~
inE cries IT suffering aud burning human
~ were l'ushcl, rs they, su0ocated or
tile cruel datnes sent death to re-
l,cve thcul. cot my man awnyt
but tic "tl,cr was still there. This one was de-
l'rlnus from pail and cxclte!ncn., ! was
anxious fps 10th. cis!zcM from A<htabu!a
charge while brought bael; tsc other to place
Ut safety, lie sall he would. | }ad Just
rcaclcd iAc o,hrr snau when / looked aEol,nd
and saw that the s!tz:,' had ds,s!te h!s l"st;
III full eighteen INCHES u snu'r and F!x inclIt.
ui watvr, the Ice hayn. LecM broken and
crs,,hed by the cars. She sail costly, 'Can's
gnt the ether man aw;.y to place of safety,
suiue twelve feet bark frtln the tar. II wasn't
OYER scyeu MINUTES after tho la!l before our caI
was burning ton;
tln,c, nn1 the Two men were taken I" the IN
giue-ir,usc. did 1Io: realize tia, WIS either
eo.l or Injured The slope Of tic ctnbasImcn1
ts .'nfy atp4, twenty ~: ut tI'c cn'l u tll'
lr1Jgr. As vest uF To the ca.!ne.huuse / saa
my friend witt! tic hrukrn ausfe I'll Il cot.
told him mt to haye Tie fts,t Al'luutatcI, hut
fund It was aunc about o'slot'; the ncx
'Mr. aud .,rs. Swift we're iii the cusinr
house. One lady. IIrs. BhEt:.iu. WAS sutItrln4
fearful agony. rhcsr- parties Ind Gets to TIL
right Ut the rng.tr. To tnr fe:t were sitting :
n,.ssbrr " injured men. C!t'ze''s were thci
blankets,
~ THE n.t,rFrnAIs
) came rather late, ] thought. hut the storm
made It difficult to nlaee time. The men ln tn.
| cngine.hUlsse all suffered from wollhJs III TIL
s.rlps and faces, aud ther were 90 covered witt
blood Us TO b. almost unrerognizable. Most U
these latc sntl scalp wounds ther sereirsd b,
broken glass willis pnssing through the window
to escape Ilir Calvert House held grea
many injured peoplc.
"Mow MANY WE'RE KILLED.
couldn't tell. but it WIS orer ~ In my cstl
: nation. !! think tho engineer II ts'c hrst lotu
Ilotty" felt the brFnk before X tane alHt put III
full hcal OF steam, a.,f that hc bud rotte'
i, ! fully onc-fourt4 of the train oytr ou to til
, abutment. Ihr brtl.e going drew back TN
train, ar,l thus many 1f tls snf' we're H. tr9%; 9';
|
vert llullsc aided Dr. Aims to do so,,l., SUI
, gerry. ncwrd ~ s.allrwolll.!s aud uid IL,
best GUILD l also lid the s.ssIe ut the Fisl
4 | House,
. "About o'clock Saturday morning saw I'll
gentleman who lind brru playlng casds Will til
lie was bally bruised a,ul l,r lll'i haIIdnge
L wound Oh one Ut l!ls legs. Miss Shepard wa
u1so going aruunsl aiding in every way shr eout
: saw u Frcntllu,an wl.l wa, sc,'acicss. II,
i. face WIS smas!ird to i Jelly. 4 man Iatllr
|. Henry White lad h.. III: lE"krn hclo~ q
. knee. l saw several nthers sullsrla= trun 1ik
= injuries. | SAW Aaotl'vr old usas. msxs lnasutn
who !la4l an ugly seal lp-Woa,lJ. !lc saw III
frutc1 wcdgcd III u.li l,urne4l to t,c1tt, bcfor
, hts ryr,. H. offered so I" ANY, one VII
:. would te.cle thu. raw him I,lfn. liz wa
wc.igei between tiln1,crs aud I've couldn't pn
n him out. lic was hrns'tcss ttcn. II tIc va
:. badly crushed. lie WAS yrnann-, AMI III
: sight was mot appalling.
~ think there WAS hot less than LlpcDple D
:. the train; can't see huw there could Inv
u heen less. Thvy woull havdIy have twu q
i g1ncs drawing cspty ears In s1Irh s'"r'" !
We hal Friday last, wl1ru YOU could Il
stu alleaI forty ftct.
n THE COMPANY
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