The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-25
THE RAILWAY HORROR.
incidents Iroin the Wreck at A,htu6aia--
urarGrrntiuE ~ccurs as Described bN thosc
" ho wrtU Present.

uoI>0 ~ rs rEvvuoN.
h. J rumllnsun a general insurance
agent at Memphis, Tenn, WAS vu the
sleeper ralatiue. lie thinks there were
thirty persons ah,s,rl tins car, which Was
tie thirl from the end vt the train. He
had lust locked at lla watch, which
showed S.O5, New York time, when tho
bell rope hroke. and hc tylt sudden
shuy6, like that of - collision. Then hc
could frvlWhat seemed like wheels of the
track. humping over ucs for SAY, the
length Of tile car Then came % srnsa-
t,uu vf sinking downtown. Ii seemed
us ii It would never stop. Hc Thought
az everything that had ever happened a.
huu. everything lie had ever done ur
Was eumg to jo, uf his Wltr family,
tri,uds-cycr,thing that belonged tu
him. even 10 SlT5 flute. which Le had
lust got from New York, and which WAS
iu charge uf the porter. There Thought
hy. jAat hute Viii be crushed tu pieces,
lie never Thought but that he would
himself escape with his life. lie watch
rl the end If the ears as they went
down. First. as haas been said, he
Thought they had culhded He had had
some experience Of rtilroad accidents bv-
fore. and expected "a hc thrown upon
one side uf the track ur the other, but
tins sensation If going ON over chasm
ou am even Keel and down the whole way
for such q distance uu the same even
keyl-iur lrom the apparent time the
distance seemed almost cudl,as-this
sensation WAS iudescrlhNbly wonderful.
He had heard the ruar ut the other ears
breaking. hut the terrible crash ot glass
and iron and wool he could Yet hear and
feel. Then came "a blank, and the next
hc knew he WAS WAS lying in the snow
looking al the tall piers with the blank
between now filled only 10y the wElrliug
SNOW where 81 few minutes before had
been the 100 feet al mon bridge which
hal fallen with them se,ou,y-iiyc feet
into the bed al the river. Then hIs
eve, rested on the blazing ears stretched
all the way across the space. Beside
h.m We're two ur three men, one uf
whom WAS {. H. TYLER, ui the firm ot
Whe..ou. TYLER x Co. ui -. LOUIS, who
had been IN the same car with Iumhn-
som. and L. whom. he feels confident, he
owes his escape trum death. Tyler cs-
capped with only slight injury % one
hand Iomllnsuu WAS propprd mp lh
tl, pump house. where. lighting clgar
"a ease his pain, ha felt thankful that his
INJURIES were mo; $40 great as those ut the
many maugled shapes which soon filled
the building. Saau came Mayor Hep
burn al AsAt4bula, who. with the great
,st Kindness. invited him to his house.
where De-. now lies with broken wrist,
injured hips and bruised head
4 tA7'f N"--'' S'N' 'Ni'N''
G. T.. Jones. II Erlo.t. VS.. who Was
I'm the first passenger car .ud escaped
with slight Injuries. savs lie had Just
gone t4 lin, first sleeper. the Palntue. 60
eppu,s. "a berth III, only one not taken.
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