New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-11-06

had no time TO get ont. On she crashed. co...
liding with terrible force with the rear OF our
train, and making q complete wreck of w
erything; AZ BOON as the passengers became
aware Of the approaching danger there was q
general panic in that train: each one strug.
Cling with the other to reach the door, aud
consequently the loss OF life was large. A
party OF Mohawk Indians were in the rear
car, ana being ignorant of this sudden out
burst and unable 20 understand its meaning,
the doom ID car and others rushing into the
forward cars. Among them was young
sQuaw the brightest looking Indian j ever
saw--who ran for the forward platform Of the
rear car, which she succeeded in reaching
just as the train crashed into its rear. So
sudden was the jar that she was thrown upon
the track, directly across the rails, and her
head was severed from her body
We gathered up the remains, placed them
in box and gave them in charge of her
riends, She was buried in Owego, where
through the influence of the late Judge G. r.
monument of white marble was erected, with
this inscription: Sacred to the memory of
Sa-sa-na-ott; by birth q Child of the Forest, by
adoption Child of God.' Here her people
come every year and pay respect to the mem
DRY OF their lamented sister. In quiet cor
stands the "Indian Girls Monument familiar
to every enc in the Susquehanna Valley; its
lone and seemingly sad seclusion in its shady
reserve upon the mountain overlooking river
and railroad, and the bit Of romance connect
ed with it, making it attractive to all visitors
at Owego-once the home of N P. Willis, the
poet. On the same train was little girl he
tween IL and Is years OF age, jourmeying
from Great Bend to her home Otisville.
She had been at the bend to attend the funcr-
al OF her aunt, who was buried on the preced-
ing day. She too, was in the rear car, and in
the excitement and panic was unable to es-
cape. With terrible crash the engine of the
freight train forced its way into the rear end
OF the car, filling it full of scalding steam
which emanated from the boiler of the loco
motive. With the sudden jar the girl must
have been thrown to the floor. and was there
scalded to frightful mass, so intense was the
heat Of the steam. As soon as possible the
caa was forced open and the body OF the poor
unfortunate, who was still alive and suffering
beyond description, was removed to more
comfortable quarters. So terrible was the
effect of the hot vapor that in her removal,
though every possible care and attention was
Given, the flesh would peel off her body with
the merest touch.
In this painful trial she exhibited the most
wonderful patience, and was conscious of her
condition to the end. After we had got her
in more agreeable position she gave o brief
account of herself, with her name and place
Of residence. The fortitude and meekncss
she displayed have never seen rqualed. With
out murmur, and with smile of gentle
peace and resignation, calm IS the departing
day, she passed away within an hour after
her recovery from the wreck. Ihave thought
of this sad sight a thousand times, aud as
often have fervently thanked God that as
yet no child of mine had ever met such fate
It is sad to witneas the decease of strong
man, or to assemble at the death-bed Of
departing friends, but to see young abeauti-
full maiden, just verging into a happy woman
hood, thus cut off. is fearful.
"One night about II o'clock we left Port
Jervis on time, bound westward. It was in
the spring Of the year, the weather was bad,
rain had been pouring down necessarily the
whole day long, and | did not like the prospect
ahead, Dark! you couldn't see your hand
before your face-and we we're running along
those rocks and cliffs at about thirty miles an
hour. To tell the trnth, l was uneasy in mind
regarding the safety Of the trip.
A horr:d, dismal feeling, such as I have
never experienced before or since, seemed to
to shake it off with the idea that it was simply
nervousness. Hurrying through with my
work, and after close inspection to see that
all was right within, 1 lit cigar, and repair
ing to the smoking-c car, seated myself by the
stove. Scarcely five minutes afterward, and
hardly before had time to direct nv thoughts
from the mental gloom from which I was
suffering, there came shrill short whistle,
known to the boys as signal Of danger, fol-
lowed by series of crashes, q terrible jar, and
then long and awful silence. With the rest
rushed out to see what was the trouble.
There was the engine cut loose from the train
lying upon its side, nearly parallel with the
track, close up to the rocks, while my car was
precipitated over the cliff into the river, about
thirty feet down. It appears that a large
rock had fallen to the track, and as the front
of the lomotive struck it she glanced to the
loft nd fl1rn nd ava m or do VyhS Jn fEo
baggage-car, following next, had glanced in
the opposite direction, broke her coupling,
and gone clean down the bank. The fireman
was killed outright while the engineer was
hurled out of the forward cab.window to the
track, and the boiler of the engine cana
down upon him resting upon his legs and
hips. His name, I think, was Tailoman-a
good fellow, too-and there he lay with about
twelve tons Of red hot iron crushing him to
the ground.
We had no jack.screws or derricks to prop
or raise the engine with, and were alone on
the rocky cut in the middle OF the night,
with nothing on earth to rescue or relieve the
poor fellow with His suferings for the few
awful minutes which proceeded his death
were fearful o contemplate. ooh, save mep
he cried, with an expression of painful horror
and desperate agony. 'For Gods sake, if you
are men help me! don't care il J lose my
legs, only save me from this terrible death.
Ny wife and child will etarve. Oh, God its
killing me!' An. there he moaned away his
life, while, perhaps, his dearer ones at home
We're awaiting with eager expectancy his
welcome return. Powerless as we were to
save, it was period of horror for us strong
and willing men to witness this sight. Not
until morning could the wreck be removed,
and then large corps of trackmen and Ia
horers were obliged to clear the track. Those
are about the worst accidents i have ever
witnessed. HAD five dogs with me when we
left the Port and up,n going down to the
III found hos ann- hail s4ox,d