The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-11-21

&'%Y -<~@ @&A6Sk - ~ 11s
The Stories ~ the snrxlvors ef the Late
Terrible bridge Accident
(From tho ST. Louis Globe Dclnocratl
JoHx sUMMEEs
lay on his back In bed, and in low voice
thar spoke ~ the pain that he was suffering
said: :. lise a. Malvern Junction. Iowa, and
was On my way - Buffalo with some stock
/ was asleep In the czb0oSe Al the time WAS
awakened BY loud noise; saw ~ the roof
Of the car that we were falling; then came a
crash. and the side % the rbOOse cxyed in /:
something hit me on the head. and the next
] knew some people had mo out on the bank
] went 20 sleep again then and when woke
NJ Il was in this room, and they told me my
leg was broken In two places / amt dead
yet, and calculate 70 pull through"
FRED DAVIS,
= youth Of p, halls from Malvern June
ton. Iowa, and was John summers's
Partner" Fred toid his story 10 the re-
porter in q free 2nd-e2sy manner. :. was
on the outside platform of the cabOoSe hold
Ing on the railing and looking At the bridge.
] was holding on 70 the railing; Jack, my
sp1rdner,' was sleeping inside All of sud
den there WAS kind u jerk; Just one little
Jar, aud then could hear the cars . going
down. making an awful noise. Pretty soon
the cabco-e began 70 70 too II was Kind OF
smooth and easy | couldn't tell how long
~ ANftA ~ AA4Ns ~ WASN'T IIEAAt lIL&@ can
tell you. ! was just ~ cool n | am now, and
can remember how felt. but | can't ex-
plain. felt Kind ~ like Iva, gone l didu's
ger excited. hut held on 10 the rail until
gor down. There was crash. and rot
knocked down flAt- You know how the ca
bose Wa split up. Maybe. sor minute or
So dldnr remember any thing until heard
JACK summers groanity. The stove had got
upset. and LOT " the Dire fell On me- | re-
member how Il burned nc the time. There
Wa whole lot u little boards on me. but
crawled out and crawIei over - where
Jack was. and -taid with him until they
t0ssk " on thought last night l was 4
g0ner: felt sick. ike l wanted 10 WON'T:
bur am AL right now, and am going home
in day or two.v
iFrom the s.. Louis Times.l
sIRAuAS's MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
The seventh occupant OF the caboose was
y. NJ >irAhAn. whose escape from the ca
bon-e, a i vas about % 70 down, was ex-
ceelingis narrow. In conversation with 4
Iisaes reporter Yesterday he related his ex-
prrieuce A. follows:
=. am . farmer and reside near Malvern.
NILS County, Iowa had i've carloads u
cattle and ave Of hogs IN the train. When
TIE train started rot into the caboose and
ssood In the rear end a. IL went on the
bridge. Bnrnhart- one Of the brakemen.
came in. rot a drink u water and a chew II
tobacco and then went up on the Top 81 the
car The train Wa moving along very slow
~. There were four drOyer- IN the car be-
sides me. and Charley Irwin the other
brakeman who died here 4 little while
ago When the train cot well On the bfsige
Mr.. HYDE was asleep on his .eaf
and - was Mr.. summers. Mr.. Wearen AMI
the young man Davis were sitting down, but
don't know whether they were asleep or
not Alter We had been going along On the
bridge frw moments heard n~tFan-e noise
IN The front - the train. eoiEldn'f describe
Il but I was peculiar kind ~ Noise thar
Startled mr. although did net think AZ the
time that AZ accident was about ~ ccrlr
Bur y etnet such strange NOISE that I
Thought ! would try and sea- Nliat X was. I
stepped AJAX On the rear platform III the ca
bose and sr-t then heard rra~hiug attn
spiA. aif,e ri D. water A. -iePresi M il,e
platform ;o ked r. and -A- Z ssssa chance
= ~et onto the timber- ~ the s.rii-e. lii
- and lpck~d arpsinl and $50 tlle ear next w
The cAipsy~e Just going over tne open llsce IL
the bridge. Almost instantly The cnio0~e
and went crashing down "a The
other ears vas startled. ~ cpur~e, ami
kns ~ n an instant that sUHncthsng terrible
had happcntd, buf I could d. moth
In e thzr time. - walked
back over the bridge into town. When Hen
lhe chr AMI went ONT Uu the platform didn't
sat any thing 70 the other men. because 4 dii
no think tln2t an accident Va going - hap
l'Nhr -RNA1 r* IN NNtu \ IS N4 lnt CIT NAA
no know what was -Ding on until saw the
train going down. and then Il Wa foo late 10
I'D any thing ~ save the others. Before the
Ira.l wenf down X WAS moving alOnr steady
Ind uire.and when heard the noise had no
dra shat il wns.u
Mr. ~frAhan. whose manner Indicted that
~ wa> possessed cs a remarkable decree ~
'elf-centrsi. j. = tall, plainly dressed man.
Nhp haA evidently spent tnr greater portion
u hl- liz on a farm- While he seemed 10
etl Thai h. had very narrow escape he
Tfafetl the matter rather iIiiiferrnfly a
h0ugh Il L. been m everyday occurrence.