The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-02-03
TIE NAL TaAia THROWN DoWM
AN ERiEkEXMEHT.
A broken rail- ;ha cause.

Tho east-bound Mail train On the
Snnhury and Lewisiowp Railroad, ron
stating of engine, tender aud two pas
tenger coaches left Midllebrrs station
at 9. 6 Saturday morning with about
twenty-five passengers aboard. Two
miles below this station. ~. tho ''red
Hi" broken ril Wa encOuntcred
over whist tho engine pissed tut the
passenger coaches jumped the irsci:
sud ran over ties q distance os about
no yarda when both coschcs were
thrown down an enbanS msht ab NIT
tr feet. brelkiug the cnrpliis AZ iht
engine whioh remained n tie track
Fortunately, TO engineer observed
something wrong when his engine
assed over aud az once applied the
sir-brnkes. CJnI1c:or WJfk,a w6s
Vt the rear OF tac hiiidnosi ear and
when he discovered that there wa.
fUmeihiug wrong he spraug fJr ths
! rll-rope and NJ that moment the
tain vas preciWla,ed over the en-.
ha kmout aud he WIS hnrlcd head
long among ihe benches receiving
cousid raple bodily irj lry nnl c1t
in the face. W. II. Has, Mali AGENT
sustained severe cut on ,ho front
Tart Of the bead inst above ,he fcre.
Lead and upOn the hIrk part Of the
] ead-he was gnGpasoipls whoa tle
engineer AZ iirem in iitcd him ftu II
the wreck to the ens nsinc ;1ut sJon turn.
ing to c1nscioDsness his lirst exp-es
sion was, "ia.e ere o. my mil pti;es
4 No. "a hat IL the exact s.ze of Wi!is
lead In i,e normal condition but IN an
hour after the occurrence a NJ. II
would have .st been the 1T. Samuel
Bowen, Of Mhidleburg, who is large
muscular man must have been thrown
from his > at with considerab o yiu-
Icnce As hc sustained severe buJily in.
iuries-was cut at the head and burned
ut the neck--Bcwen WIS unconscious
and but for the remarkable presence
cflnind Of Joseph Walter would have
leon fatally burned AS he lay near the
stove. Mrs. Greiner, of Solinsgrove,
an old lady, received severe cuts iu
tho head and body injuries. John A.
S,ahlneeker got severe cut at the
nose. Peter Rouch received severe
cut at the wrist. Jere Grouse received
hurt across the small of the back and
injured his arm in breaking open the
door. PAilip Swineford, u. 4. Kets
etettcr, SRA. Kerstelter and Joseph
Waltsr were slightly injured. Bag
gage Master Banks though in the most
perilous situation, (if there Was one
place moro peri.ons than anolher) be-
cause surrounded with boxes barrels
and an iron safe, came out OF the
wreck without scratch. The cool
ness and promptness OF conductor
WoIfkilI and tho slightly injured to
help the moro unfortunate exhibited
eelfpossession rarely met under such
circumstances. The result Of the
disaster is mere remarkable than the
disastsr itself--the injured are hurt bad
enough but that they were not hurt
worse Is, in truth, amazing. The
promptness Of the engineer, who has
the reputation Of being careful, hu.-
mane and competent engineer, 70 dis.
cover the broken rail and 10 apply the
brake, coptributad largely to lesscning
What might have been a heast-rend-
Ing affair. The ipjurod received
pxopapt pedieal and surgical mid aud
AZ A. % 1 Air way Of r0coyery. We
|roy, ~ ~ q discussing the mulIl-
-ll = au6lcient to