Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-30
STRANGE RAIL ACCIDENT.

Mrs. DR.. Masraw Falls in Painting Fit on
the Platform of Car, and Thrown to the
Ground-An Anxious Search by the
Nearly Crazed Husband Rewarded at
LastM raOulOus Escape of the Lady
With Comparatively Slight BRUISES.
An almost miraculous escape from sudden
eastern express train, on the Chicago, Mil.
waukee & st. Paul road, at an early hour yes
terday morning, the particulars of which are
as follows: DR.. Z. E. Magraw, who resides
at No 81 Grove street, in this city, with his
wife and child, were returning home from a
five weeks visit among friends and relatives in
the East For some time past Mrs. Magraw
has been in poor health, and the eastern trip
was taken mostly on this account. The three
occupied a section in the rear sleeping car,
and when the train was nearing Kellogg sta
ton, some twenty-four miles this side OF Wi
mona, Mrs. Magraw, who had complained
much of the heat, arose and told her husband
she would go and get a drink OF water. He
thought nothing of this for some time. but
Mrs Magraw not returning, he started in
search of her, but she could not be
found anywhere on the train. The
husbands feelings may be imagined
when it is borne in mind that the train had
made no stop since she got up, and had been
running at the rate of fifteen or eighteen
miles per hour. Fortunately the train was to
meet down freight few miles ahead, and
the matter being explained to the conductor
and engineer of the freight train, DIR. Ma
graw was taken on board and commenced his
terribly anxious journey back over the track
! he train was run slowly, the distracted hus
band expecting every moment to see the man
gled remains of his wife on or beside the
track. At the point mentioned above their
search was rewarded, and Mrs. Magraw was
found in lonely, desolate spot in a ditch be
side the track The husbands Joy may be
imagined when he fol nd her alive and appar-
-ntly unipjured. She was placed in the ca
boose and taken back to Winona. After 4
Few moments she recovered her consciousness
.nfficienl to tell all she knew of her fl1ghtfu
Experience. She said she went to the watel
talk, and after taking drink OF
sater she thought she would step on,
upon the platform of the car to gel
a little fresh air before returning to her berth
Either the sudden change of air or her feeble
state, caused her to faint, and this is the last
she knew until she awoke to find herself alone
n the darkness. She wandered around
for short time and then sank into semi.
unconscious state, in which condition she
was found as above described. In the mean
time, the little child arrived in ST. Paul yes
terday morning, in charge of a gentleman
named Arthur Uhlig, Esq, of New York, who
saw 1t safely TO its home. DR.. and Mrs. Ma
graw arrived home by the noon train yester-
day, and when the GLOBE reporter called al
their residence last evening, he found the lady
very comfortable, considering her frighttnl
fall. No bones were broken and no bruises
even visible. She was suffering only from a
IA nervous prostration incident to the shock
she had received, and DR.. Leasure, her attend
ing physician, does not anticipate any serious
results. Take it altogether, it is one of the
most remarkable escapes from serious inju-
ries, if not instant death, on record.