American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-19
INTERESTING EVENTS.


INTERESTING EVENTS.
Fnu of the KoolseG o Railway Depot.
f,uffAEo. N.Y., February s.
SHORTLY after nine O'Clock this morning
the arched roof OF the old New York Central
Depot on ExchangeStrcet, overweight ed with
accumulated snoa.and weakened by the re-
motal of former Offices which had formed a
number of cars md human beiugs Beneath
the tangled masspf'iroff, wood.xsi6ss, snow
and brick. The n1mbep ef nafrow escapes
was large. In thAscxrs OFT waiting train
few passengers. uernaps fifteehor twenty
persons in all, wereeseted. Nokz4pe of these
wore injured. OF ypefse. alf Nere much
fright ened, and. bepsg insideftAes cars, could
not tell at first just that bed odenrfed. They
promptly realized, nDsSever, that they were
virtually buried, hit the roof and side wall
falling had MAJ o sort OF .arehway over the
cars, protecting them. Passengers recover
ae rse Vt s4sas1s as.s thy: se,-,. q,
completed th5 afternoon. The hillcdarp thf
confidentkl FRA Df. superb Nnia ent TlIh6
hast, Henry Vaiteess CAptaia Jo&ns-&clylhG,
OF this city, who was waiting to take train
for Erie; VIM, Wells, Car Inspectors clerk;
and Levi S. H1ptipyton, -derk ip tie Of
fee of the Buffalo, New York & Philahelphia
RaiirUad Cap,aiu MeDyyne Is the only one Of
[ the victims married. The cause Of the dfsas-
ter is.properlx att Eibnled 10 the ~eakeping OF
\ the north lwaH of the depot by cutting OPEN
ingssnd, passage ways. to .bonpcct with the
new structure which attaches, TO the
of walls which formed dInerenss ofddes'
inside OF the old structurc, and
the immense body of snow which had accumu-
aud, sAgwaSm6fea dditienally heavy, by the
recent rain and thaw. TheNscene pfescdtedby
the fallen structure was a most ruino,se one.
n hi.
timbers lay piled in an indisc eliminate mass,
while the ragged walls tottered and FELL in sec
tions The noise resembled that Of an earth
quake, and was sheasd smile distant The
whole old depot was $50 feet long: height of
the walls, Affeet; width. 100 feet sand hsightpf
arch, "a feee All but fifty feet of the walls
and -four arches are mass OF ruins. Tt was
built in ls5p58: At no hour OF the day or night
codldthe accident have happened vithoutmore
terrible loss of life, as the depot AT the time
was comparatively deserted. The only train
made UP and in waiting was the Lake Shore 70
Erie, whfchswas a~aitin6 theI coming vt the
New York Central. and one from the East,
both Of which were behind time The fast
train went out about five minutes before tho
crash, anS the Eastern train bad been gone
about an ffp,irS T1he fast maa train due about
the time OF the accident, was behind tkne and
also the heavy st.Louis and Pacific Express,
No. IL.
A Young woman'. FIssH VIA Bsar..
LoIrIE MBRRILL, the. female hunter CT
Wayne County, Pa, has just had another adj
venture worthy of record, and one which came
SO near costing her her life that she will prob
sport ffwa aSos idst after the srcat
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When she had reached the center of the marst
she discpvpted thes tooecmiptS OF p very large
bear on the crust. She followed the tail out
of the swamp for about two miles, when she
d'scoyareJ the den which the animal tnhab
tied. sEnerfRg the caye she found tFo little
cubs on bed of leaves in one corner. The
cubs were abesitth the size of kittens and we're
easily captured.
Lottie was just emerging from the. cave
when she was pot by an immense she bear.
Tue beer bad hsArd nc CUBS yeik and va
fore Lottiecould draw her rifle to her shoulder
the animal was upon her and, graspiny her In
her paws, gave her such terrible squeeze that
she tainted when the bear, thinking her dead,
released Der grip. She fortunately .regained
consciousness quickly. and when the Old Scar
was play ing with her cubs the plucky- hunter
drew her rifle and shot her in the side. The
bullet ddnot strike the ANIMAL heart, and as
the brute Dashed at her again Lottie drew her
hunting knffo ana WIN one bOiu btrokc HcuHy
seveedthe bears head fneW the balay
L6tIe wasJust 7congrntsflatin0aher on
her successful escape when the dead bcar1
mats Hpadelsis appearance. Lotties rifle was
unIoaded afd she wIs' totally sAnprepatests 1er
u SECOND encounter. but determined to :" fight
it out" The struggle was q long one. For
tunately the young lady was not fncdhbered
In her motions by petticoats, Tor in all her
hunting expeditions she woArs paptaloons Of
doeskin with a long blouse, When, hnallys
Lottie thought the bear was deRd she stopped
over to cut his throat, and the animal, With
one stroke of his moustroas, paw tore the
clothing almost completely from. her body.
DurisS the pyotrscts1 struggle, the sbepr had
reached the edge Of a, cfn fulfy 100 feet
high and slipping It an 'anste~Uf more
thaIf'45 degrees down. to- the Wsllin paupack
Cfosk. -AAsA he animal grabbed Lottie he com
mcnced sliding on the slippery CRUISE down
this almost perpehdicuIhf sfUpe. s1ottiei was
carried with 1hisn, and every tfo0ts OF distance
traverscd added to their velocity. When they
reached the foot of the slope they struck
against a tree, completely killing the bear and'
breaking two ar Ldttie,s ribSsher lot arm and
one of her limbs. She managed, however, &c
crawl about u mile to a house. where she re-
ceived medical treatment. The first beaI
killed wesxhed when, a rseseds 4s3 pounds and
thef male Qpe 4s4 pounds Lottie, who is i'm
nptshk tflwly, has tt,e cubs ipher poesesaon
but she styssft viii be tseme dime before she
will take another expedition of this kinds
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