, 1881-02-12

An Apparently Authentic Cnxc or pra-
tthsnGtts,ts.

An Apparently Authentic CnHc or Fro.
ttaonlttots.
Salem t1fass.l Hatstfs
Hero Is true story, wlllrtt cnlitn1ns SOME
Interesting fent,irey: Last Friday morning
tllp 9::W tsniH wns nll Its wny fem Sulein ~
Dt.ston ut fut' spccd. 4 ,nan occulic,l ii left
hand seat near tho celltru uf the cur, nuxt to
tho wf'ldOw. lie was. Of cDu,sa I'll ilIat side
nf tic cnr tlut wDn!tl t'e nearest to any tran
TINT might hiss Oh the Other track. As !lu
sat there, tlIs speculation, without any pnr-
frGlKlt trall snl[u pass, At3d Il pteeH Ut lttil,
her sllnltll brGui away frDnl liz ttnnrngs, AMI
~ fhr project t's tH cnillr touring a!nilK the
aldo of the pssscngcr trnIn. How ,ua'1y pas-
sghgess bGtWeeIl the centre md rear end Ut
Lla car wt,slld liAvu -tresellce Of mimi snt.
tuient lO jump out pf tho WAY on receiving
thr warning u tl!c first collision % thu fr9nt
eli,l oi i!!e CNr?" It WHY nut Il ti'nnE't IT.
Snlretl by fenr Or nervousness, but simply
u!su of ti!nSe, sp.cuEatol!s TINT will ellter Il
nntlfs mind In il Nng,letlt Ut ttllnIltss, wI1ell
he Is gliding along III confort oI, II rallroul
I'iM thuugl>. passed nway, md tho ,nat,
took ~ its newspaper md brEat, u
fcnu with q mind nj t.tlSc. Nnt ll,uru t!lall
ftyn minutes clAps1l and possibly not tlireg,
when thlaItp nlMl u crash Wcfs llearu Wlitel,
challenged thp attention ~ every persbn III
thu. cur. aInl justified tho ssnpplag nf thu
trafn f"r Il tnolncnt to s1e Whit lind l'ap-
r..tletl, Twas fnl1,tl TINT something from u
pAssllsg freight trNll hAti struck tho russriI-
Err cur ut exactly the Wlnt where thu man
WIS sitting wilD Elult been inltufglng In t!Its
ypecMlntlom about tint kind Ut alcidGnt!
The wiM!lnw whero he was sitting was
smashed III. II llnfa was stove In tho Hitn Ut
tic car no ll,ut ptttst(u ttny1t:ht cunlu cUnle
fn. tic iron-wnrk which supports thu scat ut
the sldu Of tl!o eur was wrenct,eu fr,M Its
plnce alll bf3kell, ind II ljtGct Ut wood per-
l,nfs two feet II Length, liye Inches IN
from ltlU ,nsslng train, was hurled Into tho
cur either through tlle window Or otherwise,
uiltE tell ut the nans fcr. Il, [aet, there was
Ii wreck right ut tte point where the iilail was
sittl,lg, nu his C,at was covered with stllti,-
tiers aud broken glass. But, Notwithstanding
nj. this, lie did not experience even q scsNtcll,
nlnl sp quickly WAS Tic wln!D tlf1lg ltO,lG TINT
III. IL mt even conscious Of experiencing my
Muru Ut Il Sflnek lhnli any Htller pAsscllser III
the train, or, In fnvt, III ntiy sIiOrls whatever
beyond 1llu tlUse Ut the crash. 1t wis really
Il marvellous escape, md very strange III
rtnw, uf tho pAssl!E Thought that hlnl ess-
tyrctl tho persun's mind II few l1tunc1ts Erc-
ylUusly.
Tile n,nn alIutcit to was the writer Of this
paragraph, WIN WAS Mt first fEclineA to laugh
und Joke ubout tho nlfafr with to nther u1ls.
suMGers, but win, 01l more deliberate
thought, was Inclined 10 think the crcui,l.
statlIcs we're sufficiently remarkable tO Justt-
~ this ltttle IArntiye, mt by why OF fostering
suMrstittuus terlenclest which need l,u
special cultivation III the human Mini hit ttl
furnish thu more Uf tlnlse striking cOfn1l.
.lellces Uf thought ind event flnt nre ufttl
so curious, md to shaw how wonderful uIny
be III escape FROM death.