Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-09
A RAILROAD TRAIN IN A TOR.
NADO
The Story Of a Passenger i'm a Car Cap.
sized i'm the South Park, Col.
From the Denver Tribune.

From the Denver Tribune.
A Denver and South Park train was blown of
the track near Como last week, and the follow
Ing particulars Of the accident are from one OF
the passengers on the train:
1.-THE wind was first noticed as being high
when the train reached Buena Vista. 1t kept
on increasing in fury, and when the train
reached Gerands, in the South Park, there was
a regular hurricane blowing l got on the
train at Gerands. From there to Como Is only
short run through the park but it was three
hours before we got through. The wind was
blowing In squalls At times it would slack
up, and the train would Jump ahead
as If: something had pushed it. Again
the, wind would strike us, and the train
would tremble and almost stop. 1t was
Just as II some giant hand had taken hold
of 1t and was pulling back. The wind made a
but above that you could hear the shril whist
ing through the telegraph wires. 1t was very
odd sensation. Every one could feel the resist
ance to the train. The engineer said he felt all
the time as though he were pulling dozen
trains at once. For fifteen minutes before the
accident Conductor Patton was very nervous
We asked him if there was any danger of the
train blowing over. He said ne thought not.
but he was afraid it would force a wheel off or
break it. He stood in the smoker with his hand
on the bell rope, ready if anything happened.
The brakeman was sent back into the coach
with Instructions to do the same. The passen-
gers in the smoker were all young fellows. We
were chatting about what we would do if the
train blew over. Mr.. Egbert was in the rear
coach: He asked the chief engineer what he
should do if the train blew over. The engineer
said he should stand by the closet, so that
nothing would fall on him, and he took that DO
sltlon. Mr.. Egbert warned him that the stove
would catch him. and he had just moved from
the place when the train went over.
The smoker went first. It tipped in the
Here we go!' every one caught hold of the
seats, and the car just naturally laid down on
its SIDE The strain twisted the draw-bar of
between the smoker and the baggage Car. The
engineer reversed his engine, and stopped
car and coach were both over. As soon as we
lit looked around and saw every one hanging
to the seats. l looked for the fire. and saw
that the rear stove had emptied into the closet
opposite. Then climbed out of the window.
went to the door, and bv the time got there
the conductor had got it open. The fire
was put out at once. We then went to the
coach to see If any one was injured, and found
that the only damage was that little boy had
got his lip cut on broken pane of glass; The
coach had struck on tie and broken in two
Wethen started forward. The first man who tried
to cross to the baggage car was knocked down by
the wind. We got across as best we could
When We reached the baggage car we thought
some one had been killed, as there was blood
running from tie under one of the windows
We soon learned that it came from the baggage
masters nose. He had been sitting with his
feet cooked up on the stove on the upper side
OF the Car, and when it went over his nose lit on
the window sill on the other side of the car.
las soon as we found that no one was hurt
we got the two ladies and the children who
were IN the coach over to the engine and it ran
down to Como with them. 1t took three men
to get one lady from the coach to the engine.
When they were gone We got back into the cars
and enjoyed ourselves. The peanut boys box
furnished t; the refreshments for the happy occa-
sion, and when the engine got back there was
nothing left in it but his basket and q lite of
Jesse sasS James. They were afraid to bring down
a coach or box car for us, so they brought
down two engines and fiat car. We rode nm
to Como and laid there for twenty-six hours
before going On. 1t was lucky that Mr. Eybert
was on board, as he saw the danger of the situa-
ton, and stopped everything on the road at
once. II the accident had happened 200 feet
back Of where it did the train would have gone
down thirty-foot embankment. We had got
over it and come to level place just in the nick
of time" ~'>