The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-23
A Burning Sleeping. Car-Narrow Is.
CapeS.
PITTsBURGH, Pa, March Is.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, March Is.
The passengers occupying one of the Pull
man @ pers drawn BY the Western cypress
on the ennsyvania Railr ad had a thr II g
experience 1T wilmore sta ion a few m g
this side of Altoona, shortly a ter five DEL CO
tn morning The ira had assed Crcsson.
and WIS nearing WiImore. wi all abcari
obliv Gus of their danger, W en- tiny tongue
Of IT, me shot out r IN among the curta n.
ne r the end o the re'r "a "raduaily but
sur ly develop q into an alarm ng blaze.
A passenger in her No ], Mr. Pallern, OF
Ba timor-, wro vas not slice ring VI ~ heavily
at the time, was aroused by tn" sm"ll Of t. c
burning tapestry, and an in ia t later he
spr ng on: bis berth, fully al, TT to he peril
Of he moment, and gave the alarm. Imme
diately all was conf,si n, and tn, occupants
III berths jumped on to find the c en-
v"lnped n fame. A en- perso 8 rir 10 the
doors, but finding the train st II in motion
pull, the bel cori. Ow ng to {. right gnal
n the n ven. b ,wev er, the engine paid n .
attention to it unit t hi been pulled several
times. In the m antime tn widest rX.ite-
m mt prevail Q and the pas eng rs ran biiher
and thither not knowing what to do. Sever ]
ladi ain,ed and a numl err were with diff
Guilty pre- ente from jumping 81.
Thetran was finally br ,ught to stand-still,
of them were in their n ght-clothes, while 9th.
ers sue eeded in saving enough OF their ef-
fects TO make themselves appear respectable.
The fire had not been discovered moment
TOO s on as by the time the ira n stopped and
tie occupants of the burning car had escape ',
the Who'll sleeper was one mass of fame and
ins Jf twenty minu. e5 was a heap of smoul
deIing fishes.
OF the tw rnty-six passengers who had o ecu
ried he burned car, twenty we e gentlemen,
four were ladies', md the others were child en-.
fortunately none OF them we e injured. As
they s,epped from III, train they Pr sented q
moticv appea ance Some of III m were
wrappe in blankets: Others were without
has a ID bonnets. md stl others ha no shoes
Among the pa sengeIs we y Genera en- SION
Agent Dudley, Colonel Benjamin Wilson, an
ex-Cong essman If West Virginia: General
Ca kins, of n llama; Colonel Davi lson, Of
Beaver, Pa: and Co.onel Porte Po5tm lsteI
of e. nnells lille, Pa.
The makeup of a number Of the gentlemen
was lud.crous Colonel Porter hal on one
boot and one slipper, and was ha less. Colonel
Davidson had h S b ad done up in a ncwspa
per- while Colonel Ben Wilson attire in o
blanket and bare healed, ioooed for the
world Ike an Ind an chief on foraging expe
dit on. General D. d ey is said to have been
tn. coolest person on the car, and by his wise
counsel did much to allay the fears of TIE Ia
dies and children.
The fire originated in the rear Of the car, and
is suppos d 10 have been caused either by the
oyer;urning # lamp or fro II the stove. Con-
ductor H ,rry Hawkins, who was in charge of
the sleeper, did all in his power to aid the p ss
engers to csc ,pe and was the last man to leave
the burn n2 car.
The loss can not be Appropriated. The
Pullman Company estimate their share a:
about 5000. The loss t. the passengers was
considerable in clothing, watches and jewelry.
Some of them also lost considerable sums of
money. Jpn their arrival here t unfortu-
nate were kindly cared for, and were sOon put
in presentab.e cond ton.