The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-03-22
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PITTsBURGH, Pa, March 13.
The passengers occupying one of the Pull
man sleopers drawn by the Western express,
on the Pennsylvania Railr )ad, had a thr ling
experience at Wilmore Station, few miles
this side of Altoona, shortly after five OclCck
this morning. The train had passed Cresson,
and was nearing Wilmore, with all abOar
oblivious of their danger, wien tiny tongue
of flame shot out from among the curta n
near the end of the rear ca gradually but
surely developing into an alarm ng blaze. 20
A passenger in berth No. ], Mr. PalIern, OF
Ba timore, who was not sleeping very heavily
at the time, was aroused by the smell of tho
burning tapestry, and an instant later he
sprang out OF his berth, fully alert to the peril
of the moment, aud gave the alarm. Imme-
diately all was confusion, and the occupants
of the bsrths jumped out to tnd the car en-
Veloped in fiGIne. A dozen persons ran to the
doors but finding the train still in motion
pulled the bell-cord. Owing to the right signal
nCtbeiuyv ven, however, theengtneer paid no
attention 20 ituntil it had been pulled several
times. In the meantime tn widest excite
m Mt prevail @ l. and the passengers ran hither
and thither not knowing what to DO Sever,l
lad $ tainted, and a nunher were with difh-
Guilty pre- ente from jumping OF.
The train was finally brought TO a stand-still,
and the occupants Of the .carrushe ed out. Some
OF them were in their nght-c1othes, while 9th
Grs succeeded in saving enough of their ef-
fects TO make themselves appear respectable
The fire had not been discovered a moment
too soon, as by the. time the train stopped and
the ioecupants. of the burning car had escaped,
the whole sleeper was one mass of flame, and
fns de of twenty minutes was heap Ofsmoui-
deling ashes, .es tse.-
OF the twenty-sfx passengers who had oecu
| pied he burned car, twenty ewere gentlemen,
four were ladies, nd the others were children.
| Fortunately none of them we're injured As
| they stepped from the tain they presented g
| motley appearaHce.[ Eome of them were
wrapped IN blankets; others were without
| hats ana bonnets, and stilf others had no shoes.
| Arrl9us- the passenge4s were 05eneraI Pens
| Agent Dadley, Colonel Benjamin Wilson, an
/ ex-CoRgressman of West Virginias General
| Calkins, of Indiana; Colonel Davidson, of
| Beaver Pa: and Colonel Porter, Postmaster
| of Connelsv lille, PA.
| The make cup of a number of the gentlemen
| was Iudicrous. Colonel Porter had one
| boot and one slipper, and was hatless. Colonel
| Davidson had his head done up in a newspa
| per, while Colonel Ben Wilson. attire1 in 8
blanket and bare headed, looked for all tht
| world like an Indian chief on a foraging expe
ditOn. General Dudleyis is said to have beer
the coolest person on the car, and by his wise
counsel did much to allay the fears Of the la
dies and children.
The fire originated In the rearof the ear, ant
is supposed to have been caused either by thS
overturning Of lamp or fro n the stove Con
|
the sleeper, did ali in his power 10 aid the pass
enQers to escape and was the last man to leav'
the burn ng car.
The loss can not be approximated. Th'
Pullman Company estimate their share a
| about S2O.OOl The loss 70 the passengers wal
considerable in clothing, watches and jewelry
some of them also lost considerable sums o
| money. Upon their arrival here the unfortu
nate were kindly cared for, and were soon pa
in presentabie condition
| srME E
A eARia the middle OF freight-train, o.
~the Rome Watertown a. Ogdensburg Rail
vay, jumped the track few days ago, bu
remained upright and rolled al Rg for thre
miles, even safely crossing long bridge, I'll
Adans n. Y, was reached, WHEN the coDdi
ton OF affairs was discovered Ties, spike
b. ads and fish p. ates were damaged to a grea
extent
R T. HUBBARD. lawyer of Lypehburs
Va, was arrested recently for proposing I
fight duel With /. s. Marye, OF the AdDq'u
san The officers failed TO find the latter.
Z ,1fAEr1s l. HELPS of Springfield, o.. re
+ turned from church with his wife recently
T ana fifteen minutes later fired at her thre
times and then shot himself dead. 1851
AIrKED sPEkR, al 1ro ton, o., invited j
Webb into his house the other night co TAX
drink. aud q dispute arisngf struck Web
with an ak causing his death
| wmEg1 @#f W5Et ~---5 4l.- .r
? A.YoUKe lawyer named Freeman. OF Han
ilton, Can, who was drowned recently
Burlington Bay, had insurances N ounting
$4,000 upon bis nfe. E