Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-05-07

made all haste to arouse ferrv Mar
stetter, an employee of the hotel, and
with buckets and water, they hastened
to the scene of the fire, and, oh joyous
sight for Myers, the flames had died
out and the fire was over. Probably
the gas of the place sxtlnguished it,
j. Warren Pletts. of Thompsontown,
and George E. Ysager, of Port Royal,
after having been diligent students at
law, the former in the Office Of Hon.
Louis Z. Atkinson, the latter in the
office of A. j. Patterson, Esq., the full
term required by law, were admitted to
the bar last Monday, aud are now law
yers in full communion, ready to do
justice to clients. Both passed cred.
liable examination. They celebrated
the occasion of their admission to the
bar, by giving supper to their friends,
in HOllobaugh's cafe, last Thursday
evening. There were present, Charles
A. Barnett, A. j. Patterson, Jeremiah
Lyons, d. d. Stone, b. F. Burch6sld,
Robert McMeeu, George Jacobs, JI.,
James Scarlet, of Danville, Pa, Jacob
Beidler, Mason Irwin. VIM. Hertzler,
Z. 8. Doty, Jr., Frank Pennell, VIM.
NJ. Allison, John Speedy, VIM. Jack
man, T. d. Garman, b. +. Schweier,
Lucian Banks, L. S. Parker, VIM. C.
Pomsroy, j. NJ. Duncan, Charles Cum
mings, of Sunbury, Pa, Mr.. Hsrkins,
j. I. Altman, James North, Robert
Parker, c. NJ. Hench, John S. Gray
bill, Fl. FL. Scholl, James Irwin, Geo.
Conn, Geo. Shivery, Brady Csveny,
Samuel Meyers, James McCsuley, VIM.
Marks, S. b. Loudon, VIM Rodgers.
On Saturday evening, about 9 o'clock,
a locomotive and tender was backing |
through the Patterson Yard, westward,
on the south track. At the same time |
a train of empty freight cars was run
ming In the same direction, on the north |
track. The locomotive, on the south
track, and the middle of the train on
the north track had reached point
bout opposite the Despatchers Office,
when a wreck of the train took place,
aud, IN less time than it can be told,
five cars were piled against the loco
motive, and spread over the Patterson
House porch. The locomotive and ten
der were Knocked off the track, and
damaged to a considerable degree The
engineer and fireman escaped by jump
ing off and running away. The water
ran out of the tank and the steam es
capped from the locomotive with a
great noise. One of the wrecked
cars was turned around as if to 60
on a mission to the river through
the Patterson House, but halted IN its
errstIc course after it had broken in the
large entrance doors to the dining room
The wrecked cars thumped against the
Despatchers' Office with such force that
the inmates thought. perhaps, the last
day of all things earthly for them had
come, and Tram Master, Craner, see
ing no safe place below for him sprang
skywards up the stairway to the tele-
graph tower, where he found every
thing in state of commotion, and the
tower shaking as If about to be top
pied over by an earthquake, aud those
who had their wits about them we're en-
deavoring to revive Mrs. William Con-
ner, who had been frightened into
swoon by the tumult, quake and gener-
al racket of the occasion. In addition
to the five wrecked cars aud locomO.
tive In front of the hotel, three other
cars were wrecked, but lay westward
about 100 yards, to which place they
had been pulled bsfore the engineer of
the broken or wrecked train discovered
that break had taken place in the
middle OF his train. The three cars,
without wheels, as they we're pulled a.
long pitched from side to side like a
kite with its tail out of balance. They
broke up the porch 10 front of the tick
ct Office, and ladies waiting room, ami
hilated an engine water plug, destroyed
the fence along the flower garden. and
left a we'll defined track of their jerky
movement up to the point at which they
we're stopped. Those persons who were
witness to the accident, say that 1t was
an exciting scene. Howard kerlin,
Henry Wagner, George Parker, aud
Don Patterson, and two strangers were
on the Patterson House porch at the
time. Harry Derr was at the flower
yard. John Schweier and Frank Pat
terson were on the opposite side OF the
railroad, having just descended the
hill. They were frightened when the
cars began to pile up, and ran ou. of
harms way, up the hill. Harry Derr, to .
get out of the way, leaped into the flow
er patch, thence across sundry fences,
and through an alley to Bridge street,
thence back to the scene o. the wreck.
Howard kerlin ran down by the watch
box, at the road crossing. George Par S
ker, Don Patterson, and Henry Wag-
ner, broke for Bridge street, down
which they ran till they felt satisfied
that the cars were not tumbIing in be-
hind them How the strangers got a ,
way, no one knows, but they we're a. r
bout IN the crowd, heard talking to each
other about their "hair breadth escape '
till the 9:45 train came along which
they boarded and LETT, eastward. 1t Is
said that they we're couple of medi- J
cal students, and we're repeatedly over I
heard congratulating themselves over
their escape, for, as they expressed IT, !
they would have been sent for dissec- \
tion to some "saw bones" Train Mas 4
ter Cramer, and Supervisor Mayer, !
with the sub bosses, soon bad large
lot of men at work clearing the wreck,
which had spread itself across the en- l
tire width of the yard, and by l O'Clock
a side track was opened for the passage
of trains At :bat hour the 9:45 train
passed. More than 1000 people Wis
tied the scene, and quite a number ,
loitered around the work of the rail- ,
road men, as spectators, till 2 O'Clock
on Sunday morning. The work OF !
clearing away the wreck was not com
pleted till 9 O'Clock on Sunday morn
inc The Huntingdon wreck crew was