Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-21

A Passenger Train Tries 10 ousrun
Cyclone.


P%lTrsBUng, "a, May fs.-The fA.easo
press % the Fort Nay o nilirUad. IMl q rmisn
eAptflencu passing THROUGH ne ~lArflaa0. shlef
alfueA ta5ltf1 UliiO lust uleht. TEe iIahiHinn
nasiea constantly from tie time the train Iet
FOfI wayne 40 . .. NJ, and the rain desefnnrd
most soildly until Lima, Ohio vas Baesei.
2uch hsiOfil ilie passengers had never seen be-
iors, and the ladies. Of whom quite 4
sri NV "eIe IN tne tralns were greatly
themselves 70 Do Of much service ii aiiaVlna
their fears. The wind suddenly increaeed l0
Jury and the rushing syballti0n Of Che telegraph
wlnss Ilale 2 concert Of wild sounds It passed
twenty-five miles west OF PittsburR at i0:s5. The
engineer was the sending the locomotive along
ABOUT thirty miles am hour. The engineer puf
oh more Steam about three mile, from Kirby the
S,yIm Wa9 ~ US height. Suddenly there was Il
uull Iodi ~ The distance, and then acycl0ne tore
acryss tne level plain on the south side 81 the
trsek, ana catching q big tree, tore Il
~ X w p1S roots, and flung 1t across
lne CATS. One limb struck the locomotive and
cut the COW catcher In two and another feit IN
Ihe platform and steps of the first car and
demolished II. Other branches Smashed in fhe
wlaoWs along the three ordinary cars and the
Two pullman sleepers. Telegraph poles came
dancing down at the anne time and rocks and
pushes new through the air 10 rl0t0us hurry.
Inc car windows were smashed To pieces.
cracked ana spllntered, and the glass flew in
every dlrectl0nl. The train kept on the rails
ana ghe engineer, applying Inc air brakes.
Drought IL 10 q stand still within 200 wards,
every, PASSENGER WAS In a par0xysm Of fear.
Ihe Sleepers were transformed into deDs az
widely excited men and women. The railway
men kept Ialrly cool and AZ far AZ they couId
assisted In the restoration Of confidence. Tie
storm ana the air WAS still filed " III Hvinv
branches and storms, while the glare of electric
lty, llDerL ed from the clouds, intensified the
horror or scene. though every window
Oh the Two sleepers were fractured and
most every pane In the other COACHES
smashed, 1t Is remarkable that very few Dassen-
gers were hurt. Mr.. 9. G. Bow, a merchant OF
GadtOI, OhiO, was In his berth when the tree
sllvered til glass over him and drove one piece
under his right eye wi Ii such force that the eve
was literally cut out. A lady In the same car.
VINO refused to give her name, was also cut,
thou III less seriously, about The face. A few
others had their halds cut. The storm did noa
abate mnch. except that the tornado
passed away. An idea OF It's force
may be obtained from tie fact
that rocks were blown into the cars on tile south
slde with such force rs to pierce the western
wlndOWs ~ though they were bullets from 4
gun. None az tile roofs of The cars were Nuch
managed, put the locomotive boiler was denied
~ several places and the smoketack was knock
ga out 90 y straight line. A ter about IN hours
delay tne Train started again and IN due time
reached Crestllne without further accident.
Inere a WIS procured and the bat
terec cars came on to PittsbnTg, r~eaclling the
union depot one hour and a half late, a good
deal OF the time being made up on the run.
When the train arrived here 1t looked as IL it
mad been riddled by sharpsho0teEs and d bat
terry OF heavy artillery.