Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-01-12
AFTER THE STORM.
The Blockades Raised and all
Trains on Time.
Reports From the Snow bound Trains
An Account of the Critical Posi-
ton of the Passengers on
the Frisco Train by
One OF Them.

Onr townsman, Mr.. Charles Hatton, and
1i- lutte son Willie, were passengers on the
Frisco train that was snow bound near
Beaumont.
Mr. Ilntton was seen By representative
sethe EAGLE Yesterday and learned the pur-
i,-ular- OF ~hst the passengers endured.
ut w;,s about 10 q. m, the train came
| 20 n stand still about "A mile and a half TIL.
| Idle of B--numunt and could nirIher z"
head nor back W. When the Passengers
realizrd ih-ir situation they tried To maxi
| n. bit If il uEti morning. but tell you il
! rns terrible. / vas in the Pullman car and
| by Wrapping up in The blankets We 60,
dong pretty well. Mr.. and Mrs. J"hn
Fucker ard four children. one babe. WA.
| III tie train and stood 1t well. wenl
through the other cars frequently 10 s.e
| now the felix's were getting on. Going BE-
| tween the cnrs one felt Us though he would
b. pierre, through. The people in ,h'
..th-r Coaches had The seats piled up ngain,'
| he windows To keep the snow out, but 1t
-ift-d in through in spite of all they could
in. The conductor deserved the hishesi
praise for bis conduct. lie went three tm,s
from the train To the town for stuii for III.
Ta,seng-fs" The next day some team
with lumber wagons came from the town
after them. Many Of the passengers were
badly FIR, Zen, ard some OF them so far g"n.
that thy wanted to lay down ard sleep.
The men who came after them took hold OF
LII, IN ard fired them into the wagons, pss>iiy
III, m from ore to another like logs. The,
were taken - the depot, and those Who weI'
not too much fr Zen we're allowed Ia go IL
where it Was warm, while those who were
PRETTY far gone were rubbed with snow and
left t. .ihaw out gradually. Mr.. Hn,ton',
face WAS snmeW hat fr"z-n, and little Willie,
ears were bitten. One man was frozen ="
badly that he will probably lu"se bis hand
and feet. II wss terrible experience, snd
Mr.. IIntton says that if the train Was oie
mile further away from town probably one
half of the Passengers would have peri>h.d
brf're they could get to the d-pot- AS il
wns, most OF them were unable to stand up
when they reached to depot. The people oi
Beaumont did all in their power to pruvid.
for them.
Is fore leaving Beaumont the passengers
pass.d the following resolution:
BEAUMONT, Kan, Jan. S, 1886
The Undersigned Passengers of the ~->l. IN
b"ur'd rrnln at present SHOW bound nj -nu
mont, krnsrs, wish To expires th-r appr--
ciaIi,n t,i the kindly .ii,.ris made by CoIl-
du,tur C"itur 10 assist. and ia every wa,
p"s>ibie la relieve the suif-riig and dI-rre,-
al ti,.,s,. upon hI- frnin. We know that h..
wa- back and { nth several times last Might
b-t~.en beaumont aid the train in our b,--
half, aid We c,tn>ider his conduct in our iu-
i,re>t heroic in every sense { the word, n
u ~iii.e,- the hards uf the sutfcrers:
Chas. ilntl"n, " ichitn, Kan.
L,ui> Sh-rular,, N-vnda, No.
G.-u. y. Peter, O>wrr.', han.
isaac y. DavI-. Bell valley. ..
" Il:arn Bsrcus. Montana. han.
J. A. Bsrn,t, Los Angl.s, Cal.
Cha>. +. Gurtnrr, Muivane, Nan.
L II, G,,.,dhsr, Y ichit-. Kan.
Charles \ Rhuad-, lchIta, Kan.
j. H. B,ldinn, Wichita.
h. Thrnll. Dunn, Kan.
VI lies Deter. Milan, Washburn county,
Mich
Harry M-xy. Augusta, Kan.
John Regain. P.lra> Cnv, No.
". VI. johnston, st. Louis.
Z q Heck. li"neer, No.
Wm. A. Burgess.
ii. y. iialui. postal clerk, Wichita.
AK. Hunt, Frrt,'nin, Nan.
J U. Wilson. Fairhayrn, ..
Fred Su-s, ST. Louis.
Richard Bow Ter. ST Lruis.
JOHN Tucker, Wichi,a.
Mrs. Jim Tucker, Wichita.
j. >>i- Tucker, Nirhi,n.
Kettle Tucker, Wichita.
Willie iiattun, Wtchiia.
j. Ii. Rohl.s. ~. Louis.
Mr.. j. O. IilS"n. Fai.haven, o.
Mrs. Cora L e. Ahd-r-on, Ind.
J. !. T,irr. North Manch,,rrr, Ind.
A. N,Fadd-n and wifi, Latham, Kan.
II. Z. Bi-.el, Srdgwck, Kan.
". X. D-vi- and wife. L-rn-d. Kan.
Su-nn A. Davis. B+lI Valley. o.
i, din L. I, Ter, North Manchester, Ind. |
J :. P.rry, Lawrence. Kan.
A. 7. Bsc'r, S-v-ry, Kan.
T. Ii. Caldwell, Iih-c,, Mich.
j. W. White. S-,n"ur, Ihd.
Geo. W Lee. ~ Luis.
G. A. Reed, Dubuque. Ia.
ID. Jstiress, par>uIis, Kan.