Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-18
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Tonight 5,UUO people Will have gone. The
first train out had eight passenger
coaches and baggage car, all crowd
ed, even to the standing room. The
| trip across the meadows was one
not soon TO be forgotten. Hundreds
Of pleasure boats of all sizes and descrip-
| tons were packed close to the road-bed
The masts OF many OF them had to be cut
| away to permit trains to cross The water
was still high on the meadows and almost
reached the fires In the locomotives. w. W.
Donnelly, a telegraph operator, was the
| first person to re CHI the city from the
| main land. 1t quired six hours to make
! the journey Of five miles from Pleasant
Vile. Flo had to swim distance or GOO
feet, and the greater part of the way he
walked in three feet OF water ON the rail
road ties. It is estimated that SEQ, 600 will
! not cover the loss to Atantc City and her
interests.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13.-Five daring men
who fought their way through the sea from
At antic City to Pleasantville and came
thence to this city by rail tell this story
OF the attempt OF the people of Atlantic
City to escape by train on Tuesday:
The people, terror-stricken by the storm,
hurried to the depots as il their
lives depended on their alacrity. -Four
heavily laden storm specials left the
Camden & Atlantic and Reading stations,
each with q locomotive in front and rear
The high tide was nearing its full
limit and the hurricane was increas-
ing in strength The sweeping wind
threw the water against the car windows
and the heavy coaches rocked to and
fro as ii in momentary danger of overturn-
ing. Long before the main land was
reached the engines were blowing through
three feet of water which threatened to put
out the fires a regular sea was ahead and
there was no alternative but to return.
! The engines we've reversed and
the trip back, now doubly hazard
GUS because the waters had risen sew.
eral inches, began Hardly furlong had
been pursued when the fires were exiin-
guished by the rushing torrents Of water,
which now dashed against the cars with
| terrific force. breaking the windows and
| completely enyeloping the trains in sheets
| OF spray.
When it became known to the passen-
gers that their trains were helpless and
at the mercy Of the the rising waters there
was scene of panic that beggars descrip.
ton Women screamed and tainted, chill
| dred cried and men gave way to despair.
| 1t was only when the conductors
| went from car to Car and declared
that relief engines had been telegraphed for
that the frightened passengers became
more hopeful When the rescuers did come
it took q mighty effort to pull the train
over the sunken and twisted tracks, and it
was 3 O'clock in the afternoon before the
last train-load Of weary passengers was
pulled slowly into tho Camden & Atlantic
station.
{S,.a< So~
panic A guest at the Mansion House,
greater number being women and chill
den. desc: ibes the midnight scene Incl
dent to the fire as follows:
THE women came rushing downstairs with
bla ched faces, wring'ng their hands and cry
ing as the day OF judgment had
come. Outside banging shutters, creak ng
s:gas. the bowling hurricane, the hiss and
sw.sh Of the sway ng trees, the rushing.
banging fire-engnes, aud the general
commoton attending fire Of night struck
terror to the hearts OF these women and they
| huddled together in the parSors AID prayed
and sobbed and listened to the consoling
words OF the men, who knew lull we'll that the
| danger was still far on"
When the high tide OF Tuesday struck
the frall dwellings, along Mediterranean,
Baltic and Arctic avenues stampede took
place. In one instance a woman was
carried by her two staiwart brothers to a
place OF safety. In another, mother
and father deserted their babe, and on
! returning later, found the little
one adj Men swan from their flooded
houses, bearing in their arms their babes,
wives, mothers or sisters Boats piled
to and fro, carrying weeping women
and terrified children to high ground
No ~>{f~ ~
sonal property, SO sudden and IN
were drowned in their stables, and dozens
Of houses were picked up bodily by the
waves and thrown across tho rail Dad
nrao>. or carried squares away from their
original locations
Late On Tuesday night the shriu whistle
of q steamer was heard above the roaring
OF the surf. She had come ashore op-
posite Arkansas avenue, and her
signals OF distress were promptly re-
SpOnded to by the crew OF the Atlantic
City life-saving station. They hurried
| along tho beach with their apparatus, but
tho great waves made any attempt at res
| cue impossible. The coiored steward
jumped overheard and was washed
ashore In a daxed and exhausted conti-
ton. Captain Bowen thinks that the
steamer went to pieces during the night
| and that her crew pe1ishe in the angry
sea- Nre-buckets aud water cask were
found on the beach IN the morning in
scribed with the name Philadoux, and
! there Is but little doubt that they belonged
to the Inflated steamer. -
The people in Reny Fegers Thorough
fare Hotel found it necessary to leave
| Tuesday afternoon The current was too
strong TO admit OF rowing boat and Mr.
Fegel and six strong men took a
PARTY Of thirty people on foot from
tho Thoroughlare Hotel to Atlantic City
| proper. The women we're led several
hundred yards through the water, which
was up to their necks There were twelve
small children in the party, several Of
whom belonged to Mr.. Van Horn, o cos
tumer OF Philadelphia who was one OF the
party,
Sons of Veterans Elect Oh1cers.
PATERSON. N. J., Sept 13 The encalnp-
ment OF Sons OF Veterans on Thursday
elected Hon. Charles T. Griffin, Secretary
Of State OF Indiana Commander-in-Ch Chief.
to succeed General Abbott, of Chicago
Cosona, Bagnely, Of West Virginia, was
chosen Lieutenant Commander, and Cap-
tain George w polhtt, Of this city, Ata-