Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-06-13
IisW TIE Ex9ress TF1a vas
Buried at iOhsst8~n.

10 AAN RENEE NA hAr AAIA4Af @AsN =
large circle OF frieuIs. Tie was
among the passengers On the
It'll fated day express on to-
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad that left
Pttshurg at s o'clock, a. m-. on
the now historic Friday bound
for New York.
There were some delays incl
dental ~ the Hoor.- in the Cone
mauEh VALLEY before the train
reached Joinstowu, aud a fur
rther deiay at tlet polat, aad the
train war considered behind
time when IL .cft Iohust0wn
said VT Scheerer: The paEIor
ear was fu,ly occsp.ed when n
went aboard tue train, aHJ "a seat
was accordingly given me Ia the
sleeper II the rear end of t5ei
train. There were several pas
seugers ia shIs ear. hOw uauy
eaunot say exactly. among them
..~sme ladies. II was raining hard
all tsa time and we were not; q
very excited nor 4 happy crowd.
I bat we're Willing away the time
IN reading and IN looking at the
swollen torrent of the rysr.
Very few Of the people we're APP
preheusIve OF any danger IL taeI
situation, even after We had been
held up nj C0Eemaugh for nearly
five hours
The railroad tracks where
our train stopped we're fail "a
feet above Tire level OF the Iiv
or. and there was a large NUN
Der of freight and passenger
ears and locomotives standing
on the trace near US and strung
along up the read Tor a eonside
ratle distance. Between the
road and tie hill that lay At our
left vas ! Gl;eh, through which
1.-The water that came GGTa frGm
the bill was running Ike e nall
race. II was a mouotOECEs wait
to all Of US. aud after "A time
MANY injuries were m1de as 10
why we did net go ahead. Some
OF the passengers who Eade the
inquiry we're answered lacoui-
caIlY, "WashOai. aud with this
they hsd to be satisfied. had
been over the road several times
before aud knew OF the exis
tence of the dangerous and
threatening dam up IN the south
Fork gorge, aud could not help
connecting II 10 nv mind vIth
the cause OF our delay. Ia. nc-
Their was apprehegsive Of dan
ger, for the possibility ct ths
lam giving awev bad been often
discussed by passengers IL Eay
presence. and every body sup
posed that tae utmost damage
Iit would 10 when 1t 5raSc. rs
everybody believed Il ,oa4eeIIe
would. would be TO sre.. NtJlc
higher the current that iuIe
dowa the CouemAugb alley.
such q p0ss 5iiitv ss tie ear
ryius away o. "a train of ears on
the great IeuaSqivauia Railroad
WIS never seriously entertained
by any cody. Ne hId stoad sta
ttouary uatII about : o'clock
when two coIoreI porters went
/ through the ears within a saott
time of each other. locking AMI
Getting rather excited. asked
the drst one what the matter
was. and he replied that he tja
not know I inferred from his
reply that ii there vas anything
serious up the passengers would
be InferHasd and ga [ went OF
reading When tke uext man
. came along | asked htm f the
t reservoir nal givea way. AID he
said he thought It bad.
J. i put down ny book aud
stepped cut quickly 70 thu rear
platform, AID was torrlTeI -
5 the sight that met my gaze uP
{ the valley Il seemed as II =
. forest we're coming down upoa
Us There was a great waIl OF
water roaring and grinding swift
~ along, SO thicklv studded with
: the trees from along the noun
i. tain sides that it locked * q
gigantic avalanche Of Trees 0l
course fingered bat ~ instant.
for the mortal danger " ali
: were IN flashed upsn me n ths
5 first sight OF that terrible GU
: coming torrent. But u tlat ia
slant [ saw al engine lifted
bodily CT the track aad thrown
ever backward late ;he whi-l-
: pool, where It disappeared. lud
, houses crushed ana broken Up
, IN the dash Of AZ eye.
. The noise Vas Ike iuecssaat
thunder. I tEraed back into
the car aud shouted to the la
-'dies, three OF whom alone were
Ia the ear at Tia moment. 10 "
for their lives. I helped chem
ont Of the ear o. the : de to
wards the hill, and urged them
to jump across the ditch aud run
for their lives. Two OF taeu
did so, bat the third. a rather
heavy lady, "a missionary wAa
was on her way 10 a foreign ga
ton, kesitated fOr AZ .astant.
doubtful If she could make tae
jump That Instant cost her her.
life. While / was holding my
hand out 10 her aud urging her