The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1890-10-11

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thirty-fve II en the
crash came, Err King
had just gone out . oor to get q
drink of water, and this act saved his
life. He had no sooner closed the door
of the first coach than there was sud
den jerk, which / understood only to
well. The axle of the tender, directly
behind the engine, had brok en-, and /
ran toward the door. | could not
open it, and before l could get to the
other end Of my car, the tender had
jumped the track. Then before one
can imagine it, every car of the train
was off. Up and down they bumped
and then down went. / was thrown
into one corner between my big safe
and the wall of the car. Heavy
boxes piled all about me, and | was
so pinned down that | could not
move. This is all that kept me from
being mashed to death. Then there
came one great crash, when the
screams of the men and women be-
hind me made the wreck awful in
the extreme. Rails and crOss-ties
were torn up for over 200 yards and
dirt flew in every direction. The
draw-bar of the engine broke, and
down the embankment Went the bag
gage car. Over and over | went, and
when my car finally stopped it was
fully twenty-five feet away from the
track, lying in such q position that !
was pinned almost upright or my
head. The smoking car had jumped
the track, and was standing exactly
sideways across the track. The day
coach had turned over twice, land
ing on it's side, while the big sleeper
w g lying bottom up, about twenty
feet away. There were only about
twenty-five people Oh the train, and
there was the greatest CONSERVATION
among them. | managed to get
myself out Of my car and ran back to
likewise, and it did not take long to
One gentleman, who was from Bow
inches long, on his head, while his
face was also badly cut. Another
gentlems n from Bowling Green was
cut badly about the face ano. arms,
and think he was seriously hart in
ternally. Another man was so badly
hurt that we had to take him with
the other two to Olympia. Tw lade +,
a mother and daughter, were a greav
deal excited but they were not badly
hurt, and few cuts were their only
signs of having been injured. The
gentlemen who had escaped all or
serious injury did all in their power
to help those who were less fortunate,
and every man, woman and child
found great deal Of consolation in
the fact that they were all alive,
and that their escape was miracu-
lous. The wrecking train from Lex
ington arrived on the scene shortly
after 10 O'Clock, and DR.. Scott, the
company's surgeon, soon had every
body as comfortably situated as pos
sible. Arnica and court plaster
were used in abundance, and the
mo- seriously hurt were given the
closest personal attention by DR..
Scott. Both the gentlemen were
unconscious when | left, but the
physicians expressed it that neither
would die.
"The wreckers went Immediately
to work clearing the track, but it
took them thirteen hours to do So
The day coach was the only one
which could be put back on the track,
and all they could do with this was
to drag it on the side track and leave
it. The other cars were still lying
down the embankment to-day when l
passed back. The regular morning
train picked up all the passengers
who cared to go ahead and nearly all
Were sent on their way. Some few
came back to Lexington, where they
will remain few days to get over
the nervous shock. All the cars
were more or less crushed in, and the |
loss to the company will be several
thousand dollars. The engine ran
nearly a mile, after breaking it's draw
bar, and consequently it was not hurt
at all. The engineer brought it back
and helped to clear things away.