Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-08-31
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.
COL. CAMERON'S AND AUDIT
OR SANDERI.IN'S STORIES.
Terribly Narrow Escape from
Death by Both of Then-Mr.
sanderlin Half Under water and
Near to Browning.

From the Charlotte Chronicle.
y. Cameron, OF the Governors staff,
gives your correspondent the following
particulars of he Third River tragedy.
81 was en- route with Auditor Sander
lin, to Cleveland, n c., and having lost
sleep the night before was sleeping
soundly in the sleeper al the time OF the
accident The shock aroused me to com
pete consciousness and was not aware
that ! was hurt or OF what had hap
pened.
Then, exerting all my strength, !
raised he upper berth a foot or so and
got hold on the iron grating overhead
and pulled myself out of the water and
out OF the upper berth.
81 called and yelled at the top OF my
voice, but heard no answer except the
proans and cries from other sufferers;
then recalled my thoughts and set to
work to cxtricatc my lett toot and sue
ceeded
Hearing cry from a lady | went to
her relief. but found that she was held
down and all my strength could no' pull
her out. Feeling under the water found
that her clothing was attached to some
thing. | tore it off and got her out She
was very weak and faint and | lad her
on cushion. asked her name and she
said she was travelling with Mrs HiX,
and she herself was Mrs. White from
Memphis, Tenn. :,
"As no one else IT spondcd to my call,
Does any one need help proposed to
Slndcrlin to STAY with the three ladies,
while should 90 for outside help. Bare
hcaded and baretooted and in night
clothing tramprd to farm house and
securing a conveyance came to States
vile and aroused the town and then re-
turned"
"Hcrc a Mrs Moore asked tor help and
got her out at window. | went back
and shouted for Sandcrlin, without reply,
then took out Mrs. Moorc's daughter,
and returning, called again for Sanderlin
letting this time faint reply, ana crop
my nv way to him dragged and pulled
him to broken window out OF the wa
ter and the fresh air revived us both
II was in the forward right lower
bcr tn, my first sensation was that the
windows were closing in on me, and that
the car was ON its lett side and the water
was coming in. The first effort toescape
showed me that the water had come up
to the lower edge OF the berth above me,
and that my lett foot was hrmy bound
in some way, and felt that was smoth-
cring, though the water did not rise any
higher nor he car sink any lower.
Mr.. sanderlin's Experience.
Prom the Raleigh Chronicle.
The train due at Statesvllle at 2o'clock
that night was forty minutes late; 1t was
therefore a quarter of three O'Clock whe'
was awakened by feeling the tram
make two sudden jumps or jars, and II
a moment afterwards ! felt myself go
ing down, down, down, could not tel
whittier. My heart well nigh stoppe'
heating. In short while there came al
instantaneous stop and crash. lmmedl
ately shricks and cries for help went NJ
trsm all the cars-trom sleeping car tt
engine. found myself overwhelmed
with mass Of debris or wreckage. M,
right ley was pnioned by sharp pee
of iron underneath and heavy pieces
wood living upon it from above. toun'
myself also living in the water, but tor
tunatelv it reached only to my waist
Twas stunned by the tall and mus
have remained so for sometime. Whe,
aroused called out for help, and Co
( oncl Cameron, who had Tor some TIM
4 been searching for me heard me and cam
! Immediately to my help through vii
; dow in the upper part OF the car ATE
! working away tor a long time he su'
ceeded in deaching one piece OF tlmbe
after another until my leg was tree
Meantime the water was rising his
around me and should most like haN
been drowned but tor Col. Cameron
timely coming to my relief
An Expert Opinisn.
From the Richmond Dispatch.
W. A Eliason, an expert civil enginee
and fsrmer employe OF the Western Mort
Carolina road, saws: at is impossib
to pull spikes without bending ther
t This was not the case with those four
:. ON the track. The cross-ties were rott'
IS and utterly unsafe.
&c was w.h-a-tF
From tn. Raleigh News and Observer.
+ In regard to the difficulty experience
3. obtaining news from Statesvillein rega
n to the accident, it is to be observed tn
& the telegraph Office there was over GRO
d ped
1t Most Remark able Theory Vet.
Ie p E. Ransom in Raleigh Chronicle.
'e do not believe any one put anYtm
T. on the track, but think the rails we
rotten.