The sun., 1891-03-30
THREE SLEEPERS WENT OVER
ROUGH WAKING UP ON THE PHTLA.
: DELPHIA AND NEW FORK ExPREsG
Passengers N che Ien-haaa Berthe
Dropped Int the Right.hsna Berths-
Twenty New Workers or the Bridsspsst
Farty In One OF tho Mashed Care
Breaking tho Windows 70 Get Out.


Breaking tho Windows TO Get Out.
Twenty Of the party OF thirty-eight New
Workers who left here on March 10 to visit the
newly Incorporated town OF Bridgeport. Ala.
were In railroad accident yesterday morning
fifteen miles west OF Philadelphia They we're
returning homo from the trip. The PARTY bed
split at Bridgeport eighteen coming North by
the Piedmont line. and the twenty by the way
Of ST. Louis, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
These twenty wore Mr.. and Mrs. David Bon.
ner. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hilton Brown. Mr..
and Mrs. O. II. Chatnsld. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hamilton Busbey. B. ". franklin. George
I. SteriinR A. L. Soulard. Miss Helen
Reed. Mics Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Hardy.
Mra George q. Hahn. J. Roberts. John b.
Holmes. Mrs. 8. D. shipman. and @ n. Leggett.
They had special drawing room and sleep.
ing car. the ThaliA II was tho next TO the
last car on the Phiadslphis and New York
regular express. No. 6. which left Pittsburgh
st O'Clock on Saturday night on the Psnnsyl.
vauia Railroad.
The party did not retire until late on Satur.
day night, and all were tired enough TO sleep
soundly. Tho train was due In New York ct 8
o'clock. and they did not intend to get up until
It got hero. The women had sections ON the
right Of tho car. and the men on the left The
married folks had sections directly opposite
each other
Every one was sound asleep at 8:10 o'clock
In the morning. when suddenly there oams
great iolting and humping that ewoke them
al. The car wa. on the track, The ioltinE
tSSmp tSH and d : sma.hine Il slssa asa VA. We
sna o.aes
s: s; ;s:5 9;;s, landed il The sssoas oSsa
to recover from the shook. sndl he heard bio
TSls I'll limo Il sounaed directly on ondsr iSG him. % and
s 9@sS: hs s ,na Sse nd.e
them he found his wiia
She IL assf ss. as ssF
them were likely . cstoh fire. .He Rl. out sit
Gs; G stesiiss ana ~, ohssdsd dls il.
xss hssd and
:: Hs Bcnsss lid sssn unas
Women called to their husbands 70 know Il
All were soon op their feet. W ''' "
There was olear space Of about ton feet In
men Dped 90 sfa
" ssss sePa:s. :sa H.: Sterling: and Mi, oh.sns!a
last TWO pulled themselves up By means Of the
sHsi9Ng.s N.I and climbed up On The side q ths csl:
1onsS Vol % up through the widow 10 f hsd G Broken. @
and the men outside pulled them out into the
SONS. one had already got a ladder and putt
men yh9 were not Of hs sDHEty helped
the last one puiisa though tho window. W."
She had eop.iderebie jewsiry: Including ?
IN sRs Soaps sSnss n sss
car and found It and several other articles Of
jewelry that belonged to other women Of the
wounds. Nssris ali who had bsen 6uried~ had lad
. few soatohes. but none hurt OF q serious
Mrs, HARDY was the only person who sp-
snd the shaking Up had lsts Ter In q rsthsr;
fssIf PARTY ACC s:soss,es f.. r. p \
81 aSna and
xoes VS. great shouting and sounds OF chopDins
They ssS thes three cars besIds:
Ss ss ss :sS -:' Ssss -ss 'ss:
The cars were al lynS within tsp feet q The
more turn and they would have gone down.
The trainmen advised every one to walk
ahead to Devon station. which was half . mile
on. At least half the passengers who
tnS mssg of The Nsw York party. a'tnS Ssd
shs stony n
TheIr feet wore as badly bruised ss the rest q
There all the little outs were dressed and
Mrs Hardy was taken care Of Messages very
sent for another train. Tho Western fast mail
came along sq hGGuS bsts stttsswSrd All the ga:s
Tho New York party went to tho eompany,s
office ana told them the story. Another pri.
yate car was provided for thep and they came
through on that, arriving in New York late In
The report Of the accident tslesraphsd from
PHILADELPHIA last night says that tho train
Was .ruaping ., sixty miles an hour whom the
The oalse Of The aooidSnt TSs supposed 70 bs
employees OF the railroad company refused to
make any statement
There had been hesvy fall OF snow the day
before and perhaps tho most trying SxpSfI.
encos the passengers underwent wss. the halt
mile walk 70 the station. shoslsss OF bArefooS
- many Of them were.
Ths Wesshsr.
ne weather In this city vas warmer and gsusrAuy
fair vestardav aays for litus rain hat ~