New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-30
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.
A NEW-YORK PARTY'S SPECIAL CAR OVER
TURNED
IT HUNG on THE EDGE OF A STEEP EMBANK-
MENT-DAvID BONNER AMONG THE
PLEASURE-SEEKEIS.

A party Of prominent New York men and women.
nineteen in number. had almost miraculous escape
from death yesterday morning, when train wa
thrown from the track and the special car on when
tlry were travelling overturned The accident
occurred upon the Pennsylvania Railroad about fifteen
miles west OF Philadelphia.
The party. which occupied the special Thal!a
was returning from pleasure and business trip to tho
little town of Bridgeport. Ala, about twenty ciSh
miles south of Chattanooga Tenn. 1t consisted oil MF
and Mrs. David Bonner. Andrew l.. Soularl. president
Of the German American Real Estate Title Guarantee
Company: Mr. and Mrs. G. II. ChatHcld, Mr.. ana MIS-
Charles Hilton Brown, Hamilton HuSbcy, tAit"r ol
Turf. Field and Farm" and Miss Bu>bey. Miss Saui'
bury. Il. ". Franklin, George L. Sterling, u s. keid'
Miss Fitzpatrick. Mrs. Hardy, J. Roberts, Joseph
Holmes. Of IIolmdc. y. j.; James Lcgect. ard Mrs.
= y. Shpman. They left NcwiOrh city eight or
nine DAYS ago and arrived at bridgeport on saturday
March IL leaving that town last Wednesday, aud start
ng north by way Of Nashville, Louisville, 'nclnhiu
and Pittsburg The party numbered thirty eight when
they left this city. but several members Of 1t prcicrd
to return from bridgeport by way Of Atlanta and tie
Piedmont Air Lire, and left the party when the start
was made from Bridgeport.
At PittsbuIg the special car WIS attached TO inc
regular express train, no q. leaving that piac" De-
tween and O'Clock on saturday evening ana ~
they BOWED along the smooth Pennsylvania track
the remark was general that now thcy HAD gotten
OF danger.
David Bonner, in giving account Of the accident
say, that at GIO O'Clock yc-tcrtly morning. Wien
everybody In the car asleep, he was a"ahehcd
bv the bumpinc Of The car wheels over the tics. In
a moment he felt the going over upon Us 'uc
and instantly he all the other occupant OF bcr''
an that side of the car thrown To the opposite
side with great violence. Ii> first Thought was 10
turn the light, out and to call TO the people at inc
otbcr end Of the car 10 do the same. prccaution
which probabI- avered the burning Of The car. Ai.
Bonner succeeded In raising window ana ci""iihS
ont and with several of the Other men assisted inc
women TO extricate themselves In the same way
The extraordinary nature Of their c~cdpe was t'cA
made evident Every the train, Including ipnr
.lccpng cars had Locn thrown of the track, Though
the Tbalia was the only which had been occr-
turned The accident lad occurred on an cmbankncht
fifty or sixty feet high. The overturned car liy WIN
n. vii, ,cl, only a few inches from the "Gc' ~ '"P
utoicctug several feet beyond ". j." h'.'
ri'nys md A. balance would have been lost ana II
w0uld have been hurled with is passengers to tIe
ground below. . - -. .,,,ir,,.io
The Iailc- according 20 Mr.. Bonncr. Kept admrhble
cottr,l over their fears. and cNrlra;ci ti'htlNr>
ord "a. many Of their belongings q, p'rNihc WIN
,rr,t cnnluc-,. 80 uf ihc party was seriously
Iur; thone! it reported that iplhg woman ~
tho regular section Of the train hdd a Ilb hIph ~.
IJor name could not ir a~r"r Aimed. MIS- Hardy one
- mo Marty mon the ~pcCial car, a woman nearly
.ixty ycar, old va, badly shaken up aid briu,, II
,tcra nearly all T. lc~~ degree. but ~hF hhiliS r.
covered from the shock sufficiently To come WIN t'c
,ilc na-scngars of the wrecked train were taken
into pliladclphia by local train, when ipi"Wcl avg
there tLc Thalla party put aboid another -pecli
car and brought 10 New \ OK ,, , a..
The cause OF the accident vas spreading Oh Inc
rails