The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-09-29

OF the earth.
The guide after awhile takes you into |
what Is called the "star chamber" and |
then he says to you, "Sit here" and |
then he takes the lantern and goes
down under the rocks, and it gets dark
and darker until the night is so thick |
that the hand an inch from tho eye Is |
nnobssrvable. And then, by kindling
one OF the lanterns and placing it In a
cleft Of the rock, there is reflection
cast on the dome Of the cave. and there
a brilliant night heavenS-and you in
voluntary exclaim, "Beautiful beauu.
full"
Then he takes the lantern down in
other depths Of the cavern and WanderS
on and Oh and wonders Off until he
comes up from behind the rocks gradu-
ally, and 1t seems like the dawn of the
morning and it gets brighter and
brighter. The guide isa skilled ven
trilOquiSt, and he initiates the voices of
the morning, and soon the gloom Is all
gone, and you stand congratulating
yourself over tho wonderful spectacle.
Well, there are a great many people
who look down into the grave as a
great cavern. They think it is q thous-
and miles subterraneous, and all the
echoes seem to be the voices OF despair,
and the cascades seem to be the falling
tears that always fall, and the gloom
of earth seems coming up in stalag-
mite, and the gloom of the
eter world seems descending IN
the stalactite, making pillars of
lndescribable horror. The grave Is
no such place as that to me
thank God! Our divine Guide takes
us down into the great cavern, and we
nave the lamp to our feet, ard tho
light to our path, and all the echoes in
the riffs OF the rock are anthems, and
the falling waters are fountains of sal
vation; and after awhile we look up,
and behold! the cavern of a tomb has
become kings star chamber.
And while we are looking at the
pomp of it an everlasting morning be-
gins to rise, and all the tears of the
earth crystalize into stalagmite, rising
up in pillar on the one side, and ali
The glorleS OF heaven seem to he de-
scendlng in a stalacite, making pillar
ON the other side, and you push against
the gate that swings between the two
pillars, and as that gate flashes open
you find it is one of the twelve gates
which are twelve pearls. Blessed be
God that through this Gospel the
mammoth cave of the sepulcher has
become the illumined star chamber of
the King! On, the pslacesl the etern.
al palaces! the Kings palaces!
a Tremendous Collision.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. Sept. 21.-What
will undoubtedly prove to be the most
disastrous accident that ever occurred
IN the history of the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago Railway, which is
operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad,
look place this morning at 3 o'clock in
what is known as Browns Cut, mile
and half West of the village of
Shreve, Wayne County, Ohio. Train No.
.. the fast East bound passenger ex.
press train, collided at that point with
the first section of freight No rs West
pound. The passenger train was about
one hour late and was running at the
rate OF sixty miles an hour. 1t is
started that the engineer and fireman
ON the freight, while standing on a
SIDE track at Shreve, tell asleep and
were awakened by hearing train
rushing by. Thinking that it was 8,
the engineer pulled out on the main
track and had just got under way
when the train came.
The collision occurred on sharp
curve and in a cut where neither crew
was able to see the other train ap-
The engines came together
with such awful force that the mail car
ana smoking car of the express were
thrown on top of the passenger en-
gine, and freight car, filled with
printing presses, WAS thrown over the
freight engine.
The passengers and trainmen who es-
capped say the accident had hardly taken
place before flames burst forth, and
they believe that but two or three
persons were killed, outright. the others
having been pinned down in the cars
and slowly roastedto death. Twelve
burned and blackend trunks have been
taken from the wreck.
Ihe fireman on the freight train
must have had horrible death, as he
was caught in the cab and his fright
fully burned body dangled in the air in
view OF hundreds who visited the
scene, the wrecke1s being unable to set
1T because of the heat. The poor postal
clerks imprisoned in the mail cars
which were thrown upon the passen.
gers engine had no chance to escape and
they were doubtless all burned to
death. All fatalities occurred in the
TWO locomotives, the postal and smok-
lEg car and the day coach. The sleep.
erS dld not leave the track and the pas
s3engers, beyond shaking, escaped in.
jury.
AS soon as the people of Sherve
heard of the wreck they hastened to the
scene with all physicians available. The
injured were tenderly ecared for and
every effort possible maize to rescue
those who were pelishing Ia the burn
cars. The heat was SO intense,
however, little could be done.
AS soon as possible after the accci-
dent the injured, none whom are be-
!ieVed to be fatally hurt, were taken
IN charge by the railway company and
all were removed to their homes,
Two postal cars, filled with mail. one
express car and three freight cars were
consumed by fire.
Wreck trains were sent TO the scene
within an hour after the accident and
%hen they arrived the engines and
destroyed cars were mass Of red hot
iron and embers. The Coroner has be.
gun an inquest to ascertain the cause
of collision.
Tlllsnnn ~ u Democrat.
WASHINGTON, ID. g., Sept. I5.-The
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