Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-29
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n nsst excatiag sxp9isses Of ny
III ocesrred y0ar sgo," said jim
Burns, n addrsss{ne party q drun-
IN. III - - h fsilrosd wrecks
And . Steamboat sxplosiou, but they
wsrs taue aGhin q compared with tks
oue I an abost 70 relate.
al was % oes of ny .seal trips and
carly ons morning boardsd TIE train at
N-to 80 % . polnt sous twenty niles
distant. entered TIE smoker and had
probably ridden ten niles when finish
q ny cigar and started 70 70 back TO
TIE Dext coach. A I stepped on The
platform between the cars noticed
that the air brakes were being applied,
and knowing that there vas no station
at that point I stepped down on the
lover step 70 take q look ahead. Before
I had tine 20 80 the train cane 70 .
dead stand, and the stop was 20 sudden
and Violent that Vas throws clear Oh
tho car and instantly found myself fall-
Ing through space With fightful rapid
ity.
had stopped on trestle about twenty
Ave feet high and which passed over Q
wagon road. Fortunately for me Gov
cred market wagon was passlng under
the bridge at tho time, and I struck the
top Of the vehicle feet foremost and
went through the top like . shot. i
landed with one foot In basket OF eggs
and the other 10 crock Of butter and
then pitched forward on TO the seat
with the driver. Ny entrance Into the
wagon occasioued considerable racket
and In less than half . second after j
landed ! Was participating In runaway
that fairly took my breath away. The
horses tore down the road at the top Of
their speed, and the driver, who WAS .
big, muscular fellow, evidently had no
control over them. While tugging and
saving on the lines the driver turned TO
me and said:
"'You blanked fool, Just walt I'LL git
these horses stopped and I'll AZ you"
ave had proceeded 800 or 300 yards
In our mad career when We entered
ANAL village. A farmers wagon,
with two horses attached, stood In
| front OF blacksmith shop. We smash-
ed Into the farm wagon, the front wheel
of the market wagon on my side Inter
locking with the outside front wheel OF
| the other vehicle. The shock pitched
me out and landed 10 the hind end
of the farm wagon. The farm team,
not being tied and the driver being abb
bent, became frightened, sprang Tor.
ward and tore the wheel on the market
wagon. The market mans team con-
tInued down the road, reducing the We
hicle to kindling wood, and 40 the out
At disappeared In cloud Of dust the At
mosphere was filed with butter, eggs.
vegetables and big, round oaths.
found that had only jumped out OF the
| frying pan Into the fire. ! was the
central figure In another runaway.
"The farmers team was tearing up
| the road at q breakneck pace In the
direction from which had started. Inc
lines were wrapped around the iock
lever and unwound them and tried to
stop the horses, but my efforts were
useless. In o moment we had reached
the trestle from which had been
thrown and noticed that the train was
on the point of moving on. With q
mighty effort pulled the horses heads
into q bank, sprang from the wagon,
rushed up the bank, and caught
the rear car as the train WAS moving
away.
"fhe train had been stopped BY. .
slight obstruction on the track, which
only required few minutes for remov.
al. had been thrown from = bridge,
participated In two exciting runaways
and was back inside the train, all inside
Of five minutes"