The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-02-22
I'm MIDAIR.
Thrilling Adventure on an Aerial
Gable Car.
Tho DraEiaz cEbio Eroka aud fhe Broken
End Srnas;1es Threugc tha Gar n it!, TIA
Lc~d1 OK Ainfoan.ty .Ho..sr.:cf the
Passocg ers Injured. Ono Fatally.

EScxv1LLy, Tenn, Feb. 1a-OEe
killed and several hurt IS the result OF
3 most thrilling accident at Longstreet
i'ari, Sunday afternoon. TIE drawing
cable Of Ell &criai car srapFed in two,
leaving: the Ger an:. passenger two hun
dred feet in Eidair. y i,i!s tbs brollen
end OF the cable SMASHED through the
frpii box flle;, " IL. humanity &c 90 is
iecGly WORK ct Il. ki4 NEST ppins tie
car Is nearly three hundred fret above
She Tex pas.ee r:rer, ar, ne trip o7or,
while pctng most tavi..lirg. afforded ~
beautiful vie1 Of tie surrounding
country TO the pzsseu;ge-.. A ear
which would hold rcrhaps twenty per
sons nurg suspended from two heavy.
cables, FIVE feet spart.
Sunday afternoon tfic car he'd carried
many passengers, and made It's last
trip about O'clock. seven people
were in It, with *. {. Lewis who
stood al the h1a.a %hen ry;ylin one
hundred feet os The bluff the cable
snapped in two between the car a:.d
ergiilo-room. and the car st1.'te.i back
Gs if Shot from hage cennon. Nenr
the center Of the r!ver. ana fully
two hundred f,ct utovc It, its
progress was Srti:~nlv checked rs
the broken end OF tie cattle wound
itself about it Ike Il huge serpent.
It went crashing t.!r<3agi Tie wooden
car, oaly to wind itself around and
crush through its top #gLio as ii il
were made of paper. There the car ANA
passengers hung COR nearly two hours,
while evory minute tie c1vrvt Increased
until tncGhan;t pcrscas lined the
bank 81 thc river. hrnp,uEvs seemed
dazcd, aud II WIS scar t;:lle rei',i". 8
long rope was .s>.u.c,:. ks was
slipped down the Cd Die to tho car and
steamer anchored itself directly un
derhea1:i.
5,'ill Nibley, boy, Vas to first to.
be let iowa, ard the cro~ti c:leerea
Justify IS NJ was hsfe.y i..nde;!. Next
came Hiss Alice Wa:.le.i, "to stood
the shock brareiy. Dou5'y loud trey
cheorcd her saie return. BELIEF gained
ground ;ha. 90 one ~as ilurt, bE5 those
familiar knew otherwise. for in the car
above Oliver LeGgerwood lay dying
his lifeb,ooa oaz:rg from two ugly
wounds or The head. lie had gone
with Miss Waraoll, i.r lance. Oh the
novel trip which CT, c,i 50 disn. troaaiy.
One by one th. passengers We're let
down until tho ear WIS cleared hen
LeGgerwo)d reached TIC beat g sur
gcon pronounced his iuiarics fatal,
and in less than ter minutes ne was
dead His skull had been fractured L.
two places
MIR. Fred Melee, another passenger,
suffered severe inj,iry 70 one leg,
while Henry ;!atcher's right hand was
badly hurt. Hugh Kule, q boy, was
standing near the engine-house v'flen
the ca bic broke, and wcs struck By the
end and seriously hurt Persons in
the ear say that Ladgerwood neTor re-
gaiucd ccnciousnas3 after being struck.
lie was promising young lawyer,
and leaves widowed mother to mourn
his loss.
Before the ccroner's jury Sunday
night, J. r. Pa.tcn, one OF the iossees
and part owner 81 tie cable line. l,ade
the sen6a tionaI statement under oath
that he believed the cable had boon cnt.
The matter will he fully Investigated :