The Portland daily press., 1896-12-22

thrown forward over the seats. All the
seats with the exception of three or four
were torn from the floor. Among those
in this car were the men whose
names are printed in the list of injured.
Mr.. W. W. Latham and Mr.. Horace
Sherman, travelling salesman for the
Norton Chapman company, were there
but declined to be considered among
those who had suffered. Mr.. Sherman
had lump on the side of his head to
show how he had come in contact with
something solid at the end Of his flight
over the car seats. One Of the heavy
seats struck him in such way that it
ripped his waistcoat open, tearing the
CLOTH and also tore his trousers from the
waistband to the knee. Both MIR. Sher-
man and Mr.. Latham returned to Port
land by the next train. Mr.. Sherman In
relating his experience to a PRESS re-
porter said. 81 was sitting near the
micdle of the car. Mr.. Latham sat "A seat
or two behind me. 1t was all over in
twinkling. felt the shook when the car
left the track. The next thing I knew
was when I was thrown over the seats in
front Of me. When the first shock came
/ had my pipe in my mouth. l had jus6
time to drop it before I was thrown.
After it was over We all crawled out of
the car the best way we could. One or
two men required some assistance, but
most Of them could get out alone. Mr..
Latham complained of slight injury to
his back, but that was all.
W. S. TREFETHEN'S INJURIES.
Mr.. Winfield s. Trefethen of this city
received injuries which were of a very
painful nature. When the passengers
were thrown from their seats, Mr.. Ire
fsthen joined the fight through the car.
He was sitting well to the rear Of the car
and landed near the top of the heap. As
he was thrown, it is probable he put out
his hands to save himse He was
thrown against some broken glass. pieces
Of which wore buried under the skin in
the palm of his left hand. 1t is thought
that one Of the bones Of this hand is also
mi ured. Mr.. Irefethen after his injuries
had been dressed at tho hospital in Lew
iston, complained of pain in one of the
fingers in his right hand and it Is
thought that a pie3e of this glass may he
imbedded therein. Trefethen's hurts
were 80 painful that it was necessary to
etherize him while the glass was being
wards visited at the hospital by his
father, who went to Lewiston on the
noon train. To his father, Mr.. Trefethen
said that the sensation as the car swayed
and plunged from the embankment was
the strangest and most dreadful that he
had ever experienced. For moment 1t
seemed to him that he could not SEQ any
thing. Then like the others, he crawled
out of the car. He was sure that ne re-
ceived the cuts in the first shock and not
when trying to get out of the car.
A WooDFoRDs SUFFERER.
MIR. G. S. Foster CT Woodfords was
also in the smoker, and his ankle was
badly spraired. He was suffering con-
siderable pain and was holding his in
jured foot against warm radiator at the
hospital when he told about the wreck.
He said: 81 do not see that it was any
ones fault for the rail that broke seems
to have been in place all right at the
time the engine ran on to it. In my
opinion the rail was full of frost and was
tense-rigid-and when the heavy wheels
of the engine ran out on it, it broke into
little pieces. l climbed up there after the
accident and found the rail to be broken
out in about six feet of space. That is,
six feet Of it were broken into little
pieces as loug as your finger. 1t must
have been the frost in it that did it, for
there is no ther reason that I know of
that would make steel rail- even if it
was an old one, break up in such small
pieces.
"When the ongins went over the broken
pieces it sesms to have kept to the track
for some reason, and the coupling De-
tween it and the baggage Car broke short
off and the baggage caboose went down
over the bank which think was about
is feet high. TIE baggage car struck
and broke in the end which struck the
ground FIRST and then it turned over,
rolling down the mbankMent with the
baggage master in it. The smoker,
where were most Of the passengers. shot
into the end of the ruined baggage car
and did not turn over but lay at an angle
degrees-on its side. do not
her of hearing anyone speak or cry
out as the cars crashed into each other,
but moment after there were a few
screams from the women in the rear car
and groans, EXPLANATIONS of mixed sur
prise and Pain from some of those in the
car where was. For minute or two
yes, for five minutes it was time of
horror till it was definitely known that
there was no one hurt, beyond the hope
of recovery. Congratulations few fast
and furious for little time and no one
thought of waiting for an introduction.
1t Is one of the things that make all
men kin.
cat the order of Conductor Morse,
the engineer. who seemed to be
half out of his head with Joy when he