The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-04
h RICE WITH 'IRE
Experience Of a heat
ling I neal Troupe
| IS ATTACKED BY Flames

INN for sidhA
ger n.. Makes = @rs Among tn. the
I. A''y, .n the baggage and Seen cen.
and Three '"raea up-Ensin'sr woa''
nance when na slgnallsd by Conductor
stop T.n. "A theatrical troupe '.,Ss
Louis l'.s s' train running fifty miles miles
burning nj, : siding 'l twelve miles '. aneaa
our fOr Raw county between !
ed sc,OS' in the morning Inc
ociO s,ar and four women com,
y.o ne. men ne old SII kentucky theatrical africa
ug the - nsar furnishing the mate
g can" holocaust 1sar some thlrty-t lSs
for a n ,, kansas city on the Wa
eaS ST., - AS matters ended .ne
ral avtr escaped from burning
ire pa, the loss of all baggage,
WI" "ostumes and other PERSONA ,,.
et', and 1a 'nss' at t'i Kansas City, and
fpany y,t p'r 70 o'clock boarded a wa
tie ai' train. consisting OF d
s,nation baggage car a ona n,,,s
4 aD , sleeper, and left for ST. LOUIS
discovery of the Fire.
A. train was some twenty
|'hen NJ ,s' ont from Kansas city al
Zee ~ 1' something burning permea.e.
/ Z ..rs and was first detected py MI, a'
csiI yInrsley. About this time on
frce n who was in the IRON
Inc s,. 60, fire at the front ena 0
S"aSase car and gave the alarm
fo1Iowed a wild scene.
|S en- Oonductor. being apprised OF Tn
|in ,t., oO" % affairs. signaled the engin
nu y ston but the latter. VINO ma,
" s.oryed the fire, refused. 1t is saio
oSov the signal and crowded o
:, 70 make a siding at the little s.s
- If Fleming, some ten or ,wels
c On, - ahead In the front end OF IN
Zee car the scenery was store
peeu quickly caught fire. The lug
p' =, The company was stored in tn
as and Of the baggage and betwee
,wo the three horses. The scener
.,rrsd ike finder. The speed OF u
~. and a sharp wind famed IN
an,as until they roared like furna'
"a a soon enveloped the whole front
he car.
Entire Train In Danger.
rsa passengers instantly realizs
No, the entire train was In danger
cling burned, in which event the
could have the choice of either jun
no for their lives or being roasted
'ao,b The men as we'll as the wom'
,scame greatly alarmed, not unde
,anding why the engineer refused
ton and pandemonium broke ZOOS
seemed to them an age until I
rain Stacked up and ran on the Fler
ne siding. Then the baggage car a.
onteBts we're doomed and efforts we
directed 10 cutting II loose from I
oct of the train. Part of the compa
md train crew devoted their time
,utting loose from the burning car a
others made a vain attempt to sa
he horses.
The groans Of the animals could
olalnly heard above the roar OF
flames as they were slowly bel
burned TO death. The burning car "
finally left to its fate. and after
hour and a half of delay the eng
was hitched on TO what remained
he train and arrived at Union stat
1t 10 o'clock.
Sorry for the Horses.
II haven't even got change OF col
buttons to my NAME" said Pri
Kingsley, a prominent member Of
company, but l am not thinking
much Of my own Ill fortune as that
he poor horses that were roasted
leath right before us. They were
yentle as any dog and we'll used
ire Charley French's horse, Lulu
vas a general favorite and seemed
POSSESS almost human instinct. ] hel
pen the side door of the baggage
.ulu F. was yet standing up and
Uttered the most horrible human
roam ever heard. The flesh on
ide Of her neck and head was d.
ing off, and in a minute she sanl
Use no more. The other two no
we're down when we opened the d
hey could have been saved had the