Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-31

/ ana 4 number ~ others loft for Bangor
] as soon rs their iniurieG were attended To-
| When the journal representative went
over the track. th.s morning ~ go moth
| Ing had been done 10 move n. cars
! There were 4 number Of hats ana one
bonnet IN the regular day coach. white
! the Dafiof car was Gtrewn with fruit ana
| canned goods from the storage closet
| The bottom of the parlor car on the rear
end had crashed through the roef Of the
| day coach ana ii WAS here that Mrs
Murray and Mrs. Cunningham were
killed How anyone in the car escaped
| being killed Is a mystery.
Inc cars dtd not turn over. il rs assert
| cd by those who witnessed the accident
The train seemed TO spring into The air
settle down, fan on the Icft side ANA
then slide for about four cars length. In
all, five cans went into he ditch ThcY
lay as indicated III thu plan Of tlio scene.
| The mail ear is twisted ara broken
backed. Tn" baggag" car is stripped ii
its trucks but otherwise not mucu in
jurcd.
ROW HaggaGemastcr Rice over escaped
the pile 81 rolling trunks, In Ia" plunge
of The train. Is Il miracle.
IT was not necessary 10 cut away much
Of the wreck 10 get II the passcngs re, as
the doors were all Knocked off their
hinges or itn@ 0p-r. Most Of Tho passs-il-
gcra w"t" taken ont of the dourA. 'ihc
day coach Is the most damaged. Tho
roof is stove IN near the rear end. and
the car is twisted and Shorn Of lis trucks
and fixtures Outside OF losing the trucks.
the smoker which Is Il second-class car,
ana next ahead Of the general manager
car in the makeup of the train is bot
little injured as far us can be seen III
this time.
The wrccking crew attacked the mail
car first and soon had it on the trucks
and started for the rails. This car IaId
at right. angles with I'M. rails ~. WAN
end having been swing around bY The
other ears. which had gone ont nbliqurly.
and il rested right at Tho .nd az thn
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