The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-02-15
4 PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
Snow PlOw ON Maine Central the
Cause Of 1t.

Mr.. c. r. Dunlap of Portland BADLY Cut
About the Head by Flying Glass
From the Broken Car Window
One or Two Other People slightly
Cut.
A peculiar accident occurred yesterday
afternoon ON the Maine Central which
lsft here about o'clock bound East
This train was due to leave Portland
for Bangor at 10 o'clock and many Port
land people who were bound for Augusta
and the Governors reception and ball.
were on II when it pulled out Of Union
station. When the train was half way be-
tween Cumberland junction and the
Royal River bridge in Yarmouth, a snow
plow which was being pushed along on
the other track at o high rate of speed.
pa ssed the. train. As 1t whizzed past
there was a crash Of glass on thel side
nearest the snow plow in the two rear
cars of the train and every window In
these two cars were smashed The snow
which was thrown up between the train
and the snow piow occasioned the break
ing Of the windows and filed the two
rear cars with smoke. Some OF the glass
few across the car and several people
were badly cut about the head and face.
MIR. g. +. Dunlap of Portland was sit
ting on the right aisle Of the car at the
time. half turned about in his seat and
engaged in conversation with Senator
Reynolds who sat behind him. Whom
the crash came q piece OF glass was
hurled across the aisle of the car and
cut deep and painful cash in Mr.. Dun.
laps forehead. The wound bled copious-
ly, and when Freeport Was reached Mr..
Dunlap left the train, although he was
bound to Augusta. and went to DR..
Gray of that place to have his wound
dressed. 1t was necessary for DR.. Gray
to take four stitches in MIR. Dunlap &
forehead, after which he came back to
Portland.
Mrs. II elcher. the wife of Major Melcher.
repressntive to the Legislature from
Portland, was also in the rear car with
MIR. Dunlap. She suffered a slight cut
on the face which was not very large
and will cause her little trouble. The lit
lte daughter of Mr.. Charles S. Cook,
member of the Governor Council, was
also cut on the lip by the flying glass.
but the wound was a slight one.
The women In these two rear cars were
badly frightened when the crash came
and for tims they screamed and cried
hysterically, but the railroad officials
promptly transferred all the passen gers
In the two rear cars to the forward cars
and the most of the people proceeded on
their way Augusta.
MIR. Dunlap was seen by PRESS re
porter on the return TO Portland. He had
his head bandaged, but said that he
was not seriously hurt.
He said that when the crash came there
was q great deal Of excitement in the
train for a time, but 1t soon subsidized.
He said that several people besides those
named were cut, by the flying glass, but
he did not remember their names. He
WAS more seriously injured than anyone
In the rear car. His grip sack was filled
with snow and the aisles Of the oar
and the seats on the side where the plow
passed were also filled. with snew. Many
people who sat on the sids where the
plow passed were not injured at all
though almost everyone was badly fright
ened. He thought that the snow piow
was running at high rate of speed when
the accident occurred and that the snow
thrown up against the car windows by
the plow had caused the accident n
the car just ahead OF the rear car In
which Mr.. Dunlap was there were about
twenty or twenty-five people, many OF
them women. Mr.. Dunlap said he could
not tell how many people ware injured
In this car. He said he did not see any.
The trsinmen told Mr.. Dunlap that
they thought the snow plow was running
st too great speed when it passed the
passenger train, but could not say just
how fast 1t was travelling.