Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-23
4 fdgltu| RoIhoud Wreck
Many Miraculous Escapes, But
No Lives Lost.

Many MIRACULOUS CSCdpoS, 0ut
No Lives Lost.
SCORES of PEOPLE INJURED
"A few years ago while in company
with noted physician from one of the
Southern states we started from In
dianapolis, Ind, to Florida. 1t was
the first day of that terrible blizzard
which cost Roscoe COnklin and hnnd-
reds of other people their lives. Our
course was by the way of Cincinnati,
where we W. uld have arrived in six
hours had it not been for the severity of
the storm which snowbound our train
IN Eastern Ohio for four days. Finally
we made our way to Cincinnati and
from there on to Pittsburg. Pa, where
We were due to leave on a Thursday
night train for Tampa. Fla. 1t was 10
o'clock before we reached Pittsburg and
had the Florida train left on time,
which was two hours earlier, we would
have avoided what proved to be most
horrible accident. The travel at this
season of the year was extremely heavy
and as we were late aud running quite
rapidly in order to make connections
with another tram which left Washing
ton City at 10 o'clock that evening and
WAS to be in waiting for us in Savannah
hnr !, no ip,fr
morning were to be consolidated and
20 on southwark as one train but COM
posed of two sections. We arrived at
Savannah just one hour and forty
minutes late.
The tram being behind time, we
We're trying to make it up and were
running ut a rapid speed. Just as the
train rounded a short curve into the
valley OF the :tlackshear river, which
wasspanned by a bridge, the engineer
was signalled to stop 10y d man waving
a handkerchief, but the speed of our
train was 50 great, that before the
brakes could be successfully applied we
were plunged into the river through an
open span and our eleven cars most Of
them had come down precipice of
over thirty feet. Hardly a single per-
son On the train escaped without injury
Fortunately, which is one of the great
est miracles of modern time, not a sim
gle person was killed. There were PEG
pie with broken arms, broken legs and
bruised from head To foot, all more or
less OF great consequence. The doctor
who had accompanied me, Dr. Rea
from Louisville, KY. in connection
with DR.. Warren. of Fowler, Tex, and
Dr.. Lyod, of New Orleans, who were
passengers on the tram, completed a
medical staff. DR.. Rea and DR.. Lyod.
fortunately, were only slightly injured,
and Vt course it fell to their lot to, take
care Of the wounded and the sick which
was done in short order. They erected
temporary hospital in one of the rail-
road coaches which was derailed, tele-
graphed for medical supplies and in the
meantime kept up their work, which
principally consisted Of Dandaging, sew
ing up wounds and controlling hemor-
rhages. DIR. Rea being the junior
surgeon, performed some wonderful
feats and had it not been for his real
4uickness Of action and master IF the
art of medicine and surgery many of
the injured would proved fatal or Grip
pied for life. Among the injured was
certain gentleman, Mr.. r. W. Lock
wood. whom met some years after,
and In conversation with him learned
that he was in this particular accident;
that ne was seriously injured; that hr
Thought his cast was hopeless, and that
he was afflicted for some time after and
say had it not been for Or. Rea's won
derful knowledge of his condition and
master Of disease he is certain he would
bav" been dead long ago. DR.. Rea of
ten visits professionally cities through
on; 'hn United States. lie has visited
MIR Lockwood both socially and pro-
fessi"na|ly; Mr. i.ockwnod saws: I
have seen scores OF ms patients and
1'' W. " ~ NV ~ 'I'H ana
treatment of their eases in the same
acr'lrate and wondering wav that he is
alb" 20 rcrt"il almost Snpernatural
,W":,s"rS in his prnir> ;i,n lie believes
in Wh'trNai is '"It anl that he is in
this w"ril to ~ MS wmli that he will
STAY here nntil He is dome, lie has
great confidence in himself and has
gov reaS'NS ~ have; | tnn't think he
eyer knew hrieH, and il I've did don't
think he would recogu re it or would
be long turning it INTO victory if he did.
The most wonderful feature of this
mans life is his ability to diagnose &C.
curately any diseases in man, woman or
child without asking question. I
don't care how subtitle or how complica-
ted their disease, bnt that if DR.. Rea
could examine them he could tell them
their exact condition, and when man
can tell his patient his disease:ths man
does not mistake his patients and treat
them for the wrong !ailments His firm
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