The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-06-25
ATLANTA.
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Sunday with mis- wife. Jesse L. Rohr. a
travelling salesman. of Baltimore, one of
those rescued, said of his experience last
night:
was In the Pullman, with the others
VINO escaped with their lives, when the
wreck occurred. There was not an in
slant warning. We heard suddenly an
lhdlstlnct crash, and the next instant felt
our car pitch forward and drop. The for
ward end of the car filed with water at
once and the lights went out. We heard
the roar Of the rushing waters, and knew
We We're in stream of some kind We
sOt GOWN on all tours and felt our way
ana crawled to the top of the car and
then out. The car was hanging by lis
rear trucks to the stone abutment Of the
cuIVert and, swayed by the motion of
the water, swung to and fro like a great
pendulum. 1t was pitch dark and the
rain was coming down in torrents Pc
ing into the breach in the track. we cOuId
see confused mass Of broken cars al
READY beginning to burn What impressed
me was the fact that not a single caI
Tor help was heard. Those in the forward
Coaehes must have met death Instantly
Inc Wreckage was on fire when we reach
Gu lne Top OF our car and lit up the scene
niIshIly' Looking down toward the mid
uI0 Oh our car saw the head and shOul-
ueIs OF woman and soon heard her
cry save US; we are alive but we could
40 nothing for her, as there was mo- ron.
10 De mad and we we afraid the car would
SWING from its position Then came M,
struggle to get to the track alive We
were many feet from the level of tbe
Ioa0oeo. We took hold of the roots. ana
SeNera! times as we neared the ton of the
bank they pulled out and semi ms tI,rnb1iI'.
BACK on the car.
(OITTNT.
-, Fiagman Quinlan worked like a hero
Ie IiltIly got TO the top, and ran as fast
az ne could to q farm house rear nv ana
came with a rope. Then W., pulled m
Two ladies ont Of the forward end of tha
COACH and all were soon on top of fine
ground" ~ u ''i7
w. w. Ipark, one of the killed was thu
southern agent for a baking powder come
Fehy OF richmond, Va.
Among the passengers. were seward ,,l,-.
ouctors and trainmen coming to Atlanta
TO spend their day Of rest Among them
was tIagman j. J. Quinlan Most of the
IaIIrodo employees were in the Torvya RI
Coaches but Quinlan. for some unInoyyn
reason, was in the Pullman. His vyorLr -
piaSed 70 the utmost by the few SURVIVE
ors who came into Atlanta tonight The
rear that the road bed for some distance
on the Macon side of the wreck was nm
safe, and that other washouts might oc-
eur caused q wrecking train to be sent
from Atlanta, the latter city being also
much nearer.
The Atlanta & West Point had tv.i.
~ashouts yesterday, but close patroIIfney %
the track and quick work by the section
men prevented any delay to traffic.
The Central Of Georgia also sustained
washout in South Georgia Friday but
1t did not cause any damage
1t is many years since the railways have
had to contend with such a stress Of
weather Rain has fallen every day this
month, and each days precipitation seems
to be greater than that of the twenty
TOUR hours preceding 1t. All tracks have
been patrolled with great care, double
forces In some instances being put on for
work. Engineers on trains throughout the
country affected by heavy rains were
given instructions to run carefully and %.
on their guard. Owing to the precautions
trains have been operated with but slight
delays.
DID NOT KNOW THEIR LUCK
The passengers on the Columbus train.
which luckily missed connection last night
at McDOnOugh, arrived in Atlanta early
this evening. The train left Columbus at
$50 O'Clock yesterday afternoon. When
they reached Luella they were told thar
they would have to remain there for the
night, as there was a washOut between
them and McDOuOugh. This morning the
train was backed TO a connecting line and
run to Griffin, where it took the tracks Of
another road coming into Atlanta ON.
Of the passengers said that nearly every
body on board spent the night bemoanins
the delay which kept them from making
the McDonough connection for Atlanta.