The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-26
HORRIBLE WRECK
0NSOUTHERN ROAD
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the requirements of his position, was on
the rear car of his train. AS soon as ne
could extricate himself from the wreck
he crawled up the embankment and, IN
spite of his injuries, walked back to Nc
Donough, the nearest station, and an
nounced the accident which had happened.
It is but due to Mr.. Quinlin TO say that he
acted with great pro,npnaess and heroism
in spite os grave obstacles. Fortunately
freight train was standing on the track
at McDonough, and it was Immediately
pressed into service, SO that within fifteen
minutes after the railroad company was
notified of the accident assistance was at
hand and everything possible was done
for the relief OF those who were still
alive
Jesse L. Rohr, q travelling salesman Oh
Baltimore, one of those rescued, was seen
at ths Kinball House Tonight. he mad
this to say of his experience last night:
II was in the Pullman with the others
who escaped with their lives when the
wreck occurred. There was not an IN
stant's warning. We heard suddenly an
indistinct crash, and the next instant felt
our car pitch forward and drop. The Tor
ward end of the car filled with water at
once, and the lights went out We neard
the roar of the rushing water, and knew
we We're in a. stream OF some kind. We
got. down on all fours and felt and crawl
ed our way to the top of the car and then
out The car was hanging by its rear
trucks to the stone abutment Of the cui-
vert, and, swayed by the motion OF the
water, swung to and fro like a great pen
dulum. It was pitch dark, and the rain
was coming down in torrents. Peerlng
into the breach in THE track, we could see
a confused mass of broken cars already
beginning to burn. What impressed me
was the fact that not a single call for help
was heard.
Chose in the forward coaches must
have met death instantly. The wreckage
was on fire when we reached the top Of
our car, and lit up tine scene brightly.
Looking down toward the middle of our
car, I saw the head and shoulders OF a
woman, and soon heard her cry: Save us;
we are alive But we could do nothing
for her then, as there was no rope to be
had, and we were afraid the car would
swing from its position. Then came the
struggle to get to the track above. We
were many feet from the level Of the road
bed. Great chunks of earth, loosened by
tho rain. came falling down on us. and
We were nearly buried two or three times.
We feared. too, that the stone abutcnent,
weakened IN its position by the earth,
would loosen and crash in uDon US
FELL BACK INTO THE RIVER
1--WE took hold of the roots and sew
eral times as we neared the top of the
bank they pulled out and sent US tum-
bling back on the car. Once Mr.. Flynn,
who was one of our little party, got
within grasDng distance of the top.
Suddenly, to our horror, he lost his hold,
and down he came. He did not stop at
the car this time. however, but went on
into the river and was carried away by
the terrific rush of waters. I was de-
lighted at daylight however, to see him
walk up to our party in McDonough and
tell US that he had managed to catch
tree after ride of a mile or more in the
water. Flagman Quinlin worked like the
hero that he is. He finally got to the
top and ran as fast as he could to a farm
house near by and came with a rope. 1t
was too short, however, and he had to
make trip again to another house FL
nally we got plenty of rope, and then we
pulled the two ladies out of the forward
end OF the coach and all were soon on
the top of the ground
When asked how wide the washout
was, Mr.. Rohr said:
81 can't tell you accura tely; to me it
seemed the width of the Mississippi riv-
err and the roar of the flames and wa
ter was something calculated to unstring
any man.
Mr.. W. ". Ipark. one of the killed. re-
Gently moved from Macon 70 Atlanta.
He is the Southern agent for a baking
powder company OF Richmond, Va, and
was returning to Atlanta after short