The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-28
20 MILES ON STEP
Girl Hung to Hand Rail
While Boston Express
Whirled Along.
SIXTY MILES AN HOUR
Plucky Miss Worthington
Held Fast and Waited
Till Vestibule Was
Opened.
SIXTY MILES AN HOUR

lSpeeial to THE Jersey City News."1
TRENTON, July 2S. 1sOO-Miss May
Worthington, bookkeeper for the Tren-
ton Hardware Company. who lives at No.
zS0 Passaic street, underwent thrilling
experience last Sunday evening that
would make the stoutest heart quail
For twenty miles. chnging to the hand
ralls, she rode on the steps of the Bos-
ton express while the train was run
hlhg at the rate of sixty miles an hour.
hne Boston express leaves German
town junction shortly after 8 o'clock in
the evening, being one of the trains on
the pennsylvania Railroad that makes
snort work of the distance between
Fhliadelphia and the Hub of the Uni
verse.
Miss Worthington, with satchel and
an umbrella wished to board the train
ae German town Junction to come to this
city.
Inc train was moving out of the station
% sne got on the platform. 1t was vesti-
ouied throughout, except the first car,
ana thls MISS Worthington was just too
idle 70 reach Not wishing to miss the
tralr' however, she boarded the third car,
OF at least got on the steps, while the
train was in motion.
1000 WI was startled to md
that the vestibule was closed, so that she
could not gain admittanee to the car. The
train was rapidly gaining momentum and
mere being nothing else to do, she clung
TO the railing on the car with one hand.
while with the other she firmly grasped
her umbrella and travelling satchel.
MISS Worthington is very far from
pelng timid young lady, but she, never
hn
frst realized the peril of her position.
raster and faster went the train, as st
whiried into the darkness with a con-
stahtly increasing velocity. When she
found that she could hold on to the rail-
lngs without much difficulty, Miss
Worthington soon lost all sense of fear
ana was struck by the ludicrous side of
the situation.
she did not scream, but made futile
enorts to attract attention by knocking
on the window in the vestibule of the
train The sound of the knocking was
drowned by the roar of the wheels. and
so for twenty miles the young lady clung
to the railing, convinced that she would
have to remain there until she reached
| this city, which was the first stop.
1t CHANGED, however, that one of the
passengers went through the vestibule,
going from one car to the other, when
the train was approaching this city, and
seeing him, Miss Worthington gave a
vigorous rap on the window, which at
tracted his attention.
The gentleman at once called the con-
ductor, who opened the door, and Miss
Worthington was not loath to exchange
her place on the step for comfortable
seat in the interior of the car.
OF course her appearance created some
thing OF stir, and she was eagerly in
terrogated as to how she came to get in
such a dangerous position. She was rather
inclined to treat the occurrence as a Joke,
and made light of the affair, as though it
were natural occurrence, instead OF q
most extraordinary and dangerous one.
While she would not care to have the
experience repeated, Miss Worthington
says that she was not concerned as to
her safety after she found that she could
hold on to the car without much trouble.
She at once prepared to make the best
of the situation, believing that ride on
the step from Germantown Junction to
| this city was inevitable. She was none
the worse for the experience.
The case of Miss Worthington was
almost identical with that of Rev. Mr..
! Galloway, who, a few days ago, boarded
fast vestibuled train at Paterson and
was unable to get in the car. His
f1uttering coat-tails were noticed as the
train went through a station, and the
| telegraph operator telegraphed to another
station, when the train was stopped and
he was taken in the car.
ftffln
about her ride, mentioning the matter
only to one or two of her most intimate
| friends.