Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-02-23
A FTiQ1Nu| Roih0Dd Wreck
Many Miraculous Escapes, But
No Lives Lost.
SCORES of PEOPLEINJURED

oO0NIo VI Z G0E AG linz - ~ D
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 hund-
reds of other people their lives Our
course was by the way of Cincinnati,
where we We 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 reachedPittsburg 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 yea! was extremely heavy
and as we were late and running quite
rapidly in order to make connections
with another train which left Washing
ton City at 10 o'clock that evening and
was to be in waiting for us in Savannah
Ga, where both trains on the following
morning were to be consolidated and
go on southwark as one train but COM
posed of two sections. We arrived at
Savannah just one hour and forty
minutes late.
The train being behind time, we
were trying to make it up and were
running at a rapid speed. Just as the
train rounded short curve into the
valley of the Hlackshear river, which
was spanned by d bridge. the engineer
was signalled to stop by Ii man waving
handkerchief, but the speed of our
train was so 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 single per-
son On the train escaped without injury.
Fortunately, which is one of the great
est miracles OF modern time, not 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 DIR. Warren, OF Fowler, Tex, and
Dr. Lyod, of New Orleans, who were
| passengers on the tram, completed q
medical staff. DR.. Rea and DR.. Lyod.
fortunately, were only slightly injured,
and of 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 bandaging, 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
quickness of action and master Of the
art OF medicine and surgery many of
the injured would proved fatal or Grip
pied for life. Among the injured was a
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 he was seriously injured: that he
thought his case was hopeless, and that
he Was afflicted for some time after and
says had it not been for DR.. Reals won
| derful knowledge of his condition and
master of disease he is certain he would
have been dead long ago. DIR. Rea Of
| ten visits professionally cities through
out the United States. lie has visited
MIR. Lockwood both socially and pro-
fessionaiiy; Mr.. Lockwood says: I
have seen scores Of his patients and
they all tell me of his examinations and
treatment of their cases in the same
accurate and wondering way that he is
able to perform almost supernatural
wonders in his profession. He believes
in whatever is best, and that he is in
this world to do this work that he will
stay here until he is done. He has
great confidence in himself and has
good reasons to have; l don't think he
ever knew defeat, and it he did don't
think he would recognize it or would
he 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 a question. l
don't care how subtitle or how complica-
| ted their disease, but that il DIR. Rea
could examine them he could tell them
their exact condition., and when man
can tell his patient his disease this man
does not mistake his patients and treat
them for the wrong isilments. His firm
of specialists and surgeons is the best
in this country. He is president of the
Association of Physicians and Surgeons
of the Southern Medical and Surgical
! institnto xuh;oh 10 rnprocon<ox9 =, $3.50.