The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27
, HARRY REDAN, Gen.. lla
PINEBLUFF, N. G.

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snnsfi Mn desax of Sou isfn railway, said:
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creek. whic6s asso sgddeDly, and nd so SO
20 rried ar1cti 16{ xxx 40swash out the mas
onry of stonH6 11d from under the
trestle which spanne stream, leaving the
track Itself aaa, am,sS sae allowed % the
train to rush in1nE nEnsupPorted track:
"Flagman Qnl6f56 on the rear car O. OF
the train. AS could extrtcate MIN
bankment and IN kte OF his injuries walked
back to McDon09 and announced the ac-
cident Mr.. Quinfin acted with great prompt
and heros m spite Of grave obstacles
the track al McDonough and 1t wasimpressed
into service, so that within 10 minutes after
the railroad company was notlneo OF the ac'
cidept assistance was at hand.
"Nearly all the material necessary to re-
nlace the bridge is on the ground, and Within
q hours after the material IS IN piace tne
bridge will be completed and trains running
again. The depth OF the ravine over which
the bridge passes 10 80 great as to require oO
feet Milling and, we did not have any that
length In stock. The piling has been supplied,
however"
THE FLAGMAN's STORY.
Flagman Quinian said tonight:
II was sitting in the front end Of the sleeper
Giraldo when the crash came. Ihere was a,in' no
ed that the air brakes had been turned on
with jerk. knew as quick as thought that
something was wrong. But before could
and and 6 a Great pile oi something fell on me.
| I fought to get loose from my pinnings, but
could not see thing. 1t was as dark and
silent as crave; H,, turnea ea my Ieae nace ~ that
| seemed less dark thaa the rest OF my sur
roundipgs. l halfswam and half orawled TO
place 1t poyea @ to be ,op ,ns Of
One of my lanterns was the only hght stlil
| burning. ~
were fully so or feet above US. AS soon as !
landed against the embankment found that
| the dirt was loose and would crumble under
the slightest weight. ran up the railroad
mInnte for the whistle OF the freight train
The operator got orders to hold everything
| ANOTHER EXPERIENCE.
Macon, Ca, June A.-Mlss Mamie Merritt,
| who is q teacher In the Emerson school o.
oratory, Boston, gave her experience as fol
at began to rain about the time we let
Macon and rained incessantly all the way
up TO McDonough. The conductor came
through where we were sitting, IN tne real
OF the sleeper, and proposed to let down my
widow, as the rain had begun 10 come IN
AS he put the widow down reached over tc
gather np my mackln tosh, which had spread
across my lap, and while was bent forward
the crash came.
being thrown headlong toward the front
the car. was on the left OF the car my frient
was on the opposite side and the conducto
was falling headlong over the seats on tn
, right That was the last saw. Inen re
mem bered the car plunging down, down lntt
the water. The car turned over on the sld
IN which was sitting, and the next knew
! Miss Alden was lying across me.
!, "The water had risen up to our Walsts ant
I noticed that Miss Alden's head was lowe
than mine and, fearing the water would cove
her I took her in my arms and lifted her up
We both were wedged in and could not NOV
, our bodies below our waist. For some Tim
we lay helpless and called for help, bu
Miss Alden had o steam pipe across he
E body and she was across me ana ! va wa
, across me. I began to pull the debris of wilt
. INV hands, and when had removed all ina
! was Oose took a wooden beam and Prlzed Tn
I steam pipe from OIL my friend. Finally
got it loose and relieved ner OF l.s prssssHsrt
| got hold OF another longer piece Of WOO
end began To prize up the partition and 6
Il Iast pulled myself from under 1t. Then
/. crawed out In the open space In the car, Wher
i I could look out through the broken ape