Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-05-30
A Trip.
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bearded the south bound train II
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less one g1es az once 90 a leading
hOte!. y. %. surely exce.s any
city waS ever IN COR poor board
ing house accommodations.
| shall not speak OF the meet
iacs OF work OF the convention.
ior he papers gave daily reports
20 these.
On Monday evening. tie 18Th
iass at13l. / boarded BE e4Haou
blu Tor hume. Every coach Eas
tii,ed 10 us utmost capacity Hlth
delegates. chiefly. Ii required
TAO engines 10 puI the train.
What tremendous responsibility
engineers AMI conductors should
,eel a. such a time slight U.s-
take, a failure to obey orders.
little caTeiesSuess on tue past o,
agents 20 give proper orders. and
e hundred o. more souls migat be
buried into eternity. Nothing oil
unusual interest occurred until We
reached Amite City. izst across
the Mississippi line. when a lady
IN TIE net uf getting of fell aad
received Injuries ir1m which she
lied iew loa-s l.ter. Near this
poiut a tresi.e was discovered 70
De 90 IRE and was ext,rEglshcd
ly the train len. TIE next iaei
isut ot special Interest ues when
ae reached tEe scene 81 tle wreck
elr Uaz.eaursf. il which q. +.
i.ose. vi Fulton. ky-. and mail
agent was killed. Il Crystal
Springs the ctunou-bI.i overlook
tar local Passenger train which
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lad be0u DELAYED at Crystal Sp'.
on account of freight train wrrcs
AZ That point. To avoid changing
at Grenada. while tie trains ser,
wAillng al Crystal Springs 10. tn'
rack 20 De cleared. changed L
tLe lcca. passenger.
We finally reached Goodman
sbalt daylight. hal Just filiel
asleep fur tile first time durig. tn
aiglt. u4t hat a rude asgkeuju.
f1t almost as II two hemisphere
ati come together. suI1e
shock and tremendous crash. az
alm9Sr >iEsgisauia usiy the hissla
and sizing ct steam greeted II
+ nerves aai ears. People WEI
lGrryiag and scaTFying around :
A right lively fashion. Ny b.
which vas on ny head when ! 4
asleep was nowhere 10 be see
but later | found il under a sca
0l going out Of the ear. | disco
erred that tie engine a heavy ba
am irsia had p.0wed is way Z
r NEST IL length Iato the sIeepe
which vas ju>t IL the rear of (.
!. car vas IN. For u1ately 10 o.
/, vas IN the rear end of the s.eeps
The mixed coach. for cOsOFed Pc
! the one I VS. ia. aud The expire
, car in front vi Il xere both wree
ed: that is. they telesc7ped. Al
p completely splintered about on
= laird OF each ear. In the EXPIRE
:. car were the remains of nr. RIOS
and box and coffin were torn fro
,s the body and Ii badly mutiIx.e
p On the same tain. and IN Il
!, same coach | vas in. was q
mother Of Ir. Rose. but / do n
, tAiak she ever knew that 4
q 10y "a AaAA .1-4 = - 80 AEAek-a4 e
No one ia the rear of the slee
= a.; no one N the real part Of q
q express ear: negroes had run O
u Of their apartment at the first in
nation O danger. Tie main d
senger coach, containing abe
- fifteen Passengers was not injuru
!. save the breaking of 4 single vi
- dow light. Cur behind Wrerke
\ and two IN front wrecked. and 4
entire train carried forward abo
one hundred feet by the terrif
:. force of TIE rushing train No o.
; seriously hurt. Aora.Ize. or "a
son as yoG mas about the matt,
, but what We sometimes regard
: fOrtuitOus circumstances. Is sim
~ God caring for Is, but Gnco
: seiOusly To oarselges-
During this night of perils
saw two houses burning in II
= different tBwns. but a the ira
:. did H0s stop - either. I cam
give The names OF the towns.
NJ All OF the incidents mention,
: above Oec1rred IN a distance
about III miles.
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