The Washington times., 1904-08-09

breath. 1 think I was under water for
a full minute The car naturally righted
and when it came up tie water was
Just about to my lips l could breathe
all right and saw that the tranSom vas
lust above me. With my righJ mana
smashed out the glass. hoping l could
get out In that way.
AT that moment another crash came
and I was struck in the forehead by
some floating object and dazed, cut
managed 10 keep my head aDofe IIe
water and after a terrinc struggle
reached the shore.
As I opproached an island I Heard
faint cry of a woman for help an
swered shouting, 4 am coming, put
that moment ! heard a gurglinS SOUND
as If the poor unfortunate was losl anu
l heard the cries no more
Fireman's Narrow Escape.
The escape Of the fireman, Dave May
field was almost mira cuIOus- He crawl
ed out Of the cab IN which his com
panion, the engineer. had perlshed,
searched vainly for the engineer, and
finally abandoning the search. ran 10
I give the alarm. He then collapsed and
was taken to the hospital in a serious
condition.
( In telling his story Of the wreck,
/ Fireman Mayfield said:
/ ..The first warning / had Of the i'm
pending disaster was feeling that the
/ earth was sinking beneath me. l knew
/ that we were at the bridge ana lhe
| conclusion at once dashed through my
mind that the structure was about 20
TT was this thought that saved my
life ] Jumped from the cab ard by the
J Darrowest OF margins escaped plunge
into the chasm. / shouted TO Hinman,
but he was apparently so terror-strlck-
| en- that ne could not move. ! could feel
/ the train drop as l left II. II was ore
steep shoot into the water and then
Pullman Porter Hero
! William NJ. Sales. Of St. Lo-is. the
porter on the sIeepers Wyuta and Cast
mir. was one of the heroes Of the wreck.
{ II was due to his quick presence OF
, mind that the death list IS not larger.
I At the first shock. caused by the en-
CINE striking the chasm. Sales. who was
/ making up berth at the end Of the
/ car Wyuta grabbed the cord that sets
the emergency brake and pulled it Wig
/ orously.
The wheels became locked instantly
and the sudden stopping of the
two sleepers and diner caused the
Z coupling between the forward sleeper
/ and the chair car 70 snap. Otherwise
! they, too, might have been pulled down
! into the current
The end Of the Pullman car Wyuta
0 broken timbers and twisted rails hung
/ stu farther over. The arroyo had been
I wldcned 70 more than 100 feet at the
point where the bridge had been. The
/ water tore a zig-zag course across the
prairie 10 a depth Of thirty feet I'm sew
I eral places. There was little left Of the
/ baggage car. a few rods, a truck or so.
I dimly seen I'm the muddy water, and "a
half-buricd iron safe
! The great locomotive. the boiler free OF
1 the truck. the cab and tank gone lies
Z where II fell
Fourth of a Mile Away
A quarter Of a mile 10 the east. where
this gorge Of death debouched into Foun.
tain Creek, lay the chair car, windows
gone. three-fourths filed with mud and
sand.
A hundred feet farther on was the
smoker. bottom up. against a sand bar.
A hundred and fifty feet farther. on, IN
the bed OF the creek, was the coal
tender Of the engine, and from that
point on for four or five miles vestges
OF the coaches, the engine. and tender