Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-24
A NARROW ESCAPE
Augusta Girl Knocked Down by Train,
Monday Morninu.

| Court hin railroad crossing cam,
within an ace Of furnishing \ ho,.ro,.
yesterday morning, which is too terri.
| be 90 contemplate, and il was only u,
| 4 niracle that two lives w4ra M,
ground out beneath The Wheels ~ ],
passing train. As it was, however
although ono young lady was struck bv
the locomotive ANA thrown ia tha
ground. together with another. AGAINST
whom 81" fill, the consequences AZ mis-
tim" are not expected to be serious
From go To o'clock in the norufne,
IS a busy time in the Augusta ward AZ
tine Maine Central, as three trains ,,.,s..
through the city within the half hnmr
coming within l. minutes of onn
another. and going both to the east ANA
west. IN addition to this, the shifting.
engine goes VI after the morning train
west has gone. ana brings down thrrn
storage cars. To Ice set in on tine sid
ing below Eines hill crossing.
AT this time. also. there is a great
deal of travel up and down Court and
Winthrop hills, much of which is bv
young ladies who arc employed at the
Nick,ry & Hill publishing house. the
Capital Drug 60. ana at Gannett's.
Many Of them come up on the Augusta
aud South Gardiner Accommodation
train Which is due in TINS rltv M & ~
ANA many others. also. who reside in
the city, are going to their work at
abcu, That time.
,rday morning, among I'll" others
who We're ON the way to the first named
publishing house, was a groun Of three
young ladies, two Of them being sis
tCrs, the Misses Marion f. ana Alice NJ.
Itoderick, daughters of Lawrence Rod
erick, Is Spruce street. AS the tire"
reached the Court hill crossing, the
shifting engine came down on tic west
bound track with two cars attached.
ana the young ladies stopped by the
crossing. to allow it to pass.
Just at this time too, the Accomnl0-
dlti"n train was coming up through
the yard. but the girls evidently did not
hear IL, for as the locomotive reached
the crossing. Miss Marion stepped for
ward to cross the tracks. AS she did
50, tie pilot beam Of the locomotive
struck her, throwing her to the ground.
and also against her sister, 50 that the
two girls went down together. ny Il
miracle, the girls. in falling, fell away
from the rails instead of toward them,
ana 20 escaped being ground under he
Wheels.
Engineer Adell. who saw the girl as
size Stepped for ward. stopped the train
Immediately. She was assisted to her
feet. and taken on board the train, say
ing, as she was hrlped up the steps,
that She was not hurt any. ON enter
Jig the car however, the shock proved
too much for her, ana She tainted.
Conductor Warren Wight, who was in
charge of the train. did everything
possible. ANA on the arrival Of the
train at the station, which is n few
hundred feet from where the accident
happened, he had the young lady sent
III q earn iHge to her home, and sum-
moncd 4 physician.
ON an examination being made by 4
surgeon. il was found that Miss Rod
ERR t:.'i Sustained Il bad bruisc on the
lt't ~ WI. here IN" locomotive had
ST Ii, \ ..s'9. i.t a. far as could be
le,r!t,.. 80 mat tine, no serious in
jurit.' were tc.,.:Ni-i. lin nerves We're
badly shaken. ana she was suffering
visihy from the shock, but if no in
ternal Injuries resulted she will doubt
less recover within 4 short time