The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-05

We left the track on some high embankment
to DO dumped Mt the bottom a spllntered
mass2 | bad been thrown from my berth
into the berth Of a man opposite. who.
discovered later was Fred Titus, the former
professional bicycle rider. don't know
how long the flying sensation lasted. At
the longest II couldn't have been more
| than second or so, but 10 me II seemed
minutes.
HIT THE GROUND. THEN JUMPED.
Finally, there came terrific jolt that
cracked the woodwork Of the car and sent
the glass flying in all directions. 1t seemed
AZ though the car had struck something
on the spot directly underneath the berth
| in which Titus and were We could hear
| the grinding of the trucks against the
| woodwork and every moment we expected
TO feel them shoot up beneath us and crush
us 10 the calling That lasted only for an
instant, though, and then the car seemed 10
careen over on its side. hesitate a moment
| and. righting Itself plunge on again
Il can best describe what followed by
! asking you If you have ever seen a rabbit
| jumping along easily. You know how APP
/ parently IL bohs from its hind TO its fore feet
as II Jumps. Well that il lust about the way
that car went. First the forward end would
dig into the earth. then IL would jump again
and the rear end would strike, and 80 1t
continued until Titus and found ourselves
olutching each other and saying
When the car finally cid come to stop
she was lying ON herside There were about
twenty persons in the car, and they began
10 pile out a. fast IA possible wra pped in
blankets. but in their tarn feet. The car
was lying on ts side, and TO reach the door
you bad TO walk along supported by your
hands against the woodwork of the berths
There was, however, very little confusion
in the car. Almost everybody as soon a.
IL became known that there had been no
EprlDfIg loss of life Grad the ra ~ a nd
undertook the perfectly hopeless task of
finding some OF his own clothes.
Houpt SAID that the car which he was in
was one OF those which cleared the fence.
II was, ne SAID, fuly twenty feet tho other |
side OF the fence aud most fifty feet away |
from the track, Inc day coach, which was
ahead OF sleeper No. =, was stlll further |
away from the track, The fence was not |
disturbed, ana many OF lhe passengers had
TO CLIMB over the barbed wire fence In get
ting back to shelter IN the westbound train.
BIcYcLIsr r1Tus's EXPERIENCE.
Fred Titus told practically the aarne
story. He said he had noticed a peculiar
Jerk To the train soma time bafore tha M
cident occurred and had asked the con-
ductor about it, but the conductor said
that It was caused by the train running
through snow drifts He said that more
than a hundred people were dragged out
OF me WINDOWS oy lle employees and other
palSSssehBers
'l'A0 "hh'h phN'h W ipNh ~ ALlc
Of the wrecked engine. II was 70 dark
mat he could not see whether u was badly
wrecked He was one OF the first passen-
gers ia tnd tina body ef tho engineer II
vas near the engine and was practically
oarOoled The fireman. TITUS SAYS, was
wing on the other side of the engine. He
Sas cared Tor by trained nurse who was
IN the weStoound train, but lived only {
bout twenty minutes.
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when We struck the ground, said Mr.. II
pooner, there was crash. and the car Fl
!rched. Somebody was thrown on top II
me, and | found II was Justice Hooker :.
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