Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-01
||and Ten Cars leave Iron and Pile Up, al
|''C!@s!2eftteen Persons injured, One Z
elBly aest Of 325 Miracu|ousIy Escape. !

a way that the cars which followed
We're dcrailcd.
The mail car followed the locomotive
for some distance. thea sill down the
embankmcnt. and came to a standstill
in Il position almost. but not quite. bot
tom upwards. with the mail clerks i'm
prisoncd within.
1t is supposed that when the mail
car dropped t" the ties il became ul-
coupled from the baggage car. At any
rate, this car took an entirely different
direction. for it was brought to Il
standstill some distarcc back from the
mail car, ANA was headed dia%nnally
across the track and partly tipped onto
its left sid"
The Pullman chair car ErdWin~ was
not far from its proper position rcla-
tive to what was once the roadhcI but
it had plowcd deeply into the ties AMI
the gravel Of the roadbcd. The iu-
terror was intact. With the exception
of the buffet. ANA not one of the PAS
sengers in this car was injured. al
though they Were. thrown into the for
ward part Of tn" car by the force Of
| impact.
The chair car Marie was tilted at an
angle Of about 10 degrees ana was in
| somewhat worse condition than the car
ahead. Here the passengers We're Civ
| en- Il greater shaking up.
The dining ear was tilted at n dan
gcrotIs angle ANA would have gone ino
| a ditch had there brru amy at that
| point. as ii was % feet north Of lff
| track. 1t was in this car that Ce~rst
w. brown. Ill" waiter. received the IN
! jurcS. from the effects If which n"
now lies at III" ElmWoud hotel in
| scI;ou; condition. with several ril1
broken. Brown was the most bad y
| hurt of any one else on tn" i'll fatrd
| train.
Tho rear trucks Of tn" dining ra"
and the forward trucks Of tho So
! ing car clung together by somr 81 l..;n
change. and were half burr Il ii tn"
| dirt about 30 feet from the rest VI the
train. Will" the cars to Which they
| belonged We're partly taae ped.
! But the most terrible si%ht f all
| was presented by the twc (dy coaches
| in the rear of the smoking car. These
were jack-Enifrd 1T opposite anelcs
across. the track. ana were' locked 10
gcthcr in 4 deadly grip. The car
1 =
and tic forward on, of the car 311
had plowel into Tho rocks ANA eirth
at the side of the ut through which
! the train was passing at til" tim" of
, the accident.
\ The narroWncSs Of the cat was the
PRINCIPAL cause IT the damage t. the
dining car, which was jamm"I against
: tine Jagged ndges<of hug boulder on
the lett hand side of the cut, 50 that
thr side of the car was stove in by the
tremendous force.
Tho two Sccond-class cars at the rear
Of the train received the least injury.
only one pair of wheels of car NJ. l110
were off. while the rear ear did Il,
| leave the irons. Not n pane OF Gias
was broken in either of these tW" car
There was first q prcmonitory cli' r.
which traiumen and experienced trftv-
, ci"rs know 50 we'll. Then came crasf
) and l~nlonged roar as the wheels
, ground int" the ties, and the timber:
t of tn" ears GrIpplcd in a trcmcndou:
4 test of y;ongth. There was Il tws ing
t a hcaving. the mail ear toppled cow;
the cmhlnkmcnt. and then aros
5 shri"k of fear from the terror strick
. on passengers.
/. Amid all the uncertain horror of tn
moment when it was not known no
t many We're injured or even kill
< there We're enough cool heads to p 4
q vent panic. Rapidly but with 81 7
1 blancc If order the passengers left Il
. partly overturned cars ana those 8
: were able turned to the work of
{ cung those who were not 50 f"rtu
nate.