The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-03
BUMPS
PASSENGER TRAIN
Mrs. j. F. Prendergast
Quite Badly Bruised. Z
ACCIDENT OCCURS At GALLON
Marion Lady Able to Re-
sumo Her Journey.
Train System ON the Local Railroads
Is Disorganized Because of the
High Waters-Car Thieves are
Busy.
ACCIDENT OCCURS At GALLON

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When Big Four. switch engine
bumped into the rear of Erie train
No. 10 at Gallon Tuesday evening, u
number Of tho passengers were bad
ly shaken up. Among the passengers
from Marion were Mr.. and Mrs
James Prendcrgast. who were en-
route to Cleveland to attend the fu-
neral services Of a cousin. James
whalen. Mrs. Prendergast was quite
badly bruised In being thrown to the
side of the train In the sudden jar.
She suffered severe injuries In her
righ arm and side. The trainmen
gave the Marion lady attention and
she was removed to the Office of a
physician at Gallon. where she was
given attention. She was able to re-
sumo her journey upon train No. 16.
on account of the high waters
along the route Erie No. . arrived
hours late and was also quite late to-
day. There Is said to be very much
high water In New York and Pennf
/ SytFdUld anu ctOW oioSto h"Nu
been issued to the trainmen and care
must be taken while the trains are
making their way through the waters.
On the Franklin branch OF the road
all Pennsylvania traffic has been sus-
pended. and orders have been sent out
to the ticket Offices to sell no MOI
tickets to such points as Franklin and
Oil City until orders are issued to
this effect.
George Lane. aged eighty-four
years, the oldest engineer In point OF
service on the Big Four road, died
at his home In Blissfeld Sunday.
Lane and his brother Captain w.
Lane were intimate friends of former
Vice President Fairbanks and news Of
the death of the former was cabled to
him. .e
The story Is being circulated In rail-
road circles of an attempted rob-
berry of Big Four train In the East
recently. AS the story goes. the pass
engers were terrified, not knowing
that the train was being used as a
subject for a moving picture film. IL
is probable that In the future tho
passengers will be notified that NOV
ing pictures are to be taken. The
features of the exhibition proved en-
tirely too realistic for some of the
passengers who thought that the hold
up was the real thing.
Henry Freeman. who resigned his
position as foreman at the Erie trans
fer house February 1, to accept work
as fireman for the Electric Light
company at Gallon. has decided to
return to this city and resume his
work here. He resigned his position
at Gallon Tuesday evening. and will
return here to take up his former
work as soon as possible.
Detectives on the Erie road are be-
ing kept busy on the trail of NUNS
ber of thieves who are stealing from
che road. At Gallon Tuesday even
| Ing one of the cars standing on n
siding was broken into and load OF
flour was stolen. The officers have
been In search of tho guilty parties.
and It Is said that arrests will be-
made shortly.
| G. H. Gallagher, who has been
looking after the night work at the
interlocking plant during the winter,
has been put back on the regular day
| trick. assisting Il. II. Feasel, inter-
locking foreman. During the winter
months II has been necessary to look
after the plan during the night In
order to avoid delays to trains when
the apparatus Is out OF order.
Crews are being sent out on the Big
Four and Erie road to do the spring
cleaning up along the roads.
| Trainmaster L. II. Corcoran. of the
Pennsylvania, was here on business
Wednesday.
w. ]. Robbins. ieverman at the "a.
c." tower was Off duty today on ac-
count of moving. c.. u. Bombarger
filled the trick.
II The carpenter gang of the Hooking
Valley railroad was here today build :
ing a new block Office at the Center
street crossing. Tho new block sys-
tenn for handling trains will be ef.
fective on the road. May 1.
| Every size in good new rubber boots
from little children's up tn mems
size IL at Beatty & Longs.
Now's the time to take Rocky