Gunnison news-champion., 1912-04-26

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the hsmososs incident
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was rsd,as in the smoker got Clear
II the car . httle ahead of the res,
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ing IN the resr csrs who mi9ht possi-
bly, se injured. Hsrrytas 10 the
psrior cor, he cliwbed through IN
opealn9 and observed Q woman
doubled up against . bsoken window
She ley moaning and he raised her
in hss srus A hysssricsl laugh
bsrst from her lips sad with the
perverssaess Characteristic Of
hysteria, she swung her 6ss into his
fsee, dsziag him for the no@ent.
TieAseaiaG his grip shout hsr sr~s,
the esa carried the lady over
tsmbssd sesss and lsesAss into the
open whsss So SOON recovered her
messsl sqsilibrism. She was not
seriously hurt although the shock
had snssttled her nerves.
A striking example Of coolness and
self-control Was displayed by Frank
Arch, . Rio GrsBde brakeman Of
Gsnnisoa who wss returning home
from leave of absence st Montsose.
Whsa ths smoker in which he wss
ridiaG sAvuck shs ~ aoA snnuos(
bsHpise over thsn, Mr.. Arch lsaped
for the air cord and pulled. The
brakes we're clapped against the
wheels instantly, checking the mo-
mentum of the train. This act per
haps as much as anything else less
ened the seriousness of the disaster.
Had the three rear cars broken away
from their couplings and gone slid
ing along the ground doubtless
broken bones would have been more
numerous.
Presence of mind WAS shown by
others aboard the train. Several
thought instantly of the stoves and
the danger from fire being started in
the wreckage In the parlor car oil
was dripping from the lamp near the
stove onto the cabinet in which the
stove WAS located. Vim. j. Cox saw
to it at once that the lamp was
kicked out of dangers zone
Several gentlemen in the smoker set
at work blanklng the fires. This was
accomplished as quickly as possible.
Remarkable escapes from injury
were common I. +. Frazier of
Montrose WAS thrown bodily through
a double window of the parlor car
striking on his hands and knees.
He crawled out from under the car
through an opening made by the
irregularity of the ssrfrce of the
groand. He was unscratched.
Another man was tossed through a
window in much the same way and
escaped with slight scratches on his
hands and his trousers torn.
Many of the survivors commented
upon what might have happened
had the train left the track on the
left-hand side. The track at the
point of the wreck runs along a
bench of the hill This hill forms
one side of a deep gulch. the
bottom of which is at least fifty feet
down Nothing would have pre-
vented the train from pitching head
long to the bottom of the gulch had
it left the rails in that direction.
Possibly the entire train, engine and
all, would have been dragged to the
bottom.
1T would have been a death
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