The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-01-23

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ton in charge and asked the pass
engers not to try to get out of the
car as a cold rain was falling and
being wet would only add to the
discomfort of the situation.
Standing was difficult and the
chairs were gone, everyone sat on
the floor and braced themselves
from sliding down to the other
side of the car, by propping their
feet against the carpet which had
become wadded up along the mid
die of the aisle.
1t was not comfortable as will
power had to be used to prevent
slipping, so the relief was general
when the steward announced that
the car in front was still on the
track and asked the passengers to
go to it.
People began to relax when
they ceased being roly- poles, and
could sit upright. Then the reac-
ton began. A plump well-dressed
little matron-like woman began
to weep, which didn't improve
her looks as she already had q
cold.
Take Care of Cold"
go on and cry" advised some
one, Get it out of your system.
It'll relax you better than any,
thing" She, relaxed, but to the
rest of the women her second
state, was worse than her first.
Because she couldn't make up her
mind whether she should go on to
the wedding at New Orleans,
which she left Mobile to attend,
or go home. She debated it until
the bus came to take those who
wanted to go back to Glufport and
somebody said Jaw, go on home
and take care of that cold" and
she did.
Fancy a person who would for
go the Importance of having been
there, and being able to tell about
it, to the wedding guests, and
then later to go home and tell it
over to family and friends in Mo
bile.
A little girl from Perkinston
who was on her way to her moth
er who was going to be operated
on in a hospital in New Orleans,
began to cry historically. An ell
derby woman went to her and an
other produced a sedative of some
kind and they got it down the
child.
Thinking that she should be
quiet, the other passengers left
her hoping that she would soon be
all right, but still she wept. Then
someone had an inspiration and
got her to come out of her corner
and join the group.
Then the real cause of her hys.
terra came out. She was in a cal
in the rear of the train, one which
never got very far off the road.
bed and was still standing, and
she could never tell why, she
had gotten off the train and stun.
bled along the torn. up track ir
the deathlv cold pouring rair
and reached the front car. How
she got on there was a mystery
for it was so high from the ground
that folks had to be lifted Out
when they left the car. And as
she went along and saw the ex-
tent of the disaster she became
more frightened.
Someone decided that the best
thing to cure the fright was to
take the child, for that's what
she was, to the rear of the coach
and make her lean out and see
that it wasn't so bad after all.
The psychology worked and by
the time the doctor from Gulfport
arrived she was all right.
Bus To New Orleans
Finally, a city bus came to take
those to New Orleans who wanted
to continue the journey. They pill
ed on, and the trek began. Sud
denly, about an hour afterward,
a loud explosion occurred. 1t was
a blowout! Fortunately it came
near a roadhouse and the crowd
found shelter there. Coffee, too,
and a coy fire, so the wait prob
ably an hour was not too bad.
And so on to the l.. and N.
Station, in New Orleans, at about
2 p. m.
The notable thing about the
whole occurance, was the thank
fulness of each person, that there
were no casualties to grieve over.
The brakeman, so 1T was said,
had a bad cut over his eyebrow.
A colored man in the tavern car,
some slight injuries, and a bruis-
ed up fat lady we're about all.
Though there wasaa grumpy look
ing man in the crowd who. il
seems, had had a tooth extracted
in Mobile that morning and insist
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