ALMOST A DISASTER.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 546, 29 June 1909, Page 5

ALMOST A DISASTER.

■ ; .'.-.'..i(By^''TelejrapK—Special, ; Correspondent.)'::;:;:.' f ■ i S-S v;3'%Zjfifsi toil,';Jun6i;2BV;'; //vA^rai^ arid |.Tery :excitihg took ..place to-niglif ,iniCthe;. Aliniwatu.;oorgo,; ;wlieii:"vthp ;, fi.lo , train.-;fro&^\yiMi^^/ipompnßing';an , y'. , ;o : ".-' ■lpcdinotive,'; ;sixteen>. trucks, ;/, ! \vagous,' : ':-iintl. va;is, :, four■:;passenger i; cars;',and''a ibaggago Iwagonv:(in'.'charge'; of,.:J.'; lloqks, gua'rd;;-co|-lMomotive7fand ; forty;'.passengere- ; bn//.the; train,;'.'^iric.ludirig ,; ;a liiimber'of ','ohildren,'; wae'hurti " rr 'Tlie:prdmi)titu'de^iiWitli',;whichv,tho.T,Westiiighpuso "brake, was .applied,':'coupled-.-with' its ostraprdiiiary ihplding/'poweri'vsnvod train jWandi possibly the '■ passengers/- fipm'a ■ disasteri';.;..The engiriefdnv.or.'(WirßurtenßHaw.),",wsio.:shqwedjth'e fironian : ;(E, .Martin)'. :werejunh'urtf'aiid Btuok;t6 their, /biimpod :■ along ' : for,. : .forty-':yarda'after ;;]neeting : ovith.';tfce.iob J struotioni■; "■ :Thp scene,'•'iminedidtely?after the' ;apcident,vsho'wfii : m;tHe.^iillo^k'of : i.tHe'']itabstoiio'.qttarry J '. , noee' do'wri;;.^owcateher^'toni.' K cleah ..away.jii.onaiiof thewg'as^oylindersi'wrenchedy/and; ..'thrown I .twenty.!;- r Main'-:Eoa3i':-and//fier.r b_ufrer/;}Vpb3en : casing' ;in¥splhi^rs^wNext.'^as'.;i&e ; ;itendorV.!::torn: ■ partly vi'f ibin and v -with-, only her - the'.lino; STlien' , followed [ ;a'big7;e'mpty. I luggage,yan-';piled ■ignpmimb'iis-! ; ]y ■; on J.after'.iwhich Vthero 7.were.v low6idersiy,ladep.:;'.with'' goods\:,and ; v'deriiiled'.; ;The;list/.was,Jcbmpleted,.by i a big,/long, empty cattle/wagon/ , offvthe r lin6 andihard up against ithpV./limestcdte;-:;^. Thek.hiigo .Vliimp : of • stone had.-•■.beeß v'eafried 'A along • ; the. !■( lihe'. ; ;iabout .iTOtyXori .'ihirty.'feet/.and :/;bits pf. it : w.erb scaUered .iii.-till >:,■■■'/.'•■ i;/ c /;'•■"; i;■■>'!> i , i '.

";:■' ofi'the.,co]lim6n:it : is : estimated.' : ;tHaft>7tTwi:\triin';Wiß'^ray^Hin(j-''at^abbut"\,eighr'" ■teen'miles.-anj-hour.:■'The'four ,pa'ssenger:cars ■' .worf"placedv;-as^usiial,^>t.tho: : ;long;;tramjV■nn3 ; Jto'■. i dentiwas Known asiimeatbiiß Quarry; first'tunnel/at the, ■;Wodyirje;''eiifl.^;:f>;;j" : ; :p i ; \>i}-. : -fr< :^ }&&s Exc!tlng''Time}ln the Carriages; , ; ;.^.V:{v ':\The ;, 'fcet;;intlßati<mV : "w¥ch"';tiJe ; ,reooived;Wa3 J a; i ßharp,.;su(ld(:n ; grinding. , noise/ a^most.ji'vipleritv.bumpjvarid (■..the.Vpaasengcrs. .'^«e, v tlirowii;abo,ut/tto\car^iagM'inVa]i ; iiliriEfr ; had .beon/standing ; up was; pfopellecl,-ifor.ward,,.a'nd r thrown..' with great ; forco 'on-.-thoilioor. « Anothor* passenger, who had/been;'enjoying .a-sleep,' was suddenly awakened ; by a :■'square ' box, ten ■ pounds -in weight/jerkedfram-the\rack.'oh: tho opposite •aidoVonvt<i : ;hia .head," bruising;him;consider•ably;'}% Tho ) niaip'rity;-; of.tbo passengers, wore' thrown but'of their seats; and.instantly mixed '•up.withihsaps of'fljirig;baggage,'-and,-froni ;tne i : ;ruins/th«y..nieful!y/waited, for .-the riexfr ■move^..; , Tho , ladies/and--children: were. quiot-.ent<l,";and,y)eriithe,men-got out, of tlie?oars-to.i.^soo;-what'-had.ibaused...the : trbubla;•.; : On :the'i.samo";i'sjde;;'as'thb;ilunestone,-i. was ■• a 20ft. /embankment,' dropping 'down ..■:■ on ■■:■' to the main" road,/while I ,ion the other, side, wae : tho'. limestone -bluff;, rising. 150 ft; -It 'appeared : aftGr.'/strikiJng .the.rock, 'theilocombtivb 'ha."d>-liten/V{liT'etted^o'fif/-Vtho./liqei ;;: 'and-,::that' tlib four/cars; ; ; whiph ? had -beeli/derailed,,.had also" cannoned .againsb-the-obstructibn.. lHad the 'rbek;bceri'.-on; the;inside.'instead.of the ; outside .of; the■ railway,: line,/.the loebmbtiye,' arid .'train', would' hive ; boon /toppled over, the embankment, intp ;'tho 'raacl. v 'As it was; por4 tionsof.itho/fence^'(between;' the" embankment niid.'the railiva'y line, haid-been carried away :by,":the idobris, : ;but. the:rock had', .stbotlfirm iriione : place, and/ whilb'■ it:partly destroyed it,/'also {partly, helped to save the .situatipn,V;/"iv : -t■':':■;>:'■■}■■: ■'' : -?':■■.:■■ ■■:. :'"/; :: ■ ; v i / : What'th3'briyor.Thoughtof'it. i/ ; v//'Burten'shaw,' -tlie/'onginb-tirivor,. • was ■'discqvbred'.calmly'/drawing hiafiros,: and'.seiid-T nig/ n ? .; telegram;' , to '■■. headquarters;,' announcing th'o "Iri reeponso• to inquiries;: .ho /declaredvcmplintically/"that '.the'' train ■;had ■.been'-'Bayed. irbni : .a serious \disnstqr by '■': the bffect of 'thb/Westinghouse:'.brake's;-';They had -.liopt tho/rearicndiof.the.train rigid. vHad; the/old brakbs'.boon'in existencb.the passciigof; ,cars;.yould havd : -been'./telescoped: >..•. In response- to; further /inquiries, >.i.-lip ■•■'• slated •that •■■'; lib'/ .' always : ', expected: U trouble; in that.'locality.in wot weather) ; ahd ho .was 'consequontly/.kcbpiiig/a'.'sharp.■lookout. ■;Tho quarry;- liowoyor,; is ■nppronched.:oh' : a '■ curve, and^hp/didvnot , seb tlieobstruotion until'hb wasyabbut: .eight truck lengths : away. ■ ,Ho know. ,that : jio-;mu9t yo-into. it, biifc ho .put the brakes 'on,. nnd tW. next/Eccond crashed into tho.rock; ;Ho wrindered- on which-sislo tho -locomotive, \vasi. coing. to;bo thrown—on to tho cjuarrv< : or..down tho embankmpiit, Ajleanwhilo/tlio.locomotive bad left tho rails," ahd,/wnß,.;congidg her way iuto ;tho qbh'rrjv .\rhero.3he, fell 'pn.tljo sido.ljno. twistingaboiit liiitil-.she finally ktopuetl./ Tfio effect.of tho impivct.may bo gmiged.by.tlib fact.that tho whplo train: weiglip.d'ftlwut 200; tons, of which .tho, locomotive/woighed. '10.ton's. .: ■'"..' r:After;tho .acai(lciit, ; :,th(>' passengers had a wiiit.of.'-two, hours' forty minutes before going on/by tlib.roliof train.tn'Wobcivillo.' By that had.nrrived,".in.order to clear , awny the wirclcago.■ !Tho damaged on.gine,; Vfhich wnsbver twenty-eight years old, wiHbo.takpnvtp Pbtpno....,/.../ •'.•.,'.. . .