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Iron County Register
Ironton, Iron County, Missouri
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Polly Arel testified before railroad commissioners in White River Junction, Vt., on Feb. 10 about a train accident. She described 18 men, 7 women, and 2 boys in her car, forward-back motion upon impact, the car falling without overturning, and her entrapment in the burning wreck for 15 minutes after a man abandoned her escape attempt.
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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt., Feb. 10.-
During the examination by the railroad commissioners Polly Arel testified that there were eighteen men, seven women and two small boys in the second passenger car where she was. The motion of the car when the accident occurred was forward and back, not lateral. The car did not turn over as it fell. Miss Arel was able to help herself, and was getting through a window when a man under her pulled her back, saying:
"Let me get out first, and I'll help you out."
He pushed her away and got out and ran away without helping her. She was finally assisted out by train men. She was imprisoned fifteen minutes in the burning wreck.
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White River Junction, Vt.
Event Date
Feb. 10.
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imprisoned fifteen minutes in the burning wreck; assisted out by train men.
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During the examination by the railroad commissioners Polly Arel testified that there were eighteen men, seven women and two small boys in the second passenger car where she was. The motion of the car when the accident occurred was forward and back, not lateral. The car did not turn over as it fell. Miss Arel was able to help herself, and was getting through a window when a man under her pulled her back, saying: "Let me get out first, and I'll help you out." He pushed her away and got out and ran away without helping her. She was finally assisted out by train men.