Deseret Evening News | 1903-05-14 | Page 1 | Assengers Narrow Escape

i A sm No IU SARROW iA 1 J lH Compelled to vie 1 le from front Sleeping Car Cur In Their Night Clothes Clothe New Haven Conn Cono May passengers pa Including 16 men mon and ond four tour women had hod to tide nee In their night cloth clothing clothIng ing log early cony today toda from tram a n burning sleeping deeping car at the tho Union station The Tho car was wa near the tIme war tar end of t the time New York New Haven Hawn Hartford train which left lett New York at lit 11 Ii las night for tor Boston When the he train reached here at 1 2 the sleeping ale car cor c r au con colt connected with a it pille which supplies the this cars cams with gas und the time gas gus supply was turned on Immediately afterwards a 1 slight light explosion was wu heard hard flames burst Jurat out und mind the this ear car filled fluie i with Willi smoke Time Tha dazed dated l with sleep and ahll halt half blinded by lJ the this smoke made a 0 rush for tor forthe forthe the th doors A woman was IS knocked down doW and suffered a slight Injury to liar her back and right arm luan rm Tile This blase was Will finally extinguished and a hunt was made for forthe time the passengers Among Amon thoe tho e who rho said uld they lout lost money was 11 B D U Kaplan of ot New ew York who said he lie left about in money nod and securities in the cur Alter After a search the ho wallet containing the misting securities was true found and Mr lIr Kaplan then lien said he lie had recovered r everything ev OM except sonic some money which was wu burned up In his hi clothes clothe The Time handbags and amid clothing of ot most mOlt of It the time theP P w ng were The women were taken tAk n to a hotel hOtti h and anti the men were provided presided with over overall I all ails and anti