Show FROM ENGLAND TO UTAH by courtesy of elder W H payne who had charge of the company of immigrants that arrived at five minutes to three today sept 20 we are enabled to present resent the following notes of the fa journey bourney from new york made by him after a delay of two days in new york we went on board the roanoke friday at 3 pm for norfolk after a very pleasant v voyage of 23 hours we arrived at our destination and in about one and a half hours passengers luggage and all were transferred to the train specially bally bac made up for us and lay laying I 1 in u A a good supply of provisions started on our way overland rejoicing the weather was very verj rainy and seemed to grow worse as we proceeded until about 1130 pm when the streams were so swollen that they were washing away the bridges among the lot was one over which we should have passed but to our surprise and discomfiture we went through making a fearful wreck of the whole train with the exception of the rear coach the engine baggage car and first coach crossed the bridge but were all thrown on their sides and smashed to splinters our baggage did not dot fare much better and was exposed to the rain which kielp it any the engineer and fireman both escaped without serious I 1 injury uj ury one of them being slightly scalded scald edThe the baggage master and brakeman were in the baggage car and they were quite as fortunate the saints in the first coach came out of a turned over completely wrecked car with so BO few injuries that their escape really looked miraculous one sister had her shoulder blade broken and some of them bad their feet and heads cut and bruised slightly the second passenger coach stood almost on end perhaps at an angle of 60 degrees one end being on the end of the bridge and the other down in the water against the abutment that end was utterly crushed and the saints seats luggage etc jammed down into the shattered end of the car amid all this confusion we were pleased and thankful to say that the people came out almost u unscathed elder durant and miss adelaide allen alien being the only ones who were seriously hurt the formers left leg being badly bruised and the batters lat left arm being broken near the shoulder the doctor came from lynchburg three miles distance as soon own as possible and did what he could to alleviate the sufferings of the injured and advised that they be left for about three weeks to recuperate by 11 the next morning we were all taken on board a special and the fragments of our luggage were gathered u up p and taken to lynchburg where we were transferred to another train after making the necessary arrangements for leaving elder durant and miss allen alien in charge chame of elder john shelton and miss patience bennett under the care of the doctor at the expense of the B R R company and with the understanding that the company would send them home and pay all their expenses as soon eoon as they were able to travel we started once more on an our journey but with decidedly less composed nerves than in might ht have otherwise been vve we cannot say anything in favor of the cars provided us but we managed to get along very well till we were within about two miles of memphis when once more we were shaken up by being run into by a regular passenger train and the rear part of the hind car was derailed frightening so me of the people in that carriage so BO badly that they were almost sorry they ever left england from memphis we were more comfortably provided for and on our arrival at kansas city we were met by mr hendershot Henders bot who did all he could for our comfort and provided a splendid lot of coaches to convey us to pueblo which made the saints feel much better from pueblo we were provided with good cars to complete our journey our with and were all in hopes of our having done with our adventures but such was not the case arriving near castle gate station in castle gate canyon the locomotive co became seriously disabled and we were detail detained led for about six hours and a half which seemed to drag very heavily as we made up our minds to bo be in provo fully two hours before we left our camp finally an engine came to our relief and we were soon BOOD at P V junction where all those who booked for that place left ti us and were met by their friends and i conducted to their final destination rhey were all feeling well in health and very thankful that their journey was so near ended charles bennett left us at price mr hillam and mr haige met us at pleasant valley bringing the sad news to brother wm grimsdell and his granddaughter miss emily hillam of the death of the batters lat little eight year old sister we had not left P V junction long before we came to another stop waiting for another train thewalt the wait was long and usand on inquiry we learned that the wires were down and we could not get orders through the only thing elder kelson dryly remarked that could possibly happen to us to detain us all other means being exhausted however we are thankful to have got home at last on sept 21 our representative had a conversation biti elder wm win P payne of fillmore millard county who bad charge of the company of immigrants which arrived yesterday he lefton left on his mission to great britain may 3 1888 and on I 1 his arrival at liverpool was assigned to labor in the london conference as traveling elder he remained in that conference during his bis whole mission and met with good success in his labors he engaged I 1 iu a outdoor out door meetings baptized 26 persons and distributed from door to door about 1300 tracts elder payne says he never enjoyed himself better in his life and when his health began to fall fail and it was suggested that he should return home lie made a strong oba objection ec he grew still more feeble but was still averse to leaving the field A severe attack of inflammation of the lungs came on and the presiding authorities considered it imperative that he should leave the damp english climate before winter came on he was waa accordingly released brother payne gives the following account of the trip from liverpool to utah we left liverpool on augat sa H and from then thence ce to quee Queena 1140 town w n the ocean was as smooth as glace we sto stopped pe d at queenstown Queens town about unee ang and a halt half hours waiting for the mails here the wind arose arosa kad and kept getting gettin stronger when we reached mid ocean tw the ship began to roll badly though the swell on the water va v not at first very considerable pree pg antly however it reached such an extent that the tae waves swept over the deck many sea oft sick prawn gers were at this time either sitting or lying upon it I 1 shouted to tife the members of our company that they must go below and those who wen weft unable to do so were rendered W si stance before they could get cleared away how evera huge wave had dashed over the sides of the sel causing the utmost consternation and drenching some of the patten gers after the elapse of an how out or so the sea am again became calm cairn but next day the waves raised onee more accompanied by a high wind rendering it impossible to stand slaw upon the deck for eor hoar there was another lull but after that the ocean became as rough as ever and so continued until the arrival st k sandy bandy hook fortunately how ever the wisconsin escaped ahn alent entirely the fury of the diw Arous gale which prevailed along the A alantic coast sandy hook was reached about a 8 on the afternoon of wedora day sept alth but the water was GO 60 dangerously rough at this time that tha no pilot would venture out and the wisconsin was compelled to stay ft out until next morning drifus g around the lighthouse and occasionally towing tossing about in a most inget unpleasant fashion indeed a wp large number of the passengers more mm especially the women and children were so go terrified that they preferred to walk the cabins during greater part A of the night instead of going to Q bed the frequent blowing of the foghorn fog horn by no means lessening their terror tenor morning at length came still the waters raged violently and still no pilot could be seen three other vessels were now awaiting that anxiously looked for guide towards 11 am a boat was waa lowered from the ks side and a crew of six men started out on the tossing sea now and apin again being almost lost to view amid the angry waves this frail craft cm was making for an outward bound steamer off which the pilot was taken and rowed to the having been put on board the vw vee sel bel headed for new york harbor where wb ere it safely landed us about three in the afternoon having remained on board all night we were met next morning by mr gibson agent of the gulon guion line lin and by him treated with every courtesy the same afternoon we proceeded to the old dominion docks took up our abode there for the night and on the following day at pm set sail for norfolk the voyage was an extremely pleasant one and we were treated handsomely the journey te 1117 from new york to norfolk occupied some twenty four hours it was raining mining heavily when we started from norfolk and so con linued aued during the remainder of the doly by the streams of water began to increase ase rapidly in volume until midnight light when we reached the ane bridge at which the unfortunate accident occurred four miles east 44 of lynchburg va questioned as to this catastrophe p alder a payne proceeded to say the ugene and tender after passing over the bridge were thrown from the lY track 11 on to their sides and com petely 8 y wrecked the engine lay about bout sixty feet from the track the tender noer about thirty feet and the baggage kage car forty the last named was wholly demolished while the was literally crushed to pieces pieces the first coach struck the apposite opposite abutment of the bridge the coach ach wheeling around and dropping epou its side on the back of the eek some 30 feet below three of itel four our sides were mashed up and all lid the passengers within were ly thrown each other a 4 huddled mass the seats racks luggage asage broken glass etc being ped upon them one of the sis ra mary evans aged 32 had her shoulder Nh blade broken catherine ua her daughter aged 11 had h her r 1 r r leg g badly bruised margaret jewis 22 sustained a similar in r L jur y aj as as did also sa sarah rah hills 36 la OF foot was likewise hurt and I 1 ferick holton 59 received an I 1 jury y to the back th the next nelcar nex car came in n contact with the lIpper portion of the abutment of 01 the oe stone bridge jerking the into the fore end of the car which had dropped to an angle of ask 24 60 degrees g adeline allen alien akis had ad her der left arm broken near th the e sr bulder elder L H durant met with a severe bruise on the left leg me few others escaped with slight talons the third coach re on the rails the lue conductor of the train who i was w very much excited shouted to the w occupants of the th third i rd car to get I 1 out that C BS as quickly L as possible stating t ho all ajl t tue le people in the first coach had i yu been killed this announce fr BH for ot a few moments created a hta sensation men women and P dren most of them but partial ff drifted hastily quitting the car fatter 11 rain 11 was now po pouring 1111 down ly and some of the passengers pass engere were up to their waist in water the first to alight from in e ani third car j was g elder eider payne who company with elder farnsworth aque aa immediately for the first car not payne hearing a sound within elder picked P up a piece of timber bisic broke was lying S on to the ground and a one of the windows anit g in the darkness for it wae ha qt that another catastrophe be befallen fallen thorn them the affrighted ones ea shrieked out but were soon boon the davies who had charge of thit thi t third rd coach lost no time after n obtaining a light ht and to the N ader anxious tous t inquiry inq airy of elder payne as whether ther anyone was killed came ei conae answer in the negative ON L I 1 the door of the car was broken down and the prisoners were released from their trying position the glad intelligence that no lives had been lost soon ran around and greatly comforted the whole number of the saints it was at first feared that the gag gager emaster naster brakemen and fire man had perished in the wreck but happily all anxiety on this score was soon set at rest the conductor directly the accident happened ran and turned the signals against an approaching train the whole of the passengers having alighted they were obliged obliged to remain out for upwards 0 of two hours exposed to the elements many of the women and children being without even shoes or stockings these together with wraps and other articles of clothing had b bi en left in the wrecked cars strange to say however not one of the company caught the slightest cold the injured were taken every possible care of until their removal elsewhere could be arranged for shelter was provided for them at three or four houses adjacent to the scene of the accident the occupants of the premises giving them every assistance within their power and preparing pari rig food for those in need meanwhile a special train had been be en telegraphed for to convey the immigrants westward upon its arrival the baggage or what remained of it was transferred from the wrecked cars a hundred or more negroes and others aiding in the work up to this time the baggage in consequence of its damaged condition hai been under the charge of two men specially deputed to watch over it the necessary ar arrangements range ments completed the train started upon its journey elder durant and adeline allen alien two of the injured having been seen by a medical man were left behind at one of the dwellings before referred to under the watchful care of elder john sheton shelton and patience bennett but yet another trouble was in store for the unfortunate immigrants just before they arrived at memphis tenn they were run into from behind by another train which had the effect of throwing the end car off the track though it wm very full of passengers yet strange to say not one of them was waa injured mrs wheeler an elderly lady was jerked from her seat but in no way hurt this caused a further delay or of quite three hours but after all the detention proved proved fortunate as it afterwards transpired that shortly before a washout had occurred in several places ahead and had the train proceeded uninterruptedly on its way serious consequences might have ensued when the collision happened the emigrant train irain was going very slowly but the other one was moving along at a good rate the occupants of the damaged car were transferred to another which had been brought up from memphis upon reaching which place the entire COM company Pally changed cars care and the transference of baggage was waa again made upon reaching kansas city we were met by mr hendershot who did all that lay in his power for our comfort from norfolk to memphis and again from memphis to kansas city we were provided with wretched cars indeed they were hardly fit for cattle to ride in while from kansas city to the end of our destination ti the cars placed at our disposal were of the most comfortable description the conductors throughout the entire journey treated us with every kindness and consideration safe bate at pueblo we fully hoped that we had come to the close of our adventures but not so near castle gate station in castle gate Cany canyon oll the engine became disabled and we were detained for about six hours and a half which seemed to drag i very heavily as we made up our minds to be in provo fully two hours before we left our camp finally an engine came to our relief s and we were soon at P V junction where all those who booked for that place left us and were met by their friends and conducted to ther their final |