Show I 1 L S AW S T 0 RY survivor of metz fire describes horrors of boloca holocaust bay city mich oct 17 irwin a bay city traveling man who was one of the survivors of the metz train disaster gave a thrilling account of the forest fire tragedy he kald bald the train left metz about 6 thursday evening and ran into the fire three miles south of that place A burning pile of cedar had warped t cie ie rails and into the trap tram the train leaped carrying its human cargo destruction the five box cars immediately med lately took fire and it was with 1 lini culty abat the people in bliem os escaped in a deep bodied steel coal car wore were located tho the women and cbill eten ion and as the heat beat increased they ere unable to escape men wore were forced to seek places of safety and could give no aid it was terrible eo 10 witness and I 1 hope I 1 will never be compelled to go through such agony ogain again it made ones heart sink as the pitiful cries of the women and children reached the ears of the fleeing men calling pleadingly not to be left alone in that seething furnace the enmen clung to their little ones and be begged god for aid agonizing cries rent the air and caused the blood in ones body to run cold A party of soven seven of us took to the woods and were forcel forced to tb jump over burning logs and run through fire in making our escape it was ane only chance to take and we thought it IL preferable pro to remaining with the women and chil children dien and meeting the same fite fate for five miles we ran throng i smoke and fire which seemed every minute to be taking our streng ln tri away when i wathla withla liala a pille mlle ot of posen my ee sight gave out antl and I 1 could only depend upon the railroad tra track C k to guide juldo me through only two ol 01 0 the original party read reached led posen that night the others strangled straggled along onu ono at a time arthur white of nother another survivor of the firc fire sald said when the relief train reached cached a t point about a mile souta of metz mets we ran into a regular hell or flame and smoke which swept over tho the open car setting getting our dur clothing on firc and ing our hair all of a sudden the engine went off the track and anc wo we s flopped right in the midst of a ma mass of 0 flames which surrounded us my IY brother and his little boy were next to me I 1 lifted the lad ad over the side of the car and dropped him and got out ont myself 0 I 1 wild not find my brother but I 1 picked up tip the boy and struggled through the flames and smoke to an open field |