Ligonier Valley Rail Road Newspaper Articles
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Latrobe Bulletin
July 20, 1903
L.V.R.R. Ran A Special.
Mrs. King And Mrs. Mellon Were Removed To Pittsburg Last Night
Injured In Tally-Ho Upset
A party of ten were making an Overland Trip from Youngstown to the farm of James Armel near New Florence. Attempted to Ford a Creek and the Tally-ho Upset. Mrs. King was pinned under the water. Heroism of her daughter Mrs. Mellon saves her from drowning. Both were injured, Mrs. King seriously.
A special train was run over from Ligonier last night to connect with Fast Line West, bearing Mrs. R. B. Mellon and her mother Mrs. Alexander King both of Pittsburg, who were injured in a tally-ho accident on Saturday.
R. B. Mellon, Robert King, Dr. McAdoo of Ligonier and a nurse were also in the party.
The tally-ho party had a narrow escape from drowning on Saturday. In the party
were Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Mellon, their child Richard, aged 3, and his nurse; Mrs. Alexander King , mother of Mrs. R. B. Mellon; Robert B. King, Thomas Mellon, Lucille Mellon, Miss Mary Schultz and two coachmen all of Pittsburg.
They were making an overland trip to the home of James Armel near New Florence. Owing to the advanced age of Mrs. King, the overland trip was started from Youngstown, the tally-ho having been sent to Youngstown on Friday in charge of the coachmen. The party arrived here Saturday morning and went to Youngstown on the street car starting from there shortly before noon.
When about two and one-half miles from Ligonier, near the Idlewild picnic grove, they found that a bridge over Coal Pit run had been washed away by the recent heavy rains. It was decided to ford the stream, and when in the middle the coach upset in about four feet of water.
Mrs. Alexander King was thrown from the vehicle, which turned on its side and fell on her with its weight and that of the occupants. It was raining heavily and all had on rain coats. Rubber aprons also were tightly buttoned around the coach to keep out the rain.
This made it hard for the occupants to get out. Mrs. King was pinned under the water and was drowning. Finally Mrs. R. B. Mellon worked herself loose and managed to reach her mother and held her head out of the water until aid came from the men. The men in the party were busy with the horses, which became fractious and showed signs of running away.
Mrs. King was unconscious and was carried to the bank of the steam. The child was rescued from drowning by one of the coachmen. All got to shore badly shaken up and thoroughly wet, and the vehicle was hurriedly driven to Ligonier. It took four hours to revive Mrs. King. She had fallen on her thigh, and the weight of the heavy coach badly cut her. Mrs. R.B. Mellon had a badly sprained
ankle but was very plucky and it was only through her heroism that her mother escaped drowning.