Louis to procure a stock of paper. I
went down upon a steamboat; was
six days on the way, during which
time I was severely attacked with
bilious fever. The day I made my
purchase, the fever was so high I was
scarcely sensible of what I was doing.
As soon as I made my purchase and
got my freight on board, I took my
berth, and lay there until I arrived at Nauvoo on the . I
was confined to my bed forty days,
and passed through the most severe
fit of sickness I ever endured; my life
was despaired of by many of my
friends. I was administered to by
President Smith and the Twelve; my
life was preserved by the power of
God. I took a relapse twice after I
began to recover; once while in Coun-
cil with the Presidency and Twelve,
my strength left me, my breath stop-
ped, and I felt as though I was struck
with death.
—At five o'clock
p.m., I left Boston on the express
train for Portland. While passing
through Chesterwoods, six miles south
of Kennebunk, after dark, and while
going at full speed, we struck one of
the rails which some persons had
raised by rolling a log under it, and
landed in a pile; three cars were
filled with passengers, and their lives
were saved by having a long train of
freight between the passenger cars and
the engine; all of them were mashed
to pieces; the engineer was killed,
some of the passengers had bones
broken; I escaped unhurt.
(To be continued.)
Louis to procure a stock of paper. I
went down upon a steamboat; was
six days on the way, during which
time I was severely attacked with
bilious fever. The day I made my
purchase, the fever was so high I was
scarcely sensible of what I was doing.
As soon as I made my purchase and
got my freight on board, I took my
berth, and lay there until I arrived at
Nauvoo on the . I
was confined to my bed forty days,
and passed through the most severe
fit of sickness I ever endured; my life
was despaired of by many of my
friends. I was administered to by
President Smith and the Twelve; my
life was preserved by the power of
God. I took a relapse twice after I
began to recover; once while in Council with the Presidency and Twelve,
my strength left me, my breath stopped, and I felt as though I was struck
with death.
—At five o'clock
p.m., I left Boston on the express
train for Portland. While passing
through Chesterwoods, six miles south
of Kennebunk, after dark, and while
going at full speed, we struck one of
the rails which some persons had
raised by rolling a log under it, and
landed in a pile; three cars were
filled with passengers, and their lives
were saved by having a long train of
freight between the passenger cars and
the engine; all of them were mashed
to pieces; the engineer was killed,
some of the passengers had bones
broken; I escaped unhurt.
