The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-11-27
A RailsOsad Enxilae On its Ttayels..7'he
Most Renaa rEabie Leap ON Record!

One of the most remarkable incidents
which we have been called upon to record
Of late, occurred at the depot of the Little
Miami Railroad yesterday morning,
about six O'Clock. 1t certainly has no
fellow, in its details, in railroad auuals
The facts connected with it are as fol,
lows:
About fifteen minutes before six o.
clock, the engine "Washington," belong
iug 10 the Marietta aud Cincinnati road,
started down the track some half or three
quarters OF mile, for the purpose of
bringing the empty cars TO the depot
preparatory to making up the els train,
the ngine being under the coatrol Of IA
maa elnpioved about the yard. aud not
the regular eng lneer. About hall u
mile from the depot, the man in charge
discovered III cngiue OF the Little
Miami road backing down 10 the depot
for the purpose Of taking out the morn
ing train for Cleveland. Fearin. ii COLI
sion, the person in charge of the Mariet-
IL engine, reversed, aud jumped from the
machine. A minute alter, The two Gu
zines came together, when the impetus
given to the Marietta eu. iue, together
with tho force of the reversed power,
STATED it towards the depot with The
velocity of rocket The down grade
gave il additional Roadway, md it boun-
ded along the track like a head incarnate,
bclehins forth IRE and sulolc to the dis
lance OF twenty or thirty feet from the
track, and literally bounding from the
iron rails, threatening destruction to ey-
cry thing ,ha' impcded its progress
Experienced judges Of the speed of rail
way trains, VINO saw this cnoine on lis
lightning ,rayeis, sly that it could not
have been going at less tate than SIREN
u Hrc 10 ore hfadred mites "a hou.,,
It's Inal bringin3 up shows that their cal.
euld.ions could moi have been Err out of
the NV.
Upon the track in the depot the morn
ing train, consisting OF some four or i've
cars, had been made up, and about one
hundred Passengers had already taken
their seats. Oa can the eaainc with
the speed OF destructive whirlwind.
directly ,pon the track Leading to the
train, until within about four or ire rods
OF the depot, when the fortunate acct
dental change OF Il switch drove it unon
the other track Almost before The per
sons standing by could realize that engine
had entered one end of the depot, the
iron steed had bounded through the Gu
tire length, demolished an r.,fiteca inch
j,-teE traH, tim5ers and all, ut the rear.
leaped across two road lracks--oue about
ten feet below The o.her-without touch
ing either, and embedded itself 10 HUGE
pile Of coal IN the yard OF s. Cochnower.
This distance leaped, from the wall of
the depot to the lamp OF the engine,
could no. have been less ban Seeenty ice
ieeE All this distance, through the le-
mollsi cd wall OF the depot, it dragged
the teuder loaded with wood with 1t
breaking the couplings.
But for the fortunate c ance in the
switch, which threw the engine upon the
opposite trek TO that on which the Clcye
land train was standing, the loss of life
musthrve been terrible The force which
rent brick wall, eighteen inches thick,
for circle Of fifteen or twenty feet.
would have smashed the cars upon the
track into fragments, and fearful dos
truction Of life and limb must lave fol.
lowed. Had the person in charge of the
engine not become frightened and jun
ped when he reversed the machinery, the
accident would have been avoided, and
the fact enforees the necessity OF permit
ting none but experienced men to handle
machinery which possesses so much
power. The reeu.r engineer would
have known that he was running upon
the time which belonged to the Clcvc-
land train, aud would not have started
out
Christopher Bonncy, car cleaner ut
the depot, was also on the Washington"
but jumped off after the engine rot under
good Roadway, and WIS very badly iniar-
ed He was the only person who was
hurt The engine and tender we're dam.
aged to the extent of some four or FIVE
thousand dollars - Ga Gos.
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