The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-11-27
CADIZ OHIO WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER a. 1887

| WIN an accent so sincere that / felt C0nSld-
erably encouraged and strengthened in my
purpose. God knows | needed it, for al
though it was a matter Of comparative ease
to reach the roof, yet, once there, on my
first attempt TO assume an upright position,
| was thrown violently back, and had net
caught the end Of strap which was flying
loose, | should have rolled off and been
killed on the rails below. In my eagerness
| had quite overlooked tie tremendous rate
of speed at which We were travelling, and
the consequent immense resistance offered
by the atmosphere. The accident, howevs
ever, rendered me more careful, and | i'm
mediately set myself to work, with all my
faculties of mind and body in their fullest
exercise, to transport myself TO the fore end
OF the train, | was on the fourth carnage
from the engine, and there were, therefore,
| four horrld gaps for me to cross before |
should find myself safely on its tender.
1t was a terrible work. and | could only
get on at all by crawling along on my hands
and knees, and hold to such straps and rods
as came in my way. There wasan old fash
ioned guards seat on the front Of each of
the carriages so that, by stepping down up.
on this, leaning forward, and placing my
hand on the next carriage and spring up,
and so on, crawling and jumping, at last
reached the guards seat on the first car
riage, where | naturally expected I should
| have nothing to do but spring upon the Gin
| ders Of the engine, tender. in this | was,
| however, cruelty disappointed, for, as if to
complete the chapter Of accidents | found
the engine was turned the wrong way about
Sc that nearest me was the black and ugly
chimney, Eeaving out its rapid clio ouds of
luminous steam and smoke [ almost gave
! it UP then, my case looked so very hope
less; for do what would, and stretch N.Y.
self and reach out as | might, | could not
touch any part Of the engine with my feet.
l was almost at my wits end.
The unaccustomed eXertion was beginning
to tell upon me severely and was trembl-
ing with excitement and cold. | sank des-
paringly into the seat. | never thought of
clambering down and crossing over hy the
buffers, for had SO made up my mind to
one course, that when it was interrupted |
was for time staggered and rendered in
captle oftnrther action. | was sitting with
my elbows on my knees and my face buried
in ms hands, stupidly btooding over and
cursing my adverse fate, when blaze of
light showed me the platform Of Fulton
station. There were not many people wait
ing, for the train was not due for some
minutes; but the scared look which I dis.
tirctly saw on the faces of those few, as we
tore past, | can never forget. 1t may be
thought impossible that at the high rate at
which We were running, l should he able to
see those faces distinctly, but it is, neyer>
theless, quite true; and what is more, | |
seemed to take in ali-the people, the clock
face, the name Of the station, and all the |
minutest etectelUS-without trying to do, or
moving my head in the least and in the
smallest fraction Of time for we were in and
out Of the station in fash.
What the people thought of me--,if they
saw ne at all, on the perch--[ do not know;
but the sight Of them on me was electrical
lntuitively saw that no time was to be
lost. In the moment / had Iesolved-and
done. had sprung, and was clnginground
the neck OF the monster in front, and sliding
rapidly down its smooth and heated surface
on to the truck Of the engine.
Once there, all was well. | went along
the outside, over the wheels, always holding
on to the brass rod, and, in another moment, |
was moving the haudle to shut off the steam |
previous to applying the brake. | knew
enough OF locomotives to pervent my doing |
this too quickly. and did not draw up un-
til we reached llcombe station Arrived
there, | resigned my trust to the station
master, ana, after securing the few things |
had left be hind me in the compartments |
made my way to the booking Office as fast
as I could for the hand shaking, "God |
bless you" and other expressions Of thanks
from the people whom l had been in8tru-
mental in saving from terrible catastrophe,
were proving toe much for me, and | was
, E,au " sos "GIy i.o''i It, inele was S9h'e9
!hing SO terrible earnest and sincere a9bontt
Ia L., VA ha wa" 1i,oIo Ivy, t,sopou y II lIen
'u,e'
sage was lmmedlatey sent to the authorities
CT !dl4,desIhGam' appnsljng them Of our safe
arrival at llco,mbe, ana requesting that an
engine might be sent sci on with fresh drivers
ana our guard ne telegram reached them
just. as they were about to send OF a special
engine and carnage containing all the medi-
cal men lhey could collect IN SO short
space OF tInS} Ior thelr mp esslon was that
VIC Wouiu al pe oGned 10 ne runs OF our
tram ,I somle-WhSre between MlddlGsham and
Qlil'nou'h' VI course, Wheh 'Eey heard
tlIat we were al right tue ooctorS were set
at llocity' ana inc engine came on 0y Itself
with our guard and drivers, We then
heard Tor the hrst tune how the things hap
pe1ed. The engIn,e:-drlver, 1t appeared,
had gone across the line to get; his usual
glass oil .WhIky before starting, leaving his
fireman IN charge While he was gone the
fireman had to get OF, to do some Cling
work to the engine, and some one, supposed
to be one OF the good drlVerS; had seized
the opportunity and goton. This man had
I"I9u itI9 ouI 10 'aJ III Ivel1an @ 70 s,ana Dy ana
"VT m d Gmreen me ne toTh on Horse- Don;
that + was tbn nroSr 5r;yer i've "~S rnrpod srd WITH