The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-11-26
ALOCOMOTIVE A DUEL.
Extraordinary Success ola Me-
lean Bohemian in the. Senss


Extraordinary Success of a Mex
lean Bohemian in the. Sensa-
tiOnaI Line.
The Iran a. Union. a paper pub
lished in the City of Mexico, has ex-
hibited remarkable power of inven-
ton by producing the extraordinary
tale subjoined:
The scene takes place in Tennes-
see.
Two contractors of public works,
Mr.. Clark, an Englishman, and Mr..
Wood, an American, had crossed
each other in a ques ton of interest
that resulted in furious rivalry.
which soon changed into strong
hatred.
Twice the two antagonists had
met upon the ground, or more prop
erly speaking, once upon the ground
and once in the wood, for the second
duel was with rifles, man hunt, a
reciprocal hunt of the game and the
hunter
The first time it was Mr.. Clark
that was wounded-he got well.
The second time it was Mr.. Wood
his rival having feigned peing
struck by the ball, lay as dead. Mr..
Wood approached to see if he had
killed his adversary or if he had only
wounded him. AT that moment Mr..
Clark got up at bound and fired.
Mr.. Wood fell, bathed in his blood,
but the ball had made the circuit of
his ribs. He remained one month
in bed, after which he got up more
anxious than ever to rccommence
the struggle.
After several propositions, some
more frightful than the others, the
following was agreed upon:
The dlel to be deferred for six
months, during which time rails
were to be laid on a vacant piece of
ground extending along the edge of
Il forest, over q space of abovt a
mile, but only one track The rails
being laid, the fight was to be with
locomotives.
Here are the conditions Of the
terrible duel:
The two opponents, each mounted
on his locomotive, heated to suit
himself, to place himself, one at
each end Of the line.
A rifle shot to be fired from the
top of small hill that could be seen
from both ends it might be possible
that the report would not be heard,
but the small cloud of smoke could
be seen.
The first shot being the signal for
the combatants to make ready.
A second shot would be the signal
for the march.
The two opponents are at their
posts behind the locomotive, their
hand on the throttle yalvs, their
eyes fixed on the hillock where the
signal is to appear.
The first shot is fired. A thin,
white smoke arises in the air.
Five minutes passive centuries.
A second cloud Of smoke crowns
the hillock. The locomotives com
mence to shake; their motion, Il lit
tie slow at first, acquires in a few
seconds an extraordinary speed,
electrical, yertiginous.
The movement of Mr.. Wood ap-
pears more rapid than that Of his
antagonist. Effectively he has pass
ed the post that indicates the half Of
the way.
But some fifteen yards further Oh
the two monsters meet; they strike;
the shock is terrifying.
The locomotive of Mr. Wood is
thrown over on its conductor, whom
it crushes, burns, drags and hackles.
The other, that Of Mr.. Clark, is
bursted in front, lets escape cloud
Of steam, and still runs few yards,
moved by the force Of impulsion.
But the conductor has disappear
ed.
The shock has thrown him ten
steps from the road, on the edge of
the wood, where he was found in
sensible, bruised, his face burned by
the jet of steam, and broken leg.
The doctor pronounced his
wounds not mortal, and that Clark
would get over it.
AS to his adversary, shapeless
and unknown mass was withdrawn
from under the locomotive, a bloody
clog Of hideous remains.
Honor was satisfied.