Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-10-15
ASHTABULA, ONO. SATURDAY., OCTOBER Is. l87O.

WIN IcHdTu W bbDDdlb--lUc second ma
ture which obcying 'hcm bccomes-we
cite the case OF one in New York. who
became, what very rarely happens TO
them, thoroughly drunk. 1t is well
known to most of our readers that a red
light is, OH all roads, signal OF danger,
aud must never be passed Well, our
driver on returning home with his friends,
ueaFed "a druggists window, through
which a ruddy light CLEANED through
red globe. The drunken driverstopped,
trembling all over, aud refused to stir an
inch. "By - boys, there's danger
ahead. D'you think (hic) I'm going to
(hic) run past the red light? And all
remonstrances of his fIiends could not
make him hone that way. They had to
take him another street.
One of the most thrilling cases Of en-
gineer nerve npon record occuied within
our personal knowedge, Oh the Lake
Shore line of Ohio. AT the little town
of Willoughby, twenty miles east OF
Cleveland, there is very sharp curve,
aud round it came two engines, with
nothing but tender attached, headed fol
each other, The drivers both reversed,
and the one on the west engine jumped
off. The other stuck to his brakes. and
succeeded in checking the speed so that
they collided but slightly The jar, how
ever, threw wide open the hali-iastened
valve Of the west engine, and away she
started on the back track, alone and un-
guided, at the rate OF so miles an hour.
Ahead WAS the Cleveland depot, teeming
with life, aud but 20 miles between it
aud the runaway locomotive, The dri-
yer never hesitated. Raising his brakes,
weighing down his safety-valye, aud
throwing on every, euneo of steam, he
stood, hraced like giant, with one mas
sive arm on the brakes and the other on
the lever, while his engine hull d on like
a meteor in its wild chase. Flashing tn, O.
Euclid station went the pursuer and the
pursued, so like flash that the waymen
noticed nothing but a roar of thunder
and a CLEAN OF light Nine miles TO
Cleveland! I! Three miles more flew past
in as MANY minutes, and then the cow
catcher of the pursuer dipped the shad:
ow Of the flying tender. Nearer and
nearer it crel tIlll he bumper touched,
and the two were together Then over
that flying, bounding nass of iron, crept
the driver into the front engine, screwed
down the brakes, reversed the wheels,
and then crept back to perform the same
duties to his own. The Cleveland depot
was saved, and the company voted John
Cooper $4,000.
All who have been to New York by
the Erie road know that the trains come
ff a tuIl l..fn b.,
tunnel, but few know the reason. 1t is
thlsj -e ,s.t,. ..,.
Many years ago-we have forgotten
the exact date--a conductor on New
York bound train was telegraped from
Syracuse that lis wife was dying there.
He prevailed upon an unemployed driver
Oh board TO ill his place although
against the rules) aud took the back
train. Upon nearing New York there
came telegram Gt was never explain
ed), to make The cityIa "hqlf hour ahead
of tinle.'" rhe engineer had no choice
but to obey orders, although it necessi-
tated q speed of so miles an hour. Steam
was increased and the train whirled on
like flying demon.
Oppressed with anxiety, the conducr
tor lett the hot car for the rear platform,
and leaned out, looking ahead of the
flying train. They were speeding round
the tangent close by the mountain. As
they passed the curve, there cleaned
out from the tunnel the garng head
light OF a coming train, Two wild
shrieks from the locomotives, and then
the drivers jumped, while the train, un-
der its patent brakes, quivercd and Jared
as 1t flew on to distraction. Then the
conductor went IN and SIT down. A
golden-haired woman, with babe in her
arms, trtned to him and asked: ''wha,
does it mean, conductor Calm and
gentle game the answer, sit means death,
madame ; and it was noticed how sadly
his eyes dwelt upon the babe, There
came crash as OF rending spheres, and
from the wreck the woman was taken
living, aud the conductor dead, with a
sad smile still lingering on his handsome
iace i.4H. aah
Since that day all trains have stopped
before entering the Erie tunnel, by force
! OF State statute.