The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-07
AN HOUR OF TERROR.
IN THE GRIP OF WISE BEFORE AN APPROACH
ING RAILWAY TRAIN.
From the Detroit Free Press, May 2O.l

From the Detroit Free Press, May 90
There arrived in the city Friday morning
over the Grand Trunk Railway a man named
Patrick Macarthur, who met with a thrilling
adventure about six miles east of the June
ton Thursday night. He is laboring man.
and having no money, and failing to get a
chance to work his passage down from p, TT
Huron on boat, he started to walk down
an the railroad track, and had nearly COM
pleted bis journey hen the adventure befel
him. He laid by during the heat of the
day Wednesday, and was walking in the
evening to make it up. While crossing the
tracks where a switch leads down alongside
the main track he got his foot caught fast
in frog" and his efforts to extrcate it
were of no avail. He had on stout boot,
and it fitted so closely over the instep that
he could not draw his foot out In fact, the
boot was wedged in the "1rog" so closely
that the mans toes were severely pinched.
He pulled this way and that, wrenched and
twisted, but the frog" held the foot like
wise
AT length he could hardly move his leg for
the pain, and he found that he must either
be run over by the next passing train or
make some one understand his situation
He shoute himself hoarse, but no one came
The nearest house was half mile away,
and If the farmer heard the wild calls for
help he gave them no attention. After the
man had been prisoner for upward Of an
hour he heard the whistle of down fir light
tram. 1t was yet long way Oft, and he had
a little time to think. He had match box
in his pocket, paper in his bundle, and the
idea came to him to signal the train. Tear
ing the paper off his bundle and getting at
a number of letters, he rolled them into a
heap, and for fear that the former would die
ont too suddenly he added two flannel shirts
from the bundle. The bundle was then
made fast to the end of his walking stick.
matches produced, and he waited until the
head light of the locomotive should appear
up the track.
1t finally greeted his vision, looking like
bright white star, as it glistened afar up the
track. The rumble of the train grew
onder, the star grew larger and brighter.
He struck his match. The flame blazed up
brightly, but as he moved it toward the
bundle a little gust of wind blew it out. |
lear the thunder of hundred heavy
wheels, and the great light Of the locomo-
i've glared at him like the fiery eye of some
Wild beast. Another match, an instant of |
ear and doubt, and then the paper blazed |
up and curled over and around the bundle |
md swayed right and left with the night |
Wind. He waved the signal of fire back |
md forth, and Just when he was ready to
believe that death under the wheels was
ertain he heard the whistle for brakes.
He could hear the wheels grinding and
roaming, the hiss of steam as the engineer
brew back his lever, and then the
eavy train came to a stop with the great
ght shining down upon him. paling his
ying signal. He was saved, but the en-
inc had only thirty feet more to 90 to
rush him. The fireman came forward rot !
crowbar and released him, and he was
AIKEN back to the caboOse. The train men
ere very kind to him, and yesterday he
,und acquaintance who arranged for his
card until he will be able to work His
'ot is badly swelled and very tender, and
will be several days before he will be
BILE to walk.