St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-03-20
VOLUME 37---NUMBER 1912.

heavy train. The engineer was MOI
awakened Il minute loo soon. for it wa.
then nlIf-pa~t one I. M. ana, at tW,
O'Clock they were due at Puuuhkccpsi,
switch I" make WAY for the expires,
I which left this city at eleven O'Clock
and overlook the freight AT PUu@hkccp.
sic. The blower WAS put on. and in tiI,
minutes the gauge showed Il pressure
/ OF ninety pounds. and the train covered
/ the eight miles between it and Pough-
kccPSic in about two-tnir,l> of the tim,
that Is usually CONSUMED. Fortunately.
the conductor WIS Il >taunch friend of
til" engineers. and that terrible dam
@tr"us nap remained Il secret H. far H.
the management WIS concerned.
AN EXCITING INCIDENT.
On railways that intrr>cct p"pulou>
districts l. not an InItrcqUcnt occurrence
for IN engineer t" run down and kill
deaf. blind. or drunken persons WHO alc
walking Oh the track. He sounds his
whistle and expects them To leave tkc
track. Persons 81 frequently step aside
at the very last moment that until that
moment arrives the engineer gives him
self no nnea>ncsS. \ pretty scene that
must have been on the PENNSYLVANIA
Central. when on nearing Harrisburg
the engineer "t an express train dis
covered Il little wirl AT play ON the tract,
ahead of him. Her back was toward
HIM. hur he SAW hen golden cuIlS. the
little bare arms. and almost Imagined
lac heard the JOYOUS prat1lc of the uIl-
>u>pcctln~ child aS the hving engine
approached the crn~~-tlc where she sat
Perhaps he thought of Just such an
other child at home. for he SpIHrg from
his Cah-lt Na> too late to stop the
tlalm-and leaning over the pilot"
reached out and caught the little gilI
Just a> She raised her head and saw her
danger. Then the mother. WHO had
seen the brave act. rushed from her
house and took the child from his arms
when the train WAS brought to Il stop.
An ENGINEEE'> FIRST VICTIM.
Last summer the engine run bv vii
liam Baird. of the lightning express on
the Hudson River Railroad. struck Il
drunken man who Wa> sitting on the
trc>tlr-hIidgc at plum Point and killed
hlm instantly. At the inquest. the dlN
after. the engineer told the writer that
exactly Il year before on that very dal
he had ">trUck his fist man some
Nhrlc Just above luukrI>. said he. Il
Na> running the lightning then. and
WAS making lively time past Nomkcr~.
when SAW Il Young fellow with IL cane
IN his hand Walking "m the down track.
Just ~ ! got within II hundred feet of
him. he deliberately walked over tu my
track. | Nhi>tlcd and icIkrd back my
lever. The light WaS full i'm his face.
and when he heard my whistle ! saw
an "Nplc>>i"m of horror ON his face. tul
he was blind and had Thought | WAS
r"mlng on the doWn-tIack He lump
'd. hut II WAS too ialc: and | SAW him
throw up his hands | even heard him
>!llrh a. the pilot struck him sat
p that night and Thought about that
p"ol fellow II" use irving To 90 to /
sleep with THAT on my mind. The next .
la\ | 81" him laid ont in the depot. all
Torn and man.lcl. bat his face wasn't
touched at all. and after | took one
i""h at hin, ! saw that fIcc might and
la! t"r >IN months every minute | WIS
nn my engine. | shut mV ewes when /
PASSED the place where | struck him. .
managed I" get another engine | did |
very thing. hut all the time. cSpcc- F.
ally ut night. in the glare ut my heat /
light SIN that pale. thin. blind face, /.
>tW The hands thrown up. and heard .
he poor fellow scream when the pilot !
seemed T." strike him. -Grdphjc.