Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-06-17
From the Detroit Free Press. May %.
An Hour OF Terror.
IN THE GRIP OF A WISE BEFORE AN APPROACH
ING RAILWAY TRAIN.

a" thE uhAf VI NIob bEfOhE AN AfPROACH-
ING RAILWAY TRAIN.
Patrick Macarthur, met with thrilling
adventure about six miles east of the juno.
'ioD Thursday night He is a labo.ipg
man. and having no money. he started to
walk Gown on the railroad track, aud had
nearly completed his journey when the ad-
venture befel him. He lay by during the
heat of the day Wednesday, and was walk
Ing in the evening to make it up. While
crossing the tracks at a switch he got his
foot caught fast in C. frog" 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
frog" so closely that the mans toes we're
severely pinched. He pulled this way and
that, wrenchcd 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 be must be
run over by the next passing train, or
make some one understand his situation.
lie shouted himself hoarsc, but no one
came. After the man had been a, prison.
or for upward of aD hour, he heard the
whistle of a down freight train. 1t was
yet long'way off, and he had little
time to think. He had q matchbox in
his pocket, papers in his bundle, and the
idea came to him to signal the train.
Tearing the paper off his bundle and get
ting at number of letters, he rolled them
into heap, and for fear that tho fame
wolld die out too suddenly, he added two
flannel shirts from his bundle. The bun
die was then made fast to the end of his
walking-stick. matches produced, and he
waited until the head light OF the locomo-
tive 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
louder, the star grew larger and brighter.
He struck his match. The fame blazed
up brightly, but ashe moved it toward the
bundle little gust of wind blew it out.
Was there time yet? Up the track he
heard the thunder Of hundred heavy
wheels, and the great light of the locomo-
tive gared at him like the fiery eye of
some wild beast. Another match, An in
slant Of fear and doubt, and then the pa.
per bazcd up and curled over and around
the bundle and swayed right and left with
the night wind. He waved the signal of
fire back and forth, and just when he was
ready to believe that death under the
wheels was certain, he heard the whistle
tor down brakes.
He could hear tho wheels grinding ard
groaning, the hiss OF the steam as the en-
gineer threw back his lever, and then the
heavy iron came to u stop with the great
light shining down upon him, paling his
dying signal. He was saved, but the en-
glne had only thirty feet moro to 60 TO
crush him. The fireman came forward,
got crowbar and released him. and he
was taken back to the caboosc. The train
men were very kind to him. and yester.
day he found acquaintance here who ar
ranged for bis board until he will be able
to work. His foot is badly swellcd and
very tender. and it will be several days
before he will be able to walk.