The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-01

A remarkable incident occurred dur
ing the run OF the express train over the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail-
way. due here from Chicago at ~ o.
clock last night. Among the passen-
gers was lady named Dixon, with a
family Of eight children-seven boys
and one girl, the age Of the eldest Of the
former being IA years. As the train
sped towards Milwaukee, the children,
one by one dropped into sound slum-
Der, until all were asleep. The train
passed Lake Station, and was flying
over the rails at the rate OF fully thirty
miles an hour, when the mother missed
her eldest boy from his seat and look
ing in the direction Of the door Of the
car, caught glimse Of his slender form
as il passed through and out upon the
platform. She hurried after him quickly
as possible, but before she could reach
the platform he was gone. He had
stepped off the car and plunged into
the abyss of darkness that shrouded the
train and its surroundings. The poor
woman became frantic with grief when
she realized that her idolized son, the
Oldest Of the interesting flock, had en-
countered a danger from which
the chance Of escape from GER
tain death was perhaps but one
out of l00 The remaining &C.
cupants of the car were also terror
stricken to such an extent that steps
were instantly taken to find the con-
ductor with the view Of having the train
stopped and backed to the scene of the
accident.
BY the time this could be accomplish
ed, however, Milwaukee was SO close at
hand that the conductor concluded to
make the depot and send a party Of yard
men to search the track for the lad. A
switch engine was accordingly dispatch
ed, which proceeded as far as Lake Sta
ton, where the youth was found wan
dering about the platform in state of
bewilderment, rubbing his eyes,
and feeling of his shoulder
and head, which had sustained
slight scratches and bruises. Beyond
these not the slightest injury could be
discovered. The lad could give no ac-
count of his singular action. He
knew only that he had fallen asleep in
the car with his brothers and sister, and
was awakened by the shock of striking
the earth upon his shoulders. The vio-
lence of the conclusion caused him to
roll over and over down the slight en-
bankment of the road bed, and by the
time he could collect his scattered senses
and regain his feet the train wss out of
sight. Not knowing which way to pro-
coed, he wandered along the track at
random, and soon reached the platform
of Lake Station, where he had conclud-
ed to remain until daybreak, when the
rescuing party came up. The JOY Of
the mother on finding her boy safe and
sound can better be imagined than de-
scribed. He had passed through ter
rible ordeal in somnambulistic state,
and escaped without a sprain or frac-
ture, and no discomfort beyond that oc-
casioned by few scratches and bruises.
Mrs Dixon is en- route from Montreal
to Manitoba, in the British Possessions,
where her husband is at present en-
gagged az contractor. She remained
in the city until this afternoon, when
the journey to the new home in the far
Northwest was resumed. The story Of
the wonderful escape spread like wild
fire on the south side, and resulted in
making the mother and her family OBJ
jects Of interest during their stay.-Msl-
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