The Red Cloud chief., 1879-11-06
TWO FATAL
An Engineer Driven trom HE Locomotive
nv Fear

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by Fear
trom the Nee fork Sun, >~rs =
The B.autifuf chapel that Mrs. EIber
Brinkrrhoh recently built A. ~ addition
Ia the Presbyterian Church in Engi.-
wo-l. y. j.. in memory oi her father.
the Lss-G~|w..sssSton q. -Ssrnilyrs,
was filed with a mournful as~eiublage
from Brooklyn. New YORK. and E.ngi.-
wood. Yesterday afternoon. Ia front II
the pulTit rested a coffin containing tn.
remains 81 Nil. Mar X. Bus-ing. who
Wa killed by a locomotive If the North
ern Railroad If New Jersey ON Monday
afiernopn while returning along IN.
track with two companions from n fern
gathering excursion. bn the C"ffin-lid
rested 4 pillow If white flowers marked
Rest" and n lar.r floral cross Tn.
pail depending To- the floor was frngs-i
with flowers and green leaves. 4 table
at the foot If the coffin waS h.aped with
floral designs and lon~e flowers. Dur
ing the service. conducted by the Rev.
Henry VI. Booth, the family, consisting
IF the dead girls father. Robert y. Bus
-ing. formerly Of Brooklyn, her mother,a
brother and two Younger sister, sat in a
side r,om. Aquartette, composed II four
Of her personal friends. sang hymns
that -he had expressed a preference for.
Mr.. Booth announced that the body
would be taken To- Greenwood GENE
terry for burial AT 10 O'Clock thi. morn
ing.
The young people II the n.ighborhood
had intended To make a surprise party
al Miss Bussing's house last evening ON
the occasion II her birthday. Instead.
they organized int" watching parties Ia
remain in the chapel with the body dur
ing the night. Many went forward after
the service tn hook AT the remains. The
face, which was inclined Ia the right and
rested on a bed If white flowers, Was
very natural and peaceful in expression.
John Peterson, the engineer, whose
locomotive killed Mis-, Bu-,ing, SAW her
and her two companions a. they attempt
eel la cross on the plank lying between
the two rails, and leading over the little
tre>tlework bridge. He was running At
the rate of - miles an hour. The girl,
had time la cross the bridge, and it va,
not his dnty. he said, to stop the train
until he saw Miss Bus,ing fall. At this
time she had only about four feet Ia 90
Ia arrive on firm ground, where she
could leap 10 II side Of the track. Pc
ter>on reversed his engine and applied
the air-brakes. "She's up, Jack"
shouted the fireman in his ear.
From the place where he stood after
applying the brakes the upper works IF
the locomotive hid the girl from his view.
He leaned Ia the left when he heard the
words Of the fireman, and a. he looked
ont of the cab window on that side he
SAW her fall again. The engine WAS Vet
reversed, and the breakers were rapidly
bringing the train Ia a stop.
" 1T il too late,' was his only Response,
Ia the fireman. Miss Bu>sinw. a. she
fell the second time, vas partly on firm
ground. She threw herself la one side,
81 that her body aud left arm were be-
yond the tHck. Peterson says that he
shall never to his DIVING day forget the
face a she WAS drawn unconscious from
under the train.
On Tuesday afternoon, the day after
the killing of Miss BuS>ing, IL Peterson
was running the same locomotive, No
toward Jersey City, Il child about ,w"
years old ran out from behind some
bushes near Tyler Park in front of the
locomotive. The child was instantly
killed. In this place there Was no pos
Sibility of stopping the train in time To
prevent the accident. Peterson stopped
il, however, rs soon Is hc could and the
body was picked up and sent home.
When the train arrived at the depot.
Peterson, with tears in his eyes, lcaped
down from the locomotive and said that.
come what might, he would never climb
into il again. He seemed tn think that
there WAS some fatality about il for him.
The railroad officials, after examining
into the two eases, decided that he had
not been ut all blameworthy. They
urged him In resume his charge of the
locomotive. but he declared that he
would not do 80.
al will run a freight train" he said.
'."r take any other position YOU ma
choose Ia give me on the road. but |
dare not enter that engine again"
Another passenger locomotive will bc
put under his charge.