, 1879-01-21
IT'S OF NO USE.

A BagEaEe-9masher Can Not 1se Killed.
Wonlerfti Escapes of "Doo" Glow.
Fna9hkeeps.t Later IN yes Fork rmss,
"Doc" Glow, as he is known to railroad men,
but whose right name Is Albert Glow, ts ono Of
twelve through bagg4gcnlen In tho emo1oymcnk
Of tbs New York Csntra1 j. Hudson Rtvct Rail-
road Company. anil bis ruute IA from New York
TO BulTa1o. Ilc ha. probably been In n,o.e
s!nasls-nps" than any osHer railroad man iu
the United States, and has seen tnel Killed
Alongside Of him FtHht and )cftt but. with ono
exception he has always ron,e out without re-.
ceivne an injury of INV account. Twciye
ycarA ago iia was OIL a milk train which ran
~. switch ncsr Montsese, IluIsoa River
lsaIfroad. Ilis car vas upset md broken, aud
tram all right. lio was on Yonkers train
whlch raa into passenger train. Four cars
were smashed and several persons werc hurt,
bus Doc y cra.'cd o,lt trota uuder cat aud
helped to clenr the track. lie was tllrourt.bag.
gagenan on tho paciac cxpreAs train which easno
into collision With al oil ttain seven years nco
on tho New Hamburg .lranbrilge, and another
usn waa Id the cat viii. him. Tue car, when
Tug train struck tue oil train, turned orcr on It's
sde and bumped along ovcr the trostlowork
before IT came to the horrible rI,ast,t Into
which 1t plunged. A. It lar On Its saic tho
dnor vas, OF course. On top, and through ID
Ing, terrific jolttng hurled him on tho ica
below, ovar which the burning keroaonc from
tue burst oil cars wa4 flowing, but he tnsa-
5 sEs5 1 nsn sra% tG s s"tsy: y:, 1sssyns e,1,s only
down into t!!s river beneath, tic draw with
the car mud Killed, md IN nli the carr that went
through th. bridge, Doc" was the only per-
bun saved. Two or three years ngo Clovis Train
was tn d colltston neas urconhuah. Ills bagragc-
cur was torn to placus. and te was smAshcti III
viii, tic baggage, but uot a lone Hns broken.
In tits ncciuent Two were killed.. a year kfter
another collision occurred uear tho sane place,
and "Doc's' train was analn iu It. Thu
baEEuIe.cnr and exprcs4-caf Were smashed to
l1nlurs, but once NOR Uucn cscaprd. and
sgain TWO pcrsUns wctn Killed. Then hts car
was run Into BY car loaded With lumber at
West Albany. anll the lumber was teiescoped
into the bugguee-ear. but as it ca,nc In ono cnu
,"DDc" went uut tho other. Some tlMu after
bis traln was run lnto BY = coalcar. aud hts
haggaEe-eaF was wrccked. In this nectstent ho
JUMPED tctorc tl'e crash CAME. and went over
AID over in.o n d!trl', but mot bonn WIS
broken. Again. he WIS bagGagv-Ennster or
tic st. Louis cxprcas when It ran Vi
tho track a snort distance caat q
buffalo few years agu. The train was badI.
utltal nf hin was burned tu ucash, but doc
lid nut sccrtve q scratcl. In a!l these halr
breatlth cscopcs he never rccc[scA scar. But
today hu carrrs a scar which wortles him, 1t
rsavltes from ths erutre OF hs forehead down to
the end Of his Hosv.-a sort Of Elg Eag scar. al
though ig had bean struck BY lightning. llu
got That about four weeks ago IN tic aucIacnt
Dn tue Harlem Railroad. near Williams Bridge.
PASSENGER traln, which smashed Into frel9ht
tra!n. In the accident ecyeral persona re1o
hurt anu thu Arcntan killed. "Doc II was hurled
aver fuur or five seats anil slammed scnnst tho
,nat,, Rbuut 81 years Of ago, anta lives In New
York. lie is q regular railroad Jonah, ainl
whenever hls tram gets through all rlRht there
need br no fcars nbout the others; lie has bce'.
In tue GIuploy Of tho Hudson Rtvrr Railroad
nearly eighteen Ycars, md "a iu asery respvet
1rst.class baEEuge.lnaM,