, 1879-08-04
other train tic strck Of ita whistle anl claux Of
ts bell ettko terror To The hearts oI those lint

!ts bell sttko terror to The hearts oil those tat
hear slletn.
1t was reserved for the conductor to tell the
|lo mE1'tet! .,,t .otne corroborattve evidence a. q.
VT fas.rtf rtfTHliytown.--fhc Rccnc w!ero the mar
rstivo was laid. !io said: "Dp you sec those
telegraph po1cs1" They wcrq ofitnary. poles,
pcrhaps twsnty.tl,rce feet h'eh, "We1l" he
high ~ the tops Of those to1cs, and ono OF two
cars wcrc thrown clcnr avcr tile wires iutn that
held yonhcr.h SfT R3tonIkhmcnt was uncon-
ccalci. Tho other railroad men hastcncd to
"Wclf, tllc conductor continued, "thfs ac-
cftcnt that I'm going 10 tell you nf Will psnba-
bly, never have lts parallel, bccausc tho cot1bt-
H1tion Of tfsrnmstanccA That frtl to 1t was most
peculiar. That lfttlD stream VIC passcl min-
lite nEo was covered by thick fog ono inort,-
lng-a jensc belt of fog tweuty feet wide niL
ts 'nog Us the strsam. although elsosvtese the
alr VIZ rcaso1abIy clear. Gus IT our freIghts, a
rn.ia:, was nosinY nloug close behind alnw
lmsse'lEer train. They both started ffom fully
town tognlher, and weren't many feet apart at
tllo t,ronls. The eng,tlecr Of The freight wns
Keeping close witch on tho tall Of tho 'pas-
t"nger: WHEN ho suddenly iuuud lIgnself IN a
,l"Iae toG. Unable to set iltree feet uneau. tle
IT, H., usually elear.l'ea'cd, cool man. hut he lost
s,'s head at that moment, and he alanlmcd oi,
tsoin ths tires Of tho drivers a,nl brought
ihe train to all standing. THE funny
th!n1 wa that the tra.n was mode
~ o' eInatles except tho last two or
Htu'l. H"". 'si1at tell yon I'll awesr to. aud
40 tan many MN nlong The rusd. when that
i''e 'lty-hse'tnr c',ytne stotN9tl ,leld those
tcary ,ox.rara On thc further nnti u i!'e tran
PUSHED the rInp!rs FL that ihe tnltlllc t,ncs Ieft
the tr5tck aiM 'Tunt '1p and up r.ntil tie train
was arctsel Ike how, nntl mora tIlRn nne car
at tn: top III te arch WIS higher .hnu the tops
a. g., i';c .ie'esraph'po'es. Tf'r comlnctos--f,c
stotM Of. the plnffhr1n m We nassctl-the con.
.tttrlnr, eay, was hrnkug III thc middle nt the
tsnin lie WA sacezcsi 10 death. aud hta body
af.t one Ut tf1c cars wcfo thrown nvrr a tcIr-
rrahp- nnlc Into that ticid n!unc.dc Ut his
house.s
TIN nnlY man in Tho bograec-car hostile mr.
sni Who haf mt told a stnrv vns Western
ra'roaa taai, WIN lad exhibited MS n rari If
W!Ict he cleared h!t throat no ulc spike. Une
could rec by the expression Of his face tlat liz
flats = et,o1 stnrs and knew how tn tell 1t.
"Wc bnyc nut had mucn THAT'S worth rcco!-
parcnthesIs, ''1'ln frntn Kcn.ncky,' ,''-th,.t prr-
llatI. you never heard OF Capt. Phillips cx-
pcFicncc in railroad, wreck 1t wus little
singular: Capt. Phillip. IS a con'luetor on the
lousslllc T. Ciu:i,luatt Short-I4thc 11oah, nni ut
the.stnc speslk Of WIS ruhnin,: 4 'frcipht.' A
tcary senr,n had followed his train from Cincin~
natl. severe winter.sturfn that wns accompa-
l'ied ~ fearful wnl and ruin, and had ragged n
CtSAShtGaA thIsEs IAN kLAlI NH Iu3t UfFOuu
Walton, thirty miles the other side of Cincin-
nnti, mil was approaching brigade that SPAN
ned little crcok thai entttcs into the Licking
ls!ycf Usually this streanI Is Inv, hut on TINT
beeonle a swollen, ronrhng torrent. 4 passc,,-
0cr train hail crossed The hrt6Uc saictv,
hut 4 gRrc wny under Cnof. Phillips train. 1lu
wns IN te cAbuose which was next to the fetlor.
tic bridge Caus. Phillips felt enr, bridge, nna
/ everything else suddenly aink beneath him, Tic
fclt thu ca',oo:e md engine part. md then the
cll}noso strurls the rlts1ltu. streatn. The tn
b1ose light went ont AMI The water poured 10
upon the flooring upon which hu stood. The
tlptail vas thrown down. but liz rcZn!nctl hts
feet md managed 10 staIMl willie tllr car was
swcl't nlo'l.. It was I'll uwful position. lhr
around him; thu car floatcu, but II turned froln
side tn site. pitching and rolling, and struck
with fearful lorer upon the cottonwood trees
that stood in the wnT Of the torrent Phillips
did not osc l'i* prcac1ce Of mind, but struggled
perslstesltty to reach tic car door. Again
anA, aralu he approached 1t. but tI,s.
rolling nntt plungng uf tic cnr threw him
hltk The minutes seemed hours 10 rltilips.
Tie water III tle car rnsc higher and lighrs-
past bis knees, past lis waist, up to his cheat,
over his sholsi1egs-cyen up to Ills chin. Finally
his hcnd struck the top OF the eur whenever the
car changed its notion. Suddenly, when all
chnnca II escape rcrineA put Of tie question,
il,e car door burst o1csI, mud. b. tremendous
effort, Philips rnachcd and hractd himself In
its framework. The ncxt instant bu seized
limb OF cottonwood lrcc, a.utt1sl which tho
caboosv Was carried lie hrI.l tight. a,ti the car
was swept Oh, while llo hlttg to thr tree. Tie
otlct cars Of t!ie tTatn rushed past ono ty one,
ut1tt more fan once tile tree lIe cturE to WIS
sfrl.c: by tt1cn'. So great was the force OF tho
torrent that The locomotive was carried mnny
yar11s down the sircHu, and some loalcd cars of
wt,eot were s'ytrt into tfe Licking River Rmi
down to Cincinnati, thirty miles uwny. Phillips
" as rescued In the morning."