The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-07
Railroad Incidents.

't.Oh, that's nothlng," facetiously re-
marked Carpenter. "Jule Parker once told
me about his RAINING after two full grown
bucks on Southern railroad" Parker
was q chivarous, daredevil Southern en-
gneer, then running the lightning expresses
on the Eastern Division of the Erie. "He
said," Carpenter went on to relate, s'that
the pair of bucks suddenly bounded upon
the track from thick wood, and 80 fright
cned were they by the roar of the approach
ing train they started down the track not
more than twenty feet in front of the en-
ginc. Parker put on all the steam his boiler
would make and carried his train along at
brcak-ncck speed, but in spite of his
fremah's efforts he could not turn his
drivers fast enough to overtake the feet
deer. He never said how fast he was
running at the time, but we know the man
and when he told that he was going at
'breakncck speed we can imagine some
thing about 1t The road was splendid
onefor speed. 1t was mostly new, the bed
was in prime order, but notwithstanding
his engine chawed up fuel as fast rs his
fireman could feed it T. her, he could not
run the deer down. 1t looks astounding,
but he said he finally chased them after a
run of ten miles into village. There they
left the track, ran up and down the streets
as wild rs COWS, and scared the people into
spasms, but before doing any serious harm
were shot and captured. Parker sai1 he
greatly enjoyed the venison steaks that
were afterwards presented to- him by an
old bootmaker, sixty years old, who was
the lucky shot"
"Dld you ever hear 'Hughey' William
son tell of his adventure at Washington
vile on the Newburg Branch2' asked Car
penter. Williamson is another know-no-
danger runner, and is now on the road
Fisk selected him, because of his courage,
to run the Chicago relief train. "Well,''
he went on to say, ''that was a rarity, one
that seldom occurs. Williamson was in
Newburg when he was tclegraphed 10 run
to Greycourt to assist pulling a big six
wheeler on the track that had run off
a switch and couldn't get back herself, as
they sometimes do, you know. Of course
time was an important thing, as the en-
gine that was off blocked up the westward
bound main track. lie started from New
berg with nothing but his engine, and,
having clear track, you can just bet he
flow. lie left the rails echoing behind like
a never ending waterfall. The station
agent at Wallis Gate rushed to the door
wild with fright thinking it was runaway
engine, nobody on it. At SALISBURY Mills
the population of which village is but a
few feet from tho track, the people rushed
out of their houses utterly dismayed and
unable to believe their own eyes, They
thought it was spectre, which they could
| not describe, so suddenly did it appear and
! as quickly vanish again from sight Over
the Washingtonville flats the gait was &c
rapid, the telegraph poles looked like
blades Of grass, they were 80 thick. After
turning the curve of the Washingtonvll' {
station, 'Hughey' espicd hand.car full
Of track hands, rails, tools and forth. They
had no sign of flag out, and did not cx
pect anything along. He Immediately con
cludcd that he could not stop In time, sc
he only blew his whistle to warn the mcr
to Jump of. There were q dozen of 'en
and they had wonderfully narrow escape
He picked up that hand-car, rails and all
and sent 'em flYin' in the air in all direc
tions. A low hand-car with rails On Il
pointing at you Is the most dangerous thinl
you can possibly hit, but the rails ,thi
time, instad Of piercing every part of Fth'
boiler and engine, swerved off and dit
little injury. The dinner kettles Of th'
laborers flew up like popcorn on frying
pan, and croWbars shoves, pickaxes
tsmping bars and spikes made a compIet,
Kaleidoscope In the air. One Of the axle,
: Of the oar, to which was at,Sohed ont
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