New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-03-31
/ An AyvfUL RAILROAD RACE

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am a;lro.I IN. ,s,,s' 8
neer. John Dnv;snn. n. SIIad A., ne;
eon was ona 81 1ha clde.t
|the country and was f.,r .evey. ~ ve. :.
on the Bufialo. CORY g Pittshnrr1h ran
road, where ne had one az the most
terrible experiences that has ever Neon
recorded IN the history 81 railroadinp.
His death recalls that night q peril e.
every one in this part q the State, al
though It has never ceased 10 Be related
II minutest detail at all gatherings 81
railroad men where the dangers 81 tho
footboard have been the topic.
From Mavvilla. g,,n,n;t IS R,.,,.a,,
Jnnct;on e the .La Stora Pei >,
distance 4 tan n,;la ,s Int to- n,,;,,r = ti, o
nnmerona swa es ,i,,, .,-s s0
road the d;stanca ~ r.;T = 1n.,,4 81,
miles. The grade for tn that d;st.n a 80. ;s
nearly eiohtv feet to the .e.. milo Vie. TIC =
CORY Road extends ;ntn tha Parnev NJ
yania oil regions. and tan YEAR 80 ar :,
carried large nnant;t;as - ,,etrolar1,
On the nioRt 81 Ano1,st - 1850 1,..S
yiaon,a ENGINE was q the Snmm;t Nth
train az one hoy car. nj Inadad iii
cars and two nassenoer cara The
box car was nert To fha loc IN "a
and the passenger cars we're & the resr
Of the train. Tha eno;naa, had 81. sto- ,t.1
tha train and = Nd .tta;n ~. 1.s.. a "a
headwav uSen Ia "a. d;.o ,,. 49, s =.
issn;nr }ron, ono - The "a; S - s. e''i L.
whistled down hra kaa sn,, +he a = -
were cut loose from the ,. iii cara which
we're nnicklv nncnnnled fron, NJ tha -1 ho-
car. Tha eng;naar thar ,,,, H. 80 =,
down the hin, e. ret ont - tho -aaah =
the hnrn;nr cars B. orda - ~ 80 go. .1 ~
lncnmotiva and the othar az = ,,,, ;..e
were two yalnabla trntt;nr hor roo an. and
their keepers on their wav to G,e ave-.
land. He supposed the brakemen
would put the brakea on tho I'll oars
but in the excitement this was NOT done
and they followed the locomotive.
gaining Roadway eyery moment. Re.
fore the engineer had taken in the sit
uation. the oil cars. every ono of them
now ablaze. came dashinp unon him
around q curve. Thev crashed into the
box car, knocking in one end Of f.. bnt.
sinoularly enough. neither that nor ANY,
Of the moving cars were thrown from
the track by the collision. The enr;-
neer and fireman could have escaned
all danger bv abandoning the locnmo-
tive. but. az Dawson said when nskad
afterward why he did not pursue that
course, they had $2O, 900 worth Of the
company's property in their CHARGE. and
they were determined to save il e pos
sible. ACCORDING Ia the enpinear,s stn,,
Of the incident. he saw that there MO-.
to be q race for life hetwnen him With -,
his engine. and the famine cnrs nndar
no control He said that When ns,, tho I'll
cars struck tha ona az, = = VII wh;ch .I IL
horses we've tho ,,,,nr .n;r,ois .n.,,a .us
acraamad with fr;rht ' Tha haat u a.,
nnhearahla Dawson nn,lad tha a tbrot W.
valve vida ,,na,, ' ond ha IenIasaI 1 the.
thew A"w Iown tho .o a;,rhtr foot .. ~ .a'
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1,o I I.aa..a 49, NY oouiu NOV pump;
c.rs c,;.,l.,d - .no u..l nca. 20 !ne Oh
end Of the car. and. with faces n . ~, az
death hnggad thn o ma.a LIVES pale -
nor ,,,,,a ssaa,,, :, ~. ~ een ~ .ve
hlaz;n, oil ca,s i, ,.o,,nI ~ u 30 a1is
~ thor car ana = saer,oa Wy -. 1nu
ther Coined A. owarr ou t ~ .ne 'n nav
wheels I'VE an,,;na, 49, 50; ~. ~ - .ae
he str,L tho shs,.,, r"a . INV n = nen
n nj snnnd - .,.;i, .sos ~ wy nsi,.-
~ noat tI .,,at ~ ~ "as guiis Ae
~ t..a,. ." III i'I eiSns Woulu ieave
m mo- tn 1 ~ Au:iIu uoWh Inc
darL n' ''T ha a,,,;, ~ !. highs was very
fss far Is, ~ ~. NY .n.nuered a'ons
c 1,,,n ' hnta, .no cssl il u ms
an, 49,, .,'',. s''''s, in'o,.2h WOODS
Nm MI p 1ooA o.'.s' ri a,la ON the cage OF
sc :, o ~, ny npfseS were
sbn hn.4 s,.u i VIII terror IN
was tho iv;n,, w.; a.o ~ ~. ~ Inc
;n@ Ia,vn ths nso',a .ss - ~, zane fusn-
n,sn,lm,s meteor 'frhs hl..n ~ 49,, t IT,
thousands of oalinns ~ h,rn;ra. IN wy, .ae
MON than s;Stv f.a - n Z, Int. on Was
liphted m, tba woa . ard ,aal,., anu u
cracked road far n,;,as . r,.a ,,,, wv
heavpns wn,a ;lirn,;,,ota., III VIZ" 49,
R,ncion ,ha s;aht - tI.a 49,, ..nu lloili
rrat;nn .,,,,a ,.,,,.1,. IT,. sao 1.'n -,
e;r now h;li IIa1 ~. anlpe'n tne
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ont ap,;, an, ~ ta....., sun i,.cn Ie;.i'g
Suga ionn. ,n - y = ~, .,a iru .ae skh nsc
haS;na =. s a, - ~ $, . uesaa.oeu g
Tha do - ~ -, =, - ~ aaauelr.
call for tho ~ tpa .s'so Was 70
hin; him a. tradton i;,,.a.; Wv s"..cn ior
could run onto tho Tale s ~ s.i t..a ~
where the Grade NO, as"Ae 1nuns .lack
where lie conld SOON oct ont 81 .Fs , n.u
of the burning cars through their hay.
ing lost the propelling power Of the de-
cline Of the Summit grade. Il han
pened, however, that the Cincinnati
express on the Lake Shore Road would
be due at the junction when Davison,a
engine reached there. To add e, the
terror Of the situation. q west-bonnd
Lake-Shore freight train was al that
moment running 10 pass the junction
before the arrival Of the express. There
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