The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-29
A Brave Engineer.

Not long since, railroad train, load
ed with over six hundred passengers,
was running across New Jersey. By
some mishap TO the machinery, a back
draft drove the steam and flames into
the cab and forced the fireman and en-
gineer to retreat from the locomotive to
the baggage-car. The tender was set
on fire, and the train dashed along with
out control.
An attempt was made to get at the
air-brakes in the rear of the train, but
the block of frightened passengers in
terposed an obstacle that could neither
be penetrated nor surmounted. Seeing
the destruction that threatened the six
hundred lives, the engineer, Joseph a.
Sieg, rushed through the smoke and
flame back to the burning cab.
Nearly a minute passed-it seemed
an age to the paralyzed passengers,
penned up, and swiftly rushing to a hor-
rible death-and then the train stopped.
The passengers knew that the engineer
had succeeded in putting on the air.
brakes and in reversing the engine.
The stopping of the train allowed the
flame to shoot upward and to disclose
the tender. A mans head was seen in
the water-tank. Two men rushed for
ward and lifted out the half-consumed
engineer.
He had jumped into the water to ex-
tinguish his burning clothes. His flesh
was scorched all over his body, and
from both hands it hung in shreds,
In three days he died, martyr to
duty.
Our railroads have developed class
of men as peculiarin manner and speech
as the old tars of fifty years ago. And
they are as brave, too, when duty calls
them to risk life or limb. Engineer
Sieg was good type of noble class
of men.
The writer of these paragraphs knew
an engineer who saved his passengers
by deliberately going down, with his
engine, into yawning chasm. He was
running on the Cincinnati and Marietta
road, which was then made extra haz-
ardous by the high trestles erected over
wide ravines.
One day, as he was descending a
downward grade, he saw that the tres
tie which bridged gulf over hun
dred feet deep had been twisted out of
line. He could easily have saved him
self, as his fireman did. by jumping.
But he whistled "down brakes" re
versed the engine, and went down, with
his hand on the Unbelievable. He saved
his passengers, for the cars stopped on
the brink of the abyss. They found
him at the bottom, with broken thigh.
arm, collar-bone and ribs. Thanks to
the skill of American surgery, he re-
covered.
1t IS well for passengers to think OF
these facts when they see the grimy
man, with soiled clothes, looking out Of
the cab-window.
Price Reduced.
Anticipating the removal of the
Stamp Tax at no distant day, the
Magnetic Medicine Co., of Detroit, a.
will be seen by their new advertise
ment that appears in to-day's paper
have reduced the price of their med
icine from one dollar per package tc
fifty cents, and when twelve package:
are ordered at one time, and five dol
lars paid for the same, they issue 9
written guarantee agreeing to refund
the money if the full course Of treat
ment fails to effect cure. We hav,
no doubt the Magnetic Medicine will
have large sale in every section o
the country, as few medicines are sole
at as low a price, and what is especial
ly in its favor is the guarantee of it,
effecting a cure. The medicine il
sold at all Drug Stores, everywhere
Guarantees are issued in Owosso anc
county by all druggists.