Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-02-11
SNOW BOUND.
A Little Experience Of Some Passen
gers On the Mackinaw Road.

A Little Experience Of Some Passen-
gers ON the MacIxinaw Road.
The abandoned" train on the Macki-
nav division due to arrive Bay City at
5:45 P. NJ, Thursday. reached the city
about P. NJ. yesterday. The train left
ChebOygan on time at 1926 A. M. Thurs
day, and experienced hard pull. Among
the passengers on board were j. II. Barse,
Samuel Drake, Amos Bailey, +. X. Gus
tin, 4. Y. Williams, Ed. Riley and Ben
Fox, of this city; w. N. Porter, Of De-
trOit, brother to Judge Porter; j. Pick,
brOther-in-law of Aid. Kaichen; Mr.. Fry,
of the Detroit, Marquette Il Mackinaw
railroad, and Messrs. Smith and Craig,
of Toronto. Soon after leaving the
northern metropolis binding snow
storm set in, and at each mile Travelled,
the locomotive found it more difficult to
proceed. When about four miles from
Vanderbilt, one of the steel shafts, con-
Meeting the drivers, snapped in two.
The train was then going up grade at
the rate of Is miles per hour, or about
half the usual rate of speed. The cars
soon came to stand still and the pas
sengers, who had become somewhat ex-
cited, rushed out and made an examina-
ton, but the binding snow soon sent
them back to their seats. The cOnduc-
tor announced the breakdown as mar
row escape, which statement materially
assisted in pacifying the passengers.
And still it showed.
The train men having made survey
of the damages sustained, concluded to
send a committee of two after aid to
Vanderbilt, four miles away, and lots
were drawn. The conductor and mail
agent were the victims, but with the en-
enlargement and sympathy of the whole
train they departed wearing their high
heeled boots and each carrying a pair of
snow shoes. Their progress toward Van
derbilt, though made under adverse cir
cumstances, was not slow and they
reached there shortly after P. M. A
telegram was wired to Gaylord after the
freight locomotive and the engine i'm
mediately answered the call. To reach
the disabled train it was necessary to
shovel snow from the track for two
miles. On arriving it hitched on and
was going to start off bravely, but it
made bad job of itand was satisfied to
leave with the engine alone. 1t still
showed and Vanderbilt was four miles
away.
During this time the passengers COM
posed poetry on the beautiful snow, talk
ed about aesthetics with oscar" as the
main topic, told stories or snOred them
selves to sleep. One old gentlemen
amused himself counting the snow
flakes as they came through the venti-
latOrs and fell upon his snoring aSsOci
ates. There were no cards in the party
and but one bible. Committees were ap
pointed to wait upon the lady passen-
gers and brace up their unstrung nerves
and read them passages from the good
book.
In the course of few hours the To-
connective from the nOrthward bound
passenger train put in an appearance,
and at 1870 o'clock P. NJ. the showed in
train was on the side track at Wander
bilt and placarded as abandoned"
The mOnied members of the passenger
list proceed to buy out and the rest to
| eat out the place. The cheese, sardines,
cOrned beef, lemon snaps, ginger snaps,
and eggs of the store were annihilated,
and there Is famine at that station to-
day for these articles. -
The night was passed in the coaches.
Those who wanted to sleep couldn't, and
those who could, would not, so there was
not much use for Morpheus in those dig
gins. At 6 O'Clock yesterday morning two
huge iron horses steamed up to the side
track and-the train arrived safely in Bay
City.-Bay City Tribune.