The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-10

The Southern Overland train which should
bavf reached San Francisco the afternoon Of
January only arrived at y 30 the light Of the
"a, having b zen delayed at Sumner by a terrific
sandstorn that ragged through tho Mojavo
desert AMI sprcnd ont over n portion of the
snrrouH ling country. The storm began In the
early morn ng, and when tho train reached
Sumner, In h rn County. had bee mo regu.
lar simeon. The wind swept across the sand
wastes with al h violence that tho train
swayed and rocked under tn, fierceness Of the
blasts and seemed ieidy TO plunge from the
tra"k. The m Oh had become overcast in the
early part Of the night, and the Journey was
continued In dm kness that rapidly increased
until the day began in Stygian gloom. The
pa sengers, who had been ar used from their
sleep by the fierce assaults Of the " ind and tho
tfasuing OF tho sand against the W ndows Of the
train, looked anxiously for the appearance of
the sun, but no glo I'M of Light relieved tn r
bidding darkness of tho rast. Night main
tanned her sway, and the blickness of the
heavens gr " Intense with tho morning, until
the strong headlight of the LOGON tive al most
failed to pie o, It. = hc snial portion of the
desert which was exposed by the engine
lights only served to discourage the travellers.
The track was lost under the pillows OF sand
that were being toss ID acr9ss tho rails by Inc
angry Storm The desert moved ke a sea,
IND when the waves Of sand struck the shvcr-
ing sides Of the train they scattered ike spray
and filItd the air with dust which made free
breathing impossible.
The travellers fears Of being stopped by a
sani-drift were soon realized After leaving
hummer,wh ch IS 3l4 miles from Sa Fran isco,
the train moved onuJ ous,y for ten miles
tlr ugh the sh fling W 'ste AMI then stopped
with q rash. Tho alarmed pm sengers har lily
dared to ace tho driv nv orm to learn tho
psrS us who vcntured into the binding
smoon found that their expr 81 ira
had run into freiaht t ain which hud
stopped an impossible sanddr #. Tho
slew rate at which the exp ess was NOV ng
,nabled. the engineer TO sop thu train
in me to prevent ser Gus accident, and
tho collision wa,only 8 ,iiclsnt t, est the To-
connective from the track. TIE pa sengel -cars
remained on the rails. II was t en- ten o clonk.
osowiv had tho express proceeded through
"a binding storm alter leaving Sumner, The
Il thing was Wis II 10 &C pit within the fonus OF
The ira MS Fights For Il @ weary hours the
pa 'Sengers wcr' compelled to roman on tho
detached tr IN Will relief was he ny oh aimed
from sumner. Assist nee having arr we'd,
III trick was cleared of sani sufficiently
10 enable a relief engn to pull the
cxpress bac' to sumner, W er, the pa,
The storm lew over. Towlrd five col c, in
The aft rpoon the darkn 'ss began u disap-
pear. but the simeon MI mt incd IT. vigOr uii-
I'll nightfall. In the morn ng The unfortunate
pass myers proceed d on their tourney the re-
tina ndrr OF VIII ch was made with ut 3 'nsa-
Onat incident, 4 gangs OF h eSe had been
ut work al n g''t and had Gle re the track of
the accumulated snn i'd ift At Tulare tn, cx-
press which was due at 2 40 p. M, January =.
Nv rtonk he bella cd and weatbrr heater ex-
press, b wing passed. " tn slight discom ort
through the tail Of the simeon TIE breaking
ola piston-rod delayed the first express still
fu Their 1T Lathr D. and tn two ira ms came
simult ncousiy 10 Oakland VIVA f. the first
over tn rty hours behind me and the sec nd
over ak. All h nds how vcr. soon forgot tho
unple santness of the r alyentu eand laughed
over it.-SuN trdnCiScO LTGmimer.