The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-11-18

BOONE, La, Nov Next week whet
tho oopmilte Of the Iowa Legislature viii
sufmally present TO Miss Kate Shelley IN,
uledal voted her by that cody la rreogni.
uou OF her bravery this ltGile town nil
1uulse ma cele6rati0n which. il isex.
pteteu VIII eclipse any public damonstr,
Wv" ever he u IN this region There vii
apIooessioh, music speeches ana a
pauque'' ana many distinguished ptop q
irom abroad will be present Al wortlt q,
bestowed Is the LEGISLATURES medal ~
heroAsm that no one here will inil IN an
every thing 10 his power to make the d.m
onstrallon success. Kate Snt ley is now
comely glrl OF eighteen, bat she achieved
her present lame by an act OF the er, atesl
bravery Nhen she was but sixteen
AZ about dark on the 6th OF July. 1881. A
storm OF VII d ard IAN OF Unparalleled a
verify broke oy,r this ~ zion. In an hour's
hme every creek was ont of its banks Aus
the Des Monies river had risen ak feet. N
sudden was the Hood and such wa, the We.
lncity Of the wind that hOuses, bans. lum.
Der ana all portable objects within reach of
tue waters were carried away. Looking
from her window, which in daylight com,
manded 4 view OF the Honey creek railroad
ofldgr Nate Shelby saw through the dark
ueS aud Storm locomotive headlight A
,secohu Iater II dropped, and though the
crash which II must hHve made was moi ner
| q pnble above the roar OF the wind An,
| khew that this bridge had gone and that =
lrain OF care Lad fallen into The nhvss
Ihere was 40 one a. home but her mother
ana her litue brother aud ster. and IN.
| sirl Understood that # help was TO he given
| tu the sufferers and the express train then
nearly dur, warned, she would have a
undertake me task alone,
Hesiily filling and lighting an Old lantern
aud wrapping hefseii IN waierpronT Al,
stllled out In TIE storm. She afst maoe ~,
eilOrl TO reach the waters edge. but hudinp
chat the Hood was already Tar above Mn nj,
raths AMI rosdways, anu realizine that All,
could do nothing in or near that mad Tor
rem, she climbed painfully up lie steer
| Oldh 10 the track, tearing her clothing T.
rags on the thick underground and lacef
a'lhg the hesh most painfully. A part o.
ne oriuHe sun remained and, crawling on
on thlslo the last Tie, she swung her lantert
/ over the abyss and called eut AZ the ton a
her voice IL was pitchy dark below hnI
she was answered family by the engineer
who had orawled upon some of the broke,
tlmbefs, and though Injured, was sate fol
the time being From MIN the girl Learned
that u was freight train that had ron,
into the chasm, and that he alone of IN,
train hands had escaped lie urged her
| hogeYer, to proceed al once to the nearesl
station To secure help for him aud To war,
the approaching express train ofthe bridge
The glri then retrnced her steps gained
! the track, and made her way. with NH a.,
speed that the gale would permit. Iowar,
} Noineona, q small, station about ope NH.
! from Honey Crock. In making this per,l
Gus Journey Il was necessary for her TO eros
the tfesle bridge over the DesMoines river
about 500 leet IN length. Just as she tr, m
| bllDgly put her foot ON this structure IA,
/ Flnd ram, thunder and Lightning we're \,
appalling that she nearly lost her balance
iul M tue tndeayor 20 save herself her sole
companion, The old lantern, went OUT Sh,
Z Hau no matches, but a she had had thou
.duoa 81 'hem ih,y would have been OF DOB
trg IN sunh place aud IN such q storm
Deprived Of her light. she opuiu moi wee a
/ ilat bhtad slye when The dszg'luf U.sbe.
'Il,fhtIlug revealed the pum ontnn,, %
hN b,iirv, ali the sefthing wato-t Ii. .
zenith. Knowing that She bad uo inp tr
1872. iht brave r.ri threw awlN mo useless
up ono turuus op hfr uants a
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