The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-05-24
A THRILLING EPISODE.
A Locomotive Engineers Instinct-How
He Saved a Tram and How He Saved
Himself.

On one of the darkest and stormiest
nights of the recent unusual winter,
the express on one of the leading NV
York railroads was moving westward
from Albany. The engines headlight
threw a strong reflection in advance,
but the storm was so binding it was
almost impossible to distinguish any
thing even at a short distance. Under
such circumstances instinct necessarily
takes the place of sight. All seemed
to be going we'll, when, in al instant,
the engineer reversed his engine, APP
piled the air brakes, and came to a full
stop. Why he did so he could not tell
any more than any of us can account
Tor the dread of coming disaster and
death, and to the wondering inquiry of
his fireman he simply said: 81 feel
that something's wrong" Selling a
lantern he swung himself down from
the cab and went forward to in
vestigate. Everything appeared to
be right, and he was about to re-
turn to his engine when his eye
caught sight of a peculiar appearance
at the joint of the rail next to him.
Brushing the accumulated snow away,
he looked Il moment, and then uttered
an exclamation of horror. The rails
on both sides had been unspiked and
would have turned over the instant the
engine touched them. What inspired
this attempt at train-wrecklng is I'M
known, but it was presumed the con-
federates of some prisoners who were
on the train hoped, in the confusion of
an accident, to deliver their friends.
Engineer John Donohoe, of Albany,
to whose wonderful instinct was due
the salvation of the train, when asked
by the writer why he stopped his en-
CINE, said:
81 can't tell why. 1 only know l
felt something was wrong"
"Do you have these feelings often
when upon the roadP" continued the
writer.
"No, very seldom, although for the
past twenty years l have been in a con-
dition to feel apprehension at almost
"How is thatP"
"Why, | have been a victim of one
of the worst cases of dyspepsia ever
known. L have not been confined to my
bed, as like thousands of others, / am
to work whether able Dr. not.
Indeed, when it first began L had only
a loss If appetite, a faint feeling that
would not go away and a bad taste in
the mouth, but 1 finally got those ter
rible craving and knawing feelings
that make life so unbearable and are
as general debility"
"What did you doP"
81 tried physicians until 1 became
discouraged. L gave eight different
ones fair tests, but none of them bene-
fitted me. 1 then tried proprietary
but they failed, likewise. 1t
pretty dark for me so far as
any more peace or enjoyment in this
world were concerned, and l became
,erribly discouraged"
ssYou certainly do not look that way
"Oh, no, indeed, l am in perfect
health now," was the reply, ''and |
propose to continue so. My nervous
ness is entirely gone; L can sleep
the aching numbness has dis
appeared; the pale, sickly appearance
given place to the color of health,
Ind | have readily put on flesh. This
S what has been accomplished by
means Of Warmers T%ippecanoe. If 1
IAN be cured after a chronic illness of
nearly a quarter of a century 1 believe
Ill suffering in a similar manner can be
'estored by using the same great rem
Such is the testimony of a man who
detect and remove unseen dan
.er on the road, but could not remove
he dangers from within his own sys-
until brought face to face with the
.reat preparation above named, which
lid so much for him and can do as
nuch for all those who require it.