The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-05-23
A Thrilling Episode.
A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS INSTINCT
HOW lie SAVED A TRAIN 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 New
York railroads was moving westward
from Albany. The engines headlight
threw strong reflection in advance,
but the storm was SO binding it was
almost impossible to distinguish any
thing even at short distance. Under
such circumstances instinct necessarily
takes the place of sight All seemed
to be going well, when in an instant,
the engineer reversed his engine, ap.
piled the air brakes, and came to full
stop. Why he did so he could not tell
any more than any of us can account
for the dread of coming disaster and
death, and to the wondering inquiry of
the fireman he simply said 81 feel
that something's wrong Selling a
lantern he swung himself down from
the cab and went forward to investi-
gate. Everything appeared TO be right,
and he was about to return to his
engine when his eye caught sight of a
peculiar appearance at the joint of the
rail next to him. Brushing the accu-
mulated snow away, he looked nom.
ent, 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 wrecking is unknown, but it was
presumed the confederates of some
prisoners who were on the train hoped,
in the confusion of an accident, to
deliver their friends.
Engineer John Donahoe, of Albany,
to whose wonderful instinct was due
the salvation of the train when asked
by the writer why he stepped his en-
gine. said
81 can't tell why. only know felt
something was wrong"
''Do you have these feelings often
when upon the road p continued the
writer.
mo, very seldom, although for the
past twenty years | have been in a con-
dition to feel apprehension at almost
anything
"How is that 7"
"Why, l have been the victim of
one OF the worst cases of dyspepsia
ever known. ! have not been confined
to my bed, as like thousands of others,
l am compelled to work whether able
or not. Indeed, when it first began l
had only a loss of appetite, faint feel
ing that would not go away and bad
taste in the mouth, but finally got
those terrible craving and knawing
feelings that make life so unbearable
and are known as general debility
"What did you do p
II tried physicians uhtil l became
discouraged. / gave eight different
ones fair tests, but none of them bene-
fitted me. then tried proprietary
medicines, hut they failed, likewise. 1t
looked pretty dark for me so far as
any more peace or enjoyment in this
world were concerned aud ! became
terribly discouraged"
"You certainly do not look that way
now.'
"Oh, no, indeed, l am in perfect
health now," was the reply "and pro-
pose to continue so. My nervousness
: is entirely gone l can sleep nights ,
the aching numbness has disappeared ;
| the pale, sickly appearance has given
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