Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-03-08

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re were coming mp o. tne I lfs;eht
f,,apde with heavy train O. $500 n
.cars Just Is We came 70 sn9 .;sht a
Nsrshall pass We 90 the brAke, m
nsnsl and prepared to 90 down 80 Ii.
.hssis Ground pretty well for . 70. -
80 hn, Alter little there was = uSm.
Sons sb;stIipe for brakes ! grsoCeI ~
WI 60. r so tight that John l.. cu'nr..
sn ., &C. ieosen II and then Imade diss
s ss"nna.ber / got two or three more 81
'1t noticed that the train vas go
.nen - and faster and tnas
1 rg -. % l.. 90 the brakes or ditch the rear
gu had 10 get sledge from the ca
sss - AZ !. b1t fetched them afsAl
Sh;is could see that something y.
wong with. the engine, ana ! :'s nnt
Named that tho air brake hao e'.o1 Va
We'll f We didn't 90 down that gradel a
r,;la a minute wasn't Circumstance 70
Ths moantains all rum together like nne.
18th comb, and the emily way coulo ges
~ hresib was to. hold my bat over ny
on,h There's q curve down ct the ooe'
.u.s e The gr.de that is good deal ike
u;ab, - snole Whitfield Of, and knew II We
s,1uck that place goin ct any sucn spees
"a xere gone. I hung on 70 i"
brake handle and prepared 10 Jump
Inst as the locomotive struck the cursJ
saw the engineer and fireman jump anu :
moment later the engine turned some.
ssuIt as handy as man. striking on Us
bsck That was enough for me. before
the slack got to the car was on 4 mAoe
dive and nearly broke my back, but couia
hear The cars pilipg up down below me.
Tha ena;neer broke his leg. and one OF the
brakemen was pretty badly cut up, but tne
est n ns got out OF it all right. IL was
a had mix up for the company though
Nssrlv every car was worse than useless
anJ i took Them two weeks to clear up the
wreck" ,ho
Reuben Fielding, an engineer on tns
south Park road, said he had experiences
wind storms, and had gone Wild OF steep
orades hut the worst time be ever had was
Two Years ago on the high line to Lead
WED been troubled with the snow al
Tho wav nm" he said; "but we thought we d
Get through. The further up we got, how.
ever the worse the drifts became, and It got
so aher a while that we couldn't tell whetn.
or we we're on the track or humping II
long on the rocks. 1t got dark, and the
storm increased in severity until It seemed
as though the snow was being shoveiled
down on us. Finally we got stuck ana DC,
fore we could back out slide occurred
hat covered the rear cars about hfty ieet
deem. Then we couldn't move either way.
The longer we stayed there the more certain
il became that that train could never get
out of there until spring; and after all the
cars had been well nigh buried we decided to
,bandon them. That was mighty risky
piece of business. The storm was some
hing terrific. We couldn't see ten feet
aheed, and every little while we would 90 IN
IN to our ears and sometimes deeper yet
Ne had to 90 twelve miles OF about tho
hardest travelling you ever saw tn,s
ide of Jordan, and it wore ten pounds
4 flesh off OF me in doing it, 1
,ouldn't move for a week after that. They
lidn't see the train again for two months,
- rnen he snow went of it came nss!
eng knocked over with the slides. The
ust was an inch deep on the iron, and most
If the paint had been worn of; but we gave
o good dose of grease, and got her into
Leadville in great shape along about the
middle of April