Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-08
ana gallEp ~ A LOCOMOTIVE
Portland News !

x.a.srday morning Il Reynolds Sylves
- who resides at Snmmit station,
.s.,,sd % wAIk 10 Portland With his
ss,.s ehiiafen. A. the odnuty road WAS
.-.<iay and full Of snox. Mr.. Sylvester
..s.a1ssd 20 follow ths west side Ore
=. a California Railroad track. rhe
~, walked merriiy along, chatting
-, Al parents and childres can. II
"a the intention Of the ia her to bring
- rhildren 10, so that thew might at
80 sehool. No thought of danger 90
..yn.d 10 them until they hsd got IN
=. s,iddIe Of trestle bridge No. y, which
little beyund Msrqasm's Rulch.
nsr, thsy we're suddenly startled by the
"A serFam OF locomotive whistle.
rk,eh Gas observed, tn their horror, -
= hat few wards away. it Was ver
soooI Al tho time-iI:3j m.-and the
,rsE had orspt ~ on them anobserved.
fiIlls, the eldest child, aged thirteen
and half years, vas slightly in ad-
,.nc, Of her lther. With great fear
/. m heart the father grabbed two Of
N children and stepped on to one of
a. nudge cross bans out of danger.
~ sboutei 10 Tiiiie Co foil1v his ex
smpIs, bat tbs child was so frightened
lhst sshs did not hear him.
raE LOCOMOTIVE
tl.ao,, toashed Sylvester a. he left the
,raek. Tillie, when she heard the
rhiallA bounded forward like a deer.
vtis he engineer reversed bis engine
s.A tneusd vide she sand valve. In
IA ueanehils the brakemen sprang to
thsir btakss and set mp every one to the
tssbssas notch. The little girl by this
tins hsa sst within the third be Il OF
~ bsIdge, thirty feet more and she
sosId b safe She turned 10 look how
n4af ibs train was to her. and in doing
% Esi and the engine passed over her.
msa0lng her Iittle form fri0htfuliy.
fhs engine bad only passed its own
Isnasb over where she fell when IL
Esppsk Tue mAngled form fell down
ffeen of sixteen feet to the ground and
fdied over and over down the canyon
shs s~s picked up, and il was found
-: he ives not quite extinct. A hand
al sss seeared and the poor child was
hspaeht 30 fORrth street, near Mill.
HEs
issENstBLE TO PAIN,
~ sss put ints an express wagon aud
sufisd 10 her grandfather's Mr.
ktxk'sl house on First street. near
ias cor,er Of Mill. During tho trip
irsra the railroad 10 the house she
skafisa pleasantly and even smiled at
te driver. The great shock had
nsmbed ell pain. On arriving at Mr..
stxiks house Drs. Wells and Ssylor
vsfs summoned. but Notwithstanding
u their efforts the little sufferer died
4 se'elock yesterday afternoon. Her
sb1nmen was bscerated, both hips we're
hsessn and the right arm fearfuily
crushed and laoerated.
Tbs engineer Of the loco2otive that
~ over the child was interviewed in
mzAfd NJ the matter last evening. He
- heartbroksn over Il and said be
tgaad not have had 10 happen for any.
.AinQ.
s1hes Ia down grade. /" be said. be
iass you come 90 the bridge. IL is a
fe1lsf hump. and 1t IL impossible 10
NO train there. IL Was dreadful
lssxf. bat 1 saw the Eian when within
NY parts Of him.
VERIFIED DOWN nRAxEa,
kssersed my engine with full head Of
sasasa and pulled vide open the sand
niuk ! thought the man had two bun
ts aniisr his arms, but when got
hsss ! saw be had n child under each
I'm. He sieppsd on on0 Of the bridge
hpa The airi did rot zee at first, but
ne uAs saightly In advance OF the man.
nd started 20 run. We were pretty
tsss 10 her, and she turned around and
nslta fuIl NJ tue eHgtne. | could see
~ teTrihsd eyes as plain rs DAY. Al
ns, moment, xhen she was not more
nan thirty feat from the end Of the
kidss, she slipEed and fell between the
aacas And caught her right arm around
as rAil 80 prevaSt herself from falling
@fplRh Lhs bridge. could zee ID all ss
fan - ever sac anything, and 10 was
ememtns OF the greatest agony 20 me
s.s1 w engine passed over the poor
Msle shlng. The cow-oatoher. vhiuE
wty low taught her and sort of
saeoled her up The engine. answer
- y Vie brakes, had almost lost Its
stntstn wken u pissed over her, and
~ sent 10 own length further when
aneppeil The child fell between the
ssntss u the bridge about sixteen feet
~ msa tell over. I've bean on the
nsd sad sesn
aIN KILLED.
80 aidne mind 10 mach. bat 10 have q
~ a.e nAneied IN sais way was some
- seitiele | can't even eai; the
ssni siill kaus,,s ,se. II she had not
sirgsA de woaAd have GOT oat OF the
~ withsai harm.n
IL Rrisf pf he family ID very great.
-. sAsiet s.ys he has seen many sor
sk nmiliss, but never one that felt
N.eaeav TIE loss Of a favarite child
!. & tnsanaer and train employees did
-. 49, Wy bess under the eircum-
.se sad are IN no way 20 blame for
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