Telegram-herald., 1888-04-29
CURIOUS ACCIDENTS
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eeaid happan.
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usne.l ca tho Keek Island rad slEbla LOO
ais a Chiczen. 4 passenger train sas
running 1s f,lis spesd acress a Eslasr ieyei
ulscs n e1unkrY. The train Was Pfobabiy
making sixsy nlliss sn aoar gheas wiEho1s
snT prsnsonision Whatsoever, al four u tAs
driving shssls ssl.lElssaig lelt Ia engine and
wsnf spinning OF across tbs fences iato tie
adjoining aalsiA Why thsy did IL NOBODY
zno~s - tbs present. day, bus they al =,
aad ths stFAagest part u i All = that nonesiy
was hart. snd b1E uttls dauage vas done -
the read Or ne train OK course the traia
~4s bronght - a rather sas-sien stanzlstlL
Being LETT BiEhout its nlaia slpports TIE en-
gine dropped down until ths fEeoox s-safea
along Ga tie tiss aad Fails for short Dis
lance. Tut Il = as 80 we'll held up By tho pilot
wheels, and ths strong couplings o. tpe
tender tia1 Is did No serious damage, and nos
a shssI, sxcspt those thai vent spinning on
across ths aslds hks - nany school boys
hoops. left tie traeks OF eoarss tbs train
was dslaysd uatll word could be sent % tho
n..rssz sta1ioa and anoEher engine sseareds
bus thai was the otlY ine0nvenlence thai
anybody su1srod from tbs very strange
A~ppsaGg.
A WzxcExD LoCCxOFIyK.
Homethinz over a year ago q passenger
frain on the Northwestern Foad was pulling
up toward a station IN a neFthern Wissonzin
toxn- Tbs hsggasesaan aIsd one of the other
trainmen were standing IN the door Of the
baxgags car looking OFT, A. such usea often
do. &C A village as tney pass through IL just
bsfors they reached the statsOa they were
s,rurised 70 see a.ongsids of the track
,,r-exs.s locomotive. It had been going in
the .arns direction they wers going. aad they
aw AZ once The wreck had been very recent
IL was not, however until they pulled up AZ
che station that they discovered the engine
was tas ons that had been pulling their own
train. It seems : had exploded, jumped the
track and fallen In tho ditch complete
wreck, without dLsturbiag the remainder or
the train, and . al happened sosilently that,
While they were only the second car from
the engine. they had not beard the explosion
or the crash Il male when it left the track
A very strange accident occurred On tho
chssapsaks aud OHIO road TsS train was
running down grade az q rapid rate Of speed
ia the Vest Virginia coal district, when it
plunged into mass q soft earth and rocks
that had fallen down the mountain side On
70 tho track. The conclusion, while not so
abrupt, WAS sufficient to throw the iocomo-
tive from the rails and Il rolled over into
the river The rebound snapped the pin con-
Meeting the tender and the baggage car, and
the foruner shot forward, jumped clear over
the debris. landed safely on the rails, and was
found at the foot OF tho grade. three miles
from tho wrecked engine. The automatic
brakes held the remainder Of tho train, not
a wheel OF which left the track Another
engine was tslegraphed for, and the train
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passengers vas any the wiser for their mirac-
Dlous escaps. The engineer and fireman went
down with the engine. and both swan ashore.
Barring a little shaking mp and cold bath,
thsy we're none the worse for their nights
adventure, and proceeded westward with the
train
President Srong, of the Atcaison, Topeka
.nd santa Fs railroad, had a close call oncs
On tho Atlantic and Pacific railroad. 10
was en- route 10 San Francisco and was trav-
cling in = private car. A small single span
deck bridge bad burned out during the night,
leaving the rails suspended. They wcrs
pinioned at either end BY the ordinary bolts
aad srlics bars. and the heat had warped
them until they resembled the phonetic
alphabes in shape. The train was running
IN the neirh5orbood OF a mile minute when
it struck the warped rails, aud heaven only
knows what held it up, buE they passed. over
al ri<ht, with only a slight damage to the
car PROBABLY the terrific rate of speed es
which the train was flying saved the lives Of
al en- board
TWO NARROW FsCAPsS
Two very narrow escapes from smash up
havs recsntly happened to the limited trains
running east from Chicago. and both oc-
cnrrsd not very long ago. The frst happened
within The 6rss loo uilss OUT from TINS city
20 the train gong cas-. 10 wss % meet 3
freight at a hong siding ont on a prairie, mid
way betxeen stations. Toe freight ran into
tbs sizing ia ample tirns g. Be our Il the way
81 TIE iying ''hmitosl.r and ons Ok the brake
men got or ard went forward 70 the switch
70 Be ready % open IL a. s0oa as the train
had gone By. He was very tired and sleepy
from some calsse, and sat down On the
switch hean, and almost immediately feel
asieep He was almost as quickly awak-
sned ~ the laundering q the approaching
train. Why he did is hs does not know
% this day. bat IN his confusion hs
reached for TIE switch ard turned it.
Both engineers bad their eyes fixed On the
switch. a. their custom IS. asd both IN an IN
slant saw the danger that threatened them
The one On the Gysng "lnitedr quickly 70
vsrsed as engine and sst his brakes. while
ths enc On ths freight tarnel on q fall bead
q steam 10 force lis train backward TIE
brakeman also saw ths danger a. quickly "a
they did. but not quickly enough 20 correct
his tsrrios ruistase ard as bad only time "a
Jump to one side. - fsll rather than
srrsmhle cut Il che var, when the passenger
passed tre switch and turned into the siding
fan en- the freight When the sWitchmaa
recovered ha found that tha srvo engines bad
gone Together. hut with forcs enough % only
slightly aamsze their pilots One of the en-
sineers had jumped from bis tram after
doing All IA conld 90 Rve 6. ard vas 81 ixhtly )
injured hut was able to take bis position il
ths cab and rrrceesi On his Journey. The
raszen<srs probably a. rot know - las daJ
whY the train sas sfslppel 50 suddenly
The ether narrow sscape also occurred or
cne - she es1stern reads. and rot much fur
TIER away frcm ChicaE1. Il happened ons
fcx-y oieht when the fog Vas 50 thick thai
engineers could srarceiv So that thsir en-
gsnas carried headiighes TIE fast sraiE
from The east wa- cr.ierea % ruaxe its bs.s
tsuse 70 . csrtain staticn. where is worls
r,est another train from the vs. which va.
4, - ~, the side track. The western tail
wss.xirsa ortiers e. 20 to another SHE track
s,u,s san miles fsrsasr east. ard puli IN Il
tirre 60 Be Gus ef the Wy cf ths FeSfbcrnT
s-ain. Il uissle god uu,e. reached ira sd
iru ard rssIlai ia on it. sni nlfch to the s.l-
p~,sa of she traiuuen. especially tae real
brakernan. who Vas sfandin< en the reai
platform. the ether traia dasaea e7 jsst 4