The Grenada gazette., 1888-02-11

al either end. No. Q had the right q
way at night, and. instead of side
tracking her. proposed to switch of
The runaway. | went down over III,
ties rs hard as l could run, and just n,
| reached the switch heard No. 8
blow for my station. While l was un.
locking the switch the engineer called
for brakes. and then knew he had
seen the light and would stop.
pulled the bar over, and then picked
up my lantern and ran back. reaching
the station just as the heavy freight
was coming to stand-sti'l.
My purpose was to run down
aud open The other switch. and
thus let the runaway out on the main
track again. to run until her steam
went down, bat had scarcely moved
a hundred feet when l heard her COM
ing. Ii was then too lata and ! stood
on the platform to see hsr 60 past.
She WAS truly runaway. She had
broken away from the accommodation
train. which came no further mp than
C.. and was coming up with a full
head of steam and roaring There
was gross carclessness in bringing
about this accident. but it was covered
up and kept out of print. Wa could
hear the runaway mile off. and we
could locate her as she came through
the woods by the shower Of sparks
flying from her smok stack. On she
came, and as she struck the switch it
seemed as If she must go over. There
was clickcty- clash and a bank. and
she righted and whizzed past us like a
fiery arrow.
I'VE knew what would happen 4,
the other end of the siding. There
was field beyond. and when he
runaway left the rails she tore up
hundred feet of track, made splinters
Of y score of ties and plowed her way !
into the field for quarter Of a mile
and blew up. Had she encountered
No. 9 on the main track, there must
have been n terrible smash-up. At the
speed she was going the runaway
would have climbed right on top of
he train. After the explosion en-.
cred the station and called for K
o give him the news. but he could not
'e raised could not get him until
he usual hour next morning, and then
learned something which made my
lair stand on end. He had not hearl
/ word of the matter! He was nd
II his office when the accommodated
'asscd, and he had heard nothing
rom C., the station above whep
he engine broke away. then CALI d
or the agent at C.. and it turnd
ut that at five o'clock on the after
Don previous he had met with ,tr
ccident by which he had been made
elirious all night. When they vert
or him to telegraph about the engine
C was in bed. and being held there
= nurses, and they did not even try
, make him understand what had
As a matter of fact and
,corl. no living hand clicked that
lessage to me. Every man Oh the Z
he was examined, but all denied it
heard it and understood it, and
tied upon it. and it came from,
-. How do Iexplain itP l never
'uld. l have had people tell me il
as mind tclegraphing TO mind. bu A
,u can take any theory you wish ]
as called for in the usual way. IN
'rstood fully what was being slid.
I'd hurried out to do what have e-
ribed. The matter has been mz-
e and mystery for years. anl
I'VE no hopes of a solution.
How did l lose my leg? WILL
ere was a mys cry about that. We
id changed our time, and a passe-
+ train passed my station at two =
IN. ] awoke one night at ole
clock feeling that the upper swita
d been left open by the freight
ain. lighted my lantern and raj
there, and sure enough it stool
de open, and death trap had beef
for the express. l closed it, an,
Is on my way back when three car. :
lch had broken away from TIN
light several miles away, at the to
a grade, came whooping down, and Y
trying to get out of the way. l mad '
stumble and got my leg under th
'eels. l dragged myself into tn
tion and tried to call up the Off ce Al
owe me. but could raise no one. TIL
3 were missed. and hunted for fro, =
Q end Of the line to the other. ant
angely enough, they could not b
md. 1t was an odd thing to loe p
8 in that fashion, and before thy
through searching men walk Il
II every foot of the line. 1t was *
eks before they were found. Thy "
| lcf; the rails at q curve neala Z
np bank. and had gone over to -
ks into the deep river without low.
trace. 1t was as II they had
N picked up and flung owe by II
nan hands. Being loaded with "
dware. they had gone to to bot. \
!. but the current rolled then along
Ill they finally showed ajovc the
face in a bend. When lauled out Al
'c OF the three were dsmaged q