The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-06-09

across the fields, like many school BOYS
hoops, left the tracks. OF course the train
wa, delayed until word could he sent to the
nearest station and another engine secured,
but that was the only Inconvenience that
an, body suffered from this very strange
happening.
y WRECKED LOCOMOTIVE
Something over IL year ago n passenger
tram on tl.c Northwestern road was pulling
up ptowai'd Il station in northern Wisconsin
town. Tho baggageman and one of the other
irninlncn We're Standing in the door of tho
baggage car booking out, such men often
do, at IL village as they pass throughit. Just
before they reached the station they were
surprised 10 alongside of the track II
wrecked locomotivc 1t had been going in
the. same direction they were going, and they
saw at once the wreck had been very recent.
ii wa; not, however, until they pulled up at
the station that they discovered the engine
WAS the that had been pnliing their own
train. 1t seems it had exploded, jumped the
track and fallen III the ditch complete
wreck without disturbing the remainder of
the tram, and it all happened sosilcntly that,
whiln they We're only the second car from
the engine they had not heard the explosion
or the crash it made when it left the track
y very ,tr;tnS" accident occurred on the
Chesapeake and Ohio road The train was
running down grade at u rapid rate of speed
in the Wcs; Virginia coal district, when it
plunged intua mass of soft earth and rocks
THAT had fallen down the mountain side on
t".th track. Tie conclusion, while not SO
ABRUPT. was sufficient to throw the locomo-
tive from the rails, md it rolled over into
;te river. The rebound snapped the pin con-
ncrii.ig the tender and the baggage car, and
ia,
Tia debris, landed safely on the rails and wa,
Gpunl at the foot Of the grade three miles
from tn" wrecked engine. Tho automatic
brakes held iii" remainder of the train, not
n "hccl of which left the track. Another
engine WAS trl"-raphcd for, and the train
' Wcl.t into louisville on time None of the
/ pa ,-t r. w;i5 any the .'lser for their mirac-
I ulul c>eal". !le engineer and fireman Went
/ down Will the engine, and pot'l swan ashore
i .ia.line u ittle shaking up and Il cold bath,
/ thng wrI, the worse for their nights
a.ttl. ltt.r, and proceeded westward with the
tram.
President Strong, of the Atcliison, Topeka
and Santa Fc railroad, hal a close call once
on the Atlantic and Pacific railroad. Ho
was rli route to san Francisco and was tray
cling in II private car. \ small single span
deck britlgc had burned outduring the night,
leaving the rails suspended They wcro
lani"nel at either end by the ordinary bolts
| ami splice bars and the heat had warped
thnm until they rescmbled the phonetic
alphabet in shape. The train was running
ia lll" n"I .l!,plllpod of II mile II minute when
i a;rncI; the warped rails, and heaven only
knows what h"ld 1T up, hut they passed over
tii ri:yllt, with only slight damage to tho
"ir. Probably the terrific rate of speed at
wii!r| the train was Il, i,'ing saved the lives of
| MI ON board
TWO .;AERow ESCAPES
'f"o very narrow escapes from smash up
Lave recently happened to the limited trains
I3.u:.jg east from Chicago, aud both oc-
'ui.,i mol very long ago. The first happened
NJ; tli" first l0o miles out from this city.
/, the train gong east. 1t was to meet q,
.rci&h' at u ling Silin.5 out on prairie, mid
va. I,,l lt'en stations. The freight ran into
t aj,:ln.s ia anip!e time to he ont of the way
"t '!lr nying ''ihai'c,l" !" and one of the brake
.ncii got oil and went forward to the switch
To hc rcui, 4" open it US soon as the train
lad gone b, He was very tired and sleepy
from some cause, and sat down on the
| switch beam, and almost Immediately feel
asleep He vas almost as quickly nwak-
cIrl by the laundering Of the approaching
train. Why he did it he does not know
10 this day, Int i'll his confusion he
reached tsr the switch and turned it.
| lfpih engineers had their eyes fixed on DIE
switch as their custom is, and both in an in
slant saw the danger that threatened them
The one ON the flying "limitcd' quickly re
vcrsel lis engine and set his brakes, while
the one on the freight turned on n full head
of steam To force his train backward The
| brakeman also saw the danger as quickly as
They, did but not quickly enough to correct
| his terrible mistake, and he had only time to
jump tp side, to fall rather than
scramble out Of the way, when the passenger
passed the switch and turned into the siding
/ full Oh the freight When the switchman
recovered he found that the two engines had
| cone together, but with force enough TO only
slightly damage their pilots. One of the en-
\ giueers had jumped from his train aSer
doing all hc could to save it, and was slightly
/ injured, but WAS able to take his position in
The cab and proceed on his journey. Tie
| passengers probably do not know to this day
,,Ly the train was stopped SO suddenly.
Iic other narrow escape also occurred on
| olIc of the eastern roads and not much fur
Then away from Chicago 1t happened one
fog.v night when the fog was so thick that
,u-ii!ccrs could scarcely see that their ell
..4es carried headlights The fast train
| from the east ordered to make its best
.inc to II certain station, where it would
| !lle,; another train from the west which was
TO i on the side track. The western train
WAS given orders to go to another side track,
some six miles further east, and pull in i'll
time to be out of the way of the westbound
tram. 1t made good time, reached the sid
ils; and pulled in on it, and much to the sur
prise Of the trainmen. especially the rear
brakeman, who was standing on the rear
platform, the other train dashed by just i'll
| time to Craze the corner of the last car.-
| Chicago Times.