Telegram-herald., 1890-10-20

As -. HNA+t'tHf
Ns. WA scN's Two COLUMNS
A FfiEhtfa Kallroaa Accident. and
shAaeps forto nriaEs tho >sss.
Mr. Wilson, hoN soeu rsn SOU So.
ready g. STAR for H---. nhno.s
In al hour, slr
This conversation took place in tae
Office ~ The New Aork Chramcle ors
morning as the mon oa the sad ca-ne So
receive their ASS garments. u the cay
editor had asked Wilson how soon hs
could get ready 20 starr for Alaska hs
would have received precisely the sane
reply.
Edward Wilson hurried od 90 his
rooms. and ha tily packing = few Deeea-
saTles in 8 valisc reported back at tae
Office in exactly an hour
BE was a Tsragon of a reporter, " you
viii say, "this Wilson But he wac
merely an ordinary city STAG rsporter,
who. like thousands of others on TIE olg
dailies of America. stand ready a "a
hours notice 10 STAR Tor any part of TIE
world.
This Illinois story VIII bring two col
umns even u I'm recalled immediate
Is. be unused. a. he ratified up 10 the
Grand Central station ia q hanson.
two columns viii bring my bank a.
count up 10 800. and 800 vii bring the
wife and little one T. New YORK" VII
son thought with delight how happy
they would be IN bis cOmfortsbls little
Lexington avenue Eat. II WA pleas
ant little day dream.
In fifteen minutes the Buffalo express
bearing the newspaper man 70 his dest-
nation, rushed snoriing out of the Bar-
lem tunnel like another earth bound
Thor rejoicing az bis freedom Past the
end of Manhattan Island, past River
dale. Yonkers and al tie lovely north
ern suburbs Of the city, along the rolling
Hudson. past the muddy Mohawk. then
as night fell screaming past ihe lite
hamlets sleeping under the hills q CEN
tral New York, and on, on, on. - tie
great lakes.
There was nothing IL the car 20 inter.
est Wilson. and as tie Sun sank behind
the ripening wheat fields De dozed it-
fully. and waking would sleep AGAIN.
waking and slcopng by ftful starts aul
wondering what Il was that kept Mrl iu
a vague bat al the more fearful terror
Finally be slept. and ii wss while he
dreamed that terrible accident hap
pened. The trestlc bridge over a swollen
creek. weakened by the rush q wsters,
had given way under the advancing
train and 900 people were hurled into ise
creek.
Three OF four men burriedly furnish
ing late copy" 4 dozng Office boy
waking every few minutes . glance %
the clock and long for O'Clock and free
dom. The night desks Uttered with
proof slips and ''held over copy. 30
sound but the operator ticking good
night" % his far o9 brothers and 81 oc-
Cagonai shout - Copy from the desk.
4 tai 6g'lre in a capped overcost and
travelling cap enters the noon, and S.
lently walking up - the night desk LAYS
some copy" before The editor Tire
men IN The ofice bending over their
work do not see him pass. bat the of.ce
boy. brushing bis hat yawns "Good
morning. NJ Wilson. but the form
goes Straight on
cant use this. MT. Wilson savf TIE
editor. locking az ibs clock why. SIS
so Tbe pape-s going to Tres Whf
IS 81 anyway
'Nee ~ tfeorge ve viii run - b,
contiurses exote5ly. 'Jim stop ths
presses
Thtn to the c+e~afor Pave vou ga
accident "a She New YORK sn3 BrSeIo
yet
ttNa. sir
~sow asa ron Ct - wilson
ratte form lad gone
NV 0o5 Esfeu to tds safs fhe
snb4ansr s'Ths aea5enf nufl hare
! occurred 81 80 eTaef'v Among tle
dea8 r-as E3rafi 81 .sen. a felirftF -
The Nea York Mrring Chrm6eie.
What ~as 81 then fhsf brought tts
F 'oors' iny
~ don't fsov-. replied tl,e e11tor ir
hueaa7 voice 1and fhe stu~v err 5u.f
asftfs u ruus sraetiy two cei1fsns f"
--New Tofk Tr 1.ne