The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-12
SAVED BY AN OILED TRACK.
q Nerve Shocking Experience of
Number OF Railroad Men.
From the st: Louis Globe Democrat.

a NERVE shocking Experience Of a
Number OF Railroad Men.
From the st: Louis Globe Democrat.
'lalk about fast time" said a railroad
man on the Missouri Pacific train the other
uay 10 lis companion. ''but l have never
neaIG OF trip that would beat one I made
- oi3; some years ago nor of any half so ex-
gu. l formerly lived at Garrett. l d
s sse terminus OF the central division of the
r UuiYc4go division of the Baltimore and Obi n
, ra,. had little to do, and made the
, ,Snty5 yards my loafiing headquarters At
ruat ume The 'Billy-O' had an arranpement
WV VsI the Wabash to transfer ali New
n LUX freight at Auburn junction
T TiIe miles distant to the east of us
ai .S was done by the old switch en-
n 7,as,, Tue o42, which made two trips to the
s sf1oHgh daily. Well, one dav | climbed
fnrl oox car when the engine left with
Tbo W." cars OF merchandise to transfer
fon. "ere SIX of US in the parry
rvs.sl "I ,us-ihen, another fellow and
ms3 s' = we had jolly time going down.
.igbt, . 4I transfer aud were to come back
We 5o tla1 Is, with nothing but the engine.
sigma N- all crowded on the tender. the
e6rnaon was gwen, and Gent Porter. the
mlai threw himself forward
enigma i q. me throttle valve, and the
a csfern tIeape "a forward as if shot from
at the tir'o dld net think much of this
w aqtiYu The engine to suit his fsncv w W.
fro ,-s earring over the railroad crossincr "a
tendor .u manner that was frightfnI Tba
mns l'i ~ rocked as if on hinges. Sometime
pIscn Do wrong, We thought. as Gent waS
over tSo o o lives in jeopardy. CLIMBING
and CO.. ooai we found the cab full of stea m
Side NJ ' ~ ana the fireman hanging at the
Gods SAX, 9g0ys, said they, Jump. for
clear on+ me throttle valve is pnlled
40 nm, anu Vhe engine is running wild,
As ono ~ would have been instant deatb
rranb ~ vi Uhe toys said afterward the 81
IbeF vop n4ies locked like a fine tooth connb
covare5 iG foreman claimed that n r,iIa ,,,o -.
womb a. Uhlrty-eight seconds. and not 60
sight G0u,t his word. st. Joe was ;,1
thee MIL II qua the track be clears OniH
tracks $50; 70 Jarrett, with its network of
gauge ro ~tech9s aud spurs. The steam
were no b eISoered ninety pounds. There
five OF sir I re- oL The engine dying ont in
the forena+r1l ' d1l' With presence of mind
"'Engina1 u I Oft a few words:
0'ear track Ae4egraph Garrett to
and the o ne dTGpPed as we passed St. Joo
situation Sent a'Gt' clear to comprehend the
east end, wjtbo az 70 the dispatchers on the
with G jts There was CARAT rS we - learned
there wa ral, Schmneys belching forth slgnt
aud en %gre The yards filed witb Sra "a smoke
men 6n,r As we got closer we co,,Id cars ad
other yar war; yIng hither and tbitbsr uiu T zee
west end d'o Of engine was rushing maSIv 70 me
clear. W. 'ne yard; The main track = w Sas
pursued vict;,lp passed the depot like "a y
US in omn Pale faces watched
passed the p poi,. mad flight. We We
anne runnipe w. DAD DAD shops, and hundreds
motion. Tue s ~ see the cause of the com9
t6 9a Was Was ringing IiS, was in culver the
IL engine, The ssc IDLY with each sway Of
p'ated' aad FIRE S," slas steam whistled as