Telegram-herald., 1890-07-29
STRANGE PREsENTIMEyT
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vented by Dying Man.
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rosanda - inc L&cleoe The other niaht
exchanging "reminiscences, says ths s.
I.oais Globe Democrat The converse
tioa gradually drifted into stories nav
ing : supernatural tinge. aud among
these was the following related by
well-kuoKn conductor:
.Some years age he said, "in the
town Of Garrett. IN Northern Indiana.
the hea6q quarters Of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroads Chicago division. there
Law sick al engineer named Boardmaa.
He was wildly delirious and his rawlings
took a serious aspect az times One
evening he was told that Engineer
Moses had been called 70 take out his
engine. No. T12, on an extra run. fol-
loving No. S. Engine Tl2 was the pride
OF the road and of It's engineer. then SO
seriously sick. IL had not been sent out
before, the foreman of the roundhouse
wishing 10 crafty the wishes OF the
engineer, but on this occasion IL was
necessary, as special train containing
an opera company had TO make Wash
ington in twenty hours. a run Of s53
miles from Chicago, and no other engine
on the Chicago division was equal 10 the
speed demanded by the company.
'Boardman, lying in his bed, was sud
denly gifted with supernatural power.
and in his rawlings would say:
"'Hicksvillel Hal How she spins!
Runs up the ST. Joe grade like the
wind Twenty-Five miles; one stop for
water, one stop for railroad crossing and
thirty minutes gone"
Then he would be quiet as the grave
for moment.
"'Holgatel Listen at her spin.
She's got the crossing. There she goes.
Defiance to Holgate was like step to
her.
His watchers looked at one another.
Could he have the power OF second
sight to watch the movements of the
train? One OF the boys was sent TO the
dispatcher's Office, but a few blocks
away. Before he returned Boardman
had called out a water station, and said:
-Four minutes lost. Why couldn't
she do without wauer? All, ha! Watch
her pound sand now. Isn't she a
beauty?'
The man had returned from the tel
egraph office and, in whisper, told the
other watchers that he had followed the
train correctly. A feeling Of awe came
over the boys. The sick engineer was
in a seeming trance. His breath came
slower and more laborious. The boys
crowded nearer and were about 10 raise
him in the bed, so that he could catch
his breath easier, and the family were
called, when he sat erect, looked wildly
about him, and cried:
"'Tinini Red light Stop for ordersl Ny
Godi IIIere he held up his hand as il reading
an ordcr.l Train No second five, engine Nc.
ZIP. Prepare to meet thy God.
40. X CocKRELL.'
"Then he sank back in the bed, dead.
The Mortified boys stood amazed and
speechless. 1t was presentiment. One
rushed forth to the dispatchcr's Office
and cried to the east-end man:
For Gods sake, Dixey, stop second
five at Republic
'Quick over the wires the call went,
and was answered. and then this mes
sage: Stop second five.' There was a
wait of breathless anxiety when the
news came back: Second five is
stopped. Conductor wants to know
what for By this time the story was
known in the dispatcher's Office, and the
answer was sent to Republic: Had a
terrible presentiment. Tell conductor
TO proceed cautiously to Chicago juno
ton
Hardly had the answer gone when
Attica called up and said:
Stop second five at Republic. First
FIVE ditched mile west Of here; engine
and three cars of. Cow on track. En-
gineer killed by Jumping
''And the man who had saved prob
ably five score of lives lay a corpse at
his home, with his sorrowing family
surrounding him. The opera company
made up a purse, which, together with
the life insurance he had carried, made
the engineers family independent for
the rest Of their lives"