The Somerset reporter., 1890-12-11

Aysterious Ringing q . DsN Hhet kDo-
vented . Railroad Accident.
A dozea railroad eugineess and con-
ductWs met BY chance the othAr day
md ~ old gray haired veteran Of ~
sab told story. He had been An ensd-
nssr with big reputation - . "rua-
~" in tie days sons by, bat on account
Of failing nerves and eyesight was now
sntsgtne n say berth around ~
AAaps. He sid:
ut was when the old Y. l. and B.
was first opened up" he began II Wa
pullin' passenger, and took the first coach
over the road. I got . good run-all Asy
work-and WAS holdin' her down ~
good thing. Bout = year aftsr we'd ~
to doin' 4 good business had soue e.
ra runnin' and lost my turn for whilS,
and run nights al Of the time. It WAS
my last trip before I'd got back 10 ny
own run, and I was feelin' glad 70 *
on to the day trick again.
"We'd had some mighty bad weather
and lots of water fell. Our track was
in pretty good ahaps, though, and We
didn't much fear washouts, 80 we kept
up with tis5 oaIt p7s..T eel. On II.
night l spoke about vA on No. :. We
had heavy trsin, but the machine l
had was able 70 get there and va
ON time TIL We struck . freight thAk
couldn't take tho siding. They swung
us down, and we side tracked until the
freight got sway. l was pretty warm
over losing the time, and when we lit
out of there pulled her right up to the
notch and she went for all she was
worth.
I'VE wers neking ahoxt forty I've
nllss - houR, - whsa ~ rsacAsd ~
MP 49, q Wiiasat l worked stsan II
tho WY dswn. We wGv bout half
way 70 the srssk wAm ~ bsn rang. l
worked mighty qGck, but It was DIVA
hill and the rails were W. and l dian't
get stopped until tho pilst WIS almost
over the bridgs-er whore the bridge
ought to be-'causs when stopped NJ
headlight was shining over chsan.
The bridge was waahed away. GaAl
You ean ten just boat how felt. Ny
Aroman nearly tainted, md ] wsnt far
behind him. Wen, after We stopped tbs
conductor, q smart chap with fancy
lamp and q rubber collar, came afunnia'
I'D wantin' 10 know why stopped.
"''Cause tho boil rang. What did
you pull the rops forr I says
"'I didn't says he.
"'Well, who didY
"'No ono,' says he, hot like.
"'Well, some ono pulled IT or l
wouldn't stopped. says /.
Tho con looked at ne a minute, and
Just then the brakeman came up.
"'Did you pull the rope, Joer said tho
con-
mo- says Joe.
"Just Of . sudden = thought struck
me, and I told the 'braksy' to AJAX To
porter. Tho coon hadn't pulled ~
bell, and the passengers in bis car were
all asleep until jerked them endways
with tho sir l took tho conductor
around to the front end and showed Nm
the bridge He va scared to death. and
we went back together through ~
train to SEQ whe pulled the bell rope, bus
oN6fy mCbif0f D bOA "a s1S~AA S"SH~
wasn't touched. I began to get scaesd
again and told them about the bridge,
and everybody csane out to look at Il
1--WE couldn't find any one who gave The
signal, and after ws'd tagged back -
the station got 10 thinkin' more ~
moro, and cams to the opinion that tAs
bell was rung by Providence. There
was 100 people on the train. and if that
bell hadn't rung I'd took them al ever
into the Wildcat, and dropped them
about one hundred feet into the water.
There wouldn't be anybody left to tetl
about it, either.
1.-THE superintendent looked into ~
thing After reported, and had me -
jos up on ~ carpet twice, but "
both heard tho boil. snd swere to II
Some chap got out long explanation
that the bell rope was tight stretched,
and we struck low joint coming down
the hill, when ono end Of tho coach
sarsed, and the rops being tight 1t ss.S
the bell, bat l don't believe It, 1t vas
Providence that did 1t. and l know II,
and I've mover 0wore N oath since, ~
naver will. "-Kansas City Star.