Telegram-herald., 1890-09-10
AGAIN At WORK.
knoshsr Attempt 70 Wrsek :
New Yerk Central Train.
A Fiaxnasn Mo Removed az Oe-
sEruetion fired OPoH-Ine Vii
lsins Mae Their Escape.

PorsHxxxPslx. y y. Sept s-Ths
trsia-w reeksrs mA&s another desperate
attempt Mon1ay uikhL oaiY BY mere
chaace sss tae 81 Lolis a chicago fast
sxursss traia prevented from being
barlsd oa the track and Gowa tie bznk
Ths Irala left Ne~ lcrS ~ p u lt
IS the Limited. and made up
Of three sleeping coaches Il reached
here half an boar behind tine.
Promptly On Us srriyAl Con-
ductor BANKER repoytsd 20 the railroad
aushovitiss that TIE lstensss vas due %
an attempt made 10 wreck the train a.
= point on tae read kn0Nn IS Old Troy,
which is about 50J Yards south Of the
New Hamburg draw bridge. BE said
that tie engineer stopped the train
there IA response 70 danger
signal which was being set just as
he came In sight OF the tower The
conductor went forward and found the
fagmAn in an excited condition. lie y as
gesticulating and talking wildly.
About eight minutes before, the hag-
man said, be noticed some object on the
track Al the culyert near Old Troy. lie
hurried 20 the spot and found several
ties standing on end in the culvertsn
wedged IN so that they formed solid
barrier. Their ends reached up above
the rails just far enough SO that when
a train struck the barrier IL would
OF certainly be derailed and tipped
over. He tried TO pull them out
and was straining with all his might
and main when three shots were fred
AZ him from the bushes on the east side.
The bullets whizzed harmlessly by and
the hagman ran. lie ran fast, too, net
only 20 save his own life, but because
he remem bered that the Chicago limited
was due in two or three minutes and
the lives of hundreds we're at stake.
Almost exhausted he reached the post
and set the danger signal AS It's red
eve rose in the air the faint hum of the
Jared rails reached his ears, and ne
saw the light from the locomotive creep
along the track and burst into full
glare. Then it stopped. and the train
was saved. The trainmen went for
ward TO the culvert and found the OBJ
struction just as the fagman had de-
scribed it. 1t required considers BILE
work 70 remove it; nearly half an hour,
in fact OF course nsthing was seen Of
the miscre2nts who fired the shots and
planned the disaster.
The news Of the narrow escape had
m eanwhile reached the passengers, and
there was wild excitement aboard the
train. Women wept to think what
might have happened, and there was an
hysterical air predominant for an hour.
The train was composed of eight sleep
ers, with every berth taken, about
thirty persons TO car; two ordinary
passenger coaches, which were well
filled, and a baggage car. The
news Of the attempt WAS Immediately
given TO the police Chief of Police
Byrnes, of this city, when informed OF
the matter. issued orders TO his force to
watch suspicious characters closely.
Conductor Banker says that there were
eight ties in the culvert on the up main
track and that two ties were placed be-
side the rail toward the south SO as 10
ditch the train.
SAVED A HEAvILY-LADES TRAIN.
LYNN. Mass, Sept "a young man
walAing on the Boston 81 Maine track
Monday night stumbled over a rail
that had been placed across the track.
He could not remove the rail. so be
took switch-ligkt from its socket and
succeeded in stopping heavily-laden
Lawrence train within forty feet of the
ohxt-uctfon