Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-05
AN ENGINEERS pREsENrNrNr.
How a Terrible Wreck Was Prevented
by a Dying Man.

From The ST. Louis Giobe Democrat
number OF railroad men sat in the ro,pnA.
of the Laciede the other night exchanging REM
iniscences The conversation gradually drif,ed
into stories having a supernatural tinge. and
among these Was the following related by a
well-known conductor: Some years ago" he
said I'm the town of Garrett. In northern In
diana the headquarters OF the Baltimore aud
Ohio railroads Chicago division. there lay
sick an engineer named Boaraman. lie was
wildly delirious and his rawlings took a serious
aspect at times. One evening he was told that
Engineer Moses had been called 60 take out
has engine, No 7I2. on an extra run. following
No. D. Engine 7l2 was the pride OF the road
and OF ats engineer, then so seriously sick IL
had not been sent out before. the foreman of
the round house wishing togratlfy the wishes
OF It's engineer. but tins occasion il was
necessary, as a special train containing an
! opera company had 70 make Washington IN
| twenty hours run Of s5S miles from chicago
and no other engine on the Chicago DIVISION
was equal to the speed demanded BY the COM
pany.
.'Boardmsn. living in his bed. was suddenly
gifted with supernatural power, and IN his
! rawlings would say;
- 'Hlcksville. Ha, How she spins! Runs up
the St Joe grade like the wind, TSeBty-two
miles; one stop for water. one stop for railroad
crossing and thirty minutes gone"
Then he would be quiet as the grave FOR q
moment
"'Hoigate! Listen at her spin! She's got The
crossing There she goes. Defiance 20 Hol-
gate was like a step 20 her
| HIS watchers looked at one another. Could
ne nave the power OF second sight 20 watch the
| movements of the traing One OF the bows was
sent 10 the dispatchers Office. but A few blocks
| away. Before he returned Roardman had
| called out water station and said:
-Four minutes lost Why couldn't she do
without water An, ha! Watch her pound sand
now. Isn't she beauty
The man had returned from the telegraph
once and, IN whisner, told th, otb.r
watchers that he had followed the tram
correctly. feeling of awe came over the
| boys. The sick engineer was IN a ssemtn,
| trance. bis breath came slower ard more
laborious. The bOys crowded nearer and
| were about 10 raise him in the bed. so that no
could catch his breath easier. and the family
were called when he sat erect, looked wildly
about him, and cried:
'Tiffin Red light. Stop for orders, Nv
| God! Here be held up his hand as if reading
| an order Train No. second i've. engine No
7l2 Prepare to meet thy God;
40. X. CocKREII-'
Then he sank back in the bed dead The
| Mortified boys stood amazed and speeches
Ii WAS presentiment One rushed forth TO
the dispatchers Office and cried TO the east
! end man:
For Gods sake, Dizzy, stop second five at
| Republic
Quick over the wires the call went and was
answered, and then this message stop second
| hive. There was a wais of breathless anxiety
when the news came back: second five Is
| stopped Conductor wants to know what tor
| BY this time the story known in the dis
patchers Office and he answer was seut to he
/ public: Had a te' rible presentiment Tell
conductor TO proceed cautiously TO chicago
| Junction
Hardly had the answer gone when Attica
| called up and said
/ :" Stop second five at Republic First i've
| dltched a mile west OF here: engine ana three
cars of. Cow on track. Engineer killed by
jumping
And the man who had saved probably five
| score OF lives lay corpse at his home. with his
sorrowing family surrounding him. The opera
| company made up purse which. together
| with the life insurance ne had carried. made
the engineers family independent for the rest
| OF thor lives"