The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-19
YARNS OF THE ENGINEERS.
AMAZING COLLISIONS AND JUMPS AND
LONG-DIsTANCE SLIDES

How sherry Allen Cane Down Nvray NM
Jnos Dollars Rare Luck with Ola Go
Likewise tho Thriiiisg Experiences OF
jim howers and Ola Hill Adams.
Some timo ayo there was little story going
tho rounds o; daring rescue OF II child by y
locomotive engineer. Tho child was said to
10 playing on tho track, aud did not hear a
passenger train laundering down upon 1t. The
engineer saw tho child. but 1t was too late to
stop tho train. Quickly reversing his engine
ami giving her air." the engineer sid
through his cab window. along tho running
board, and down on to tho pilot. As the en-
Rino approached the child the engineer leaped
to tho ground. ran swiftly ahead and snatched
the child from the track, by mis- duickness and
ccolness avertinG fright'ul accident.
To men who do not know railroad engineers
that story was q surprise and they MI de-
nounced It as n fake" Ono imaginative gen.
tleman wrote 10 THE Sus about 1t. He said
that he. too was an engineer and that he np-
prcclntei tho COOL judgment and the keen
eye for news which THE SuS showed in print
Ing the story. lie believed that 1t was true
He based his belief on nn experience which no
had had while pulling u fast mail train over
the Rocky Mountain division Of the Union Pa
oiic. He was coming down through n canon
with q heavy IRAN behind him. II had been
raining heavily for long time. md the ground
was soft ind sticky. The track was wet and
slippery. and the heavy train was running Mt n
fearful specd. His engine was doing
her test to hold EN- back" but in spite
Of his efforts he began to fear that
the ,rnin WAS going to get away from him.
Just as no was wondering what lie could do TO
check the tremendous speed OF tho train lie
shot round q curve and there on the track not
. hundred yards ahead OF him was n little girl
esloep. To stop by ordinary methods was nh
solutely impossible. To go on was certain
death to the child. In the fraction o; e secoud
he had formed his rian.
As he says it. shout d to Jim, tho FIRE.
man. to choke hor.' and give her the grit
and then slid out or tho lunnin. board and
'down. on her nose anil jun oil OF. A she
came by l grabbed hold OF u spoke In the
driver aud socke'l ms heel In the null. and. il
Broke my right nrm IN TWO places, though. and
Knocked ssery blamed car In .hr gam clean III
As usually told. this story ends with the
des;h q most o. the iassons-rs and the rescue
s exrerience OF the iiiH trious shorty" Alien
throws II into the shn lie, shorty RULED
ns Akr Hs wns s hs r.
an engineer. tut he la neither fear nor Judg-
ment tie geMe OF the i;ead,nS' a the time
vent out in tho sp,ine Of 1883. shorty :.Inmrei
nonshalance ihan all tbs other engineers on
the line. aud od Archie III. muster IN chnnic
q .son the !, M y, shops was always growing
,0S T. the y sSor2 sTHe the 1iy1
,:-r OH at the top Of The hi and Side down"
II he happened to have "risls to meet annn
D incipe that IT was the other nian's business
TO be on tho siding 20 that he could skate
ether man did not happen to I've ON the siding.
o.s Sesnd Ill., 49wG o %s"y S n ya meet
train ut the sid nT, but he figured that the
ss BE- S b anf and
fellow Vas ,ob t9s sdng nna that the 1n
meet dh sS, wa on tn" nan track Both ex-
.i Down I'm, ths nm ssmo shorty a as II he w;rs
% sH m %ss 0% Sse s s srsaI xss
but nnH he can %ss g assaf' and say
She was turning em," that day. The pas.
sencer engineer heard him coming and saw III
I Ro;o d oGa: ana he's ing cloaa through to
, hewss running up the track before he fin.
y He rs m% .sI hs swsh ,us
dow. Whom he saw Yhere he was Ne lst 70
minute % tip her over" and cut s.s sr back"
looked up Just in time to see old lsI smash Into
the freight engine on the siding which hai been
row was over and the splinter. had quit nying
what WAS left IT Isl was lying in bundle
SWITCH sne he rom ensns
and four cars. Hall OF her cab. u lever or two:
s snd eS %ss left q rSs p. ns
OF tho cab lay on Its side with the window
shortys firaman landed about thirty feet
ture but Shorty was net ,, to be seen: Ihe , men
they had tesn at i! about, iiit.ep minutes
e. orty hove In eight from behind the section
Tsso was re s il he A SfsR
q Shorty; He stumbled over e where ne! .hey
oncs '' wheGe You 1 eome ron u0AeA
.d p0 snss hoo VIII 9ha ne s an
came on, and; ~ gosh! want . drink"
pullea out Of 6maha Z the rst last train that
s"s sssH ' the VII" AK Rsfns s
r.marEabls sonidence In himself and In nj
30 It happened that one day DoIan found him.
eslf Q! derei ont on the pay car. A. he sn.i 1t.
wagon. got forty niles, AMI as much moro
A. could mako with sa'oty. l cut or wny
back and pulled her tail lean ont. and tell
!on. peieibor. she was tu.npp,', EN- when No
that when you come out o: the woods down ~
lspio there's bruising hi TO climb and
sharp curve when YOU slriko the Lowell.
Ovor against tie hill Is n big clay bank.
Juslyn was the pay Loss then. and he WAS u
Kind OF u particular cuss about getting along,
50 made up my mini t, show him what 50
could do, When we pulled up ut Gimpre
jumped down to drop a little fnt on hrr. Joslyn
.n 20 =" nena ontsd her M ns soon
sus got, EN- to turning. Then gave her tho
gilt AMI opened her ur. ana we got out OF Gill
more u. II Wore going somewhcre. when wo
struck Papio hill We were dong scveEty-iIye
the curve on the leye! a rail turned on us. and
d-nel II wo warn't AGAINST that cay ank
IN q second. 1t wnsnt any use To goose her.
bur shut or OF and got ready to Jump. just
then we got to the end Of tho clay bank.
where the truck comes N again, When Old
% hit that rail abe sort OF give lumr. md ri
bs Did u the old grease wagon and the nay
car didn't slide q .unro back OIL the track
again. pulled her out again and don't be-
Hove we lost a minute; and Joslyn never knew
he hnd been u hundred yards on clay
DolHn told that story on the stopS OF the old