Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-02-04
AN AWFUL EXPERIENCE,
4 Crazed Engineer on n Locomotive
Pursues an Express Train,

Southern Hotel, al am reminded of tho
awful experience l went through once on
u southern road. l had taken a Pullman
from Montgomery, Ala, for Meridian,
Miss, about 80 miles away. The train
left Meridian late at night or rather very
early in the morning, and | was dead
tired when | boarded it and at once
turned in. 1t must have been about
o'clock in the morning when l awoke
suddenly. 1t seemed to me as if there
had been some terrific shock which had
caused my sudden arousal, but looking
out of the window the landscape few
past as usual and the train was evidently
bowling along at its regular 30 miles an
hour. l was about to lay my head on
the pillow again, when there came
second violent shock almost throwing me
out on the floor. | got out of my berth
instanter, and the first thing | saw was
the Pullman conductor and porter crouch
ing down in the rear part of the car
looking back over the track. followed
the direction of their gaze, or rather saw
what they were looking at almost as soon
as | did them. About 80 feet away in
the gray of the morning, loomed up
big engine that seemed to my excited
,aa @ n;.'; a'n W oe Vi hons'ious siAe'
Jos,S ~ Sns on 10 q. eseiy pun Huu-
forn @ ~ pIS puI II - DasS =. apeou "na pe.
of tho ono;na sts,,ol ~, IAN: :.i ,n1 y. I'm
w. s, T ~ Ioh Hut 11. Cur WIN 'i1 1n IRE
tLo aLaa,l"s D Wv o1Ic s'n hen
sou,p ~ d;stan oa Ie up ""'' iuur paoh W
Il ,,,oo,,9n S,.a1 a., na. uoos
norter Thau ~ wnro .n b+ound uo ,oor,'' a1., ~
dootL ond ~ Iattar 80 'o S ~
n rh;ta ,,an .La', 10 'an.o hoaIi ha poi.s
liz i;so ''' W. ,W no o.oi n"u peaore a,, III
tha nand,o.,,. Gun y"u 9oo: :,, was
o;no - IT, aso.; spg' 81 - 80 a silu en.
fo.,'.I .i1io.o, @ III. ~ ~" io oa'ho oilnlpine
rota;a M ~ foa.;n NV III III oo"u, e.snins 70
~mons.or rooi 81 .l'n oase, &C. us u, .no IHoi
storr H. s.ooa W. %nu ~ ~, '.No e a. snlp III
aotahan s4 ~ 1.ooo m In '1p VI .ne COW,
u,ataLi Jos: 81 poo" Sne no"u'ish' anu
IT, c"oa .s WV" D. asLn9ii sIli1n y 1'oo
oond'o.on oIouy oAoin,niou 1:na9 .iie
81 u.I.o'. .I ! onoo'y iau oeeii uischurseo
I'm I'm Ino L'e Empty ol 'he company lew
ya ootoio ioi III u'u'inAehhess "hi'e OH
~ "nI no Sas su'u u ha'o spne oh
P.oic"se" ePiee' ie "a'cheo US
"i'h h'e e''lie'er eyes lroh the Iroh1 OIL
us us 1ns iho' h's iaoe never moving mus,
o,e, ou' so' Ml.n suiieh' ue'erlliheo
punpo'o' "ua e'iuun''y 'lie oe'erhii,
hr iia.ioa u insanity men nc walked
oaon W Ms I''p. by ihis 'ihe inc tram
conuuIior' the orakelnen ana the porter
were al PACK IN the Fullman' ana they
.v1r'1oa W., .ne ,sn situation l ut glahce.
w q We 0OI 10 keen unpau OF him, that
al, sulu the 'ralh conductor ana ne at
ohce ran forward 10 the engine soon
'iioio was Jerh' ana we III
creased our speed ten miles an
hour IN rev minutes IL was
none 700 81 sooh' lor as we ald
80 tne Puns Oh smoke from the
snioAo siaoA ., peiiihu us oaiile iaster; ana
asaih tne olg engine came at US IKE
pattering ram Inc maniac miscalcu,
ia'eu tnls 'ine' however uho ne co1lu
io' 4u,'o 'ouoi, us' ou. ms iron s'eei
snoi'eu alohs ~ leet oehlnd, unable 10
oonle .i ned:oi ~: IN Sni,o .he ehsitoor wa'cleu
10 "i'n t iiis ouil eyes rom tho cap WIN,
uo"' Tooh ms heau oisaPPe"reu, anu
aoo,e 'he ra.'ie anu roar OIL inc tram we
oouiu hear nun 'iciously tr, snoveiihS coai
PoI,eP.ip'e. ne icoheo at US again'
Pui'ou .no ,nro''le wloe OPEN ana aga,h
MS ehgihe puhpeu US, 'hougn not nearly
so nara US oeiore' Inc conductor hao
Ieturheu' anu US !ne engine hit US ne
orew .1 Iev9lver. ne saio hoth'hg' o9'
Puileu ine uoor slSh,iy "Jar anu waited.
soon tne heau Oh rhe mahiac' win its
long mar ana suiien race appeared at tne
cup WINDOW ne conductor raised ms
gun TOOK good am Ia ana nreu' Inc heaa
was withura"h. Inc speed OF the
locomotive 9ehihd US continued
unchahged' Il don't know whether l
MT MN or not poys' put 1
nope So saiu tne conuuotor'
III our lives against MS we've got on
all the steam we can carry ana our coal
nearly out Whlie ms was gong on
W, we hao shot througn Marion anu ork
nke cannon pali' catching out
Sumpse OF one or TWO scared races OF
carr rlsers on the platforms as we new
past. we were nearing Meriuan' ana IL
we did mot SLACK up IN an hours time
there would be COLLISION, fortunately
there was a cicar track 10 Meriuah as our
tralh was the tast express. for hiteen
minutes we STOOD there strainlhg our
eyes IN the growing hGat 10 eaten
glimpse OF some sign Oh ire on the en-