The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-12-30

and driving brakes aud started the
sand running. and Billy did the same
with his engine.
Setting up all those powerful brakes
at oncc on the forward end just acted
like "a humping post. The slack
came mp against the engines with q
bang. and shifted the steel rails ahead
so that they jammed every brake ON
the steel ears. and put them In such u
state that they could not be used.
There we were, flying down a hundred
foot grade-two engin es and twenty
two heavy loaded cars-and only six
brakes on the train.
kid Vallejo and his partner doubled
on the brakes on the tie cars, aud the
first thing they did was to Freak two
| chains. That left us only four brakes
mot enough to stop US.
1--WE shot by Banning's station ut the
rate of sixty miles an hour, the tire
flying from the driving wheels and the
tender brakes just burning up. The
driving boxes were hot, and That stuck
the wedges so that the engine rode
like an old cart going over cobble'
stones.
1T shook the oil cans off the shelf 10
the deck and Jared out the cab lights
The coal was all shaken forward from
the tender; it was pouring out OF the
gangway, and was u foot deep on tho
deck.
Looking back, we could see the
ties working off the fiat cars sidewise;
they struck the ground endwise every
other minute, and went of in the air
like a skv rocket. and then of down
into the canyon.
THE engines were heating all over.
and the Rabbit metal was lving from
the back ends of the main rods. ! was
afraid my engine would tear herself To
pieces. everything was shrieking and
grooming so.
1--WE went past Cabazon station al
the rate Of sevcnty-five miles an hour
The grade from Cabazon for six OF
seven miles is easier. and then there
: comes "A short curve. close in by tn,
, side Of the mountain: it is way up CT
. one - and way down on the other.
l billy and his fireman were down Of
2 the tender steps, holding on for deal
: life. waiting for the crash on tn
"
. curve. knew the chances were
: mighty slim for those " ten-wheeler
to 70 around that curve. The spec
began TO reduce some. but we wer
still flying.
y my fireman crawled over TO me an
yelled: Lets wet the rail; it's cur onl
chance for that curve.
q IL nodded to him. and we startc
u bo.h in~icctors. Each had attached I
q it an inch pipe with hose and nozzl
for cooling off the crank pins W
le leaned out Of the cab II sent tn
IS water pouring right down verthe fror
n drive wheels. That stream was rs b'
IS as your thumb, and went with I'll
n force of n stream from "A fire engine.
ne THE speed must have slackencd co.
siderably before we struck the curry
IN but it seemed to me that we were 8
e. ing faster than ever. fou cc.'dnt 81
IN across the cab on account OF in, du
~ and smoke from the hot jour- rs
n, my fireman yelled: Good oy, JAG
e. but he kept the water flying. ! sh'
lg my teeth and held my breath, and sa
to myself: This is my last run; i
rs .Good-by, John" right here
ix "Vhen old lie reached the curve
IN thought for a second she would ca
rs size. Then l thought she was of. u
Vs. we kept tho water %a-pouring. Tn
RS came a jerk and a crash. and the Il
IN ears left the rails, and those brid
timbcrs went sailing out into the q
IN and over the bank.
80 THE Hat cars began playing lea
a frog over each other, and those ste
lie. rails Just sheetcd over and throuI
OIL those cars and ties. making mate
all wood of everything.
IKE But the two engines were on
rail. ard we stopped them after RI
'nt ming two miles. They were all blu
and cut up. but they would move. a
after putting out some torpedoes a
red lights we backed up to the wre'
an I'VE all thought that the water v
ma the only thing that saved our cngir
ms on that curve.
ect Jimmy. my fireman went runn'
around calling out: U Kid. y
led