The morning news., 1893-12-03

Ile DlE tunnelS up tnere win nedVy
train and Jim worked like pole horse to
keep up a full heada of steam. After
they cleared the tunnels Sim nursed hs
fire nicely so as to get little rest down
to the grades near Severn.
He had finished trimming up the Goals
and was trying to creep up into the little
resting nook opposite the engineer, when
he lost consciousness. Jim told me after
ward that he imagined he was home i'll
his little sitting room and was about go
ing upstairs togo to bed. AT the time he was
imagining himself opening his bed room
door and was stepping therein, he stepped
off the side of the engine, which was run
ming fully forty miles an hour, and had
reached about the worst spot on the
Pennsylvania road-the high bridge over
the Gwynnes Falls, near the stock yards
At that time the gully sides were covered
with trees, and down Jim went, crashing
through these like so much paper to the
bottom, a distance of fully hundred feet
or more. He was picked up unconscious
ana with hardly a stitch of clothing on
his back, but not bone broken He re-
gained consciousness in the hospital
opened his eyes, heaved a deep sigh
turned over on his side and slept ten
hours straight. He missed two runs, aud
then took his old place, none the worse
for his experience"
"Well. that was lucky escape Of Jim s,
sure enough spoke up an intelligent
looking engineer, WHO had lust come in
off of his run from Philadelphia but
Jerry O'NeilE, the-traTcliug engineer told
me of an experience he had last Septcm-
ber while on his way east from Chicago
that will make You fold. your, breath. aud
make you all more positive in your belief
in luck ..s 90.
Jerry said lie was coming to Baltimore
on train No. 8, the daily worlds fair flyer
between Chicago and Pittsburs. on the
Pittsburg and Western road. The train
consisted of a baggage car, five Pullman
sleepers and dining car, and was
crowded with passengers Numerous lit
tie delays threw the train behind time
and when the incident happened that !
am about to tell of the engine throttle
was wide open and the train was running
at fully fifty miles an hour Charley
Parks, Jerry told me, was handling the
engine, and from that 1 know he wasn't
guessing at the speed. The engine had
lust crossed the Pine creek bridge when
Charley, Jerry and the fireman were
almost thrown from their seats by vio-
lent jolt To say that the trio was
startled is putting it mildly.
"Glancing back toward the train they
discerned the cause Of the Jolt The ten
der and three cars had jumped the track
on the curve and were bounding about
between the engine and the rear cars in a
frightful manner. Charley at once threw
back the lever, but the speed of the heavy
train was so great that a sudden halt was
impossible. This state Of things continued
for about fifty yards when with "a lurch
that stopped the breath of the three
badly frightened men in the engine the
cars plunged on to the track again,
making the trucks tremble and creak as
they struck the rails. The danger was
over. but no one except the men in the en-
gine knew or ever will know what a ter
rible catastrophe was averted
Jerry SAID he went back TO examine
the rails and roadbed after the train was
finally stopped. He found that the ten
der and cars had left the rails Just at the
end of the bridge, and striking the ties
had bounded along for a distance of ten
yards, where two deep trenches in an
other tie showed where they had alighted
Some ten yards further on there is mill
railroad crossing. The wheels Of the ten
der had struck the cross rails and had
actually split two of them into pieces.
They then bounded into the air and the
inside wheels landed more than foot
outside of the main track, where they
ground through the ends of the ties re
ducing them 70 kindlnR wood At Il
second crossing a short distance beyond
the wheels struck the guard plank and
made the wonderful leap that landed
them again on the rails.