Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-08
ONLY FIVE MINUTES.
Yet Drummer Had q Very Exciting Ers
perience in the Time.

Yet Drummer Had q Very Exciting Exs
perience In the Time.
From the Cincinnati Tribune
The most exciting experience Of my life oc-
Cured year ago." said Jim Burns. In sadresss
ing party Of drummeiG AZ had been in ruilS
road wrecks and a steamboat EXPLOSION. buS
they were tame affairs a. compared NH -hS
one am about to relate.
Il was on one Of my usual trips and early ono
morning boarded the train at n 10 90 20 =
point some twenty miles distant / entered Ina
smoker and had probably ridden ten miles
when finished my cigar and started to 60 back
TO the next coach. As stepped on the plat
form between the cars i noticed that the air
brakes were being applied, and knowing thas
there was no station at that point / stepped
down on 10 the lower step 10 take look ahead.
Before had time TO see anything the train
came to a dead stand, and the stop was so sud-
den and violent that was thrown clear Of die
car and instantly found myself falling through
space with frightful rapidity.
The car from which / was thrown had
stopped on a trestle about twenty-five feet high
and which passed over a wagon road Forru-
nately for me q covered market wagon was pass
Ing under the bridge at the time. and 1 struck
the top Of the vehicle feet foremost and werS
through the top like shot. landed with ons
foot in basket of eggs and the other In a crock
OF butter, and then pitched forward on to the
seat with the driver. Nv entrance into tina
wagon occasioned considerable racket, and in
less than half second after lsnded was par.
ticipsting IN q runaway that fairly took nv
breath away. The horses tore down the read
at the top OF their speed, and the driver who
was a big. muscular fellow, evidently had no
control over them. While tugging ana sawinR
on the lines the driver turned TO me and said.
"'You id fool, just wait till 1 git thesa
horses stopped and I'll fix YOU
I'VE had proceeded 200 or 800 yards in our
mad career when we entered q small village 4
farmers wagon, with two horses attached.
stood in front OF q blacksmith shop We
smashed into the farm wagon, the front wheel
OF the market wagon on my side interlocking
with the outside front wheel Of the other ve-
hicle. The shock pitched me out and landed
IN the hind end Of the farm wagon. The farm
team, not being tied and the driver being abb
sent, became frightened, sprang forward and
tore the wheel of the market wagon The mar
ket mans team continued down the road, re-
ducing the vehicle TO kindling wood, and as the
outfit disappeared in cloud of dust the at<
mosphere was filed with butter, eggs vege-
tables and big, round oaths. I found that
had only jumped out OF the frying pan into the
fre. wss the central figure in another rum
away. The farmers team was tearing up the
road at breakneck pace in the direction from
which had started. The lines were wrapped
around the lock lever and I unwound them and
tried to stop the horses, but nv efforts were
useless. In q moment we had reached tho
trestle from which / had been thrown, and Z
noticed that the train was on the point Of mov~
ing of. With a mighty effort i pulled the.
horses heads into q bank, sprang from the
wagon. rushed up the bank and caught the
rear car as the train was moving away.
The train had been stopped by a slight che
struction on the track, which only required Q.
few minutes for removal. had been thrown
from q bridge, participated in two exciting
runaways, and was back inside the train, al in<
side Of Eve minutes"