The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-17
BUCkED THE DRIFT
BILLY-GOAT PLAYED BY A FRISCO
ENGINE RESULTS IN DISASTER
It Tackled Snow bank With Great
Force and Was Ksocked Out in
the First Round-COnductora and
Brakemen Flying III the Air
Like Flakes of Snow.

Shuka. shuka, shuka; and still the trai
| dashed on.
1t was On the Frisco road. at Andove
yesterday shortly before dark, and tn
train in question was light freight.
i TIE road had just been opened TO Wich
ita, or, at least. supposed 60 be, and th
engineer came along happily.
He whistled lively tune, such as al
| honest knight of labor whistles Will,
making IS or 50 day. and as he whistlec
| the engine kept on humming shuka
shuka, shuka.
The fireman had swung two big shovels
full Of coal Into the big fireplace, aud with
| new vigor the engiue continued to hun
shuka. shuka, shuka.
Gee whiz? said the engineer to the
fireman, ''wbat is that"
Ii was a big bank of snow standing
square-toed in the middle of the track.
The engineer and fireman looked at each
other, then looked at the bank of snow
then looked at each other again aud then
said something thai snow wouldn't last
very long in.
"What's to be done Jim," said the engi
neer to the fireman.
YOU'RE the doctor Jack" said the fire.
man.
IF am the DOCTOR" said the engineer,
"Fu prescribe a little exercise FOR you;
take your shovel aud dig tunnel in that
snow bank to let old '76' through"
1.-The receivers don't pay me for
shoveling snow," replied the fireman.
L-1l H..
engine undaunted went on humming
shuka, shuka, shuka. With one toward
stroke he brought it to a standstill and the
big iron steed shivered and stood still.
A consultation was then held. The en-
gineer got down from his cab and sat on
the end OF tie, which fact signified that
he was chairman. The conductor made
the opening speech and advocated turning
out all the tramps in the box cars to shovel
the snow away. The hind brakeman
seconded the motion, but the front brake
man objected on the grounds that he didn't
want 10 stay out Ia Tue cold for II
week. Things looked serious aud the
more the crowd looked at the bank Of
snow the bigger it seemed to get.
The fireman remained silent but he was
thinking nevertheless. Finally he re-
marked: ''LeL's play billy goat with it,"
Eyes, let's buck it out of our way" was
the unanimous verdict.
The conductor aud the two brakemen
climbed to the top Of box Car so as to
have good view of the fun and the en-
gineer remounted his cab. The lever was
pulled back and the train backed up a
L.
Kusheek, kushook, kuseek. kushook,
went the train backwards 100 yards to the
inch, when it came to "a standstiii.
jim, the foreman, put III two great big
shoveisful of coal, the engineer looked
back and with wild yell ths conductor
said CO.
Shuka, shuka, shuka, went old "t6'
with grtting teeth and distended nos
trls. len yards. twenty yards, fifty yards,
ninetS yards and still she flew with double
quick time hummiDg shuka, shuka,
sbuks.
A little boy driving cow in neighbor-
ing pasture was the only witness besides
the train crew.
He saw conductor and two brakemen
ascending like rockets till they were about
where he sees the moon at midnight,
there they halted and descended like
They fell head foremost
in the snowbank with their legs sticking
up like weeds.
A great noise was heard; the COW bel
lowed, and the little boy ran to the scene,
where he found the engine bent back onto
the tender aud the engineer and fireman
through the windows OF the cab.
The iron horse had played the billy goat,
but the snowb bank was too much for 1t.
The would-be bucker met with resistance
hat it had not figured en- When it struck
The snowb it reared ON its hind wheels,
,at down on its launches like rabbit,
With the cow-catcher where the smoke
stack ought to be. The fireman took his
shovel and dug the conductor and his two
orakemen out of the snow, and they are
expected in Wichita some time today. As
i consequen of the fun, the regular Fris-
20 passenger WAS three hours late last
hight The freight engine is a total
wreck,