Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-10-06
COOL HEAD AND STEADY NERVE.
How an Engineer Boldly Dashed Over q
Cave-in and Saved His Train.


Cave-in and saved His Train.
Had it not been for the cool head
and ready hand of Frederick Titus.
an engineer of Lehigh Valley freight
engine No. $50, says a dispatch irom
Wilkesbarre, Pa, to the New York
Tribune, himself, his crew of six
men, the engine and four freight
cars would now be lying at the bot
tom OF an old minc.hOle. Titus this
morning found himself in a predica.
ment so terrible that, were he to ex-
perience 1t again, he says he Is afraid
his nerve would fail. Titus was nj
the lever Of the big engine as she
ratified down the heavy grade on n
long siding running towards Miners
Mills, u small town near here. He
was pulling four empty freight cars.
aud going at q speed of twenty miles
an hour The track was wet from
an early rain, and the big drive
wheels Of the engine slipped Oh the
rails Titus kept sharp lookout
ahead for danger, and stood ready 10
whistle down brake, at any moment
suddenly he glanced down the track,
his attention was attracted to u dis
turbance in the roadbed. only u few
hundred feet ahead. lie was sur
prised to see large holes appear, and
Us he looked the entire surfa or "A
distance of several feet sank out of
sight, and the edge on each side Of
the hole continued to crumblc. lie
Immediately realized what had hap.
pcned. The place was honey -cOmled
txrs IL -
gangways hundreds Of feet below,
had fallen In, taking down the sur
face with IT. The rails and lies
alone remained straight and SYM
III trical, and the hole was AL the
time growing larger
In less time than IL takes to write
one OF these lines. al, this passed.
tn Ough the. mind Of the keng ineer.
and as 1t did he acted, intuitiycly,
perhaps, for n said afterward he had
no time to think. GraspinV the
throttle. he threw IL open, puttinN
ON q full head of steam, at the same
time opening the sand tube 10 give
the wheels firm hold. The big en-.
gine sprang forward like q Splinter.
and, gaining speed with every inch
OF advan 9, shot u ross the chasrn
swiftly and safely, but none too soon.
for barely had the first car clearer
the edge when the rails ana ties Eel!
with u crash into the big hole. After
the train had been brought TO a
standstill, the crew hurried back to
the scene. The hole by this time
was fully thirty feet across ana tho
bottom could not nc seen. Titus said
he know there was not room on the
down grade to stop the tram before
II re !, he'd the cavc.in and he fel. the
only safety was In Swimming across
1.-THE Lord VIII Provide.
"Any knowledge or exper ence
which stirs our inner nature to its
dc this, which brOadens our outlook
beyond the narrow circles OF cur own
personal interests, or which touches
our hearts to finer issues, makes AS
In every important sense better men
and women; and whatever sanctincs
Us, however II may temporarily sad.
den us, fits US for ascent into lanes
CT higher and ,purer JOY. Events.
experience, circumstance, are all
transitOry; their character abidca
forever And IL IL upon char
acter that all true blessedncss de-
ponds, whether Of men or angels. Ths,
very purpose for which the universe.
exists IL to arouse and enlarge mans
capacity for holiness. that he may
thereby become partaker In ever in
creasinR measure Of the Infinite holl-
ness and blessedness OF God. Every.
thing that Is, everything that ever
happened or ever will happen. wins
f0re0rdained to call forth the capae,.
ties and powers that lie EMBODIED in
mans nature. No conflict with tlirt,--
Guilty or adverse conditions Of exist.
cnce would mean no Joy OF pace.
Our own profound conviction Is that
even those calamitics which most
appall us, II VIC could comprehend in.
It's fuilness their relation to the d.
vine economy OF the universe-thst
10 TO say, II we could trace out ala
their remote cOnseQ uences through
the ages Of eternity-wOuld seem 10,
have been blessings In disguise. Tho
severity OF God j. the perfection 0f
Ills goodness; not the impulse. but.
the wisdom OF Fathers mind.
Let w never doubt that, In His own
good time and Ills own hest Way.
He transmutes everything which We
call evil into some form OF good. All,
present misery Is future happiness in.
The making, aud we may rest assn! ed
that Gods delay In the maxi ing Is so-
,omplishinR some hidden purposes az
love which we are not yet able to un-
1erstanl. Verify He dOeth all things
we'll. alike 10 Heaven and upon
,arth."