The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-28
A LEAF sNp a RESCUE.
How Tramp Saved Railroad Train and
What Came of 1T.

How Tramp Saved Railroad Train and
What Came of 1t.
Extra Wallace, west bound, reached
Emerson at 10 p. m. June 16, 1878. In
switching out car the forward brake.
man was SO badly injured that We left
him for surgical treatment I was
braking behind From Emerson to
Chauncey, IL miles, is up grade, and
as Conductor Wallace had gone over to
the engine l was left alone ON the rear.
The moon shone brightly, and l noticed
a number of tramps riding out on top.
We had almost reached the summit
and the night express was only 10 min
utes behind us when suddenly the speed
slaekened The caboose, two cars of
telegraph poles and three of cinders had
broken off. was standing on the load
of poles and started for brake when
one of the poles became loosened from
its position and rolled on my foot. ]
struggled desperately to free myself,
for the cars had started backward.
/ thought Of the express with her
cargo of precious lives and struggled
again. seemed to hear the crash, the
| shrieks and groans of the dying, the
curses and prayers. Minutes were years,
and grew old in the awful suspense.
Then l heard whistle and saw QUE
front end following down the hill On
the leading car the conductor was swing
ing back up signal, while the whistlC
blew wild warning for No. T. Faster
and faster spun the wheels, and slowly,
but surely, was the runaway overtaken.
l held my breath.
Only 20 feet.
A form shot out over the chasm, swung
in clear relief for an instant against the
sky and thea dropped safely on board
ment the conductor gave a stop signal,
and the gap widened .
Well timed it was, for given second
sooner and the leap would have been
impossible; later, and a collision un-
avoidable. .,...s, "a
In short time every brake was set
and as we slowed down I shrieked fran
tically: "Flag No. II Take a red light
and flag the expressP' ,..si
He understood and obeyed without
word. Fortunately or providentially,
they were late, and he got back far
enough to stop them. Twas unconscious
when at fast released. Ny foot was
badly crushed, and it was many weeks
before was again able-to report for
duty. As for our hero, he proved to be
one of the tramps I had noticed and had
volunteered for his dangerous task
When the superintendent, who was ON
No. 2, learned the circumstances, he Of
fered him position as brakeman,
promising him advancement as he
proved his ability. That was the begin
ming. Today he is prominent general
manager, and his name is recognized
power in the railroad world. Chicago
Record.
70 person who reads MODERN pss-z.>
and modern literature in general, and
who has never had either time, opportu-
nifty or inclination to strike off into the
bypaths which were SO frequently and
industriously followed by ancient writ
ers, thinkers and dreamers, the heading |
Of this mote" will be an enigma
Without further speculation, however,
and following the desire which should
always be uppermost In every writer's
mind-that of at once getting the sub
ject itself before the RAIDER will say
that there was. a time, sl pturies since,
Of course, when the lea@ ID men of the
world really taught tina che world was
a square, not merely It, but that it
was cube The primA Fe geographers
of Egypt, Assyria and nina all taught
that the world was a bsquare plane"
evidence of which My be found on
thousands of ancient monuments in the
countries mentioned, as well as in their
ancient manuscripts, upon their in
scribed tablets of clay and other early
literary remains
One Of the most curious discoveries
ever made in Central America concern
ing Toltec belief, symbols, etc., is that
they also had similar idea concerning
the form of what we now speak of as
the "globe." A late writer on the dis
coveries made among the monumental
ruins Of that country says, ''They
(meaning the Peruvians, Toltecs and
Quiches) believe the world to be cube,
from the heavens by cords Of
gold fastened to each Of its corners. -
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