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"Ths rock-ribbed hills Of the upper Della
ware VALLEY have always been the special
pride Of the Erie Railway Company when re-
ferrinR 10 the scenic attractions OF its line"
said man from Hancock. but the chances
are that the company is wishing now that at
least one OF those hills hadn't been quite so
picturesouely ribbed with rock. That hill -
between Stockport and Lordville. II IL 300
feet hiRh The railroad runs between the
Delaware River and the base Of the hill. the
roacbed being high embankment The
space between the embankment and whore the
hill begins to riso is about twenty feet. and has
the appearance OF a big ditch. The hill rises
for nifty feet in gradual slope and then lifts
Itself upward at a steep angle. Where the
slope ends and the escarpment begins
wagon road Is cut in the face OF the hill. which
Is wooded from top to bottom.
The point OF this conspicuous elevation 10
set with enormous rocks. fashioned In most
picturesque and striking shapes. The ono that
always particularly caught tho eye OF the tour
list was grcat boulder that stood sharply out
lined among the rest. almost at the summit OF
tho ridge. II could be seen for miles The guide
book writer's we're especially fond OF that giant
rock and don't know but what il was their
persistence ia calling It by fantastic. roman
tic. and poetical names that made it tired. and
caused It to do the desperate thing II did tho
Owen Connolly hns been night Waterman
and track walker along that part Of tue track
for many years. His shanty is only couple Of
hundred yards east OF the place where the big
rock stood like sentinel, Connolly was
familiar with the ROCK. and called 1t Old Bolivar
morning. and only a few minutes after a train
had passed this spot. Connolly heard what
was followed instantly by such q Swapping and
cracking and Crashing and smashing and
man tum Glsd rather than ran out Of his sbsSty.
Then he saw sight The air on the side Of
the SSnon was ed with the and
moved down like grass before scythe by
something that was tearing down that steep
Holy Moses exclaimed tho Waterman.
old Bolivar has broke loose
the summit had suddenly left the place where |
for ages and ages It had beeniat rest aud was |
the steep mountain side, Big trees went down |
before IL in its terrific descent. Nothing In its
wagon road near the base OF the hill the rock |
made one tremendous bound and landed nfty
hen the mos, o. %u4leus Of tSeRs
By the force OF the rocks imp pact from astraight
stretch OF track into a curve SO acute chat IL /
could without exaGRerstion be com pared IN
shape to a horseshoe. This was extraordinary
TACT that this sudden twisting Of the railroad
out OF shape had not only not broken arail. but
Now. at Just about the time that this gigan-
tic boulder came down and collided with the
railroad freight train from the west and one
from the east were due TO pasa that spot.
They were ON time. Waterman Conn oily heard
them both coming. Tho on. from the west
to encounter and the. Waterman thought that
the train might round 1t all right. But the
westboHnd train had greater DANCER The
inc way on that track: and any train that tried
10Th trains. so Connolly hurried back and
tS'nsd he train The train
irsiest. Frank Fran Delaney was the ''t snsi,
yeiy rate; as they have right to over that
looking ahead saw that eccentric curve In the
road instead Of straight run. to say that he
was onto the curve he fore he had time 10 think
md 4 he had had time i wouldn't have made
my difIsrrnca: he couldn't have stopped the
i've rounded It as slick ns a whistle; hut the
locomotive was the only thing In the train that
rain left the track and broke loose from the
.neine; 1t plouRhed along and had to stop.
rh hen. the r. car behind u began 70 Pile up
wo Of those cars were doing the great
hat any train Of cars was ever called upon to
TO- All bmt four Of then. after somersaultinx
detached wheels and miscellaneous freight
argoss, pitched down the EN- ba TX ment into
,uss gathering the iotsam OF this curious rail-
oaH wreck. irafflc on the road was delayed
he company's wrecGers had succeeded In
lasting the big rock away and putting the
he BOO tons OF Old Bolivar cams down and Yt dis
r. things The sudden i'm pulse OF this