The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-06-23
PINNED IN A WRECK.
A Western Engineers Nerve I'm the
Moments Of His Great Agony.

Nout"tE OEtsh Hso"ss
A Western railroad man who was vis-
irgton Star reporter the following story;
was riding on the Seattle, North
Shore and Western Railroad. four years
ago when zen, the engine went thTH Ss en
glneer, Jim Boyle, was under the loco
motive. and two other train hands were
holding his head up out OF the water
above the knees his body was uninJured,
but the lower parts Of his legs were
crushed fiat and held in vice which
some Chinese miners were working, and
they damned up the water every night
before quitting, letting II loose again
when they began to wash dirt next day.
depth to prevent "a doctor. even III he
had been present, from amputating his
legs. and there was the added danger
that at any time the Chinese might set
the water loose and thus drown the in
jured man. Boyle lay there In what
must have been agony certainly, and
with the water barely below his mouth,
and icy cold at that, and never whim-
pered. He Inquired calmly IL Golfer
dam couldn't be built around him. and
when this was found to be impossible he
asked that his wife he sent for-he lived
n few stations back-to come up. on the
wrecking train. Then he asked for a
smoke and pulled away at pipe as
sontentedly, TO- all appearances: as II he
men relieved each other. and the passen-
gers also took turns in holding up BDyle's
head above the water, and as the hours
wore away everybody seemed to feel
the awful strain but Boyle. Shortly be-
fore noon a welcome loot was heard to
the south of us and Boyle heard 1t.
80 III bet the cigars that Clara's
1t was the wrecking-t train, and the
first person OFF 1t was a wnite-faced lit
tie woman with tightly compressed lips.
straight to the cut and down into its
awful bottom with unhesitating steps.
She took her husbands head in her arms
and kissed him.
My legs are gone. sure, Clara, said
the man with a smile.
well. your hearts all right" she re-
sponded cheerfuliy. There was no hope
lessne s, in her appearance no matter ss.n
Some one came rushing down with the
startled cry: The Cinnamon have be-
gun washing! Neither the man nor
woman showed bit of fear.
Let me have the gun. dear he
You'd die with a sin on your SOUL
s to sq Tenled myseif do It, darling and live
That woman, gentlemen, had come
prepared to kill the man she loved in
preference to letting him die most hor.
ribie death In a food OF dirt and sand
and gravel. An Englishman, who had
been a passenger on the train, appeared
at this juncture with an implement
shaped something like mattock, No
one knew where he got 1t. Maybe we
can scrape the bottom away under
Boyle's legs and drag him out. or what's
left OF him. anyhow. he suggested.
then he would strike the crushed legs OF
the engineer and ejaculate: l beg par
dom, and Boyle would invariably reply:
No harm done. General In ten min
utes he asked Boyle to brace himself
and motioned to the men at his side
Boy!e's arms and shoulders were quick
ly grasped by muscular trainmen; there
was strong jerk and Boyle was re-
leased. Even in that supreme moment
OF agony. when he was laid on the side
OF the cut. with masses of bleeding,
crushed. quiverlng flesh and bone where
his feet and skin and knees had BEEN
he looked up to the Englishman and
said: General. thanks: you are a cork
err and then tainted In hts wife's arms
Ten minutes later the cut was ten feet
deep. with q bubbling,. kissing. rapid
stream Of yellow water"