Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-12
DAcE WITH DEATH.
.eee DRIVES HIS IRON SPEED AT FaIeHTFul SPEED.

a See His 1nJ urea con - Runs
 " .,cbt Miles Tn Nineteen Minutes.
 .a Grim Monster After Most
 ' p,n-oflcials Exonerate Him.
 Boone one of the oldest and
 ap saown engineers on the Baltimore
 ap;o apS southwestern railroad, risked
 v ~ tbe other afternoon i'll order to
 a, \, injured son, Melvin before he
 ..tber. who has charge of switch
 7, threw open the throttle when
 ps pnsd his son had been fatally hurt,
 .a ran A distance of 28 miles in l9
 ps tss He reached his son s side just
 u, s to see him breathe his last. The
 u gas a most dramatic one. The
 the fast run fairly teens with
 ling events. ,
 ,more and Ohio Southwestern rail-
 % .s brakeman. Several members
 '. family, including his father, have
 7 smploYed by the road for many
 and all of them are well known
 aonular in railroad circles. About
 .Iaak Melvin, who had just left his
 nrepared to go to work, boarded
 5siabt train passing Brownstown,
 station. He succeeded ill getting
 snd immediately started up the |,sr of one of the cars, intending to | It hack to the caboose.
 n.t as he reached the roof of the car
 w q water pipe ahead which had Il left hanging from the tank. Before
 0uld stoop the obstruction struck 8 knocking him to the ground He T badly mangled, and the physicians 5attended him said he could live but Z5qt time The dying man begged to ! his father.
 &lIr Boone was at work on his switch Idoe at North Vernon, 28 miles away.
 WAS immediately notified by tele- Isb of his son s condition. When the zsage reached MT. Boone, he was just mt tocome from his days work. He I finished firing up, and his fireman \ at his post. As soon as he read the I news he threw the throttle wide 5a Before the fireman knew what I happened the switch engine was Ehng along at & frightful rate of I Id He begged MT. Boone to stop, | the latter heard him not.
 | Ihe lives of both men were liable to aerifced at any moment. Neither \ familiar with the condition of the li as far as other trains were concern At any moment they might dash Da train. Signals were passed un Eled, and the old engine tore along. boiler threatening to explode at any |ment. Mir Boone shoyeled coal in fire recklessly, and every pound of n that could possibly be made was |tpn Several times the fireman was ] le point of jumping from the en- |a so dangerous had the situation be- Es
 Engineer Boone held him back, and :: tho greatest efforts induced him to ton more coal. As the road was clear engine dashed along past all man. Ed signals Boone sat on his seat |dng the throttle open as far as it E possible and watched the second |i on his watch go round. Fortu- |Ry the road between North Vernon Brownstown happened to be clear, had any train been running on the |sion there is no telling what would |e ehappened.
 Exactly 19 minutes after Boone start his engine dashed into the Browns |Rnstation. The run was a most re- |Rsable one. The distance is exactly miles, and the speed averaged 83 N miles an hour, which is a most |lderful performance when the fact |H the trip was made by a switch en- |R is taken into consideration. AS |ag Mr Boone arrived he was driven |As dying sons side. The young man Engained consciousness for the first De He recognized his father, and as |pheed his hand in his he died with Eattering a word.
 |ar, Boone is nearly crazed with grief. |Swell advanced ill years and was |Nughly wrapped up in his son. The nlu of his daring and exciting run greatly upon him, and he is com ERly prostrated. It is doubtful if he |Abe fitted for work in many weeks. |allroad circles the great run is the Ec Of conversation, and although MT. |ne's act was not in accordance with EaOad rules the officials of the com " admire him more than they blame a-Pittsburg Dispatch.