The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-04-24


very steep. with gradient OF one Zoo
, screnty-nve. and separated by some two
miles N level line A little way from
o ihr bottom of the laH vas a meeting
q station. whore trains coming in oppo-
p site directions used 10 pass each other
r. by mo1n0 of o. rldine ~ being veil
V wts into this siding o1r train had
. 20 RIM. and there remain until the
81 last up passenger train had passed
70 on iH Fay 10 Elmsneld
with q few more hopeful words 20
DIE daughter Applogarth took his lamp
w hls hand. and signing me II take
mine and follow him. clamberod With
great difficulty on 10 the nrsl truck
our speed bad continued IN Increase
and II seemed ~ N We we're both 10 BE-
thrown IN on 10 the line We managed
10 roach the brake handle and put Il
down as hard ~ We both together
we're able 10 10 We did the same with
the other ton trucks when tho oscilla-
Ton was too much Tor us and slowly
ana laborloualy We made our wav back
10 the comparative safety Of the
guards van
GU aneed had siarkened little with
Tho brakes put dawn but again n be-
gan gradually 10 accelerate. aud n was
with FickeninE feeling ~ nv henr,
mat I resigned myself 10 all the help
lessness and hopelcssness Of our sli-
uaiion. Should We begin TO descend |
the bank ~ our present rpie n speed |
nothing. humanity speaking. could l
avail 10 save ua from % fearful death /
Nnnl"rarih was sitting with hls head |
buried In his hands In q corner Of tho /
van crouchcd the two girls. ore NJ them /
ir'inE N encourage The ofher who was
CRYING bitterly.
suddenly The last dread alternative
nrc1onicd itself io NV mind M II has
often done 10 mon IN mo nositlon
TOO frequently with tho rcault Of only
hast'nlnr their ~" to' v-,. " secmcl
'he 0"lv chance lon ~ ua
shall We inmn. Frank" asked
said.
] bad not forgotten thom. but nov
reflected that oven N they had the
courage to attempt IL the risks were
too great. ana besides ono ~ tho two
was no longer capable NJ deciding for
herself Ana We could only vie there
ana wait with what cquanimlly We
could command. the fate upon which
We were rushing.
Meanwhile Harry Armstrong. our
driver. Ind reached the ton Of High
bank. ana from the too auick action Of
Ma brake had learned that something ,
unlocked for had happened to bis train.
rho next turning showed him that he
had broken away and that his engine
had only few trucks behind Il. Ho
ook what was probably the only safe T.
curse that Of putting on steam and r
;olng ahead as fast az he could. /,
There IN a break-away." he shout I,
N. M he steamed into tho sliding. "and I,
weniy wagons OF coal are tearing down al
he banks"
signal against the up train" called II,
at the station master; Il hear her COM 4,
ig. ~
"liui the goods will run into her y,
iriher down the line In any case. ~
We must throw the goods on the y,
ais. Heaven help the poor guards ~
We can do nothing for them" a..
There are others. too. besides tho A."
uards." urged one OF the mon on tho ~
nglic." "
And a hundred In the up train.
harp with a hammer. We must spike ="
he back road poin,a II may send
hem Into the river. but Is must ha !"
skcd" ~
The spike was driven home =,
Hiring the iron chains" was mex, =,
illed out !"
A pile Of these lying beside the line h,
IA seized upon and hurrledly a num- In
81 OF them thrown across the metals. n,
hen the men ran back out Of the n,
hy OF danger. for the roar Of tho m
down train WAS upon them. Out OF On
~ blackness, like streak still black 1,
:, rushed the long line OF doomed wa. nm
nna, and then came the dreaded crash. "a,
card for miles around, drowning the in
DISC Of the gale, now at ita height. NJ
The wrecked train lay In one inila- n,
nguishable mass OF iron and coal and II,
'llntcred wood, The first wagons had q,
riyen over the chains and fallen into ,r,
10 ballast. whore thoy lay overturned. ,io
irving by way OF buffer 10 those
'hlnd them AnNiously and with
any forobodlngs OF evil was the seen,
destruction searched for tho wrcc,.
the guards van. No trace Of IL NaH 20
be- found IA.
] mus, now take up the story OF the
nnway az the point where lcit Il on. no.
was sitting as n In a dream. when a ma
iht hind was placed on my arm and th,
ny Applegauhs voice sounded loud ON
ID uhrlll In my cnr.
wake upr she cried Think If ,-,
cre's no plan TO lot 80 the van from NJ,
@ FIRST wagon. Can't YOU get NJ tho Of,
upllnga the woodwork is very olls" .n
/ found she had already roused mn .s.
n father who. like me. had aban. ,,,
mod hope. 'u
In another moment I had the ham. .,,'
or out OF the locker Frank. picking
a shacklc hook. drove Il through ths
d ot the van Just above the coupling. '''
"a soon had a large onenlag made uu
lcn, casing on the van brake. We ,"'
locked out with the hammer the holt Nh'
iich attached tho FIRST truck 10 u.s. e',
.e loaded wagons seemed 10 race away ~"