The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-05
BRAVE GEO. GABRIEL
He Risks His Life . Second
Tine to Save His Train.
HIS STEADY HAND ON THE BRAKE
Prevsnss Disaster 90 ths Lake snors
Eoud, and He II Hs>cued Froa
the Overfurned Cab.

Not often 10 fhs honor sfvea % rsan II
ire t,srrbis xx.xr Of life 20 save sore
Of his fellow ss<n tn tie hersic cischATr.
e< duty. ard sssil nao~e rarely - farh q cts-
tIa~ssor voaehx.fsss 20 she SANE man fw1ee
~sghlr a year Bst IA engineer tn iris
rssv has syso< f~px hfz hard Oh the ar
brake rfssr ds<fh stared hiza II the face.
and each firss his modest arr manly eosF-
age has been rewarded b. the kneSissss
shx, no, one Of sse passengers behind hssa
was seriously hsrt.
A train Load % passengers or The Seattle,
lake Shore q Eastern roas hal n mar
row eSssz2e from death "Wednesday after
noon The gerticsfiarE Of which were not
kno~n IN Seattle anfn yestereST- Tbs
train MAS No = snstb -houn9. sse 30 ar
rive IN this city a, S.79 ,. 70. Condnefer
Essarey was IN skarge, and fhs train
was drawn rs engine No. u. with En-
rineer George GsbTiei a. TIRE fsfstfis. and
Fireman Pred Ansersor AZ ne IRE box.
Tho train had issf IefS Csuphelrs spur.
and after crossing the bridge was ahossf
. Enli1 ngrsh OF wilkins. or ten miles north
af she betser-snopn station ~ XcMgrray.
nra 4. WAS about o. dock. when the vsgi-
LIANT engineer vas warned ~ q sharp
elirksnx snszS that ~orse;hinz sas a-riss
LEANING Oh, AZ tire cab 20 see ~ he cooif
Discover the soar-e os trouble. he sfsEi
Kept hls faithful hard on the throttle. AMI
an iussauf later, feeling that the Trucks
were 81 the track. hs stayed AZ hts
post. PAT On the air brake and sto; ped he
train within is own lsnxfh. bsf was him
ssis penned 10 che cab Of The overturned
snxtne. almost unconscious ant unable
Amid the b.lRfinx stsam 10 see ahost him.
fortunately. he zas protected b. . stream
Of water from the tank in the tender.
which had been hurst oyer By one Of the
big driver wheels from the engine, the
water nowinx ssIfecfiy over hts body
He was rescued by Conductor Mcyssffey
Ana Bfsk~mar piison. when Il ~as fosfsf
that hs hsa suffered severe bruises on his
rishf thiEh. sstt minor hurts on other
ra.ts o. the body. Gtr Coz. who erstntned
him yesterday after his return 10 the city.
thinks THAT Ne viii ~ laid ~ for about
suo w~<s1z. and that the onsy danger ne
has to fear - The formation % an stsress
60 sasrc sEsinss which he siii have to
Keep quiet.
The sressent to the train was caused
b. . brokan aanxs on q wheel ~ the right
hand side ~ the forward engine truck
Tn~ train ~ts % a curve when the break
occurred. and sas running about twenty
I've miles an kear. As eoon a. the end
~ the curve MAS reached the train left
the ussk ., tangeni: 1T least the en-
ginst ssnder and baggage car did. only the
forward trucks Of the coaches leaving the
rail The enwfne turned almost completely
ossr. - that part Of he dome vas buried
IN the ground. and those Who were on the
train and who tho cab from which
she engineer wa~ rescued say that his ex-
cape sas Hssle short OF miraculous. The
fnrwtrs sters Of The baggage ear we're
emsshed, and there the damage ended
The train had been stopped 80 quickly
mat the coupling between the baggage car
and The forward coach was not even brek-
-. although she engine psunTa6 down a
three-foot emhanksnens. The coaches we're
b<eueht % into sasitir at J O'Clock yes
tsr1sy moyninx
II Is hardly necessary to say that the
passengers Fecalsed severe shaking M.
Though none OF them ~As hurt save AT,
unkfouu man. who had his wras, severe
~ hruiscd- Among the passenger was
Suprrfntrndsns William Bell OF the Ca
nsssssn-Anstrs,ian steamship line, " no
VAS on HE nay 70 Seattle. BE was seen
tn this city yesterday and sata.
II feel that ar eve our lives "a the
faithfslpess of this engineer. Mr.. Gahrtel.
pna aid not desert his post There were
hncut twenty five Passengers on board.
ara thfy uere all more or iess severely
shaken NJ; bat the whole occurrence rs.
over 10 quickly that We hardly had Tine
:" 2" Ansthihx or 10 anaiyse our sensa-
fully realized when the tsassenxers xtth
uac human nature. began Complaining az
nnaerr. for ne got nothing 10 eat TN la..
tn ths Afternoon. when we were taken
naNN 50 We junction. whence &c came on
iofsn EdmoTe. native o, Finland who
mas beer In the kootenai district. was on
ne tram, hosiaa for Seattle. whence he
ieft LAST nsEht for New yerk. or his xav
sc Eafoper For short tine weaneefav
afternoon he felt az 4; ~ never mora
shauld see his egN. his native land =. rs
description Of The wreck as told 20 n re-
porter yeFterssss IN brokea English was
81 once humorous and pathetic
bad no time 20 think. he ~asd. We
pumped. and then VIC stopped. Nobody
hus one man was hurt. besides ~. en-.
Einrar but every body was scared
frEfUerr gAhffei waa rsen AZ sfs rsss-
eenes on fsfth avenue yesterday aner-
rosn. and said
We had Just ief, czraptelrs spur aps
g naa ses Wirates after seioek --s,a
train e0nssr'ed Of . bsgra-e ear ar,g -
eeaches. W. haa 'ust ~rs.xs.s = 49,
and we're feanssinS~f curve ~hs,, 7 hrsrs
ssaFp ciisktaE slnut whf-h 'ola ne
seHsstotHS Was aHaisz Was sssffrs 4,
ny shsir. fidins IS always %. Mia ore
llAtd On TIE valve. Jsst a. teamed "a
l''rN ott teii that VIC were aa the erosx
f*A az SANr rHf a. the 'sfasryer,s-sr
@aA nc resi yen knoN. We ~erc nsaSt,~
ahs>st i~fsy-ave Faaes an hour. 100 sc
90 nei 80 mere thaa "a trains ,sr,,th 80
turned On she air "a
NJ Gabriel told his story as sno,,sstix
~ y ~ had s@ns nesh'rg uHnxaal ~
pSsni % fact. shis = fhr second ttr,e ni,h-
u year thaS he has saved = frnt, "a
- tss@fasrrs on a.. lake Shore ra.t
t"a ~ ea'n INSTANCE hs has cos,,s .erv
IL II gqsa
lt afN fss fvfatfss terca ghrt iv ~. ..,,.t..
Ere'srns ~hirh ecrurrrd taEs fan tns -
slasef hs@ as irs broken. and 81 as.
saRNsAt tef petie that ne Mould ,Ise
l~ @es iati Ep fer several r.anths -
VS. sac a'-eut f-ly rc~osvresi Nh~n 49,
a,ghAeat NFertosk him "Wednesday on ~.
ses - =. on " aiea BE haa come