The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-01
sArGry IN A rlnH noN-
How u brakeman saNrd Ills tltc IN
Terrible Railway Collision

plttshurg Post
Tho following strange story WAS told
a Post reporter by u Fort Wayne brake
man who Is employed on the Eastern
division;
ut was on 4 llght cRvlno witch wa'
hcins haalcd over the Union Pacific road
from Denver to omaha My position
A that VI n brakeman, ami as Il WA
a wet. nasty night and I did not care "a
expose myself any moro than was nccrp'
sary, / pncakcd into tho cab vi the dead
engine Rud tried to kcrp myself ~ warm
az / could with tho aid 90 an old blanket
| found IN the engineers chest, witch
wrapped around ms aud laid down on IN,
bunk About the time thRt | got com
fortahly liked and doslns, with my ryo'
| closed. | wa startled by "a loud. lons.
piercing call for hrakcA | knew old
Rrly punkan. the engineer, would never
have let out such \ blast as that unless
Ia the presence ot grrat dv oHcr Hastily
throwing on tho old hlanh . | jumped ut
and pccrcd through tho darkncsa. We
we're RUNNING along about So miles an
hour. and right ahead Of uS | was startled
to perceive another train appruaehins at
A higher rate NJ speed There was not
mitch chance Co Jump "a II was Informally
dark. aud I knew there was a htgh clin
close to the track at that place, | Was
about to drop on my knees and pray Tor
forgiveness Tor my past sins when I
luckily thought that tho me box would
Dc a good. safe plicc In which TO weather
the collision, and In an Instant I had
jumped through the IRE door
u landed ON some cllnkvrs which had
been lcrt on tho crate bars, and had iunt
got ON my knees when there cam al
....h ..t.h - hal sta.aV f.fH la
my itfe before. and I felt the cd mogul
-olns Hrst M and then down, and the
sick .rlng sensations ~ thouv few minutes
we're .parAiyting. | a tumblvj about
nrctty roughly. nut hal the skin knocked
on my less and my head u bot moth.
ing Could crush me Ter | MAS IN an iron
safe that Was well huilt. althoush Il
was newer linton led for a itfr prrscfyrr.
1 Thought once however, That Il MAS an
I'M With me. Tor / frlt tho old boiler col
lansing updcr tho weight NJ loaded vars
that wcrc pliinE ua top 81 e. Nict
awhile everything waH atil. and, know
ing that the worst WaH over. Unless Tn
debris took Hrr ami roasted MO alive. I
made an effort 10 crawl out, but copli
not 40 20, as ear trucks and frames We're
piled htgh above the wreck thought u
was a month I'm tho WrockinE train caiur,
and then I began 60 cry LIKE q rAd'
man and implorc hrlp They must have
thought that I was lying undar che en-.
CINE with my legs crushed. fer they all
gave their attention To me, and After
a white they got tho trtcSs vloatri away.
and who dld { src but Ills Harvey. thr
" rrckma TER. crawling between Two cars
with a bottle VI whisky. Il Ma so,rc
time before they got mv out, ana beyond
the bruises blrrady mentioned I was ba
sound as before the wreck Poor Old
Euly. the engineer, was KILLED, ap was
also tho fireman Of the other engine. and
two trampt who w.rr on a q next 10
the ilght engine. were crushed ia IL jr'v
nrr box sawed nay NE. ard I never
heard ~ another man having saved his
bacon Co. tho sans manner