The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-25
THE STORY OF A LOST CAR
One Of the Most Remarkable lacidests
10 Railroadina.
STRANGE ROMANCE or THE RAIL
A Burliuston Car. Loaded with o Fortune
In silks. Disappsars Between Two
Stations-Found O Year Later
in Good Condition.

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r. p,,.,,r,,.or officials at this point
h.,,a ,,,s, ninsad nm a yoluminous cor
.,l,o,,o., ond effected n settlement
respUnueno. s., az aro,v,ny ont Of one of the
s,,,t ,.a,,ark ahIe incidents in the his
..,, 20 raiiroadinr This was an acci-
49,. ~ ,ha ,,o,,ntain division of the
49, pon;6o in the wear Of 1887. when
,aodad u;tb Yperchapdise Of the
80 nS over 40 OOO was lost between
Craa,, R,ver and I. laramie Wyo.. and its
,.,,,onaa ho,ts for over a wear was n mys-
w., ,hat ho ff,ed tra,nmar officials and
S,roctnrs until thew were at their Wits
and
Tho .,ost cor" no n came 10 he called,
was ono of the old hox oars of about ten
,nns 90 anoc;tv baIonring to the Burling-
ron rood such n one ne was in use on
that line twentv-tive wears ago, and
already ont of date ot the time this
adventures befeI, II so far away from
ho,ne II n-as nointed n dull slate color
and numbered aO7 II had n, some man.
nor found ito wav Ia the Pacific Coast.
ara on ;ts raturn trim was utilized to
20 r,v aost a nnrtion nf the cargo of a
steamsbin inst arrived from the Orient.
consisting nf s,Iks threther with a. lot
~ TaI,sornia wine these two commo-
hai ppnnnlv chinnpI together
So nc IN sscure 10 m. simmer the adj
%ontaes of hotb bnll, and weight. for
,a,as T,.r, ,-ar, hiyh avan "a late as
49, Sanrs Con-
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cohuuctor VI sim speeiai vi! ie"t'nS
osueil OF Ireen iNer' Wnete 'ii'ie nav
oeen iost on tne Cehtrai racine throush
q snow blockade, wnich means tney
were allowed TO make tnat speed W!thih
the limits designated by the order, say
fiom one division terminus to the next
In having to kill time" besides.
vow Tue s,eaIis'p n;,, "m1em an1 o,,uS uiUuSn, ~
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90 ~
ccrNr, M, THE D1sApprA ANrE
From Green to Bitter Creek station,
mere sidetrack and water tank. stop
ping about 100 miles east of the former
place. the main line Of the Union Pacific
follows the serpentine course of that
famous and most fearfully and Won
derfully constructed stream known as
Bitter Creek. Sometimes the track
skirts the bank so closely that pas
senger looking down from the car WIN
dow gains fair idea OF the worst fiuld
on earth bearing the name or water.
On either slde OF the track. rising pre-
cipltately TO helght or from one TO
several hundred rect. are rocky spurs
whose sides nave peen plasted on Just
suihcleht 10 permit the passage Oh
trains. In places mere are curves so
snarp ana WIN surroundlngs so peril
Gus tnat oid engineers never pass these
Spots wltnout ieeuns OF prolound
tnahki uiness wneh they nave ieit them
neniha. IL IL mucn tne same an tne
way W nawnns. ABOUT IIiGWay pc
.Meei Nv, & wi'Gn poin, anu Hreen RIVER lies
.ne ~. eu neseIt ipton p, - .ne 'n.ro M
t;or ,, pa1 pa E. ras. - . s.,.,. go. SO
I'LL, .Un' anu .t, heu Desert the iour.n; ~ e..ner
neina eis iao'staS ntn.; ,,iole , .lah esrap.
omS ,a.,tn .atio sang a,.l luas az teI" ',r
;n u "a.et a. ~, .ahn. .ne necess.y vi US
I've nii H. 'n oi, ', 49, Iuhuvn,eTues n t, ee.
stenn;ng % at ona "a ,he,,, an e'e' mas io'
The snao,a1 III. ,,h,oh y, I'LL ,no,,,a.a .ho oo-
nossed p;ttar Cron,. '' .,,nI. 'mo o, So.,
Tinton tha so 49, ,,,e' a.. s.i l., 60,
.'S SAM way anu was III Aa'l