Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-02-23

movement, will keep quito .t,,, -.
while Jim and put tbings s. sun mere,
the front OF the train" ''"isuI III
us there going TO be an acciao,.,
am sure something has coma , .us.lt :,
mo. l hope not. ar ieas,' a,ilss'
but what we can put to rig5,s Do 'o'nins
The road on which We NJ.
ing was a fairly level one WIN s'asel. .
gradients, one part alone 'eu easy
That part began some ton I1CepIed.
the coihery whence We had started o 49,
journey and could We but arrsst ou.
speed before reaching it all mich. our
be well. 1t consisted of two doci 1ns !es
known respectively as the Eirb D. D.,
and the Low Bank. both - pslA
with gradient of one in sero!.. 'Seep
and separated by some Two a,t i've.
level line. A little wav froT, - ~ ol
tom of the last was meets. '-,o Dot'
where trains coming in opposite al,
rections used to pass each otbor III ~.
means of siding All being we'll :.
was in this siding our train had 70 49,. =.
and there remain until the last 49, UT
passenger train had passed il On y,
way to Elmfield y" 's
With few more hopeful word, !.
| his daughter, Applegarth tool bjs - ~
in his hand, and, signing to me 10 tats
mine and follow him. clamberod v I'm
great difticul~ on 10 the first ,r "oI'
Our speed had continued TO incraaso
and II seemed as II we ware 80 ~
thrown off onto the line We mansqsd
to reach the brake handle and nut 3,
! hard doTn. as hard as wo hotb -
gether were able TO do. We did ~,
same with the other ten trucks. when
the cscilliating was TOO much for ne
and slowly and laboriouslv we mads
our way back to the comparative eaf.
ETY. Of the guards van.
Our speed had slackened a little v.,,b
the brakes Put down. but again IL he
| gan gradually TO acco 'erqto and n u~o,
with slckening feeling at the heart
that I resigned myself TO all the helm.
lessness and hopelessnoss of orr sim
alton. Should we begin 10 descend the
bank at our present raie Of sneed
nothing, humanity speaking. could avail
TO save us from fearful death An
plegarth was sitting with his head bn-
ried in his hands In a corner Of tho
van crouchcd the two girls. one OF
them trying to encourage the other
who was crying bitterly.
Sud9on'v ira i4e .sI alternative
! presented i-seF p. .... D..l4 az +, baq
Oi,en done ~ mon i7 n IKE posltion
too frequent vita tle result OF only
Fastening their fate. hut r1w II seem
e. me only chance loft ,o MS.
shall We jumn Frapk2"I ASKED
You forget the girls" was all he
said.
had not forgotten them. bur now
| reflected that even ii they had the corr
age to attempt it the risks were too
great; and. besides one OF The two was
no longer capable Of deciding for her
self. And so we could only sit still and
await, with what equanimity We could
command, the fate upon which ue were
rushing.
Meanwhile, Harry Armstrong. our
driver, had reached BIZ TOD of the High
Bank, and from The TOO quick action Of
his brake had learned thar something
unlocked Eor had Eapp ned 20 his train.
The next turning showed him that De
had broken away and thar his engine
had only a few .rucks behind IT, lie
took what We probably Tie olly safe
course, that G. putting on steam arI
going ahead as fast as he could.
as he steam into the siding, land ID
TIVE fTs1 S3n T9Ga ea'i are tearing down
Signal asnlnET IN 'up't
cut The station master; 81 hear her &C
ing"
But the goods viii run into her fur
ther down the line. in any CASE"
We must throw the goods off the
rails. Heaven help The poor guards.
We can do nothing for them
There are other two besides the
guards" urged enc Of the men on the
engine.
And a hundred in the up train.
Sharp with the hammer, We must strike
the back read points II may ssnd
them into the river. but il must be risk
ed"
The spike was driven home
Bring the iron chairs" was next
called out.
A pile Of those lying beside the line
was seized upon, and hurriedIy num-
Der OF them thrown across The metals.
Them the men ran back out OF the w1y,
of danger for the roar Of the down
train was upon them. Our of the black
darkness. like a streak sill blackef'
rushed the long line Of doomed wagons.
and then came the dreaded crash near
for miles around. drowning the noise OIL
the gale, now al its height.
The wrecked train lay in one irdis,,
tinguishable mass c. iron and coal ana
splirleded wood. The first wagons ha1
driven over the chairs and fallen INTO
| the ballast. where they lay oVeTturheu'
serving by way Of n buffer for those o'-
hind them. Anxously, and with many
forebodings Of evil, was the scene
destruction searched for D. Tech
J a. -. - No Ir9I as
| be seen.
must now take mp Obj
runaway at the point vi
/ was sitting as If IN q
light hand was placed on
Mary Applegarth's voice
ard shrill in my ear.
wake up" she cried
there's TO plan 70 let 90
the first wagon Can't yon
couplings? The WOODWORK
| DID,
found she had already reused up b,
father, who, like me, had abandoned
hope. ,,,
In another momn l had the hammer
out of the locker. Frank, picking up .
shackle-hook. drove it through the enI l
of the van Just above the coupling, ana
soon had a large opening made. Then,
! o,.T. 30 ~ CON brake. We knocked