The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-15

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While knowing that an order OF this Kind
u iof something and that its disobedtence
n"E mean disaster. a IaiIroad mar, viii in time
"2fsaiysed 2 if @ohye TE i,n, IT nr5 Is - s2 I'm s,ighGea to 9, be be
~ IKE IL ana 50 it came that when we
w.. I'D a nmIr'' ,,yc cut of the, engine from
Hinl, on tht> particular day in June OF
WTH NJ | an ,rneaking We were in, . hurry.
derg1 onto tGe. side track at Acton to get out
rho ~ %aN OF No. II. the through train from
fhae iITut al thst vas coming North as a double
x, ~ II was a regular. but was making
~, u ~ ftl as an excursion train and was made
Tie ~ q T. Ght coaches crowded with people from
~ ~ ~ 81 who had been at Mountain Springs
Az IL some big convention;
stan Still my fireman leaped TO the ground
ala Smd nnncoupled the engine from the last car
f az a 1 eRSk s6 t dow .qae over ,r,t the s With and RI. ' hsa
r. %G d?pe a brakeman had cut the train IN
E ~ 10 0I tns last two ears and the regular en-
1rs toward the north switch TO back the four
A!S IN on ne .Iut;
verse lever my eyes fell on the order hanging
LIVER the steam gauge and for some reason the
, t Hb@r"'pE , gave me a shock, a feeling q danger
ih,eR The order had been ignored. Even then
: Was not alarmed when l saw that the two
rSL' were moving slowly down the hill. and l
rea, them only long enough TO see the
snd' e,a&emap Chamber up the side ladder
water ~ the boiler. started the injector. and
again glanced at the cars. Evidently the
cars vle e" me moT HTss GS5 was psp Gdf G and 9r tss b as tee
nan vas Fastening toward the brake on the
and a 10 EAT' te II e. s ia TTda 1T snf Ts ssSS rsks sF cSala
the cars.
az flashed before my eyes. No. II. crowded
rrumnn paNsenHerss was coming, and those cars.
grain, Carrying Heath and destructIon to scores
hDl hunlreds; The scene at the moment
gay nearly twenty-five years ago-the moving
i1hTs. no brakeman stumbling toward the side
]ieAiinE down the iiyiie. the hreman standing
MGart,o witch stsfr and gazing toward the cars
Hml thIiriy miles below. on the lipe OF the
tSS ~ a. MiadinE track a faint blur Of smoke
we all Hnew what must be done. Tho fire.
on tbis lanes hIIdi he is e:passepgeF ssgineeI
i iHrr,H%n ne switch and swung himself onto the
,Wp.pGard back Of the tank, and the old Jos
man femaIned. to cioss the switch and Hurd
tThnns blaclhE himself TO couple tho engine TO
rtGsSoEE 'tS mpy'ng-oars whom We should: APP
hlrNNo steam Is eyer used in going down that
Is n"t cid at me t9p Of the inCiine the throttle valve
ntbTrH H,' stand on. the footboard I opened the
Hn me air Until ! {Ssadi G her a s stsEs &C" cont S"I" and and
iuIyy GTWHy we went. The runaway cars we're
ss T"5 Nv yards ahead as wa crossed the switch
Si,bt were moving apparently at tho rate OF
crSSns ~ Ten miles an hour with rapidly In
gfeaSLng momentum. In sixty seconds old
tb}T,t was running hity miles an hour. and In
~ he'ghus more we were close TO tho cars.
and 7SrU ms y.'iee iaintiy above the rattle
nv Ttpar az he shouted something. and know
prSo,ooHt 't = was 10 slow dowa In order TO APP
air. III fars without q erash..l APPLIED tho
Iai n s!Eht J2lt told me The engine and car
slant IN !. ,%oseLheri and after, waiting an In
paes give buTd time TO drop the pin IN
pulled the air valve 70 lessen the speed.