The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-05-24
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Tht0 sn an sIcilins time 90 ih
nelot.lins bsisssn ~, johns and Albin
psri oi Portland. Oregon. ls.sly. A
the story 10 related by the Portlsp'
ofesouisr. az engineer on tho neiot.lin'
W. b. Essns, bad lefi ihs N moior-snsia,
on switch st the wstst-.snk al ST. John
While be vent 10 get bis lunobson. Dui
ing bis absence his son Fred, three year.
old. elm bed npon The engine, He had
often ridden oa IL, srd he'd observed tbs
way 10 which his father operated IL.
Little Fred bad no sooner mounted tbs
engine than II occurred 10 bin to open
the throttle ssd see IL IL would start. He
pnllsd 1t open vide, aud the engine did
Start, II wss full OF coal snI wsisr snd
sissm, sod uovsi of st . high rate OF
speed Immediately. Several psfsops ssw
1t going, and cav that . child alone vas
on the engineers seal. bat no one vas
near enough to stop IL.
Word vas st oncs taken TO the boys
father He reached the track inst 10 time
to see the locomotive disappear around .
curve. Although Wild with grief. be
vent to . telephone, and the operator be
gan tslepboains and teIssrsphins down
The lias 10 - attempt 10 get the loeono
tive stopped. Little Fred's mother came
too. but she vas almost isin.ipg,
Meantime the locomotive dsshed down
The road. Some people near 81, Johl's
heard the little boy CRYING 'Msmmsp
md saw that hs WAS weeping. Present
y the locomotive pIs,od Portsmouth
station. The telephone message had 81
ssdy been received there. and sn operator
usbsd out, but the speed OF the losomo
i've IVES tsrrinc. The operator osusht .
glimpse Of the little boy sitiing upright
10 the spsiassrs seat. not crying nov,
'ut looking very we'll pleased.
Word Of the affair spread, and st Bt
ohns . crowd collected. Women we're
ryipg and wrinsing their hands. The
locomotive sped on. II passed Psniusulsr
tstion at the same rate OF speed 80 that
! which it had passed Portsmouth. No
ns dared to throw il on switch. Word
lme by telephone 10 Albina before the
,gins resetsd that point, and q party OF I
en ran out along the line TO meet it.
The approach to Albins il by long up |
-sde. Ga this Upgrade the stssm had
one down little, and the speed OF the '
oomotive diminished, although not to
y marked degree, As the engine near
them. the men from Albins stepped Y
ide. Could any one OF them board iti /,
John Woods, . motormsn on the City
Suburban Railway, did board it. OF q
shtful ri h, He caught tbs hsnd.rsil n
d swung up. although 10 doing 90 be t.
ls dragged seventy feet, and the oh b
rvers for an instant were sure be would b
20 bis life. He at opos turned of the
lam, and the engine slowed down and tc
,pped. Il
He found the little boy full OF delight d,
,an run 90 engine like psprl be eIolsim pl
, He was sitting erect on the snei ca
er's SET, and was not bit scared,
The gage indicated pressure Of eighty ct
unds, which proved that the speed Of
, engine was very considerable when
pods boarded it. He told the crowd or
,ich gathered that be was much sur N
sed that he bad suooseded In getting N
The locomo olive had Travelled several dc
les at the rsts oil st least thirty miles 90 ed
ar. 1t was promptly run back to 81. sb
hns, snd the little engineer wss restor
to bis almost hystsrical parents. ;nI