The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
nAeY RAN 1He LOCOMOTIVE.
A Three.Year.Old's Trip Alone on ~
Engine RunnIng wild.

81 can run an engine like papa,
said little three year-old Fred Evans
rs he was lifted down from the loco
motive OF the st. Johns motor line
at Albina, Oregon, few days ago.
He bad mounted the engine at st.
Johns, pulled open the throttle aud
remained on the seat alone on n mad
ride of seven miles. The young en-.
gineer is the son of w. b. Evans, of
ST. Johns, an engineer on the motor
line. He had often been on the en-.
gino, and his father had explained to
him how the lever is pulled and the
wheels started moving.
The engine lies over an hour at st.
Johus, Just by the water tank, and
during this time, while Mr.. Evans
was at home Mt lunch, little Fred
walked down to the engine, mounted
the seat aud opened the throttle wide.
The machine was full of coal aud
water, and was ready for the road,
Several people saw the boy start, but
no one was near enough to catch the
engine. The news was at once told
to Mr.. Evans, and he reached the
track Just in time to see the locomo.
tive, with his boy on board, disappear
around q curve. The father was wild
with grief and fear, and the boys
mother was almost prostrated.
The news spread like wild fire, and
the whole town turned out. Excite.
mont was intense, women aud chill
dren cried and men offered sugges-
tions. Master Mechanic Michael +.
Brady was at that end of the limo aud
ut once began to telephone to stations
along the line. Portsmouth aud
Peninsuar we're notified, and men at
these points tried to board the engine
as it dashed by, butt its speed was too
great. Mr.. Brady also notified the
office at Albina, and party of men
ran out the line northward to meet
the wild engine. In coming up the
long grade toward Albina, tho steam
had died down n little, but the regis.
ter still showed eighty pounds. John
Woods, q motorman on the City and
Suburban Railway, was the first man
to meet the engine. He caught the
hand rail and swung up, but in doing
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five feet. He at once turned off tho
steam, and the engine slowed down
and stopped. 1t was then young Fred
made the remark concerning his ability
us an engine-driver.
The boy was not scared at all, but
seemed rather proud of his feat.
When the engine first dashed out of
st. Johns he was frightened, and as
he came through Portsmouth like u
shot out q guu he was yelling Justify
for "mama." After coming several
miles, however, he again became
brave and held his position on the seat
with composure, with his hand on the
lever, like veteran.
The engine was stopped in front Of
the home of DIR. Davis, on Commercial
street, and was quickly run back to
st. Johns by Mr.. Woods with the boy
Fred still on board. Mr.. Woods said
his success in boarding the engine was
a surprise to him, as we'll as every one
else, as its speed was still consider
able. The engine had made the run
from st. Johns to Albina in less than
| bali an hour.
In the meantime the news of the
rescue had been sent by telephone to
tho frightened parents, and for the
remainder of the day there was great
| Joy in all st. Johns.