The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-24

moment he crawled into the tuune
found ifa- the shaft was broken of
square, 50 that it could rot be riveted TO
gether. and spent hours in taking meas
urements for a collar to be welded owe
the break He spent other hours in max
inS and putting on collar, all the time
either lying the fat of his back Of
working in a squatting position. SO small
was The space. MI told he labored un
ceasingly for two full days. After tha
he slept for two hours, and the twenty
two hours following he worked wit 4
pause until at last he had not only weld
ed, but bolted. the jacket in place.
ho 90 y~as finished late Monday night
and the ship was got under way. Early
Ite;cay' morning the head OF bolt broke
Of. the jacket slipped. and once more
Tomlinson had 10 crawl into the tunnel
and make repairs.
Again the ship got under way and again
after an hour of running. snap. vert two
bolts. And once more Tomlirson risked
life and limb in the shaft tunnel
To make q long story short. Tomlinson
was crawling into the tunnel continually
until the voyage ended. but while the
passengers did rot know of his heroism
until they landed and read of it in the
newspapers. Tomlinson had the satlsfac-
ton. at least, Of knowing that his work
had prevented the shaft from knocking a
hole into the ships siGe and from leaving
the vessel helpless and in peril in a
stormy sea until a tow should chance
along
FRYING OPEN SAFETY VALVES.
1t was one of Engineer Tomlinson' s
fellow Scotchmen who prize open a
safety valve and prevented a serious ex-
rlosioa on liner that is sailing The seas
today.
For some reason or other the donkey
engine. used for hosting cargo and lug
gage. had been started at sea and a trust
worthy fireman put in charge of it. An
hour or so later the second engineer.
whose watch it was. distinguished an I'M
usual noise among the multitude Of
SOUNDS of the big ship-so keen IS an en-
sineer's sense OF hearing. He located it
Instantly as coming from the donkey en-
gire, ana he rushed thither. As he got
near, he realized that the safety valve
had stuck ard after he had slip the mar
row. oily companionway. he found not
only the safety waive stuck tight. but the
fireman asleep ct his posi-, and the boiler
al but ready 20 explode
In less time than it takes to tell it. he
grabbed a crowha- and was up among the
pipes. frantically trying TO pry open the
valve. How long h worked he does not
know-"It seemed years. he said-but he
finally got the valve open In the nick OF
time and prevented an explosion which
would surely have blown = large hole in
the ships bottom
WORKING IN A FLOOD OF WATER.
Not u3frequently the engineers are
compelled TO work IN water up to their
knees. Ths plates OF many a ship. when
she straddies 4 sea, move ard cut at their
rivets ana leak nightly. Then he e.
gineer mus: wade around in an engine
room flooded from port TO port and give
heed 10 n2ught but the welfare Of his en-
sines. Hs must not think about the mari
foid dangers of sailing in ''leaky old
tub or Of rheumatism. or other ills that
will come 70 him from working for hours
in brine and hilge water
Il is a trite saying Of the sea that
wherever there - SKIP engineer there
als5 Is a had case Of rheumatics
II is only when a cylinder head bursts
o. a large valve gives way. filling the
engine rooms with scalding steam before
The opportunity can be seized upon 10
repair the damage. that an engineer is
forced 10 leave his post.
Then II is that he has 20 charge for
dear lie up steep, narrow companion
ways. made slippery by engine oil. to
place Of safety. And all the time he
climts upward. the steam pursGcs him.
for the companionways are in the only
opening leading out Of the engine-rooms-
BUT ii is not often that escaping steam
gets ahead CT the engineer. for ne is a
man trained 20 act Ike a lightning fash
in emergencies
While still several days out a storm
carried away the funnel. and TO keep
their ship from having to be lowed in.
the engineers rugged Up funnel out OF
old sails. Irvine. rope ends. ,iat.ened out
tin cans. and all other kinds OF sunk that
they could make 10 serve their purpose.
This wonderful work they held in posi-
ton by lines made fast 10 the masts.
and so well did they fulfil the duty for
which it was builded that the tramp