The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05


He had mind to abandon the truck, but
crossing reached But up crossing and be-
tween Shirley and the P. & S. things happened that
night of which Chrome had not dreamed.
Stock special No. the siding at Shirley.
LOOK for Taylors stock to Layton and the
crossing They have gone ahead; we thought we
couldn't make it, shouted the freight conductor to
Sweeney and Meeker
Look out for u.s. too" shouted Dugan from his
engine; we're going follow you close"
All right roared Sweeney, as he gave Meeker the
signal.
The excursion train rolled onward, the switch
opened, and Dugan with his train of Wyoming long
horn steers, followed. Between Shirley and the P &
S. crossing lay the toughest spot in the CANVASS Hills
The bluffs heaped and tangled like river rapids
suddenly damned Eastward six miles from shir-
ley, gorge ninety deep pierced hills; it's
River. gorge
by trestle, and that the track by
sharp grade Layton and the crossing, two miles
further eastward.
The three trains fast, setting the hills
their whistles but Taylors stock, having a clear
track, made the better time. Meeker, with his hand
on the throttle sat grim and silent gazing steadily
ahead. He held the lives of than thousand
people in his hands. AS his long train swept around
Little Fever he saw, ahead of and below him, gray
lake of mist lying over the sunken region The sheet
of vapor looked two and a half miles wide He
sounded the whistle warningly: what lay under the
cold lake of sifvery he could not His brows
came together in quicker and his hand went
to the air lever. Suddenly his face cleared and he
smiled, for far across the milky lake he caught
glimpse of the lights of Taylors stock special
IT'S all right" he cried to Tack, I'VE can turn
'em loose down thru here now" = .s@ss*@zS
He blew to McGraw and they went downward
toward the gorge, making for the Layton
grade. Chrome, down the wheels,
his beam and rods like spider a wind-beae web.
On the sharp tangents it seemed his tired
be torn loose, but the crossing but three
miles away.
A mighty bolt however, being fashioned up
at the crossing. Taylors long horns pound
ing the crossing frog suddenly in
by p & S. engine. The engine from
northwest with new man at the throttle, pioted
by fireman familiar with the road, but
got' until it too late. The lone engine crossed
Tayor's train eight ahead caboose,
ing hole thru and rolling out upon the right of
with two badly injured men in her. The
ductor of the stock train the hind man, two
cattle owners, jumped from the caboose and ran
forward to the wreck, while the rear four cars of
stock and the caboose, broken loose by the shock
settled back and crept away unnoticed until beyond
recovery.
Layton yards. The night operator out and
tried to board them, but missed thrown to
the ground and the unbrdled swept down
the grade into the lake of vapor Sweeney S
double header and thirteen coaches of people at Lit
tie Fever Gorge.
mightier driving Dugan with eighteen
of cattle. Between the two incalculabe forces
Sweeney and his twelve hundred passengers joked
and laughed and snored, while Chrome joe weary
o tangents and the roughness State Line
track, chung to burning truck and expectorated
dust.
not twenty he west
end of the trestle Both Meeker and McGraw saw
awful thing at the moment,
the caboose and four of steers
shooting the trestle. There M#X###88M
wild yell of the whistles reversing Msx#8###N#
feyv All wen wit