Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
FIVE. MILE RIDE WITH DEATH
Thrilling Experience Of Woman on Steps
of Passenger Coach,
LOCKED OUT BY vEsTIBULE DOOR
Telegraph Operator Calamity Hushe"
to the Rescue, stops Speeding
Train and Saves the
FOrIOrn Maiden.

Her dresses the plaything of the wlnos'
her hair blowing in wild DISORDER Mlss
Edith Millron, ore Of LogansportS pref
test and best known young women des-
nerately clung to the handles OF closed
,.astibule car the other week for ilNe hllles
Lille the Continental Limited, the wa
bash's fastest train, tore through Ihulaha
~ the rate Of fifty miles an hour' Nheh
tho cold. rushing winds were numplhs heF
,,r,h, and exhaustion was loosening her
,-,r on the handles when II seemed thaI
s,,n must LET go and drop from the rushing
+rair 10 be rolled and pushed over the
frozen ground, and then left inert prulseu'
battered and dead, the train came 10 ID
sion. Operator Modrlcker, in WABASH lhu.'
where the girl had boarded the traln' Iau
soa, her Drcdicamcnt and peril as ule Hln-
ited was steaming out Of the station. ferr'
tvanty miles distant, was the tram neN'
schedule stop, and Modricker' reall@.us
tnat the girl could not possibly clhg 10 cue
handles that length of time, rusheu 10 Nis
oftice and furiously pounded ue telesIap"
,,o,. calling the operator at Hartsman sta-
tion. 1--WE miles away. When the
80, limited Numbered into view at Harts-
-, tbo onerator was in the middle OF the
track wildly Haunting a red nag
Collapsed W Nhth
with grinding Jar the train came 10 d
ston and Miss Milliron ioosened her grasp
~, tho car handles and sank TO the sFouilu,
where she collapsed in heap she cou'u
not have held on q moment longer
Miss AIillron VIII talk but little OF he' eS-
narience. Thoughts Of that VIII
through space, with the wlhu uo""ns ~
e,,.Ioyinq I'm her cars and striving TO tear
- rror, the trains SIDE even now send
tror,ors of fear through her body. Ihe
.traIn which she underwent during the
go q took for the train to travel those
e,.e miles would have caused a physlcal
braoIdovn in a person less strongly con-
stltuted. .,.
Ne NIllliron had been visiting at the
home OF her sister, Mrs. John Reed OF La
savette. and the two went to Napash Z"
,,is,t another sister Mrs. Reed decided 70
rsrnsin FOR several days and Miss Mill
,ror en- the afternoon hastily made up her
mind 10 take the Continental Limited ana
return TO her home In Logansport. lhe
decision uecesstated hurried packing anu
fast walk 10 the Wabash railroad stallou'
Miss NIiliron arrived in the depot Just as
the train was pulling out, She gave neI
sister a farewell kiss, and clutchlns heI
sl,ir,s she raced out and pluclSily grabbed
the handles OF vestoule car she
was dragged a little before she clam
bered upon the steps. The vesuoule
/ door refused 20 open. il would not puose'
She pushed and strained and falling 70
omen t. pounded frantcally on the glass
| hopinR 10 attract the attention Of porters
or messengers. Her efforts were drowned
I'm tbe rattle and roar of the train and
she turned 10 alight. Fear seized her
! The momentum was such that she dared
not risk a leap into space. The train was
increasing I'm speed each passing moment
Conhictlng emotions flled her. She wanted
/ 10 leap out but dared not. She knew II
was the right thing 20 do-the only thins
10 do, but her nerve failed. Twice she
| nerved herself for the drop, but each time
she drew back and tightened her hold OF
| the handles.
| nd, -. E,1I g,aad