The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-05-17
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tie heavy train was wei n hand. ana

1t rolled doWnshe leREggrade as gently
Ben ~ a5a....oe arsfu,. "a halt
haE~dpYn Ne hill thy exploded tor
pedoesM Though tn driving storm
the taMligM of tlssshier were pres
entity seen. As thsy pulled capafu,ls
ahead Ben made his way through the
mud and rain to the head end and
found the, passenger train stalled. Just
before them was Blackwood s creek,
bank fuli,- and the bridge swinging
over the swollen stream Ike q. grape
vine. EN# & aS ANEpS{
r At the foot pf Beverly hffl Mse issa.
.siding-a long siding, onees usaIas Ia
Bort of cutoff to the upper = Zanes
vile wards. gIhis side gtIaek sparallels
The main track for half1asnaile, andson
this siding Ben, as soon as he saw the
situauons drew in with ghfs Straihgso
that it lay beside the passenger train
and left the, main line clear behind.
It then became his duty to guard the
track. to the rear, where the second
section Of the stock train would soon
be DUE ri II W@a II 52iit 7aG8
4 It was pouring rain and 9as dark as
pocket. He started his hind end
brakeman back on the run with. red
lights and torpedoes, to warn the sec
ond section well up the hill. Then
walking across from his caboose, lie
got under the leeFof the hind Pull
man sleeper to watch for the expected
headlight. 81 aaGw #aE 9gia a#f
The storm increased in violence. It
was not the rain driving in torrents,
not the lightning blazing nor the deaf
ening crashes Of thunder that worried
him, but the wind 1t blew a gale. In
the glare of the lightning he could see
the oaks (which crowned the bluffs
whip like willows in the storm. 1t
swept quartering down the Beverly
cut as if it would tear the ties from
under the steel Suddenly he saw far
up in the black sky star blazing. 1t
was the headlight of Second Seventy
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A whistle cut the wind, then another.
1t was the signal for brakes. The sec
ond section was coming down, the
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back his man had got with the bombs.
Even as he wondered he saw a yellow
fash below the headlight. Tt was the
first torpedo The second section was
already well down the top of the hill.
Could they hold it to the bottom? ,rt5 I'd
Like an answer came shorter and
sharper the, whistle for brakes. Ben
thought he knew who was on that en-
CINE; thought he knew that whistle,
for engineers whistle as differently as
they talk. He still hoped and believed
knowing who was on the engine
that the brakes would hold the heavy
load, but he feared a.s~.... air. 49,.
A man running up in the rain passed
him. Ben shouted and held up his Ian
tern. 1t was his brakeman.
4"Who's pulling Second Seventy-sev-
en?' he cried. f E-<.@" Z. 'E 81 .2si,'
candy Cameron -@s, @-5 @&-@
"HOw many air cars has he got?' a
"Six Or eight" shouted Ben Its
the wind, Daly-the wind. Andy can
hold her if anybody can. But the
wind; did you ever see such a blow?'
Even while he spoke the cry for
brakes came third time on the storm.
A frightened Pullman porter opened
the rear door Of the sleeper. Five
hundred people lay. in, the excursion !.
train, unconscious of this avalanche
rolling down upon them.
The conductor Of the f1ier ran up to
Ben in panic.
Buckley, they'll telescope us.'
,"Can you pull ahead any?'
ri 1.-THE bridge is out '..ttE@ @ Il
'"Get out your passengers" said
Ben's brakeman. n szs- z.trr ,..-.=r-.
''There's no time" cried the passen-
ger conductor wildly, running off. He
was panic stricken. The porter tried
to speak. He took hold Of the brake
mans arm, but his voice died in his
throat. Fear paralyzed him. Down
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