Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-03-30

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rHTI n 40 .HE pulled carefully
ah.ld Uu mHIa Hs yay through ib,
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found DOB. passenger tfHiu stalled. Just
before s.m was Hardwood creek.
b.. Hl .uH Dee bridge swinging
over fHe swollen stream lie grape.
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At Hr foot 1r beverly BIN thrra IL n
s.I.na.n long siding. once used ne a
sort .r cutoff Co. the upper Zaucs
willie yards. This side track parallels
tUp mHu track TOR half mile and on
th# siding Euu as soon 1s ho saw the
situation urnv--ln with his trriu sn
tht 70 lay beside the passenger train
and Iuf0 che main ln" clr.r behind.
It tHuH nu.wc bis duty 10 guard the
track t1 the rear where the second
section OF the stock train would soon
be due
] wns pouring rain and ~ dark rs
pocket lin started his hind end
brakeman back ON tho run with rod
lights and torucd3cs T. warn the see
ond section well up the Llll. Then
wHlaIug across from His cah0asc. he
got under the lee ~ the hind Pull.
man sleeper 10 watch FOR the expected
headlight.
The storm increased I'm violence. II
was not the rain driving In torrents.
not the lightning blazing nor the deaf
euing crashes OF thunder that worried
him, but ths wind. n blew q guie. In
the glare Of the lightning he could see
the oaks which crowned the bluffs
whip Ike willows In the storm. II
swept quarerlug down the Beverly
cut ~ II It would tear the ties from
under the steel. Suddenly he saw far
mp In the black sky star blazing. 1t
was the headlight Of Second severity
seven.
4 whistle cut the wind, then another.
IL was the signal for brakes. The sec.
ond section was coming down the
steep grade. lie wondered how far
back his man had got with the bombs.
Even ms he wondered he saw a yellow
fash below the headlight. II was the
first torpedo, The second section was
already well down the top Of the hill.
Could they hold It 10 the bottom?
Like an answer came shorter and
sharper the whistle for brakes. Ben
thought he knew who was on that On
gine; thought he knew that whistle.
FOR engineers whistle as differently az
they talk. lie still hoped and believed
knowing who was on the engine
that the brakes would hold the heavy
load. but he feared
4 man running M in the rain passed
him. Ben shouted and held IN his Ian.
tern. II was his brakeman.
who's pulling Second Seycnty-sey.
emp he cried.
ANDY Cameron"
"How many air cars has he gotT"
six or eight" shouted Ben. "Ita
the wind. Daly-thc wind. Andy can
hold her II anybody can. But tine
wind; did you ever see such 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 flier ran up 10
Ben In panic.
Buckley, they'll telescope u.s."
"Can you pull ahead anyT
The bridge Is out"
Get out your passengers" snld
Beus brakeman.
There's no time" cried the passen.
ger conductor wildly, running Off. He
was panic stricken. The porter tried
20 speak. He took hold of the brake.
mans arm, but his voice died In his
throat. Fear paralyEed him. Down