Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-02

Her head shot that Instant around
the coal chutcs less than milo away.
aud 81 going dead against her. stood
like one paisled. my eyes glued on the
burning eye of the big engine. As she
whipped past Il street arc light caught
n glimpse u George McNcal's head out
OF the cab window. lie always rode
barcheaded IL the night was warm. and
knew II was he; but suddenly, like a
fash, his head went In. ! knew why as
well as II my eyes were his eyes and
my thoughts his thoughts. lie had seen
rel signals where he had every right
10 look for white.
hut red signals nOw-to stop her
pun her Hat on her launches like n
5ronchoi Shake weather nag at n
cyclone.
! saw the fire stream from her driv.
crs. ! knew they were chuIning In
the sand. knew he had twenty air
cars behind him sliding What Of ~
Two thousand tons were sweeping
forward like an avalanche. What did
brains or pluck count for now with -
'ssAi' i'AN 'I'. lAA' 81 HAlttFtEll TlEllt
int tn teeth Of Il;
dJI't lMDw how the other men felt.
A. for me, my bgrIth clu,cl In my
throat. my knees shook. ANA u deadly
aUusca sr.2cl the. Uua5.r t. avert
Che horrible b!uadcr. saw it, hiIcUus
scsil!,s.
Darkness hid the worst Of the sight;
II wds the SQUAD that appalled,. Chill.
Cr'T Gs,vr? Ia gpl ahun,iyg m.l,s from
where the twn a.. zines reared Ia aw,
gul shock jumped In their cribs at that
crash. Fifty.ilyc'E little clgiuc barely
checked the skycrapcr. she split II
liir bnnann. She bucket like Il fran.
tic horse AMI lcupcl lcarfully ahead
There wag Il h,lIdIns csp!)sioa. n SID
Con awfGl bagst or steam. The win
COWS era he'd about our ears. AMI so
were dashed - the wall and floor like
lead pencils. A baggage truck. whip
pod ~ from !hS platform below. came
through TIE heavy sash and down OF
the GisImirhcr's !Gbic like brick at
and ~ we gc?lmb!rl 10 our feet Il
shcwc" ~ rhcIt sI''1rutcd rs. Tho
H." hc,vch. Iri4ht cars slid into
the depot llEa hnt,erins rams. In tn
Lclght o: ihr confusion M oil tank
In the yard ,uok IRE ana threw y,i
low glare on the chastity scene.
IA" nca get W AID fan again Il
their kGC'I. | was Shivcrug and we
with sweat. The stairway was cgl!s Il
81 ipt tsfft.t1lRrV 4
back window, down on the roof oI
til" freight platform and - 70 III,
ground. There was running TO ant
fro. useless and aimlcss: mca were bc
Side themselves, They plunged through
wheat u 10 thclr 1arcs 1T every step
Al at oacr. above the frantic hlsSlne
Of tho buried s.:ySc"ar"r and the wild
calling Of the car tinGs. | heard Tho
stcntOrlan tones OF NclghbDr. mounted
on Il twisted truck. organizing the mcr
Mt hand Into wgcclim- gang. Soof
people began rannlng up the yard I,
where the skyGcrapcr lay. like alothe,
Samson. PROSTATE In the midst OF th'
destruction II had wrought. Forcmos
among the excited men. covered will
dirt and blood, staggered Dad Hamll
ton.
"Whcrc's McNcal?" cried Nclghbor.
Hamilton pointed TO the wreck.
"Why didn't he jump" yelled Neigh
Dor.
Hamilton pointed at the twisted sig
nal tower; the rel right still burned II
II.
"You changed the signals on him.
he cried savagely. what does i
mean? We had right against every
thing. What does II meanf" he ravcd
IN n frenzy.
Nelghbor answered him never /,
word; he only put his hand on Dads
shoulder.
"Flud him first! Find him. he re
peatcd, with strain In his voice
never heard ill then. and the tive
giants hurried away together. Whci
! reached the skyscrgper buried In In,
thick Of the smash, roaring like II vol
canO, the pair were already into thu
Jam like u brace OF fcrrcts. huntIn.
for the engine crews. II seemed ~
hour, though 1t was much less. baror,
they found any one; then they brough
out 55's fireman. Neighbour found him
But his back was broken. Back agaiI
they wormed through twisted trucks
under spllntcred bcams-ln and arounl
and overlooked with heat, blinded
by steam, shouting ms they CROPPED
listening for word or cry or gasD
Soon we heard Dads voice In II dif
fercnt cry, one that meant everything
and the wreckers, turning like beaver
through dozen blind trails. gathere,
all close 10 the big fireman. lie wa
under arcnt piece of the cab whcr'
none could follow, and he was cryin!
for bar They passed him II bar
other men, careless Of life and limb
tried 10 crawl under ana in TO him, bu