The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-09

HI WAS ALMOST FRIGHTENED. TO. BEATat
! the woods, us they are gorglng them.
selves after winters fast and. sleep.
It was nine Of these black fellows IN
an empty cattle. car that Smith. and lis
assistants hauled into the station AMI
which have been forwarded. to, t1iEs. 20 81
logical park IN Seattle.
The Northern Pacific trains always
come to full stop just before, enrerfng
tunnel No. 3, which is n very daa2geq.
Gus one. The train in this case. was
long string of empties, among tIHm a
few long palace horse cars. These have
matches on the top. where hay and feed
are given stock while en- route.
AS the train came to o stop, the
trainmen gathered at the engine for a,
chat and left the rear end unguarded.
Nine big black bears ambIed out of the
fir timber and climbed on to,a. d1tt car.
There they romped at viii. The train
finally ierked loose frem its stationary
position aud began the long pull
through the tunnel The rear brake
man remained on the engine While the.
conductor stood on the roadbed ready
to catch the rods of the caboose and
mount
As the train slowly passed him he.
was nearly frightened to Death bS see
ing the dat car with its load of bears
go slowly past every brnfn of them
looking at him in curiosity. lie was so,
frightened that he nearly missed the
caboose. Meantime the rear brakeman.
was advancing ut rapid gait on top,
of the cars to the caBooSe. intending to,
reach the end of the train before the,
tunnel was too close. When he reached
the fat car. which was; almost four
cars from the rear, he saw the bears
ciamberfng on to the next freight car
behind the fat. He, toe, was badly
frightened The bears seemed to be.
surprised and scared at the same. time.
but did not seem to, desire to jump.
from the moving cars.
They ambled. half falling. upon the.
tall car, which was palace horse car
| The hatch lay open! and afforded =
very promising hole for the p-oor bears.
The first Of the denizeuS of the forest
spied the hole and squeezed his woody
self into it and dropped ont Of sight
| He was Immediately followed by the
other eight. and the astonished and
half frightened bcakeman. clamlsring
| upon the tall car slammed the hatch
shut and latched 1t. Then he ducked
for the tunnel and crawied back to tell
the conductor what had occurred.
After passing through the tunnel the,
train once mors. slowed down AMI came
10 I step. The trainmen ran ahead and
! called the attention OF the engineer and
fireman 70 the catch and explained all.
| The men looked to see that the doors
of the Gaze We're safely shut aud hook
Ell an tarn proceeded to the division
| wifi tbs load OF bears. II was perhaps
the first time that the Northern Pacific
road ever hauled such load of live
stock.
The bear; howlel ana fought 10 gel
out of the car but the strons wooden
bars, re-enfocced by iron bands ana
I strong eacu%h To hold the miGhtieSt
OK, held true. There was no budgfng.
although the teeth OF the wild heasts
left their mark on the woodwork.
At Hot Springs the conductor tele-
graphed to the train dlspatchers to
have the city marshal on hand to ar
rest load of tramps, and when the
train reached Auburn there was a
large crowd ut the depot to see what
had been reported around was to be IL
1 good fight.
| Under special orders from Archibald
4 Gray of the freight department OF the
Great Northern and of j. f. Tingliug
I of tile Northern Pacific railroad the
carload OF bears was side tracked and
I hauled 10 Seattle, where the park com
missioners took charge.