The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-25
The onix sale Prace.

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 The Only safe Place.
 More tragic was the occurrence on Rocky Mountain Railroad. Four efn- ployes of the Great Northern were speeding down g preeipitous grade on a hand ear at thirty miles at hour. when 8 special train confronted them around a curve. There was no avofd- Jumped to death on the rocks below. The others stuck to the car, and one was crushed by the wheels of the ad- vancing engine. but the other man was tossed uniujured into a clump of rock twenty feet below the edge of the cliff. It was the only safe place where he could have fallen.
 A pr. Bach was cycling down the machine darted forward at terrific speed At the foot of the rnountaiR Is e bridge spanning deep river gorge. The physician tried to guide the front wheel struck a side wall and he was flung over the parapet. While falling through the air he caught a chain hanging from a girder. The momentum of his body, suddenly loose. but he was strong man and kept his hold.
 sVVlmwimg In Bgidair.
 While swinging In midair. suspend ed over the raging river and unable to improve his perilous position. an automobile came ehugging. down the pass The hapless man shouted For help. but he could not be seen from the bridge, and his cries were drown sound of the river. A few minutes after the automobile had passed 2 car riage drove across the bride. Again he cried out for help, but in vain. The swtnl stEsin 9n arms ana bn finssers sec tor was about to drop into the torrent to an inevitable death, when two peasants came by and saw him They flung a moose over him ana pulled him up. He tatnted ana was III TOT
 A father travelling with his young son on an English railroad last year had a narrowing five minutes. The partment door when the door flew open and the youngster disappeared Tha father frantically jerked the safes ty rope, which stopped the train, and Jumped out. He vas ast0niShed oa h:s tsnt snp running up the track. But at thGt moment an express on the other track came roaring by and the engine knocked the boy down and passeS over him. The father groansd with horror. He could not believe his eyes when the train passed on and the IT, tie fellow jumped up and came pl9ckls ly toddling back. The boy had n" injuries, except a few cuts
 Extraordinary Escape.
 About two years age snlaiI steam yacht with a pleasure party aboard was off the outer harbor of New 4orls when 1t was run down and capsized by a string of garbage scows. or the eight aboard the yacht four chung 10 the keel of their vessel and were pick, ed up; the others sank and vanished from sight. Among the latter was young woman, Miss Fanny Day: sne was reported drowned and her family WAS mourning the tragic event when she walked In very much alive ana well. Her escape was extraordinary: When the yacht turned over the girl was drawn by suction under a barge. anJ came up in dark space. chain struck against her face. she grasped it. and as soon as she eouio get breath screamed for help, A lid aeove was lifted and two men pulled her up into daylight It happened that load of garbage had been dumped through the bottom of the barge al the moment of the collision and the voun9 woman fortunately rose through the open trap into the cham, her, The trap immediately closed again. leaving her in the hold of the seow' imprisoned In darkness and filth. but safe.