Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-23

the Germans, is recountsd by one OF
the members of the engine crew. The
episode took place near Grodno dur.
ing the recent German advance in
that neighborhood.
NAbout 2 o'clock in the morning"
said the narrator, Our passenger
train arrived at the station of W.
We were ordered to .detach our en-.
gine and proceed with all possible
speed to the station ahead and bring
back our sentinels who were on guard
ehere. On our way we noticed a de.
tachment of the German cavalry
within a few hundred yards of the
tracks behind us. We wanted to turn
back, but when we attempted to we
found our way barred by railroad ties,
which the Germans had placed on the
tracks. The only thing left to do was
go ahead.
Some distance further along we
found a section Of a passenger train
which had. been left behind. We man
aged to hook onto these cars, which
were filled with frightened passen.
gers, and started towing them to a
point where we knew there was a
branch line. Over this line we en-.
countered nor obstacles in the way
Of old ties, piled on the tracks, but
We ran through them taking a chance
on being derailed. When the Ger.
mans noticed that tn cir barriers had
failed to stop us they opened up on
us with their rifles. Our soldiers re.
piled as we sped along. One of the
enemy's bullets pierced our tank and
another bored a hole through the flues
in the engine boiler.
I'VE had put out our headlight, but
the escaping steam lit up by the glow
from the tirebox enabled the Ger.
mans to locate us. One bullet later
killed the engineer, another hit the
officer in the face. The fireman open
ed the clenched hand of the dead en-.
gineer and took the throttle. A Ger
man Uhlan appeared and shouted
stop. He fired at us but missed. Oul
bullets got him. The German caval'
ry continued to shout at us, but We
went ahead unframed, at a speed OF
about 30 miles an hour, and reached
our lines in safety"
Cairo, March 22.-As a mark OF
their gratitude, the refugees brought
by the United States cruiser Tennes.
see from Jaffa to Alexandria, have
presented a silver tablet to Captain
Benton c. Decker. 1t depicts the mis-.
cry of the refugees leaving Jaffa and
their happiness on entering Alexan.
dria aboard the Tennessee.
About 10000 persons have been SO
far brought from Palestine to Egypt
by the American cruiser. OF them
5000 are quite destitute and have to
be fed and sheltered by the Egyptian
government. They are mostly Rus.
sian Jews. or the remainder, about
1000 are on the verge of restitution,
Some 600 have already been repatriat
ed. The Russians have been given a
month in which to avail themselves OF
a chance to return to Palestine at the
expense of the Russian government.
The authorities at Jaffa raised 81
many difficulties ove.- the departure o.
tile last lot Of refugees hat the cap
tain Of the Tennessee doubts wheth
er any more will be permitted to leav,
"The good work performed by. tn
Tennessee can not be Over.estimated,
says Reuter's correspondent, in de
scribing conditions at Alexandria. HI
reports visiting the quarters of til,
refugees and finding them well hous
ed. At Wardian, a fine, airy building
formerly a school, accommodates
some hundreds. The Gabbari quaran
tine station holds 1,4O0. At Marcus
sa. the quarantine cattle sheds hav'
been cleaned out ind made habitable
the stalls serving as rooms.
""The refugees come of poor stock,
says the correspondent, "and probabl.
few among them have experienced tn
luxury Of a cotton stuffed mattress
which the kindly Egyptian govern
mem is providing for them. Meat il
supplied one day in the week. Tn
komen and children are badly in nee
Of Clothes, especially shoes. Arrange
ments are made by, the Egyptian gov
erlment for the schooling of the Chi
dren." fr. .,sa
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