The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-10-20
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Next Week
a Novel The ldyl of Twin Fires
A Week 10y ..r,.
(con,Inued From Our Last lssue)

(contlnued From Our Last issue
II was n moment for action rather
than for words, and when he
cleared the platform hand'rall and
dropped. running, Lidgerwood was
only the fraction OF second ahead
OF Van Lew and Jefferla. With
bradford swinging his lantern for
Williams and his fireman TO come
on. the four men were at the wreck
before the cries OF fright and agony
had broken out upon the awful stu
ness following the crash.
The haggage.car. riding high
upon the crushed tender. was body
whole. but the smoker. day.coach
and sleeper were all more or less
shattered, with tho amoking-car al
ready beginning To blaze from the
broken lamps. Lidgerwooda genius
for swift and effective organization
came out strong under tho hammer
blow of tho occasion.
stay hero with bradford and
Jeffefis. and get that engineer out
he called TO Van Lew. Then. with
arms outspread, he charged down
upon the trains company. escaping
as IL could thru tho broken windows
OF tho cars. This way. every man
OF youl" no yelled. his shout dom
mating the clamor OF cries. crash
ing glass. and kissing steam. THE
fires what we've got 10 fight Line
up down TO tho river. and pass
water In anything you can get hold
of Here, Groner'--to tho train
conductor, who was picking him
self up out OF tho ditch into which
the shock had thrown him--"scnd
somebody 10 tho Pullman for
blankets. Jump for Il. man. before
this fire gets hcadway,"
Luckily there were bv this time
plenty OF willing hands 10 help,
The Timanyoni II a mans country.
and there were few women In tho
trains passenger list Quickly a
limo was formed TO the nearby mar.
gin Of the river. and water, In hats.
IN buckets improvised out OF pieces
OF tin torn from the wrecked car
roofs, Kissed upon the fire. beat II
down, and presently extinguishcd w.
Then the work OF extricatlng the
Imprisoned ones began.
In a very little time tho length
and breadth OF the disaster were
fully known. and It's consequences
aiieviated. SO far as they might be
with tho means nj hand. There
were three Allied outright In the
smoker. two In the half.rlled day
coach, and none in the sleeper.
six In ali. including the fireman
pinned beneath the wreck OF tho
tender. Crawford. tho engineer.
was dug out Of his eoaicovered
grave BY Van Lew and Jefferia.
badly burned and bruised. but Htill
living: and there were q score OF
other woundings. moro or less
dreadful.
Freed Of the moro crushing re-
sponribilities. Ldgerwood found
bradford and Groner. and with the
two conductors went down the
track 10 tho poin; OF derailment 10
make the technical investigation OF
causes.
Ordinarily the mere fact Of = de-
s,ruc,ive deraiiment leaves little to
be discovered whom the cause In
sought afterward. But s!ngulariy
enough. tho curved track was torn
up only on tho side toward the hill:
tho outer rail was stiil in place.
Broken flange under 2o<. I'll
bot" said Groncr. holding his Ian
tern down 10 the gashed ties. But
Bradford denied II.
NO" no coniradicfed. Crawford
was able TO talk n little after we
to;ed him back 10 the service car.