Show UNION PACIFIC FLYER HAD NARROW ESCAPE running forty five mites an hour when an obstruction was dis covered on the track sa s1 an attempt was made at 2 30 this morning near Bu fordin wyoming ta wreck passenger train no 1 the westbound overland limited on the union pacific only the watchfulness of the engineer and fireman both of whom saw an obstruction st on the track at the same time and prompt action on the part of the former in applying the air brakes prevented a disaster As it was the flyer was stopped just as tha nose of the pilot touched the obstruction which consisted ot ties bg stones and old timbers after the track was cleared the train proceeded slowly reaching lara ale at 4 posses were quickly formed and went to the scene of crime where eight tramps were arrested arrs sted none of these mon could give a satisfactory explanation as to their whereabouts when the train passed buford they mad been ejected from an eastbound east bound freight train yesterday afternoon and two of them itis said then declared that they would get even the limited was bowling along at 45 miles an hour whan the engine crew first discovered the obstruction by the glare of the headlight the air brakes were applied so hard that the shock was sufficient to unseat several passengers in the smoking car and the express messengers and were thrown from their feet nearly a ton of coal in the tender was hurled into the engine cab by be jar A number of are re potted to be on the train |