Salt Lake Herald | 1904-08-12 | Page 1 | Brave Joe Goddard Stuck to His Post

BRAVE JOE GODDARD STUCK TO HIS POST Butte Mont Aug ug 11 A Basin Mont dispatch sa says A dreadful ar ac accident to 10 the Great Northern n passe passee n nger ger tram train was wu averted only hv by a mir sole this morning lOOming ts s 5 the 1 train was bowling bowline along at ai a II goo good gool goodspeed i speed toward Butte the front from truck n or the tile engine De jumped the track just a athe athe as the train was n the trestle tr o of oi bridge No the first bridge west e t nf BoUlder Joe Goddard dard the engineer en ineer instantly instant threw tAre on the air brakes brake but could r rn rG stop atop op the traiT train The fireman Jum I l before the train trin reached the t t tJ but bat t the engineer stuck to his engine The hind trucks of the re n stained on the track and carri catTiA tb th the tram train across a the th trestle in safety The trestle Ue at that point is eight fy y feet high bl and had the engine eugine not stuck to the track a frightful accident could not possibly have been averted