Show ON TO BURNING BRIDGE Great Northern Train Has a Narrow Eecape BRAVE ACT OF ENGINEER His Presence of Mind and Prompt Action Prevents His Train From Being Destroyed by Ire and Likewise Like-wIse Saves Passentrer Train From DestructionAided by Train Crow He Saves a Bridge From Being Entirely En-tirely Destroyed by Flames Delegates Dele-gates to Convention Delayed TRIBUNE SPECIAL Great Falls Mont Sept CO That train I No 21 I on tho Montana Central did not plunge through a burning bridge last night killing or maiming many of Its load 0 passengers Is largely clue to the action of Engineer Wllaon of that road Ho gave the warning which saved tho passenger train from possible destruction and then devoted bin efforts successfully to saVing his own train and freight engine Thin Is one of the Incidents In connection connec-tion with thp destructIon 0 tho large railroad rail-road bridge near Mitchell by lire the consequent blockad6 of that road and the delay of the 100 delegates to attend the Republican State convention hero tomorrow tomor-row and tho convention of tIn State League of Republican clubs horo tonight Just when or how the bridge caught flro remains a mystery I Is a long and high wooden structure at a most dangerous tnnterOlHI point of the road as It Is on a curve and Junl Ihlu aide of a tunnel nnd on CUT a down giicde As the freight came out of the tnnnol It was on the burning bridge before It could bo stoppod Engineer Wilson nearly blew up his cnglno In attempting to move back his heavy freight train and save his locomotive loco-motive and train nnd wait successful ICC UI Then he ran back two miles to Mitchell and sent a wire In tIme to hold passen ger train Tso 24 at Sliver Tlvn he re turned and aided by bin crew fought the flames saving thrco bents of the struc ture About 1W feet of the bridge was buriiod Ae 11 Is fifty feet high In places a great amount of work will he necessary In the repairs which may not be com pleted until tomorrow Until lien all point passengers must be transferred at that |