| Show THRILLING IHLI G HUm HIDE Ito lio 0 n Y Car have An 1 tl Js The Tue life of ot the average railroad man mans manis is s full of ot exciting Incidents and time and I tul again during does ho Ito 10 look ook death squarely in tn the he face For a areal C areo rent real reo thrilling example of at what that hat the tho rank runk and the lie experience once In n a while tho the following 10 which Is clipped tram train the tho Butt Miner la is a n good Illustration An n incident that was startling to 10 be bo behold hold told but hut which ended elIded fortunately was the he escape of ot a n freight car from a 1 train crew In tile tho Montana Union railway yards yard yesterday afternoon at 5 5 The rite car was al heavily healy loaded loadell with merchandise o and Ind while being switched around got cot beyond tho the control of oC two trainmen through some defect detect In n tho the brakes The Tue car Immediately began hegan a fright frightful ful ul descent down grade the momentum Increasing each tach second The two brakemen on top were waro helpless and nt at first tnt waved their urine around frantically and yelled yel cd to attract the at nt of ot other trainmen In the yards Soon however the tho men on the tue run runaway runaway away had to busy hUAY themselves as nA best beet they could to hold hohl on although the car on ort account of ot being well wel weighted lown with fi eight did not way sway very much In Its IH swift downward course The grade was WIS about two per cent centA A heavy freight engine In tho the yard was coon In pursuit of the th runaway Tho Tile engine arid and its iA tender swayed much nuch more than the tho freight car and nil II the he chase was wan a 0 very ery exciting one to behold Near tho the Butte Hutte works work it I seemed scorned every overy moment us nA If It he tho engine would Ily ty tho the track truck no as ni It Jolted rail along bounding form torm rail rai to i rai At a point opposite the tIle reduction works tile the engine overtook the tho run runaway runan away Rita an anti by U a dexterous lightning I novo move of ot a n train Iraln hand on the t e switch switchboard switchboard board of ot tho the engine tho the coupling was made and the tho fugitive car was wie again under control It I was wait wa a II roost most fortunate catch reflected much credit upon Ulon the he engineer and the tho switchman as an nn exhibition of at coolness and nerve If lf the runaway had not been cap call captured captured It could probably not lIot have havo been checked In iii Its iA wild career this lilo ot of Silver SilvOr Siver Bow Dow station tallon It I would probably have havo been teen necessary to ditch dich It them ther which would have havo the this theInA lives InA of ot th the 1 trainmen on top lop of oC It The Th track rack Is down grade to and tho tim Not Coast Const limited due tue In HuttA ButA at 73 might have hate been en ea For fear of at killing the men menon menon menon on the tile car In throwing It I from tie the at ut a n switch snitch It would probably hayl have been necessary to give Iho the tho car right of way stay over the tile main ilium track while through telegraphic warning ahead for tor which there would have havo been ample time the corning coming passenger train trin could have havo boon been put In n a 1 place of oC safety on a n skiing It lIt I was wal one otle of at tho the Incidents Incident In n the tue life of ot a n railroad man lana lan The hc los doH to chance of oC overhauling the tile run runaway runaway away Wil attempted raid nd It I proved successful It I was WIS plain iaIn to be ho seen that If It I the tho chase had brat much longer the engine the of ot which WIlA Wil constantly Increasing might mh ht have loft lef the track especially If It Ifa ifa a 1 slight curve unD hall had encountered |
