Show engineer Irrl heroism now and then in quiet times of peace tpring up which demand the highest order of heroism one 0 thota occurred ot waynesboro on wednesday of lat week trains nos 21 and 14 and 13 and 11 on alc tlc chesapeake ohio road goans cut hid h id orders to meet and pass four 0 citi A traina coining west at adlue the extra were late aej ai a eleven were blocked oil the tack above wayna boro awaiting vil atter three ot tha extra hij passed the girat matlon ot no 11 out aej commenced ing the heavy graika to the tunnel kalo and acre filling aal the ot nou balog unable to draw its car the engineer ot abo train it mr R V irrine hu cleine froni hla own train and on the rear air ot no hi aided uio after the ferit train pearly a halt ciuc and it a rood baart LI engine and to return to his onn train bat ere b had it he dav a detachment ot the train ho anti left down the mountain at a rapid rate it become uncoupled front the anne in an th intrepid engineer abc fril ot the situation thirteen heavily loaded cars were down a anre tool enda and each revolution ot alic adding velocity lo 10 its with rare presence ot mind anil an iron nerve that few men possess started hi engine to meet tho descending kajs and break the ot the ue ran up to ellb in bort distance ot the matji and then re to llewlen the shoe clutched the la his arin rasp and in his awaited the catastrophe A moment and the crash came an avalanche coald scarcely have been creater Kr eater ot the cair climbed up on tho boiler 0 abo and another wa wrecked but tha brave man accomplished ids purpose tho wild train was stopped and the engineer had saved many precious lives and 0 fl ollar worth ot property virginian |