Show oa moo g cp THE RAIL sublime Dr eLvery ol 01 two western trainmen save a j triin tr end lives g from victor col cornea comes a story of such a remarkable combination of heroism coolness and judgment that it Is 1 a matter of regret that there does not exist a national board of award to decorate the central figures in recognition of their worth aa as men of at nerve and grit at eclipse on the florence and cripple creek railroad away up in ill the dangerous part of the mountain mountains where traces seem to dins cling by some miraculous means to the steep rugged slopes a loaded freight car broke from a train with brakeman lund en on top he applied the brake but the chain broke and down the incline he be went at a frightful speed yet bravely staying at hia his poat post with almost certain death ahead A suburban passenger train was due to leave anaconda at about the same time conductor blondy on an in engine sped in pursuit of the runaway car As be he passed eclipse station like a streak of lightning be he hurled a message wrapped around a piece of coal through the window to the operator it vaa as caught and flashed to anaconda just in time to stop the passenger train and the engine with the fearless conductor in tho the cab whirled on in th pursuit of life and death those who have traveled in the mountains of at Colu colorado rado can imi ans the deadly peril as the freight car and engine rounded treacherous curves with speed undiminished riding on OU one track at times now apparently appa antly going over the side into some canyon now row rearing and threatening to bound up the hillside at some sharp change in the roadbed tho the serpentine track was followed with a fierce determination just four our seconds dc before anaconda would have been re reacted acied the freight car was overtaken leaping through the window and climbing around to the pilot conductor blondy made a hazardous coupling at lull full speed the air brakes bres were applied the runaway was brought to a stop the brakeman remained at his big pst the conductor resumed his engine the car vaa vas taken back up the hill those who sat in the passenger coaches at anaconda probably never knew how bow near they were to death the conductor tor and brakeman 1 wall they knew know yes but it was a pirt of their dilly dally d illy existence they recognized a duty didy they had tho the nerve to perform it they had the presence oc or mind and the grit and the brawn to make it a success it was a thrilling incident it should be handed down to posterity as an example of w what bat Is possible with ft it man ruan who Is equal to the occasion |