| Show THIS SAVES NUMEROUS LIVES former railroad man stops Rom runway iway cars HIS BRAVERY TO BF ba remembered BY OFFICIALS after desperate struggle and a most thrilling ride he tie brings runaways to a standstill and saves rio grande western passenger train from wreck chauncey A green of frond june tion averted a reck areck on the kio RIO grande western one day last week and at the same time undoubtedly saved many travelers pra from death as nv wll il sa the trainmen green is we welt known at helper and up and down the 1 line 11 ne of the road having run here bere for a considerable time green greer was escorting his sweetheart to a dance when he observed four A f eight car mrk rushing down the main line they having broken loose case from the yar yards is green knew no 6 was heading on toward tow ard grand junction and should she collide with the runaway wight cara cam a frightful disaster dimster would be the result he left on si t and leaped on the first car by this time the barshad gained ble momentum and it was still increasing cre aAng tile first three braked brakes he tried failed to wark but the fourth yielded to his strenuous endeavors for three long miles clothed in even eyen ing attire green hl aught his terrible battle with tile the runaway train ane iron brake ehni tore bleskin ie skin bromil from his hands hia his muscles ached and hi bif head swam as he foug fought lit to stop th cars in their mad flight slowly they ceased their run and at bovina he finally brought them thein lo 10 a stop almost exhausted f aiom tom the terrible struggle he had made green groan sprang from the arst car tore a switch signal lamp fronita fautch ing and ran up the to flag no 6 he could hear the distant rumbling of the lying train as he stumbled aang waving hid lantan lant tn n before defore lie ie had hat run a hundred yards the ok passenger train her tier c engineer cl crowd 01 o 1 ing on every pound of ail aft halted while frightened peered from the P mch windows and the crew leaped to the ground to lo ascer iscer i tain the cause ef pf the flaar flag in a few panting bordi green explained it all the tram train thanked him for ble hi beave bi ave N ork ar aej I 1 the passengers who had left leik ahe train the matter overwhelmed him ditl congratulations grean modestly declined any uny re ro wr fprd rd for his brave work tie he was at one time a it switchman jn n the tle rio grande abad but w was as a alloyed I 1 to have been blacklisted blach listed the superintend s ent haa has intimated that he will rein state green for his emote action |
