Show m L IN mm M A serious wreck was narrowly the depot yards last friday morning ahen v hen the malad pass passenger edger train sailed into an ac open switch and went crash crashing cra shins lug into a etring of coal cars that the results were net cot more serious was wag due perhaps to td the foresight of tile tho engineer engine cr who applied the ali air brakes as quickly as he saw what was going to happen and the speed of the train was checked with a jerk but the distance between the two trains was too short to effect a complete stop and the passenger went cra crashing ehing into the coal cars the end of the first one and the front of the engine when he saw what was coming as the lialas train darted into the open switch the fireman jumped jumpe ed but was riot lurt had the engineer done the same thing without applying the brakes some lives would undoubtedly have been lost As it was the passengers received a good shaking up and some somewhat whai of a fright but nobody got hurt it ts is always the rule that an outgoing train on leaving a switch to get onto the main line lac waits anile one of oe the crew closes the swit switch ch leaving the line clear on friday morning this thia was as not done and when the malad i passenger came along at a lively clip tho the engineer was unable to see the op n I 1 eft s itchy until within a bev fews 1 yards of it and the string tuf 0 coal cars were I 1 just juet a t little way clear of t thy be main I 1 track so there was no opportunity to bring the train to a stop before bumping into the cars care ahead ile he did the right thing hoi however ever and the speed of the passenger was materially checked when the crash came though the impact was sufficient to jar tt tho passengers considerably |