Eureka Reporter | 1908-06-26 | Page 5 | Taft Escapes Wreck

TAFT ESCAPES WRECK prompt act on of trainmen savea saves candidate from unpleasant experience dennison Denn lson ohio secretary taft had a narrow escape sunday night from being involved in a serious wreck wre ck on the pennsylvania flyer which was car crying him east prompt action ot of the in a signal station a third ol 01 a mile east of coshocton Cosh octon and of the engineer of the flyer alone averted what might have been a dreadful acci seel dent As the train was speeding along alona at the rate of fifty miles an hour tha the piston rod on the left side ride of the locomotive broke off short almost in scantly the cylinder of the engine waa was cracked by the unmanageable rod the train was just approaching a town east of coshocton cosho Cosh acton the operator saw that something serious was wrong and threw down a signal to stop the train