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Show THEIR TIME HAD COME. 8aved From Drowning Only to Be Run Down by Train. PlttBburg. Savod from drowning nfter a torrlblo Btrugglo In tho icy wnters of tho Monongahela river at Elizabeth, Pa., only to bo run down nnd killed by a train on reaching shore, wns tho fato of J. W. Drapor and F. B, Garrott, -two govornmont employees at lock No. 3. C. E. Stonor, a companion, who saved tho men from tho wntor, whs also hit by tho train nnd probably fatally in- 4 Jured. Drapor slipped from tho lock into tho river. Garrett plunged In nfter him, knowing Drnpor was un-nblo un-nblo to swim. Evcntuully Htoner rescued res-cued both men by tho nld of n boat-hook. boat-hook. Then nil thrco started to walk along tho Pittsburg, Virginia & Charleston railroad tracks to Elizabeth Eliza-beth to get dry clothes. Tho ap-proach ap-proach or n fast train wna not no- V tlcod, nnd tho men woro struck. |