Show ENGINEER SAVES LIVES SCORES OF PASSENGERS Almost Certain Death Ho lie liep Applied J. Ap p plied lIlted Bm Brakes Ic n and Stops Train Racine Wis Is Aug AuS 12 Time Tho Tho bravery brav bias CI ery of J J. D. D Lepper engineer of tho the i Northwestern passenger train No 11 which left Chicago at r 5 o'clock and was vas duo in Milwaukee 1 at 7 o'clock this evening saved saYed the tIme lives of scores of or pas passengers none of whom was seriously seri erl- erl Injured D By remaining at his post facing al almost almost almost al- al most certain death applied the emergency brakes and stopped topped his train rain when ihen the engine was toppling over ovel The Time train with a a. baggage hasta o car smoker three coaches a timer diner two parlor arlor irs cars and ond tho the private ate car cm o of J. J II 11 I. I Bummer of Indianapolis super super- of the Lake Lako Erie Brie West Vest Vestera era rn road left Chicago on time The smoker and amid coaches were ivere f filled and he the diner and parlor cars were fairly fair fair- ly Iy v well f filled At Lake Side a half mile south of Racine Junction the forward orward truck or of f the locomotive left Ion the tracks The Tho train rain was running about thirty miles an n hour When hen the time cn engineer found that lat the lie wheels were running on theties the ties tics he lie reversed and applied the lie brakes Realizing that unless S his train reached a switch there would woul ho bo a a. wreck the time engineer r told the fireman to jump which h ht he did as the engine struck a switch and began to topple over o With the pilot burled buried In the lie roadbed tearing up the time track for Cor GOO feet the locomotive e turning half around careened on its left side and then lien tIme the engineer left his hits cab The Iho baggage car smoker ane and two coaches were wen derailed The Time baggage car ear a and smoker were telescoped Al Although Although Al- Al tho l though h men were standing up in the time car and wore about none was seriously Injured 4 A panic ensued tho the other pus and ut to to- leap from Crain tho I Traffic on the system i js tied I up ul Both main tracks and two s SIdetracks klc- klc SIde SIde- tracks racks are torn toni up tho the locomotive lies Ics acro across the lie tracks and the baggage baggage bag bas gage car and smoker both wrecked are iro across the tho main tracks racks which have been torn era up for Cor a distance of or several hundred feet |