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Show SAVED BY A DIRD. l)llitron Wrrrlc Averted In Teias In a Peculiar Manner. Austin, Tex., Dec. 23. Tho ncrth-bound ncrth-bound passenger train on tho International Inter-national ,fe Great Northern railway norrowly missed a serious wreck forty miles below hero through tho Intervention Inter-vention of a bird. Somo miscreant had tied a rail across tho track. A few miles before reaching tho spot a bird, blinded by tho headlight, How against tho glass, breaking It and extinguishing the light. This necessitated running slowly to tho next station. Tho train, proceeded nt reduced speed, struck the obstruction, tearing up tho track and damaging tho front of tho engine, but no one was Injured. |