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Show VENT THROUGH THE DRIDOE. When Timbers Gave Way Under Weight of Freight Train. t a recent meeting of railroad men vveral stories of narrow escape had been told, but the oldest man In the party had not yet been heard from, He was a glinted xeteran of CO who nad ret 1 1 oil only recent!) . "I am reminded of an Incident la shlch rn) train crashed through a nlilge It was one In which our con-luetor. con-luetor. Thomas Crounk? had n narrow sCBpe from death." mid the old en-llneer. en-llneer. -1 ml ml. while lit Injuries Jld not piote fatal. It wa Mime time befoie he could go out on his run again We were tunning at a alow rate of Mieed as the train pulM ncrosa Ikw nwr crek. four miles south of Ituah rllle. Intl. The name of the railroad was the L'letelnnd. Cincinnati. Chi rago 8t. l.cntU railroad, '01111110111) called the 'lllg Pour A our locoino. Ilre passed mer the slruetiiro In question I could plalnl) mi It give I at onee began Increasing the speed of the train Imping that I might bo iicccfii in pulling across before tho tiestle went down However. Ihe bridge continued lo glto and wllh each revolution of tho wheels of Ihe train the limber tottered tot-tered more and more It wa a frightful moment for the fireman and ni)self, but we kept control of tho our engine nnd all of Ihe rara but the en-boose en-boose and a coal car were safely across Then came a crash n crash the like of which I hone I raa) never hear again 'The timber gate way, no longer ablo to supiiort Ihe henty weight, nnd wllh them went do"wn the two cars and the conductor and rear hrnkeman, It. 0 Ilruso. of Indianapolis. Tho coal car made Its plunge first, nnd an Instant laler the cnliooso made Ita II foot descent, falling tiKin tho wrecked gondola The occupant of the car were hurled oul. nnd the conductor con-ductor wna burli.I beneath Ihe wreckage wreck-age nnd almost submerged In water. "Wo hurried back lo the rescue of tho men, and. despite our heroic ef fort to remove Ihe debris o na to effect their release. It was two hours beforo Ihe conductor, bleeding from many woundi and benumbed from contact with the f reeling water, was lUtcd upon a stretcher nnd brought to a place of safely, and It was many a day before he wna able to return to his duties" |