Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-03-06 | Page 8 | Matthew Wild Tells of Service

MATTHEW M ! I i:4i TELLS OF SERVICE 1 " & Matthew "Wild, employed in the car afc; department at tho Ogden union sta- jU tion, has written an interesting biog- jjr raphy covering almost forty-nine years j of his railroad service. He entered I I railroad work as a boy in 1869. Mr. 1 Wild in telling of his experiences writes of a great flood that washed out j 1 the roadbed on a sectlon'of which he I was foreman. While he remained at i the section headquarters saving prop- I erty and protecting trains his wife U made a wild rido on a handcar to get I help from a gang six miles away. The H was streaming over the tracks and 1 many of the bridge stringers were ' I loosened by the torrents, yet sho made the trip in record time and safely brought the much-needed assistance. S. P. Bulletin. ( oo J Virginia will utilize convict labor to 3 supply wood fuel in an attempt to re- J lleve the coal pressure. j j ' j