Show I Blind Vets Vet's Keen Hearing Averts t Railroad Tragedy BEAVER FALLS PA The PA-The The keen keen- hearing of a blind marine veteran is credited with averting a railroad disaster near here If year old Jack George hadn't detected a broken rail on the bridge spanning the Beaver river the crack to New York Admiral Admiral Admiral Ad miral of the Pennsylvania railroad could have been derailed Jack and his father Griffith W. W George a conductor for the Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts Pitts- burgh and Lake Erie were sitting in their home about a block from the river Jacks Jack's ears made acute by the loss of his sight four years ago cy cv Guam picked up the sound of the broken tail rail as a fast eastbound train crossed the span The father leading his son went to the bridge where a flashlight revealed revealed re reo re- re a 11 inch 12 break in the track I They hurried home and telephoned the Pennsylvania dispatcher who warned all trains trams to slow down when I approaching the bridge so they I could be switched to adjoining tracks I |