Thrilling Train Ride.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7951, 14 October 1905, Page 3

Thrilling Train Ride.

"Tha Flying Virginian" has had a narrow escape from disaster. It j s an express train mvr the t'l.esa|i™k o and Ohio route brtwtvn >,>« York and the South, and its coursw is a ViTy rough one. The train was filled with holiday makers, and while the driver was leaning frcm the cab to examine a part of the tunning! gvar of the engine, his head came In eontact with a post, laml whs crushed in. At the tiino the train vi'as travelling at top s|*vd. Shortly after the accident the fireman noticvd the locomotive rocking and shaking viciously, says the New York corresiK mlenl of the Daily Teletjraph, and, knowing the train to be in advance of ils tiuio, could not understand the reason for the excessive speed. But the engineer was reputeil to he one of the most careful and also skilful men on t-ho line, so the fireman paid no siiecial attention until several danger signals had t*vn passed. »hen he l called crnt, "For llod's sake. Jack, slow down." Receiving no answer, and the full speed still being maintained, the foreman immediately left Jiis work.on the tender, and springing into the engine cab saw the enginevr i dead, with his crushed head hanging cut of the window. The fireman grasps the air brake fever ami the engine throttle, bringing the locomotive to a V°P just before a network of switches and side tracks near Philadelphia was reached. Neither the passengers nor the guard of the train knew anything of the'danger they had run until arrival at Germanstown Junction, where a new driver was secured,