Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1912 — VIVID DREAM PROVED REALITY [ARTICLE]

VIVID DREAM PROVED REALITY

To impression Made on Section Fore- -- - man Was Oue-flie- Saving of • Pasesnger Train. Awakened by a dream that a nearby trestle had been washed away, a section foreman on the Southern railroad, living near Atlanta, Ga., who had been confined to his bed for some days,, arose before dawn one recent morning and proceeded to the scene of his dream, only to find that it was a reality, for the stream, swollen by heavy rains, had carried away a trestle spanning a 65-foot chasm. The man kftqw that a passenger train, en route frapp Atlanta to Columbus-Ga., soon wiflhue *to arrive at the opposite side of tRe river, but he had no means of reaching that point to warn the engineer of his danger, and the river Is three-quarters of a mile wide. Standing on the bank, he put his hands to his lips and repeatedly “hallooed” for half an hour. Finally he heard an answering shout and he called out a warning to the man who had heard him. The latter flagged the train Just as it neared the brink of the stream.