Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1913 — MATCHES FLAG TRAIN IN PERIL. [ARTICLE]

MATCHES FLAG TRAIN IN PERIL.

In Absence of Lantern a Life-Saver Is Buocessful. Scranton, Pa. —Discovering a landslide on the main line of the Lackawanna Railroad, in the outskirts of this city, Conductor Michael Glnley, who was on his way to work, realised that the fast freight was due. Being without a lantern, he ran up the track, and, waiting for the approach of the train, lighted matches, and, holding them aloft, signaled the train to stop. The engineer saw the flicker and put on the air-brakes, bringing the train to a stop Just as It shoved its nose into the dirt pile.