Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1876 — An English Hero. [ARTICLE]

An English Hero.

A s toby comes to us from the Western - district on the details es which a. Bret Harte or a-Col. John May would found a poem. The other day a gang of laborers was employed stacking blocks of stone on a permanent way of the Great Western Railroad, between Ksynsham and Bristol. In fact, the operation of stone stacking was carried on within-a few yards of the Brislington tunnel. U was at the time of day when the most wonderful express train in the world, called “ The Flying Dutchman,” was expected, and by some unlucky accident a large block of stone roiled down the embankment and lodgedon the railway line. At this instant the roar of the “Flying Dutchman” was heard in the tunnel- There teas not a moment to be lost, so swiftly down the bank sped one of the bsave navvies to re- 1 move the stone and save hundreds of in - nocent lives- or perish in the attempt. He had a wife and family at home, but he never thought of them.. His life was-in his hand,, but he never thought of that Down the steep embankment sped, the brave fellow, nerved with the combined strength of Sisyphus and Atlas, to move the stone and save his fellow-creatures. On sped the flying Dutchman! “ Quick, for your life, J im,” shouted the companions on the bank. Alas, it was just too late; the stone was rolled out of the way,, but the hero was cut to pieces by the fangs of the murderous train. This is ae grand and noble a story as ever was told. It is finer than the tale of “-Jim Bludso,” the moral of whose story Is told with. such, impetuous vigor and truth by the author of “ Little Breeches.” He know'd his duty, & dead sore thine. And West for It tbar aod then: And Christ ain’t a going to be too haul On a man that died ferment If ever there was & brave fellow who laid down his life for the sake of his fel-low-creatures it was this hero of the BrisUngtou tunnel. His wife and children ought to be looked after, and have no doubt come under the consideration of the citizens ol Bristol. But the story ought to live forever.— London Bra.