Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1869 — A Race for Life. [ARTICLE]

A Race for Life.

On Sunday afternoon the Fort tVaync Railroad Company sent a construction train up the road preparatory to the commencement of work on Monday morning, ns is the. usual cutjtom. The engineer, anxiritls, of course,' to make his Sunday work ns short as possible, rushed the train out of the depot and around tlie curve to tho bridge at the top of its speed. Upon arriving at the bridge, however, he saw that whichiCanscd JUrai to rpverfle the engine arid apply the brakfeS With all his force. A p»n-wHl| his wife »u 0 two children wete’dn ’tlie narrow portion of the bridge, whore it is just wide enough for a train to pass,About, midway of jts length of six hqndrdd. teet., Noithei >chd couUl be reached by tlie imperiled family before them: but tlie 'father and husband was equal to the emergency. U' 3 'CfcWlittm tlrithfefebildrferi in'hfj foiu^ ; hc trlld Msymfe lie, w'ouTd 'sec to them,'and bade iter runtoward the end of the bridee, tralri khuuia roatb Jver, anl then jump into the water. She must run for. her life, as her safety depended upon her getting near enough tb the shore to find shallow water before being overtaken by 'the train. She did as directed, and: when she.felt the hot breath of the 'lron monster she jumped from the bridge, fortufthtelV alighting in not more than two feet <jf water and weeds, and tlio tbiin passed her in safety. But what father and little ones ? lie could no* Tftft li’ftPfhcat; and while almosKSatlActed with fears of onestn his arms, he coolly; and steadily, iri the face of the approaching train, lowered himself with than to a brao® the bed timbers, and there held, them fast Within a few feet of the. water, while the,, train came thundering over them. About., the tim*f thepragiHeer irraqhdd tht beat re--6t tlfe btidgetheexertlobabftheengineer and braktfmon effected thb stoppage of the train,\and t,heir assistance .Was rendered to extricate the frightened 'family from their lyJupaUous pbaltfiota,ttnd they went on their way, thankful ftm .fhqir deliverance.— Jiwkhon, Mich. QifUen. twlbllti4hw4«ipu- r 6pyi«*<W!llts,W.ia seqond mop of PWhes msed ifttAoue Arundel cqumy, Md. iVThft fruit i* iuider-uxed.iiat perfoft, M i»4i»gronqriof Aworal Uaei, ,