Reversed By A Collision

The most rt-markable wreok I was everin,"said au old brakemau, "luppeued on thu Short Lino between Pawee aud Board's soms ytars ago. It was a freight wreek. I had charge of the La Grange accommodatioQ and was bouud iu to Louisvül9. We were following hard npon tbe trailof tram No, 32, also bound for Louisville. Tram No. 14 was coming in our direotiou. Ie had beeu delayed aome minutes at Peweo, botespected to inaka up the time and sida track betweeu Pewee aud Beard's ou schedule time, so th-jt traia No. 32 woulfl have the right of way "The delay was whafc caused the trouble. Theside traok I am telling yoa about was justbehind and under a bilí Train No 14 had just backed on to the side traok, and before the switchinan could shift tho switch train No. 32 cane div-ihiug around the bill, The engïneer saw the dangèr Ho turned down the throttíe with u hard ahove aud whistled 'dowu biakes. ' His efforts were of lio uss, how.ever. Tr;iin No. 32 turned in on tho side track aud went orashing into No. 14. All tho oars of the train, 14, woro strippod off the track as clean as i f tbey had been peas ia a pod. The shock of the two trains meeting was, of courso, terriüo. Tho whole of tr.iin No. 32, inoluding tho looomotive, toppled off the track. Remarkable as it mny seem, or.ly ths üara of No. 14 were throwu off tlie track. "Wheu the two trains struck, the engineer of 14 Fiad his hand ou the throttl e, about to stop hia train. The shnck threw him out of the cab.aud the wreuch threw opeu tho throttle again aud reversed tha engiue. When the cars bad beeu sthpped off tbe track, the locomotivo went 'wild.' down the track toward LaGrauge. Vy'e of the La Graneo aocommodatiou had by this time neared tbs curva. I was at the head of the train as lookout. I heard tiie sound of a locomotivo approaching and signaled ths engineer of our train to reverse his engine. He had hardly time to jnmp to ths throttle wheu the wild looomotive crashad into us. I was thrown, I reckon, 50 feet and carne out of it with two brokon legs. No oue else was hart, but tho La Grange accommodatiou was a day late. No, I don't raüroad any more "