A Costly Fifteen Seconds

"The greatest transfoimatian scène I ever saw," said a railroad englneer, "was on the l'ennsylvania railroad, near Eotorerstowtt, l'a. It was a Ugïrtaing change, too, if there ever was ome. A loiig trato of juinbo coal care was go&ng east and running at a hii'gli rate os. speed. Suddenly a brake riggitig on one oï the cars near the head oï the travu oamfi loose In soime way, and dropped to the rails. The eoaiision oi the wneels of the ear wiih the oiistructioii snapped an axel, which ilniw the car iraní the track. Inetantly car w'heels, brakes, timibers, rails and ooal were flying thiok in the air, as car aíter car went piling upon the finst oaie and on one anothar. ■Ten oars wwe [or.i bo spUmers. Two oiíliiL'i-s wre hurled over on the oiher track, and two tumbled down nu emfoankment. Nöt a truck or bit 04 brake apparatu.s was leít osi a siagle one o! these cara, and the ten otliere ere s'.nipiy piles ou' Btove w iin:i and aerap iron. 'iiie rails Avere éoiapletely ii;ipeil 'roen thie ties ïpv a diistanoe oí -I-iiíi íeet on the east bound bnack, and íor 2U0 Leet on the wet bound track. The road betl íor that diBtance was covered two feei deep with ooal. rl he wlioHe tlitog was done in tees than 15 seeonda, and il ., in the coiniiany over ipil). 000." -New York Sun.