The Last Watch a Track Walker’s Heroic River Signal
A track walker on section 13 narrates a two year old incident during a freshet when a bridge bent and the west bound No. 7 train approached. Lacking telegraph reach, he crafts a flame beacon from pine knots and oil to signal the engine, leaps to the ice, and triggers the locomotive to halt just in time, earning burns on his wrist and a survivor’s tale.
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Old Herbert
Ani
Greeniver
Ory
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Walter Wellman
Drake's Magazine
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Abilene
Kansas
Abilene Impr
Abilene, Kansas
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Miller & Snoke
F. B. Witson
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Soft
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Albert Lenze
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LYOR
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A. B. Coulson
West End
CC. McInerney
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Citizens’ Bank
Malott & Company
W. Rice
D. R. Gorden
John Johntz
W. B. Giles
T. H. Malott
City Bakery
T. S. Barton
Keller
Cepa Lee
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the Abilene Mortgage Company, Eastern Office
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E S. Beeler
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Merrifield Bros
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