Altho almost completely paralyzed, Fred J. Daniels, an engineer
on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, managed to save passenger train
No. 2, which he was running, from colliding with the rear end of
a freight train. The train was near Maxwell, Pa., when, leaning
out of his cab window, Daniels saw the rear lights of a freight.
At the same time a bolt dropping from the locomotive struck the
driving-rod and was hurled at him. It hit his forehead and drove
him backward. His neck struck with great force against the brake
lever, and he fell to the floor helpless. Despite the blow,
however, he reached for the lever as he fell and in some manner
threw it into a notch which set the safety-brakes, and the train
stopt a few yards from the rear end of the freight.
When the fireman reached Daniels he was helpless, unable to
move, and is now but little better.--Baltimore _American_.
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