. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. hile they cleared away the wreckage ofan erring freight train ahead, and, yourprovisions all gone, regale yourself on brakes hiss with such force that the bigcar trembles. The next moment itbumps and jolts with nerve-destroyingshocks, then sways from one side to theother until, with a headlong rush, every-thing falls down, down, down, and, amida ruin of all things movable, childrenscream and men shout. The car quicklyfills with smoke, but luckily the top ofthe stove has jammed and the fire isimprisoned. Springing for axe and bar, kept in ahandy glass case
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. hile they cleared away the wreckage ofan erring freight train ahead, and, yourprovisions all gone, regale yourself on brakes hiss with such force that the bigcar trembles. The next moment itbumps and jolts with nerve-destroyingshocks, then sways from one side to theother until, with a headlong rush, every-thing falls down, down, down, and, amida ruin of all things movable, childrenscream and men shout. The car quicklyfills with smoke, but luckily the top ofthe stove has jammed and the fire isimprisoned. Springing for axe and bar, kept in ahandy glass case in every car on everytrain, somebody chops furiously at thewindows, now overhead. There is wreck-age, smoke, and dust enough for a fear-ful accident, but the kind snowdrift hassaved them. Quickly the children andwomen are handed up and out, then themen help each other, and presently mostof the baggage is saved. But what asight meets your eyes outside! Six oreight coaches have buried themselves inthe snow, the caboose or guards-van is. IX THE .NOI^TIIWHST AITt:!.; A STORM the shop windows on either side, and soout through the suliurbs and after the sunagain. The climax of all, however, is to bedumped in a drift—a playful way theCanadians have of referring to an acci-dent saved from seriousness by the snow,but so frequent that for miles in placesthe sleepers are tattooed with marksof train wheels, mostly freight a crowded Colonist, steamingalong by Lake Superior — inside allwarmth and noisy comfort, outside snow-covered trees, and never a break on thewhite carpet below, save an occasionalanimal track! It is Hearing noon, andnumerous dinners are preparing on thebig stoves at the end of each car. Theimmigrants are enjoying themselveshugely, some being in the pull-out berthsoverhead, others reading or playing cardsor watching with lanquid interest therising snowstorm outside. Suddenly- the burning furiously, and armfuls of snowscarce smother the smoking end of an-
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