A LATTER DAY HERO.
The heroic ‘ run ’ of a dying engineer on his locomotive is a remarkable example of the power of a human will and resolute sense of duty, to prolong the vital vibration of the last clock stroke of life. The man suddenly felt the symptoms of paralysis, while running on the road and knew it meant death (as it had proved to several of his relations). He felt that he must hold out to reach the next station, and be able to stop his engine there, or it would dash past and create disaster. Consulting his watch he put on what speed he could, warned his fireman what to do in case he fell, and flew onward, feeling every moment the fatal numbness cieeping up his limbs. He had just power of motion enough to pull the shut off with his hand (the other being helpless) when the next station was reached. The train stopped and he was lifted off his engine and died in a few minutes.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 36, 12 September 1891, Page 360
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171A LATTER DAY HERO. New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 36, 12 September 1891, Page 360
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