Miracles in My Life - J. N. Loughborough

to hear Elder White, whom we supposed was well
on the way to Chicago, knocking for admittance.
He told us the train had run off the track three
miles west of Jackson; that most of the train was a
total wreck, but while a number had been killed, he
and his wife had escaped injury. He soon secured a
horse and carriage, and in company with Abram
Dodge, went for Mrs. White who he had previously
carried across a marsh to a place of safety.
Early the next morning I went with Mr. Dodge
to view the wreck. At a point where the road
crossed the track obliquely, an ox had lain down
directly on the track. The engine had no cowcatcher,
and was thrown from the track. The
baggage car, containing Elder White's trunk of
books, jumped entirely clear from the tracks
undamaged. At the same time, the passenger car at
the rear of the train was uncoupled without human
aid and stopped on the track. As we viewed the
wreck, we felt in our hearts that God sent His angel
to uncouple the car. The brakeman said he did not
uncouple it, that no one was on the platform when
it occurred, and that it was a mystery to all the
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