Elder Joseph Harker's Miraculous Preservation from Train Accident

“When I saw the baggage car fall over, in front of our car, it seemed to me that nothing could save us from running through or over it, and I prayed in a low voice, and said, ‘My Father save us,’ at which moment the three cars that were not turned over stopped, and did not move one foot farther, and that, too, without the least jar. Myself and fellow-passengers got out of our cars as quickly as possible and helped out those who were in the broken cars, which were indeed badly broken up. To our surprise and joy there were none injured, only the baggage master who had one of his fingers somewhat bruised. One gentleman was thrown from an upper berth in one of the sleeping cars, his head coming through the window on the other side of the car. This person told me, on the next day, that if the cars had moved one foot further, it must have cut off his head. After all the passengers had got out of the carriages, the fact of the three cars having so suddenly and curiously stopped was a matter freely talked about. While they were talking on the singular circumstance, I stepped aside and said to them, ‘ Gentlemen, you may thank God that there was a ‘Mormon’ Elder on the cars with you.’ — Millennial Star 36:9”