Cast ashore on an island; and, by analogy, blocked on a railroad.
1910. Trainful Stalled in Desert. 150 Passengers Must Wait Three or Four Days to be Rescued. Salt Lake City, January 5.—Train No. 4 on the San Pedro, Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railroad, due here from Los Angeles on January 1, is marooned in the desert, five miles from Caliente, Nev. The track on both sides was torn out by the flood of last week.—N.Y. Evening Post, Jan. 6.
