The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-01-30
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
An Engineer ansi Fire nsnn fn q Tfxh,
Place.

An Eps:neer nn.' Firen 4" n Tixn
Place.
from the Hannibal Courier.
| THIS was a wild morning and the very air
seemed TO forbode evil, SO that we may ex-
pect long chapter o. Casualties by f-m and
Hood during the past twenty-.our hours.
This morning the No. l express Of tie
Hannibal and 81. Joseph train, which ar.
rives in this city at ) a. M, was coming
down from Palmyra, about an hour and a
halt behind time. When passing the switch
a. + ar Creek Station, about ak miles from
| Hannibal, the connecting rod on the driver
snapped in two on the engineers side, while
the train was running a; about the rate Of
twenty miles an hour. The broken
sections Of the driving rod went whirl.
ing around like two fails, and soon made q
wreck of one side of tie cab, and
also a;rucx a couple Of bolts in The boiler,
knocking them oui, and allowing no. water
and steam 10 rush into the cab, making it
decidedly hot for the engineer and fireman.
Frank Bradley, an Old and experienced en-
sineer. seeing that escape was inprscticzble
on his side, and not caring TO he boiled up
like lobster, rushed over TO the firemsp'>
aide. and, without waiting to open the win
dow, Just "dove" through the glass, and put
himself on the outside of the cab. where the
atmosphere va. little cooler. He received
several cuts on the hands, neck and hips,
from the broken glass. Clark, the engineer,
an old railrosder, got ont throu: the door,
hut not until he was we'll warmed up with
hot water and steam, which were invading
the cab "a though boiling geyser had broken
lorse. He il slightly cooked" abont the
hands and f.ce, and thinks il was the hotties,
place h. ever encountered. All this time
the train was running at a rapid rate. and
none but the engineer and fireman knew Of
the mishsp, and they we're forced a~ay
from their pos's. and with difficulty cling
ing TO the outside Of the cab, a. the heat
prevented them from getting a good hold 70
main'ain their positions, while the engineer
was unab;e TO reach the valve 10 whistle
down brakes. So on they sped through the
binding storm, expecting every moment to
io-e their grip and b. hurled fror, what was
nov virtually "wiM train" But the bot
water and s,eam soon spent their force, and
the windows Of the cab being pretty we'll
sn.shed it soop cooled off 20 az to allow the
engineer to re3eh the throttle and &his.le
down the brsRts The train vas brought TO
. O3it oDpu. Two mtstp iIDu1 Wuete the 8cCls
den, occurred, aud near the crossing Of the
Paris road.
The train consisted OF coach and bog
gage csr, in charge Of Conductor John
Mill, and only few pa.seneeFs were
aboard. The boiler being completely
'.blown ont" II vas rect>saey 10 get IN.
other locomotive to bring the train into
town. Fortunately Drew, Superintendent Of
relegrspLs, was on bosrd, and having q
pocket instrument with him, he climbed
telegraph pole and opened concentration
sith heedquarten from . new of6ce up Q |
stump, in The voods. Aid vas It ones sent |
out and the disabled train arrived here about |
half past eight O'Clock.
The accident vas rather an unusrsl one,
and TO blame can be attributed to these in l
charge Of the train. Frank Bradley, The !
,neinees, - veil ~ Clark. tn fireman, are
hosh vesersn rs;lmaAess, sRd c.vefnl sd
rf3c;ewt ner, and reem h have scsed With ,
roo!ne-- and j~4swens in their rather On.
pleasant and dangerous predieamene. Al Ill
vents they ass ~ saxio0 log asoahss az
pei.sut'vith . ersaRs driviss ssd nj . I
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