The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-17
FaTED TRACK.
Twelve Hundred Feet OF the Missouri
Pacific Road-Bed Sinking Into the
River Near Oak Mills,


ys
RIVER Ne"r uah Hs.
Yesterday morning. at little after two
O'Clock, conductor Radclih passed through to
Kansas City vita express train No. which
was due here at i:ls yesterday afternoon, ,hsv-
ing been relieved from assistance IN the work
of getting his old engine, No. a, out of the
ditch This side OF kickapoo. He says that
Superintendent Hale, Rosd Master Dalby.
himself ana large crew OF isoorers worked
almost incessantiy from the time the
engire jumped The track until the
track was c.esred. When the wheels
Oh the engine sipped LON the rails,
at the time the accident occurred the engi-
neer ana hremen Jumped from the engine
put superintendent Ialamase, VINO was In
the cab, remained waiting TO see whichway
she would fail and did not jump until he
was forced to do 50. in order to save himself.
The boys say ne was just litt.e bit too cool
for them, as they expected that the engine
would turn over and he would be either kill
ed or severely Injured. No one was hurt,
however. The engine, after asserting its in
dependence OF The track, stopped qnietlyin
the prairie and waited to be set right again.
The engine proper, alter considerable wort,
was set ON the rails and pulled 10 the switch
at Ft. Leavenworth, where 1t was resting
yesterday afternoon as If totally unconscious
of the fact that Its tender was lying high
and dry on the prairie, miles up the river,
LEAvENwoKTH THE TERMINUS.
Passenger Agent Byington yesterday morn
| ing received notice that passengers from
Atchison TO Kansas City would, for the pres
epf b, sent oyer fh. Ina 4
| and that Nos. 3 and express trains between
Lesvenworih ard Atchison would for the
time be discontinued, meaning that the ex-
press train due here at II % o'clock will go no
| further north. but will leave regularly as No.
| 4, for st. Louis, at i.I9 Pm, the usual time of
leaving, until the break in the road can be
repaired, as the
ISRoADs OF THE RIVER
at point about twosmiies above Oak Mills,
have been such that the track two days ago
was sprung out OF line, making it impossible
| for trains 10 pass with safety.
| SINCE THEN
the work of devastation has proceeded so
rapidly that the boldest OF engineers would
now hesitate 10 go within n cars length OF
the danger line. which is now temporarily
| outside OF a probability of an Immediate
|
| TAAiN" sCffLiEs 10 THE woRhMEN.
gine 9)yssterday morning conduc.
| To- po,,.,,fF no, o,,,o,, a. -, o. a., 80.
1 W. ~" " 'Dn W H'
| Win baggage car which contained supplies
| consisting of potstoes. nsb and n supply q,
| ,.a ,ha I.-,,a ro. %, ,,or,,,,.., ,,,, ,,.k
| i'e i'i '' Ia sc i'e VI WI my" ""o' inaA
ing their nome IN what is known as "the
| boarding car !" had been on the ground since
i ,ba ,rouhla ,vas n 20, diSrove,ai
| on THE ROAD.
| r,,.,s ra,,o,,ar ,,o,, ,,.sso.o A., 81.
/ n ieto' "'h P-S''se III ''s
| baggage car alter the train had been laid
on the aide track for the purpose of visit.
i g., ~. .o,. -, % -, .,..
ins 'ne 81 inueh eo'hihen'
| After passing Ft. Leayens orth where en-
giue ~ stood on blocks and miuus n tender
| -, -, = 80 -,
| lhe sPeciai sPeu oh s~h'y' the Iaspihs
| noise of the train being broken now and
| tbep xrttn soma slaapv remark from, IN.
1 -, ,,, =
| tlreo iookihs men VINO nau siePt hohe dur
| breskfas. before leaving Kansas CITY.
1 ,-., -,
oh arhSins al hicAaPoo .ie superin'eh
| dent, MIR. A. A. Talmage, and Division Super
4 iptenteut Mr. III Hale were found i'm wait.
| -. -, ,,,, -. -, a..
Ing they haNihg spent the lew hours heS
| had TO spare with squire sharpe
| the hospitab.e ostmaster al kickapoo.
TuErrrrGR.puc CREW
,-.
| phssenstrs anu IIo.ls,ons were uans'
lsIIta 10 .ooi ~ Sa Ssenea % 70 i anothea 81, en-,
| glne ana special operator uinppeu Oh M
| klckaPoo 70 I.nsh until otueieo away
| This looked iiltle more serious, ana aA
| MI HAZE thu otoeIeu NO. 70 WSIt lot MN
| TOOL car, lhe reporter ash.u anu Was IN !
| klno manner, Even Peihtisrlou 10 90 Win
| hun, as ne said, 10 taAe ihe ooys soihethibe
| 10 eat
THE BREAK
| Tho .,gira after rppoinv pbout a mile and n
| h.f, h.s.n 10 Slack mn and soon Mr. Hale sa /.
1 ~ nod rnn nearly dftv fee, into whst 10
1 so,rn no,r o. d,nv.rnns gronpd NJ H..
| snS ,be yenorter iuInned oil and went ahead
of the engine ana were met by road msster
Dalhy, who. after a buried" d"howdy," said,
| Il wish you Mouio tane tnat uain psch Le.
yond the DattIesuaIu Al Was Lot long till
| The engine wss OUT Oh uhnsef-not uahgd
| that any one knew anyihins OF, put away
| from grounu lhat hisht al hn y inomeht cInIn-
bic into the river. come, SAID Mr. Hale,
| 81 want To Walk over the Sround-and hold
on, Dalny I've news Inr you: Here ne
| gave sly ~iuk, Whicn VIII oe refnehpe'eu,
As the party Was standlny on failroad GROUND
| that w1s HAD e 10 oe cIusned INTO the river AT
| any moment :" nat tnat asked DaIoy;
| "why, you've Deem elected president ana
general superintendent OF this end oi ,ha
4 road tlsSours. 40 the best on can withlt.
The nonor was an empty ohe,ior
j TWELVE HUNDRED FEET
| ,ta ,rocry b.d hasn su,rr a, Isast n too, a.,
',.. oi ,i.,c.sS and so h.dIr sw.r,,eJ nnt -.
| sso 80 ~. .nds 81 rarn,;ninI ILL 49,
| sIyeral inches apart side wise The reporter
waiked over breaking and sinkirg g road bed
/ with Mt. Hale: Durlpg the Walk MT. II.
4 SAID, we uoh know WHAT we are Walking
| over; We doGI know what minute tbe
| wfoie mass VIII give way. LOOK over mere
| TO Inc " upon tbat Dill siue. 1ou zee mere
| nearly hity ieet rom the leVei OF the rlver,
| great cIsfts In The bank that means that
| the whole thinS u loose 1or nearly Two nun.
| dred Lei. we must gel TINS track out OF
| mere rs soon rs Pon>ioe Ana ihe Two hur-
| ID afdlng car which was ON Tue Atcnlson
| side OF TIE Die-k. On re'urnlng,cioser ooser.
| Natlrhs Were ihdoe ana IL was lounu that
| iulIy
| SIXTY ACRES OF LAND
| have bae, eai..n away I'm the locality durino
/ to aSt Sjx v..alS nv the river and tbattSs