The McCook tribune., 1891-03-27
TIME TABLE.
WE pass" NOBODY.

We o0S NO0OOx.
again.
The railroad boys will be "in it'' abou
April 7th.
Supt. Harman of the high line was at head
quarters, Monday.
Engine LILO went to Omaha. this week, tt
be used by the Omaha Land Co.
Engine 1913 in the shops is about completed
and will be out on the road shortly.
Engineer Tyler and fireman brought the
147 to McCOok for work, last Sunday.
Buy house from s. H. Colvin Oh the
monthly instalment plan and save money.
Five snow plows were in use, Thursday,
on the western division and all east of Nc
Cook.
The snow in the valley isin greater quan.
titles than at any time before in the past five
years.
r. r. Woods, of Buffalo, Wyo, soliciting
agent of the Burlington, was city visitor,
Sunday.
Fireman Fred Roger was called to Denver,
the early part of the week, by his wife's
illness.
Conductor Pope was called east, early in
the week, by telegram announcing his
wife's illness.
Mrs. j. II. Burns and the children went
down to Hastings, Monday evening, on a
visit of recuperation.
Geo. Laverty is once more around on his
feet. but has not recovered from his serious
illness so as to be on duty.
Elmer DeLong, fireman at st. Francis, has
moved his family and goods to McCook and
is firing out of McCoOk now.
Al. Harris who has been doing the hostler
at Akron has returned to McCook, on ac-
count of his family being sick.
Assist. Supt c. H. Harman from Holyoke
spent Tuesday in McCook, taking in the
sights and seeing the trains 60 by.
John Griffin, wiper, who has been sick for
the past month with typhoid fever, has recov-
cred sufficiently to be removed to his home
i'll the country.
Noah B. Thomas an emplOye of the water |
service department. died at Holyoke, on
Thursday the 25th inst. He had for a long
time been unable to work.
Col. Cooper, the tallest man on earth, (be-
ing somewhat over feet in height) was an
passenger on No. 4, Wednesday,
50 Conductor Burns informs us.
General Manager Geo. Holdrege was in
Denver, the fore part of the week, and in
with Supt. Campbell made some
changes in the motive department.
Master Mechanic Archibald had the ill
uck to spend all night of the 25th in snow
lrift near Orleans with his engine and snow
blow off the track, but he got them on again.
The rail road boys are willing to wager a
MONTHS wages that Jim Ritchie will be one
# the members of the board of education
'fter April 7th. And he will make first
lass member, too.
Leon d. Reynolds, the jovial fireman, has
moved from HOldrege, where he has been
working for some time past, to his old town
fcCOok. This time he brings his family
nth him and has gone to housekeeping.
A destructive wreck happened on the B. &
l., four miles eastof Sutton att 80 Thursday '
lorning. Freight train No. II, running
miles an hour, had its rear end
IN into by the flyer, which was running at
le rate of fifty miles an hour. The latter
ad two engines and snow plow on the
'0nt engine. AS the snow was drifting and
ying thick at the time it was impossible to
,e anything ahead. The flyer struck the
ain ahead with full force, sweeping the {
'ucks from the under side of the freight !
ars, scattering them like chaff. bending the :
sils and crushing ties for many rods. The
1gineer on the front engine sat at his post
nd with his fireman escaped unhurt The
scond engine of the flyer was thrown off
lie track sidewise bodily to the distance of
lirty feet and lit on its side. Her engineer,
ohm G. Roberts, fell under the engine and
as killed instantly. AS he lay pinned to
le earth under his engine his hand grasped
le steam guage with the grip of death. Fire il
ian Udell was also injured and died shortly n
fterwards. The last freight car that was
ruck stood on top of the engine bodily. 1t
as filled with cattle, nearly all of which Ii
ere alive. A platform was built up to the
II and the affrighted animals were tumbled a
1T. The baggage and express cars and
roker were thrown off the track and smash
up. AS near as can be learned there was
,mething wrong with the order on which
o. n was running None of the passeng-
s were hurt