The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-04-06
Wreck at Blue Hill.

'h6ob uho"H Oy tWO CHSiACo Will engine
I46 in front. came down the grade at
Blue Hill on Wednesday at Io:45 p. m,
and ran into train 50 on the Edgar and
Holdrege branch as she was pulling out
along the main track for Bladen. The
I4s was heavy stock train about six
hours late and was coming down grade
at fair rate of speed. Engineer Bigley
of 100 and Fatty Melting of I46, reversed
their engines, applied the air and turned
loose the sand, but could not avert col
lision. The head engine struck the SO just
forward Of the passenger coach on the
rear end Of the train, smashed into box
car containing shipment Of eggs from
Schum & Barnes of Lawrence, to Den
yer, derailed another box car and over
turned the passenger coach. The pas
sengers were badly shaken up but not
injured. An infant was thrown from
the seat, where it lay sleeping, under
the forward seat, and fat man was
thrown from another seat to the one
occupied by the kid. The parents were
afterward heard lamenting the loss Of
the baby's carriage which was in the
baggage car and smashed. Engine I46
was derailed but not badly injured. En-
gineer Melting and fireman AL. Avery
each took header as did Ed Montaney,
fireman on 100. All escaped uninjured
except Neilling who suffered a badly
sprained wrist and knee and at first was
thought TO be badly injured, but he was
only winded, and Montaney who sprain-
ed his wrist. The Io9 lost her pilot but
took the train out around the wreck
about O'Clock that night and pulled
I4I in on Thursday. Roadmaster Nc
Farlanu was early on hand with section
crews from Red Cloud, Cowles, Blue
Hill and the Holdrege branch, and clear
ed the wreck and relaid the torn up track
by Thursday afternoon. The accident
turned out very luckily. A moment after
Melting and Avery left their cab it was
pinched back on the tender in a way
tha. would have caught them and ground
them to n1ince meat, and had the col
hsion occurred a moment later the coach
would have been struck by the engine.
L. I. Meserve returned home fr 0 m
Akron, Monday night.
The engine men are all seeking Q
make good coal and oil records now.
II. L. Davidson has been enjoying q
visit from his mother. the past week OF
so.
Roadnadmaster Josselyn was up, Mon
day, from Orleans, on business at head.
quarters.
Jay Tubbs, who is now located at Red
Cloud, was recently welded to Corning
Iowa, lady.
Mrs. E. Hanson is visiting her parents
in Illinois, and will be absent numbe,
of weeks.
The usual spring rumor of prospective
changes among Burlington officials i:
going the rounds.
Miss Frederick, of McCook, is visiting
her brother, S. S. Frederick, this week
-Holbrook Herald.
The records and other material stored
over the Office of the freight house caus
ed the ceiling to give way. this e k
and the carpenters have been repairing
the break.
During the month of March ID cars o.
cattle were shipped out of this station
together with 10 cars of hogs and one o.
horses. which is total af rs cars, and
a fair months stock business.
General Superintendent Calvert and
Assistant Supt. Highland came W n
from Denver, Monday night, with Supt
Campbell. They continued on theil
way CdSt, NIL AdulDOSll IGLAdlNlNS mere
G. J. Frederick has secured from the
Lincoln Land Co. an acre of land in the
vicinity of the brid ye, and in due course
of time will establish home on the west
side. He is now engaged in constructing
dwelling.-Oxford Standard.
1t is rumoredthat Nos. I and passen-
gers will be placed on by the Burlington
about May Ist, when it is announced
that the Rock Island will put on couple
extra passengers for the summer busi-
ness. The Burlington must be in it.
a brakeman named Tom Wilkinson
says the Holbrook Herald, PLAYED 8
shabby trick upon the sympathetic peo-
pie at this place the other day. He was
making a coupling and just as the cars
came together he gave yell and rushed
into the depot nursing an imaginary
crushed hand. Several ladies tainted