Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-26
TWO ENGINES COLLIDE
Wreck at the Third Street Crossing
Blocks Three Lines Of
Railway.
Northwestern and Central Engines
Come Together and Cause a
Pile.up.
Central Fireman Slightly Injured
Another Accident Follows
the First.

Quite a disastrous wreck as far as
loss of time was concerned occurred at
86:i5 O'Clock this morning at the juno
lion of the Chicago & Northwestern,
Chicago Great Western and Iowa Gem
trail tracks at Third street, when
Northwestern special, No. 105, east
bound, in charge of Conductor Will
5Speer, of Clinton, and pulled by Engi-
neer Ed Cross, with engine l05 crashed
into the Iowa Central north bound To-
cal freight No. ., in charge of Con-
ductor Perry Wilhelm, of this city, and
Engineer Hubbard. With engine No. g..
Luckily no one WAS injured excepting
Fireman Dave Conger, of this city. who
was in the g.. How either Hubbard or
sConger escaped death or severe injury
is A mystery. The g. onesof the heavy
Pittsburg moguls, was struck squarely
in the center on Conger's side. and was
turned flat on its side and across the
three sets of tracks Both Engineer
Hubbard and Fireman conger escaped
after the engine had tipped over. by
crawling olt8of the rear cab window.
Gonsel was bruised slightly about the
tleft shoulder, but Hubbard WASH, even
as much as scratched. The damage @
the los was Very slight. q cDrnerof he,
pilot being broken and the steam pipes
on one side being damaged little.
But little can be said, and nothing
officially as yet, as to the cause of the
4 accident. 1t is true that both gates, in
Z charge of Night Operator Lou Foster.
i'of tower Wo. We're open. This gave
1 both engineers right To come ahead
/ and both happened to reach the cross
/ ing at the same time. Foster saw that
collision was inevitable and tried te
stop both trains with a signal from his
4 lantern but WAS unable To do so. This
tank OF the 60 blocked the Northwest
J! e1n north track but il was removed by
the c'entrals steel derrick by 7o'elock
/ clearing the Northwestern track Ths
/ Great Western and Central Were
/ Blocked until this afternoon. however
las the Central's engine WAS in JUST sucf
4 a position as TO shut off traffic on each
lot the lines. The Northwestern; ligh'
! derrick was sent from Belle Plaine e
this city. and accompanying it wers
+ superintendent II. j. Slifer of Boone
( who was at Bale Plaine on business
j Assistant superintendent j.. q. Scheve-
h nell and Roaamastsr Brown. Train
i master T.. II. Kerwin. of the Central
Il arrived on the morning train from tn,
south. The Northwesterli's steam der
q rick arrived from Boone about /
Il O'clock, and by that time the 81 wa
{. blocked up ready for lifting.
Central passenger No. 6 from Tn
Il north in charge of Conductor Young
Twas held behind the wreck until tn
Great Western transfer could b
reached. pulling in on the Great West
. ern tracks to the east yards and gainin
1.-THE Northwestern transfer tinloaain
its passengsl-s from the Northwestern
4 tracks and getting out via the g. & >
W transfer one hour and five minute
! late.
The story City branch train did like
wise and was able 10 get out on tn
q Great Western transfer at ll:2o. a
hour and twenty minutes late. No.
north on the Central was delaye
about forty-tive minutes. using III
Northwestern and Great Wester
II transfers and tracks The Great West
FERN trains Nos. J south and 4 nortf
took advantage Of the glucose transit
and were one hour late south and tween
|Ity-two minutes north. Everything wa
cleared up this afternoon so that Tn
evening trains Will not be delayed.
ANOTHER ACCIDENT.
Fl. c. Williams, of 7og Washingto
street, a section employe of the NORTH
western. While standing near the seer
inc I,
of clearing up the debris, was struck \
a hand car loaded with section me-
which ran over his lrft leg balow II
knee. No bones were broken. but II
man sustained a bad flesh wound.
NORTH WESTERN MAN HURT.
Homer Jumps, a bridge workman
the employ of the Northwestern. Ii,
in the Getz hospital in this city in
Very precarious condition, sufferii
from injuries received Thursday /
falling from the Iowa river bridge,
few miles east of the city. where
large number Of bridgemen are en-
ploved.
Jumps was working on the brid:
when plank on the swing bra
slipped and caused him to lose his ba
ance and fall a distance of about fou
teen feet. He sustained a ssverely-c
scalp. fractured left shoulder blad
besides minor Injuries and bruis
about the entire body 1t is posslt
the man has some serious brain injur
as he has not become conscious for al
length Of time since the accide~. H
condition is very serious. at best. alt
r this afternoon he is considered
= slightly improved over Thursday nigl
Jumps is a man between 80 and
years Of age and resides at Wright
town, Wis.
FARME RS PROTEST.