Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-11
WAREHOUSE WRECKED.
One Of the Most Peculiar Accidents
in Railroadlng Occurs in the
East End Of Town.
Fast Freight Train Breaks in Two
and Two Cars Crash Into Oil
Company Warehouse.
Building Wrecked and Oil. Etc,
Filed Into the Basement
Loss Heavy.


trail, crashed thru the warehouse. OF the
Marshall Oil Company, wrecking the
building and blocking the track for
several hours.
The train was south bound. with
Engineer Straus and Conductor Rennies
in charge. There We're about, twenty
five cars loaded for the most part with
corn. The freight is fast one and was
going at considerable speed as 1T left
the yards. The cause Of the accident
is only conjecture, bat as the train
was passing the building of the Mar
Shall Oil Company in the extreme
eastern part of the city, two of the cars,
becoming desailed, crashed thru the
building Four cars following We're also
,derailed, but We're little damaged.
The noise was terrific and the en-
poyes in the building are free to say
that they we're frightened and could
think of nothing but that the end Of
1.-THE world was at hand. The cause
/ vas soon ascertained and the sight
presented Was a strange one. About
/ twenty cars had passed and the others
We're OFF the track. Two cars had
/ ploughed their way into the store room
and the building looked IL if the CEN
ter portion had been struck by a tor
/ nado The corn which had been in the
igcars was strewn along the track, but
the most dssolate sight was that With
| in the building The ware room is a
Very large one, and was almost fullso
/ barrels and boxes ready TO be shipped.
and containing the various products
handled by the company. The double
| floor fell into the cellar and all the
contents of the room We're pilet5in a
confused mass. Barrels full of oil
bursted and the oil was flowing freely.
| The loss To the company will be Il great
one, owing to the fact that the room
Was so full at the time of the wreck.
Some of the contents can, of course,
I be saved but it will be a small percent
age. as hoops We're knocked from bar
srels and all We're more or less damaged.
| The Higgason Remedy Company OF
Fremont. which has but recently come
10 the city, suffered "a considerable loss
also, as they had about $1,000 worth
of supplies stored in the room. They
estimate that they may be able to save
| about one-fifth#of this. They are con-
Egratulating themselves that they had
Il jus removed from the building prop
Eerty in the way of presses, furniture
4 and stock, valued at s1.5o0.
/ Despite the seriousness of the affair
the managers and employees of the
! company feel that they have great
cause for being thankful, for had the
accident happened but few feet from
where il did. there would have been
floss of life The office adjoins the ware
1 room on the West and it vas Very for
lEtunate that 4, was not the portion of
/. the building struck. II so happened
4 that there Was no one in the Ware room
lat the time of the accident and no one
isof the company nor of the train was.
injured in the least.
1 The north bound train due into the
4 city at sos was of course delayed and
1 an engine and a coach We're run down
Ito the wreck and the passengere We're
l5trans ferred and brought into the city.
t sNNorkmen were at the scanes a few mo-
i8ments after the wreck and while the
track was being cleared as rapidly as
possible a gang was set to work 70 lay
! another track around the wreck, so
| that the regular train service would be
lsdelayed asSittle a possible. The work
| Was done so that at about s O'Clock the
ltrains could be run without difficulty.
+
! III will proba bly, be day or 50 before
| the obstruction Will be altogether re-
moved.
| The damage caused by the wrec.king
Iof the building and its contents will be
surprisingly large The large ware
| house will have to be rebuilt, and the
refined oils and greases ruined We're of
! great value Messrs. L. r. Willard
I and q; II. Ruth. who constitute the
| Marshall Oil Company and who owned
the building and stock, after looking
over the wreckaga this morning figured
their losssas between ST. 900 and $4,000.
/ They will proceed with their business
4 and will rebuild as soon as "a settlement
! is made with the railway company, on
{ which the loss will fall. The damage 10
4 the rolling stock of the Central was not
If large.