Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-05-08
SUSTAINS WHAT ARE PROB
ABLY FATAL INJURIES.
Gene Joiner Ground Beneath
Wheels Of His Engine.
Both Legs Amputated and His
Chances For Recovery Are
Yery SIiCIlt.

Ill Il D6GLeI Known us Ciene JOINER,
for the past twenty years one of the
most popular and generally beloved
engineers III the employ Of the Ere
mont, Eskhorn Il Missouri Valley raul
road was ground beneath The wheels
of his engine in the c., St T.. Il OF.
Il. u NJ v. yards In Omaha yesterday
about O'clock p. m, both limbs being
so terribly crushed and manged that
the attending surgeons found 1t neces-
sary to amputate both; the right limb
about three inches above the knee, and
the left Immediately below the knee.
STORES pertaining to the chain of Cir
cumstancas leading up to the lnment-
able accident are exceedingly varied
and nothing positive regarding the re
sponslbllity for the mishap will be
established until the completion of the
Companv's official investigation. Ac-
cording to the stories of those person
ally connected with the mishap 1t oc-
cnrred abont as follows:
f. e. and M. v. engine No. 200, in
charge of Engineer Joiner and Fire
man Arthur Carlin, both residents of
this city left the round house shortly
after 6 O'clock, bound for the North
yards, there to be attached to the fast
freight train No 32 operated between
Omaha and this CITY. g.. st. p, NJ. &
o. freight engine No. l47, in charge of
Enpineer Williams, was ordered ont
of the round house at the same time
and, as is often the custom i'm running
light engines through the yards. in
going from the round house to the.
freight yards, which are considerable
distance from each other, the two en-
gines were coupled together and run
as s'donble header"
During the trip to the yards Mr..
Joiner noticed some mechanism con-
nected with his engine was not work
Ing properly and Immediately upon tie
arrival at the North Yards he COM
menced All investigation and found
the difficulty to be with one of the &C.
centres of his engine. Crawling be-
meath the drivers of the engine he
soon repaired the break OF whatever
it was, and was i'm the act of crawling
out again and had almost reached a
place of safety when engine l47, which
was still coupled to the POO started
forward, presumably through some
defect i'm the working of the throttle
JilO SllSitiC oNOoHi, LAo
the two engines had not been un-
coupled the engine under which Mr.,
Joiner had been working WAS pulled
after if. Immediately after he noticed
the engine start and realizing his en-
gineer's precarious position, Fireman
Arthur Carlin applied the air brakes
for an emergency stop and signaled
the engineer on the engine ahead but
it was then too late The engines had
moved but very few feet but in that
short distance the drivers of the en-
CINE 200 had passed over both legs of
the luckless engineer.
An ambulance WAS called Immediate
ly and the injured man was soon on
the operating table at st .Ioseph's hos
pital and the best medical skill in the
city of Omaha was working on him.
At first examination made by the
surgeons it was thought the left limb
could be saved but after more care
full examination made by the surgeons
1T was decided there was an imperative
need of al amputation of both the in
jured members.
Mr.. Joiner recovered from the Oper
alton in manner that caused hopes
to tie entertained for his ultimate re-
cnverv, despite the seriousness of his
injuries.