The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-18
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Passenser Trains Run Over Rock
Island to Get Around .t..
s Washouts. 1s$:. <555:.

Saturday, Worthington had q
days experience of what a desolate'
place the town would be without the
mail service and the Daily press.
mo mail was received here, except
by one train from the south Satur-
day evening, from Friday afternoon
until Sunday about ten o'clock.
. The washouts north of here were
repaired so that trains were enaaMed
to get through Sunday morning.
aupt. Shaker and assistant Supt.
| Kennedy came with them to give
Instructions to the repair of wash
out west Of here.
II The first train from the south
| Saturday evening was composed of
Nos, 2 and 4, and came over the
Rock Island by way of Lake Park,
reaching here about eleven O'Clock.
The next train, Sunday morning
was the Sioux Falls, followed by
Nos 1 and of Saturday. These
trains as we'll as all through trains
Sunday and during the night went
around by Lake Park. . g.
Sunday noon the passengers, mail,
express and baggage to and from
stthe Me SSionx Falls line, we're trans-
ferred at the washout and the trains
turned back. ;4s--.. .-::~:>f @ti':..
All trains arrived in here several
hours late. Sunday afternoon an
other transfer was made. ,
A large crew of bridge, train
men, and machinists were at work
Sunday, getting the wreck in shape
for clearing the track.
A temporary: bridgeswiu be built
u: soon as..theSpile driver can he run
to the y break in embankment.
Trains will probably not'be run over
the repaired track until Tuesday.
VIM. Ramage took out two teams
to make the transfer Of baggage etc.
He took his teams out on the track
over the viaduct bridge. On the re-
turn "a ttempt ,waas made to cross
,tha1Rook island where the water
was running from the lake and ore
OF the h9rlas got down but was taken
out without any serious injury BE-
ing dt,ae: Elije Bloom went out
sunday afternoon. with a team to
baur bffdg q timbers.. he took his
team through the overflow stream
from the. lake alright. s:'
Monday afternoon Mr.: Ramage
went out with four teams to trans-
ter for the through trains ON both
lines Of the Omaha Sunday he
hauled out q load Of ice for perishable
freight in q refrigerator car. :"
Nearly all day Sunday the track
was lined with people going to: and
form the scene, and all said it.. was
we'll worth woodfth the walk to SEQ the sight,
remarking that it was a wonder
how the train men escaped injury
or even death. - ss ss.::'".' 4: :,3'%1
It is said that the ravines, where
the swashouts are only drain two
sections Of land and it.seems almost
impossible that the water from this
area of ground could do the damage
tnat was done. Some think there
was cloud burst. Large stones
were carried by the water for some
distance into the field. a large
hay gatherer was carried on to the
track by the force of the water and
a good sized stack of hay was
carried onto the wire fence as If
built there. The water must have
been very deep where the wreck
occurerd as there was hay caught
on top of the parts of the engine.
Henry Blume was out and took
several different pictures of the
wreck. Supt. Shaker left an order
for q supply. There were several