Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-29
shut on From the World.

Oskaloosa, Dec. 28.-- Especial. y
This city is entirely shut off from the
outside world, there being neither rail-
road nor telegraph and very little tele.
phone service Snow has drifted in
the main streets and alleys in some
places six and seven feet deep. Bus1-
ness is entirely suspended. The Iowa
Central promises to have lines open by
this evening.
The Burlington yards in this city
yesterday afternoon about o'clock
when the storm was at Its worst. was
the scene of a head on collision. which
Z barely escaped being a serious disas-
tor. Burlington passenger train No. 6
collided. with westbound freight train
just east of Vine street and emerged
from the accident with slightly dam
aged engine and with injuries to only
two men.
Storm Believed Responsible.
The cause of the wreck is as yet
unknown, but 1T is thought that the
storm raging at the time was in
great measure responsible for the
two trains coming together. The in
jured men are Fireman W. A. Badger,
Of Burlington, hurt in the abdo-
men, and Charles Farnham, a travel.
ing salesman of Burlington, injured in
the head.
On Slow Orders.
Burlington No. 6, in charge of Con-
ductor G. E. Drew and Engineer Will
liam Maxwell, both of Burlington, was
working on slow orders, which ac-
counts for the small damage sustained.
The westbound freight was handled
by Galesburg, H., crew, Conductor
Allensworth and Engineer Hicks. The
train had stopped in the yards and No.
was rounding the small curve just
east of Vine street, when 1t smashed
into the heavy freight.
The force of the collision pushed
the passenger train backward some
distance sending it's engine off the
track The front engine on the freight
became uncoupled from the tender and
followed the passenger, only to be
/ blown back by the fierce wind of the
storm into the second engine of the
freight.
When the engine of No. left the
track, Fireman Badger was caught IN
the cab and crushed in the abdomen
Mr. Farnham, a passenger, was in
jured in some unknown manner.
new engine was called out of the round
house and after less than an hours
delay No. 6 pulled out of the city fol
the east. Fireman Badger and the in
jured passenger were fixed comfort
ably In one of the sleeping cars anc
carried to their destination at Bur
lington.
Damage to Engines.
The damage was greatest to the en-
gine of No. 6. The collision and its
subsequent departure from the track:
injured the boiler to such an extent a!
to allow the water to run out and floot
a portion Of the yards. This wate
soon became frozen and added to thu
difficulty of working in the yards. Tht
damage to the head engine on thu
freight was only slight, as it did no
leave the tracks.
Traffic Delayed BY Storm.
Only the westbound passenge
trains Of the Burlington ran anywher,
near schedule time yesterday TIL,
eastbound passengers arrived her,
from two to four hours late all da.
yesterday. last night and this mornint'
The Rock Island has Jared even worse
The westbound passenger which lef
here yesterday morning at 7:15 o'clocl
and became snowbound near Kirkyill
station, blocked the traffic the entir
day.
The first northbound Rock islam,
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