The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-04-28
GlNE IN MOTION EXPL0DES AND HURLS men into ETERNITY

lengine, the greater part Of which is
beneath the boiler, was practically
lunharmed. The rear Of the boiler
Twas what let go.i The three men
1were in the direct path of the es-
scaping steam and received the full
Iforce Of the suddenly loosened
power. That portion Of the ma
Schine is totally wrecked, as for that
matter is the entire portion above
1.-THE frame. The crown-sheet is
twisted and. torn as if giant hands
had wrenched it. This is proof
alone that Engineer Board had over
looked his shortage of water in the
iboiler. Engines usually blow up
Iwhen dipping a hill for the decent,
but this happened at the foot OF the
hill. He found. out that he had
neglected to use his injectors too late
and instead of killing his fire and
letting the engine edie" he attempt
ed to get water in her. That was his
fatal mistake. OF course the lmen
Ihad not seconds warning fof the
catastrophe. However, the train
with the boiler still. partly on the
frame, ran distance of thre tele-
graph poles beforethe boisr-left the
frame, ran a distance OF tlitee, tele-
10 the run which closely borders the
main track at this point.
In the last few years the Balti-
more & Ohio have abolished soft
lplugs" in engines. When the
machines were equipped with these
and the water went low they were 80
CONSTRUCTED as to drop, allowing the
water to drop on the fire. cxtinguish-
ing it. This precluded all danger
of an accident of this nature, but
when one fell the expense, although
Etrifiing, was considered an item of
unnecessary expense by the Officials
and they were removed from ali
motive power. Had one Of these
been on the engine the 23OO Oawould.
never. have blown up and Board and
Bond would be alive.
The presence of loaded coal cars
on siding directly beside the ex-
Iploding engine saved a number of
houses which are located near The
tracks at that point Several of
these cars were blown off the tracks.
Coal dust from these and SCOT from
the flues Of the wrecked engine cover
Everything for a radius of one hund-
red feet. On the opposite side OF
THE track from the houses fences
Iiwere blown many feet and strong
posts torn up. Scarcely trace of
a hog7pen close by remains, yet the
Swine were uninjurcd.
! At an early hour photographers
were on the scene taking views nf
/ the accident from all angles.
| The dead engineer and brakeman
iwere removed to the CarskadoE
imorguc where their remains were
Iytewed by Coroner Camp VINO dis
\ iIpensed with an inquest. Bonds
father arrived from Greenwood late
this morning. His sons remains
Twill be taken there for burial.
Board has a brothsrs empiogelsby
| the r. & O. in the local wards aud
he viii take charge of The body.
His home was in Grafton and his
parents reside in Roane county.
Fireman Warnack is originally
from Virginia and nothing has beSh
heard of his relatives so FAR. At
the st. Mary's hospital this af;er-
noon the physicians had scarcely any
hopes for his recovery. lie is
burned terribly. He has not been
totally unconscious but seeps to be
in sort of stupor. His face is
burned until unrecognizable.
Fireman Warnack presents a
more ghastly appearance than the
two men who were killed outright.
His face is burned almost totally
black. The other men have severe
lburns on the face and head.
Board had been running an en-
lgine for the past two years. He is
Survived by wife and one child.
1.-THE Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers have taken charge Of the
remains. They will be taken to
IGrafton Sunday morning on No. Q
land then TO Parkersburg Sunday
might and from that point to Reedy.
Nv. Va. his former home for burial.
| J. S. Bond. father of the dead
brakeman, will take his sons re-
lmains to Greenwood this evening.
iThe funeral services will be held
Sunday afternoon from the resi-
dence Bond had been railroading
but few months.