The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-09-10
|. BAD WRECK.
( { W. Trains Piled Up Near
Fort Gay.
IsT End Collision BY Double Header
| Causes Big Damage. No
! Lives Lost.


tikc Norfolk 4 Western railroad, at
least SO far as this section Is con
\ aerned. occurred about mile or
ess cast Of Fort Gay, about two
91'clock last Sunday morning. For
,lunately while the property loss is
smmense the loss OF life ana limb
is zero.
The accident occurred near a side
track Just east OF the Mill Creek
/ bridge. At this point the first sec
tion OF coal train was just moving
into the siding, when the second
section, double-header, ran into It
while under great speed. 1t is al
legged that a failure OF the air brakes
TO work properly caused the trouble
Indeed, ii Is said that when the
crash came trainman was under q
tnr endeavorlng TO repair or arrange
Tie air apparatus so It would work,
II Is also claimed that flaguian had
z been sent back TO warn the second
section. and that he had gone a
distance OF five telegraph poles when
the donble-header train OF about
sixty-fiye coal and coke cars, going
st a high rate OF speed and great
momentum. crashed into the station
ary train, plowiDg its way through
feboose, coal and coke, spreading
hin at every revolution OF the
wheels. The caboose was empty and
tie engineers and firemen OF the
iioving train had seen their peril
and jumped, escaping with Jew
slight bruises. ....
The crash was heard great dis
tance, and the roar of escaping
steam was plainly heard IN Louisa.
Passenger train No. had gone
West only short time before the
wreck occurred East bound No, 4
ron to Fort Gay before It heard of
the accident, and It had to return
20 Kenova and go to Naugatuck by
way OF the Twelve Pole route be-
fore 1t could resume its way Oh the
y main track.
- Two wrecking trains We're sent TO
the scene OF the disaster and prep
arntions made for clearing away the
u ruins and the resumption of trans
I portation. There is quite stretch
OF level land where the wreck occur
II req, allowing OF the building of a
temporary track around the ruins,
This was done with all possible speed
80 that with about twelve hours de-
lay the trains were able TO proceed
on their way,
The news OF the accident spread
= rapidly and far, and by daybreak the
curious began to arrive. II was d
4 day OF leisure, and the people took
IN Vantage Of It to witness what Is
I'M te fortunately, a novel sight II
\ N locality, 1t is estimated by man!
thar during the day not less thar
Il five ndred people visited the scene
Il And n was well worth the trip Th'
N two big engines, only a few hours
! Z before two symmetrical masses o.
powt. iul and costly machinery, wer,
\ one big scrap pile of broken, tori
and twisted metal. Costly cars o
n steel were shapeless masses, all saw
~ the wheels fit only for junk. Scat
tered along the track for hundred
N II yards were coal and coke, yer.
little Of which will ever see Its des
j tination, but which will. be gathere'
up by the thrifty and be used 4
y bake the pone and toast the shin
v Of the eater.
4 The eye soon tired of looking a
mangled machinery and scattere
csal. but when the two wreckin
I trains got to work the interest wa
great. With the tall, curved der
N ricls. one on the front OF eacf
"a these wrecking engines resembleC
more than anything else, two hug
strange monsters endowed with lif'
and when they would slowly approac
on engine, seize some part of 1t an
back away, slowly turning the derric
this way, and that, the likeness wa
u decd striking. To lift one OF thos
kfOis ehginss and place II upon a plat
~ 6Fm car seemed as child's pla,
n.G1ndit was not many hours before .