The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-01-14
TWO MEN INJURED
WHEN TRESTLE AT
KUTTAWA TUMBLBS
They Save Themselves From
Drowning by Climbing
to Top Of Caboose.
Louisville Trains Make Wide
Detour.
Is BEING REPAIRED TODAY.

Two men we're injured last evening
when the rear end OF a southbound
freight train OF the Illinois Central
railroad plunged through t-estle
south of Kuttawa. Flagman r. S.
Rouse sustained compound fracture
of the leg. while Conductor G. C.
Langley had a hip dislocated. Both
were in the caboose when It and an
other car toppled through the trestle
into a creek. Passenger trains from
the north were delayed ~ hours.
officials said the trestle would be re-
built for traffic by tonight.
The accident happened a mile south
OF KuttaWa on trestle, which spans
creek draining Kuttawa lake. The
freight train was moving at a lively
clip, when car near the read of the
train jumped the track. The wheels
of the derailed car struck the ties OF
the trestle and piled them in heap,
! as II they were so many toothpicks
placed in row. Practically all OF
the train had crossed In safety, but
the caOoose and the rear car dropped
to the bottom of the creek, distance
OF about 40 feet The two members
OF the crew were caught in the
caboose like mice In a trap. but es-
lcaped from drowning by climbing out
the top of the caboose.
The injured men were taken 20
Princeton, as there was no way TO
bring them to the hospital here. Both
the lagman and eOnductor are resi-
dents OF Princeton. The train is
known as a "turn-round," running
between Princeton and Gravel Switch
Locomotive 500. one OF the powerful
type. was pulling the train, in charge
OF Engineer Walker, who arrived last
night at midnight. The trestle was
almost completely destroyed.
Other Trains Tagged.
The first thought OF the crew was
TO stop other trains. and it is said
that Flagman Rouse grabbed his flag
and started to run back and flag the
fast passenger train. No. 101, from
louisville before he discovered that
ihe was injured. The passenger train
due in Paducah at 6:10 O'Clock was
stopped at Princeton, as the train
was as minutes late. Had the train
been on time it would have been near
the wreck.
The passenger train was detoured
over the Louisville & Nashville and
Nashville. Chattanooga & st. Louis
railroads and arrived in Paducah this
morning at Z o'clock, more than IL
hours late.
The train returned to Nortonville,
where II went over the Louisville &
Nashville railroad to Guthrie and
then to Paris. Tenn, and then north
over the Nashville. Chattanooga &
st. Louis to Paducah. Fast train,
No. 1903. from Louisville, due at 3 So
lo'clock this morning. was routed the
same way, and did not arrive until
latter IL O'Clock this morning. All
freight business north was suspended.
The accommodation, No. 1913. from
Fulton was run. the passengers trans
Iferring at the scene of the wreck. In
lorder to reach Paducah the Illinois
Central was obliged to run 200 miles
over other tracks, although the wreck
lis only about 40 miles northeast of
the city.
The accident happened about $40
locloolI. and as soon as the word was
flashed to the Paducah Office the
wrecker was ordered out and the
bridge building department loaded a
train of cars with heavy piling and
. ,timbers to rebuild the bridge tenn
lporarily for traffic. Chief Engineer
II. II. Stafford was on the scene with
the pile driver. Yesterday false work
was replaced on the Cumberland river
bridge, which is a few miles south,
land the equipment was located near
, the accident. The first reports were
that the Cumberland river bridge had
fallen into the river.
Nearly all the officials were at the
wreck today. including Superintend-
ent A. II. Egan. of Louisville. The
work of replacing the trestle con-
tlnued all night, and II is promised
that the passenger train, No. 101
will arrive tonight over the Illinois
Central tracks.
Vandalia Wreck.