The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-18
Engineer of North Bound c.
& O, Freight Leaps from
His Cab Only to Be Run
Over by a Car.
BAD WRECK OCCURS
ON ROUNDING CURVE
Spread Rails Ditch One Car,
Others Crash into Tank
Car as the Engineer Ap-
piled the Brakes.

piled the Brakes.
gineer Haynes, in charge of south.
bound c. & o. freight train. jumped
the road about 200 feet distant from
the Union pike crossing. northwest of
the city, after he had noticed that the
cars Of his train had jumped the tracS
and We're bucking. The accident hap
pened about eleven O'Clock this morn
ing. Just as Haynes jumped, the
bucking cars jerked the tank loose
from the engine and turned 1t on its
side. The tank car passed over Hay
ness body cutting off both legs about
the knee crushing the ri,ht side Of
his face and otherwise manning him.
The accident is attributed to
spread rail on curve in the road +
about four hundred feet from the
crossing. One of the cars jumped the
track at this point. 1t was not un.
til after the crossing had been passed
that this car caused the others to
leave the track and buck. The fact
that something was wrong was not
recognized by Haynes or William Il.
Briner, fireman, and l.. f. Gleason.
head brakeman, who were riding in
the cab with him. until the combined
bucking Of the cars began. Supposed
II becoming confused, Haynes applied
the brakes still further and shut off
the throttle; then jumped. The train
was on down grade and the speed
was great. In the opinion of Frank
Goodrich. farmer, who was working
along the track. 1t was going fifty miles
an hour. While Brakeman Gleason says
it was not more than 80 miles.
Great Damage Done.
The property damage is great. Tho
bolts on the rails from the point where
the first car jumped are all broken:
twelve cars are heaped into pile.
yeritable mass of splintered timber:
and the roadbed, where the bucking of
the cars began, is torn up entirely for
a distance of more than one hundred
feet
The fireman and head brakeman,
who remained in the engine cab. and
Conductor I4euenberger and the second
brakeman, A. D. Brown, who were rid
-,
Haynes was first reached by Frank
Goodrich. He was found lying on HIS
back. the upturned side OF his head
crushed to pulp and his legs cut off
just below the knee. the amputated
members buried in dirt thrown up by
the tank car as it was dragged by the
engine.
A. l.. Ellis and 0. E. Cooper, farmers
residing in that vicinity. attracted by
the resounding noise when the cars
crashed, soon arrived upon the scene
and together with the train attaches.
carried Haynes, still breathing. out OF
the wreckase. An engine was sum
moned from the Richmond yards, and
he was removed to the city and taken
to the Reid Memorial hospital where
he soon died.
Two Rails Were Split.
Eight cars including the caboosc. re-
mained on the track. TWO rails were
found split short distance from the
curve where the first car jumped.
How they passed these rails, thrust
more than a foot out Of place, is re-
garded as almost miraculous.
The engine came to stop within
! few feet after the tank car had been
| thrown on its side. The severe jerk
ing threw the front trucks of the
track
The train left Peru about three
O'Clock, two hours late. and was bound
for Cincinnati. At the time of the ac-
cident occurred it was speeding for
the Mt. Auburn switch. to allow the
11.25 Cincinnati train TO pass. There
is but single track at this place in
7, the road
Immediately following the accident
! ed along the track in both directions
| to flag on-coming trains.
| The condition of the track is such
that new rails will have to be laid for
about three hundred feet, and for
/ about the same distance the road bed
will have TO be entirely rebuilt. Indi-
cations are that traffic will be tied up
/ for some time.
Haynes resides at Marion, according
to Fireman Briner, and was young
man. No Information was obtainable
as to whether he is married and has
family. He had just recently been pro
NOTED from the position OF fireman
Conductor Leuenberger. Fireman
Briner and Brakemen Gleason and
Brown, the only other members of the
crew reside at Peru.