The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-30
A Train Goes Into Washout.

| Engineer Ed Lynch of Sioux CITY,
plotting a Chicago st. Paul. Minnea
, polls & Omaha train from Sioux City
! to Norfolk Monday morning at 80
O'Clock, sustained a broken leg and
other injuries when his train ran into
washout five miles east of Norfolk.
A stretch of track 1000 feet long
was taken out in the Sunday night
storm Two cars and the engine were
overturned, Engineer Lynch being pin
ned beneath the wreckage. He was
brought to Norfolk for surgical care.
The fireman escaped by jumping.
The unlucky freight train was No.
l13.
| Engineer Lynch is resting comfort
ably after his narrow escape from
death.
The engine must have pinned me
to the ground" he says, "or | would
not have been hurt" II was at first
thought the engineers leg was only
bruised seriously but on further ex
animation DR.. Waters, to whose of
fee he was taken this morning, found
bad break, The wound was dressed
and bandaged and the injured engineer
was placed on cot in the physicians
office where he was made comfort
liable.
| Many citizens in buggies left for the
scene of the washOut. The regular
morning passenger train was held
here and when a relief train arrives
on the east end of the washout, the
passengers will be transferred to the
undamaged section of the track Be
sides the engine, several freight cars,
one loaded with beer consigned to
the Gund Brewing company OF this
city, turned over
Another Death at Same Spot.
at was April 6, 1891, that>two other
NJ. & O. men met death at this same
spot" says DR.. j. II. Mackay. "Joe
Pheasant. head brakeman, was found
dead under the tender, beneath six
feet of water, and Jim Read, engineer,
remained in the water many hours.
His leg was afterward amputated and
he died on the third day"
, About fifty workmen were brought
to the scene of the wreck by special
train from Emerson and it is believed
by local railroad officials that the
tracks which were washed from their
!, bed can be temporarily placed in po-
sition by this evening. The morning
! passenger is still held here and will
; probably go through this evening.
Fireman Tells Of the Wreck.
Fireman H. H. Falvey of train No.
13, felt the tracks giving way. He
was standing on the water tank at the
) time and as the engine began falling
he jumped to the opposite side, drop,
ping into water up to his shoulders.
5 Engineer Lynch was found in the wa
ter with his leg held fast by the cab.
Fireman Falvey and other members
1 of the train crew pried up part of the
5 weight and dragged the imprisoned
4 engineer from his position. They took
him to the caboose, where they made
: him as comfortable as possible. Both
: bones in the left leg are broken.
Mr.. Lynch's father is engineer on
the NJ. e o. passenger which will leave
:, here this evening. He visited his son
during the day. The injured man will
e be taken back to Sioux City on the
y first train.
Fireman Falvey, whose home is at
S Omaha is suffering from badly in
S jured finger, but outside of that he is
S suffering no other pain. Had he jump
ed in the direction the engine fell, he
e feels sure he would have been killed
Engine Completely, over.
n The engine turned completely over
r The fireman told the story of the
| fp nr 10 cold fhnrn ic
s another washout between Hoskins and
e Winside. Freight train No. l3 is the
regular midnight freight, and is known
e by that name here.
l. After we left Winside," says the
2 fireman, we struck water and for q
t. time it looked as If the track was
e washing out. 1t did wash out after
i we left this uncertain piece of road
1t Engineer Lynch then had much diff
5. ticulty in feeling his way along. i
4. was dark and we were running abou
s. six miles an hour, when at 2:35 | fel
d the track giving way and | jumped
e, Mr.. Lynch remained at the throttle.
d Engineer Lynch is married anC
L. lives at 1917 Wall street, Sioux City.
IS Two Cars Went over.
e A visit TO the wreck showed tina
the track for about 1000 feet wa
a moved from the roadbed. The engin,
b. had turned turtle and the cab wa
e badly broken. A freight car immedi
d ately behind the engine was also brok
ID en-. Another freight car lay on it.
y side but the rest of the train remained
p on the track. From the way the en-
le gine lay, it could be seen that the en-
gineer had narrow escape.
The country in the vicinity OF tn
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