Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-07-19
SIXTEEN LOADED FREIGHT CARS
DITCHED At THREE PINES.
BROkEN CAR WHEEL CAUSE
One Man Receives Serious Wrench of
Back, But VIII Speedily
Recover.
(From Tuesdays Daily.

" AbhA AANSAas CoAls -
Sixteen freight cars, nearly all
loaded with way or through freight
are in the ditch one mile south OF
Three Pines, broken car wheel hay-
ing caused the wreck OF an extra out
of Roseburg running as No. 22l.
The train was in charge OF a crew
from Roseburg, but all escaped in
jury except ..ear Brakeman Lang,
wno had his back severely wrenched.
DR.. Loughridge was taken TO the
scene of the accident on an extra
engine from this city to attend the
injured man. He reports that
Lang's back was sprained nearly 20
the breaking point, and that 1t will
lay him up for some time before he
is on duty again Lang was walking
on top of the train when the crash
came, and he says that he remem-
bered going up In the air, but had
no recollection of the descent being
found unconscious twenty-five feet
from the track.
Many of the sixteen cars are bad
lily wrecked, and the track was torn
up for considerable distance.
Wreckers were at once put to work
but 1t is expected that 1t will TAXI
all day to clear the way for the pas.
senger trains, which are waiting al
tue stations each side OF it.
A delegation of Southern Pacific
railroad men, headed by Superinten
dent Fields, and including 2. R
Dunn, travelling freight agent; C. c
Blood, R. c. Morris and G. c. Morris
assistant superintendents, reached
the city Wednesday morning to in
vestigate the wreck of freight trail
No 221, which occurred near Threl
Pine Monday night They visited tn,
scene of the wreck Wednesday, ant
are making arrangements for tn
transfer of the freight contained il
the sixteen wrecked cars.
The above named officials, aud in
cluding j. D. Cook, lumberman; Geo
Dean, blacksmith, and lyndon Ban
lister farmer, constituted a board 0
inquiry that looked into the cause
of the wreck. Their report, file
Wednesday noon, finds that no on
was responsible for the wreck, 1t be
ing one of those things that JUS
happens. The report in full follows
Board Of inquiry convened 70 In
vestigate derailment OF sixteen car
in train 221, engine 2S01, Enginee
C. o. Weber Conductor r. Gilou
one mile west Of Three Pines a
1910 p. m. July 18th.
Train consisted Of II loads an
10 emptles, and helper engine 259l
Engineer Batman, coupled in trai
cars ahead Of caboose
q Damage to equipment estimate
$4,000, track 10000, freigt
$4,000
Investigation shows that trai
was running at speed of between 2
and IS miles per hour, and derai
ment was due to broken wheel unde
, car P. l. +. 9742 loaded with beer |
kegs Piece broken from wheel 3
inches in length. Numter of whe'
206i09 Make Of wheel Dixon Whe,
company, Houston, Texas.
Wheel shows evidence OF hayln
been heated at some previous dat
There Is also a flaw on outside We
OF wheel. Indications do not sho
{ wheel was excessively lot immed
4 ately after derailment, tnis train ha'
ing ascended maximum Of % p'
e. cent grade with retainer on this CT
o turned up from Tunnel No. y to poll
d of derailment six miles. We do n
r ind any personal responsibility"