Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-06
SPECTACULAR FIRE FOLLOWS
COLLISION OF TWO TRAINS
ON NIL WAUkEE ROAD
SEVERAL CARS OF OIL
ADD FUEL TO FLAMES
Gasolens containsr ExpIodes lmmedi-
1tely After Wreck and Kerosene and
Fuel Oil Spread Over Ground
T.ainmen Escape Injury BY Jumping
Tracks of Two Roads Blocked.

CLINTON. res. s.-Ai!essd -aiSup IN
orders caused ore % the mos serious
wrecks in this vicinity in receH; Years
when the Milwaukee t-eiSh; trains
me, 81 . Aeaa-oa collision :: 4 po.H.
Just south et Eagle Pot-c PARK !sS,er-
DAY. Shear ,2ck 2n6 tAo presence -
mind OF members o. The crews .. boil
trains prevented a2y >: me men rom
injury. AL -7e1 = :Ee engines II DON
trains jumped inc ne STOW .2s: before
the crash ca1ue,
I-lrned is,eIy following ,1s crash. o--e
OF the four wrecked cA1k nacS Ta-ea
contained gasoline, exp. o6eo- a-2d star
ed a furious IRE which spread over
both tracks sud :1-o ;Ae slough .1i3
which the O.! ran.
According 20 members - ne C-sT
the two trains saoul5 have IL: q;
Lyons station. 81. :o- Souls reason me
norrhbound --a.-. ssc0CG NJ. 81 Pro
ceded north and cc,li6e1 WITH t-a... NJ.
IS. which was coming RON the north,
protected by he soL.1 BOND p4s><-.-
ger train,
Thrilling Sight,
II was estimate ~ members ct -E=
crews that both trains raj attained
speed in excess Of p miles 81 hour
at the time o. the co-Gs.o2 which oc-
CURED On q curve and VIII slca sud-
denness that the engineers had no tine
to reduce the speed 0. the trains
Neither crew saw the other --a.- az
preaching until within less than 4H
feet Of each other.
As a result Of the impact the Two
engines wedged themselves together II
a tangled mass OF IRON and pipes. each
being badly mashed one third q me
way back from the front Of the boilers
Four OF the twelve tank cars Eled with
gasolene and fuel oil which were d.
rectly behind the engine OF the north
bound train piled themselves up II a
tangled mass across the right OF way
of the Milwaukee and Northwestern
railways and as a result OF the eTplo-
sion Of one car OF gasolene three Of
the tank cars and parts Of the wreck
age started g. fearful fire, Oil ran down
the embankmsnt and onto the ioe IN
the slough 1t this point and great
clouds Of thick black s7nohe rolled
above the bluffs and were carried for
miles by the high wind. Tho tangled
mass Of wrecl1age and the burning oil
presented a wonderful sight and at
traoted hundreds Of special tors.
Jumhled Mass.
Ono Of tho four tank cars which pill
ed themselves In the ditch failed &c
break open and remains standing on
end with g. full load Of oil. The tend
erx Of both engines were thrown down
the enhancement onto the Ice In the
slough while the cars which piled up to
the rear Of each Of the engines smash
cd In the cabs and rear end of each
Of tho engine boilers. On tha south
bound train one car was reduced tu
sp1inters while the second car, loaded
with barley, was broken and twisted
until the car will be of no value at all.
Yesterday traffic on both the North
western and Milwaukee roads va:
completely stopped, one tank car which
fell across the Northwestern track
burned and warped the track OF tha'
road to such an extent that It will
have to be entirely replaced for several
hundred feet. The same Is true Of the
Milwaukee track at rnts point.