The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-29
One Killed
as Limited
Is Derailed
Engineer Dies With Hand on
Throttle. Fireman Fatally
Injured in Wreck
Near Lincoln.
Engine and Cars Pile Up

An engineer died with his hand on
the throttle, q fireman was fatally in
jured and several passengers were
badly bruised and shaken when Rock
Island train No 7. Rocky Mountain
Limited. westbound, Was derailed
three miles east o; Prairie Home.
Neb,, a, about 20 yesterday morn.
ing.
The train OF nine cars was travel
ing q, q high rate Of speed and wa
on downgrade when il struck curve
The engine was thrown into ls-iooi
ernbankmeni 80 feet iron the track
W. NJ. McLennon. g. engineer. OF
Fairbury. Neb.. was found by pas
sengers several hours after the wreck.
dead IN the engine cab, his hand on
the throttle.
Fireman Dying.
Henry Dart, q. fireman, Fairbury.
who leaped from the engine cab. Is
dying in a Lincoln hospital He was
badly scalded but requested that his
mother in Fairbury not be notified
until il was absolutely necessary.
Others injured are:
Selden w. Adkins, 2lll Pratt
street, Omaha, railway mail clerk.
badly bruised.
Mrs. Mary Bishop, 2l0S Doug
las street. Omaha, laoerated leg.
Her 6-year-old son. Ivan. who was
with her. was uninjured.
V. L. Ovarka, 2724 South ThiT-
teenth street. Omaha. bruised when
thrown TO the front OF the char
car in which he was riding.
Woman Hysterieal.
Roy Homer. Mankato, Kan, NAL
clerk, right arm sprained.
Mrs. Howard Thomas, 20, Coliax.
la, wrist sprained and in hysterical
condition.
William Chau1plin, Council Bluffs,
train conductor. was unhurt, ac-
oording to reports.
Edwin Lynch, Girard. Kan, news
vendor, bruised on arm and chest.
Mrs. E. NJ. Hood, Denver, Colo,
right knee hurt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas O'Brien,
| Omaha, bruised about body,
S. A Steinie, New Washington,
O.. bruised and cut about head.
! Mrs Frank Bauman. Fairbury.
! Neb., left arm and wris; sprained.
| NJ. n. Henkle, Selma, Ia, injury
| to jaw and arm bruises.
! Mrs. Ora Meeker, Phillipsburg,
Kan, side hurt.
! ]. P. Christensen, Council Bluffs,
Ia, bageagenan. bruises and cuts.
| ". J. Edwards. Lincoln, bruises.
Theodore Hensler, Tekonsha,
Mich, bruises.
John stickford. Waldern, Ind.
shoulder bruised.
Mrs. Ella .Aker, Telluride, Colo,
badly shaken.
Two Pullmans Deraied.
Three Pullman cars remained On
the track. Passengers in the two
Pullman cars that were derailed were
brought back TO Omaha in the three
undamaged Pullnans.
The mail car. directly back Of the
engine tender, stood upright. strad-
ding the ditch into which the en-
gine had plunged. A combination
smoker and baggage car had sided
up and stood. also upright and strad-
ding the ditch, directly beside the
mail car
The dining car lay on its side. the
front end in the ditch and the rear
end sticking upward. One Pullman
went into the ditch and another was
derailed. All steel equipment OF the
train prevented a greater loss OF life.
railway officials say. Passengers OF
the chair car which was derailed were
taken to Lincoln.
Left Chicago at 10.
The Rocky Mountain Limited. a
popular train for Omahans travelling
10 Colorado. left Chicago at 10 a. n.
Tuesday. II leit Omaha at II IS
Tuesday night and was due in Lin
coin at ] 40 1t was bound for Colo
RADIO Springs and Denver.
1t frequently travels at a speed ex-
ceeding 40 miles an hour, making il s
scheduled time, railroad men said.
Either soft track, caused by recent
rams, and hence spreading rails, or
a broken rail are given as causes for
the wreck. The scene OF the wreck
was about Is miles east of Lincoln.
]. 8. Christensen, Council Bluffs,
was the only local express messen-
ger on the train, according to the
Omaha Office OF the American Rail-
way Express company. Roy Mar
shall and Merit kevan of Omaha
were railway mail clerks in addition
10 Adkins, according to Assistant
Superintendent Blackwell.
A wrecking crew, accompanied BY
doctors and nurses, were on the
scene within short time after the
accident. The wreck had not been
cleared up entirely by noon.
Views Of wreck viii be found On