My father (a C.B.&Q. Trainman) and I were there shortly after the accident.
I was 5 1/2 and still have a couple of "scenes" burned in to my memory. One
was the E Unit inside a coach with a body trapped between it and a window.
The other was a number of bodies being loaded into a white panel truck. The
rest has dimmed with the years.
Ken Fleming
Blandon, PA
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Verne Brummel <ldb53jmb55@charter.net>wrote:
>
>
> Chuck,
>
> It's a small world. My Dad also worked at Kroehler in Naperville at the
> time (he was there from about 1945-50). Maybe our two Dads knew each other!
> All I remember is the family talking about the "awful train wreck" that
> occurred only blocks from where they lived in '46.
>
> Verne Brummel,
> Fitchburg,WI
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com <CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>, "Rupert & Maureen"
> <gamlenz@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Chuck Spinner has asked me to thank all those who have offered
> information and insight into the Naperville crash. He is unable to respond
> immediately to all the e-mails but will be doing so shortly. He has also
> provided the comments shown below as a background to the book he is writing,
> and at the end are some outstanding issues that you might be able to assist
> with.
> >
> > Rupert Gamlen
> > Auckland NZ
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks to all those on the List who have responded to my periodic
> questions on the Naperville train wreck of April 25th, 1946. Rupert and Jim
> Christen of Naperville have been invaluable helps as I go on my third year
> of research on the tragedy.
> >
> > My mother was pregnant with me in April of 1946. I was born on October 22
> of that year. We lived directly across from the main entrance to Kroehler
> Furniture Manufacturing Company. My Dad worked at the factory and most
> probably was one of those who helped at the scene. However, because of the
> horrific nature of the aftermath of the crash, he never talked to me about
> that day. My Dad died in April of 1961 when I was fourteen and before I had
> any knowledge or interest in the event. We were just one block from the
> train wreck, but my three older siblings were kept in the house and away
> from the crash site.
> >
>
>
>
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