March 30, 2015
Archie and Group - Sounds like a GREAT story for either the BRHS Bulletin
or Zephyr. Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
In a message dated 3/30/2015 12:19:38 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
Hol and
group, I have a series of photos from this derailment as well
as the crew involved and other interesting details such as how the
claim agent came down from Burlington with a pocket full of $50
bills
and settled every claim. Workmen were driving piling on top
the bluff
behind the home of the owner of the Schaeffer Pen
Co. This started a
slide which swept the locomotive into the
river. It was the 2937 and
the fireboy popped out first and
pulled himself up on the shore. He
stood there and watched the
bubbles coming out of the cab and was
heard to exclaim, " Am I going
to have to go back in the water and
pull that SOB out?" About
that time the engineer popped to the
surface and waded ashore.
$50 was a lot of money in 1935.
Archie
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Posted by: archie
hayden
<klinerarch@charter.net>
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