Hol
The
closest I can find is from Railway & Engineering Review 3 June 1899 -
The
recent heavy fall of rain throughout various sections of the country causing
washouts of roadbeds resulted in a number of railroad wrecks, more
or less
disastrous. The most notable one was the wrecking of a passenger train on the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern R. R. near Waterloo,
Iowa,
which occurred Sunday morning, May 28. An account of the wreck states that
while the train was going at the usual rate of speed a
point
was reached known as Sink Creek where a culvert built of stone is situated.
This culvert had not been disturbed by the high water due to the
rain
storm the night before, but, the sand and gravel were washed from under the
track, just beyond the culvert, leaving It unsupported at this
point,
from 10 to 20 ft., which resulted In a wreck, and the killing of 7 people with
about 40 more or less seriously injured.
Sink Creek appears to flow under the
BCR&N at Washburn, which is just south of Waterloo. There was a similar
report in the Railroad Gazette.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
From:
CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: 23 August 2016 09:08
To: CB&Q Group
Subject: [CBQ] Where Was This
Wreck? [1 Attachment]
[Attachment(s) from Hol Wagner included
below]
The attached stereo
image is currently for sale on eBay, identified as Burlington Wreck at
Washburn, May 27,1899, though in the header the seller says Washburn,
Iowa. First, the coach closest to the photographer is definitely a
CB&Q car, so we can assume it is in fact a Burlington accident, and a
pretty nasty one. But Washburn, Iowa, is not on the Q. Nor is
Washburn, Wis. Any other Washburns it might be? Obviously, it's not
Washburn, Texas, on the FW&D. With the precise date of the accident,
we ought to be able to find news reports of it fairly easily, but I haven't
taken the time to do that.
Hol