| Show s I J Yard Yardmen en rail Runaway Train GRAM April 11 it Quick Bg g by control tower ver opera- opera was credited with the lives of a number ofton of ofton ton an rail yard ard 1500 ton 1500 ton ore train raced f control down a mountain S ecott Copper Corp oHi- oHi id d the operators William Villiam WilliamP Williamt t P and J. J L. L Murano coin coin coin co- co in derailing the thunder- thunder of steel and ore from the i open cut mine before it ed d at mile hour speed the center of the Copper- Copper where the men were rk k Ie t frail rail frail on the line linee re e riding the train were in- in however f were William Villiam H. H Harper vale Ivale the engineer internal and possible brain conFair conFair conFair con con- Fair Condition e 31 Bingham an an n broken leg eg dislocated r. r r and multiple bruises men were reported in fair fairon on in n Monday at St. St Marks Mark's 1 J. train pushed by an electric rand yand and made up of 12 ore eft ft Bingham shortly before on its trip through cular tunnel to Copperton agna the first seven cars air brakes for one- one Ue Be out of the tunnel Engi- Engi realized that his train t of control aid said he tried to signal the theman man an b by whistling but Mr could not hear him h that that the leaped the he train which was thenan then thenan Van an an estimated 50 miles per 1 I When the runaway train roared past the c central e nt r a I yard control tower operator Ablett signaled Mr 1 Murano in the Copperton tower that a train is loose Mr Murano closed a switch inthe in inthe inthe the yards ards in order to derail the approaching avalanche He also warned yard workers by public address address address ad ad- dress system to scatter Brakeman rode on the front of the ore train as it clattered clattered clattered clat clat- past Mr Ablett's tower but two and one-half one miles from the tunnel he leaped from the train which was vas then traveling at more than 60 miles per hour Plunged Off Track A mile further down the line the last five cars and the locomotive locomotive locomotive tive broke connection knifed jack-knifed in the air and plunged off the track splitting ties and mangling rails The first seven cars each loaded with tons of ore sped on to toward toward to- to to-I to ward the Copperton yards which Mr Murano was seeking to clear of workmen This section of or the runaway hit the closed switch shearing the the hard steel rail and leaping the tracks trades in a wild plunge A foot loot section of rail was bent in a huge arc while ore was spilled over a wide area No Yardmen Hurt None of the yard workers were hurt however largely as a result of Mr Ablett's and Mr Murano's cooperation in warning the work work- men officials said the lines had been repaired by 4 am a.m. Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- I day morning and normal traffic resumed through the Copperton yards I No interruption of work at atthe atthe the thc Magna mills was suffered as there was sufficient ore stockpiled for continued operations there An investigation was being conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted Monday by the company to determine cause of the air brake failure |
