A-2 Accidents and Injuries 1944-1946

Name/Title

A-2 Accidents and Injuries 1944-1946

Entry/Object ID

0001.B0056.0004

Scope and Content

A-2 Accidents and Injuries 1944-1946

Category

Accidents/Derailments/Wrecks, Personal Injuries, Flash Reports, Clamshell, Locomotive #94, Ore Trains, Ore Cars, Vehicles, Mine Loadout, Ruth Depot, Dinky #503, Cabooses, Locomotive #98, Locomotive #90, Dinky #71, Dinky #74, Coaling Tower, RIP Building, Locomotive #95, Dinky #81, Freight Trains, Bus #25, Bus #26, Locomotive #96, Locomotive #97, Railroad Crossings, Wrecking Crane "A", Crew, Locomotive #20, Locomotive #81, Dinky #83, Dinky #502, Kimberly Depot, Dinky #88, Crime, Locomotive #93, East Ely Machine Shop, MOW, Locomotive #92, Hi-Rail #16, Velocipedes
Archival Materials, Steam Crane, MOW Equipment, Rolling Stock, Steam Locomotives, Locomotives, Freight Cars, Mining Structures, Structures, Depots, Dinky Locomotives, Busses, Right-of-Way, People, East Ely Machine Shop/Enginehouse, Hi-Rail Vehicles

Acquisition

Accession

0001.1

Source or Donor

Kennecott Copper Company

Acquisition Method

Gift

Archive Details

Creator

Nevada Northern Railway

Date(s) of Creation

1944 - 1947

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Manzanarez Hospital Stay

Description

Flash advising laborer Eloy Manzanarez of Goshute being treated with a sore back as a result of an illness, December 10, 1947.

Creator

Walter Root Armstrong, Jr.

Date(s) of Creation

December 10, 1947

Title

Copper Flat Derailment

Description

Flash advising the derailment of two loaded ore cars at Copper Flat moved by switcher #74 due to the brake rigging being down, December 5, 1947.

Creator

Walter Root Armstrong, Jr.

Date(s) of Creation

December 5, 1947

Title

Tank Car Derailed

Description

Flash advising the Union Oil Co. derailing a tankcar they attempted to move that had a defective handbrake on December 3, December 4, 1947.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

December 4, 1947

Title

Items Stolen from Cars

Description

Flash regarding items stolen from cars parked between the freight house and Kirker's shop and Sedan stolen, all reported to the sheriff's office, November 14, 1947.

Creator

George Frederick Lake

Date(s) of Creation

November 14, 1947

Title

Ore Car Derailment

Description

Report of an incident at the Ruth mine loadout when four cars were dropped striking 16 others and causing them to run over the derail, damaging track, blocking the main but stopping just before the Ruth Depot crossing, November 14, 1947.

Creator

Walter Root Armstrong, Jr.

Date(s) of Creation

November 14, 1947

Title

KCC Diesel Derailment

Description

Correspondence and flash regarding the derailment on November 6, 1947 of a KCC diesel on NNRy tracks in McGill, mentions disparity of wages between the railroad and smelter forces for the same class of work, November 1947.

Creator

Walter Root Armstrong, Jr., Harold J. Beem

Date(s) of Creation

November 6, 1947 - November 10, 1947

Title

Derailed Coal Car

Description

Flash regarding a derailed coal car at the White Pine Fuel coal yard, November 3, 1947.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

November 3, 1947

Title

Knife Wound

Description

Night Machinist Helper M.C. Bradley taken to the hospital with a knife wound on his right arm inflicted by his son at home, November 6, 1947.

Creator

George Frederick Lake

Date(s) of Creation

November 6, 1947

Title

Ore Car Derailment

Description

Flash regarding ore cars derailed by KCC switch engine #503, engineer Ray Arnn, in the Copper Flat Yard, October 23, 1947.

Date(s) of Creation

October 23, 1947

Title

Ore Train Derailment

Description

Flash regarding a derailment of the third ore at MP 145 due to a broken draw bar, Brakeman Hermansen injured in the caboose, October 11, 1947.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

October 11, 1947

Notes

Brakeman Birmingham

Title

Bugmon Lost Time Settlement

Description

Correspondence regarding a settlement for lost time by laborer Edward Bugmon who received an injury to his hand and was denied coverage by the Railroad Retirement Board, 1947.

Creator

Walter Root Armstrong, Jr., Edward Bugmon

Date(s) of Creation

September 18, 1947 - October 11, 1947

Title

Conductor Injury

Description

Flash regarding an injury received by conductor W.W. McMillan who was dropping the caboose onto the rear of an ore train when a brake club slipped striking hi in the chest, September 14, 1947.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

September 15, 1947

Title

Ore Cars Derailed

Description

Flash regarding ore cars derailed at Copper Flat being moved by dinky #71, September 9, 1947.

Date(s) of Creation

September 9, 1947

Title

#90 Derailment

Description

Flash regarding a derailment of the tender wheels of locomotive #90 on the switch under the East Ely coal chute, August 14, 1947.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

August 15, 1947

Title

Time Lost Claims

Description

Correspondence regarding the handling of time lost claims after Railroad Retirement came into effect, August 14, 1947.

Creator

Harold J. Beem

Date(s) of Creation

August 14, 1947

Title

#91 Damage

Description

Flash regarding locomotive #91 knocking out the right cylinder head causing delays to ore trains, August 13, 1947.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

August 14, 1947

Title

#95 Damage

Description

Flash regarding damage to locomotive #95 at MP 62 while assisting locomotive #81 with a freight, August 5, 1947.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

August 12, 1947

Title

Bus #26 Failure

Description

Flash regarding a failure by bus #26 when it lost its fuel pump, August 3, 1947.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

August 12, 1947

Title

DiSanza Injury

Description

Flash covering the personal injury received by Ed DiSanza when he hurt his back assisting a machinist, July 25, 1947.

Creator

George Frederick Lake

Date(s) of Creation

July 25, 1947

Title

Locomotive #94 Failure

Description

Flash regarding the failure of locomotive #94 when it slipped drivers, July 15, 1947.

Creator

Harry Alex Fravel

Date(s) of Creation

July 15, 1947

Title

Long Injury

Description

Memo regarding Jerry Long calling off due to an injury from playing ball, July 3, 1947.

Creator

Walter Root Armstrong, Jr.

Date(s) of Creation

July 3, 1947

Title

Pearson

Description

Memo regarding Carl Pearson's son, July 2, 1947.

Creator

David B. Armstrong

Date(s) of Creation

July 2, 1947

Title

Child Hit by Train

Description

Memo regarding a young boy being struck by the cylinder of locomotive #97 at Calumet (Lackawanna Crossing), boy taken to the hospital and found to only have a scratch, was the son of Albert Paskett, July 1, 1947.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

July 1, 1947

Title

Wrecking Crew-June 1947

Description

List of the members of the wrecking crew, June 17, 1947.

Creator

George Frederick Lake

Date(s) of Creation

June 27, 1947

Title

Personal Injury-R.O. Young

Description

Flash and correspondence regarding an injury received by R.O. Young while unloading ties from a boxcar on June 8, June 1947.

Creator

Walter Root Armstrong, Jr.

Date(s) of Creation

June 9, 1947 - June 12, 1947

Title

Personal Injury-D. Miller

Description

Memo and correspondence regarding a personal injury received by Darrell Miller who had a sprained ankle, May 1947.

Creator

David B. Armstrong

Date(s) of Creation

May 26, 1947 - May 28, 1947

Title

AAR News Bulletin No. S-1060

Description

AAR news bulletin no. S-1060, May 12, 1947.

Creator

Association of American Railroads

Date(s) of Creation

May 12, 1947

Title

Personal Injury-R.D. Seddell

Description

Correspondence regarding the personal injury received by R.D. Seddell and issues with injury reporting, May 20, 1947.

Creator

Walter Root Armstrong, Jr.

Date(s) of Creation

May 20, 1947

Title

Robison Injury

Description

Flash regarding a personal injury received on May 12 by K.R. Robison, Car Repair Helper, May 14, 1947.

Creator

George Frederick Lake

Date(s) of Creation

May 14, 1947

Title

Locomotive #96 Derailment

Description

Flash regarding a derailment of locomotive #96 on the Copper Flat caboose track due to spread tracks, May 2, 1947.

Creator

I.V. Wade

Date(s) of Creation

May 2, 1947

Title

Ore Train Derailment

Description

Memo regarding the derailment of an ore train under the East Ely overpass due to a broken brake beam, April 30, 1947.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

April 30, 1947

Title

Locomotive #96 Breakdown

Description

Memo regarding a broken equalizer spring on locomotive #96, April 18, 1947.

Creator

I.V. Wade

Date(s) of Creation

April 18, 1947

Title

Oxborrow Injury

Description

Memo regarding a personal injury received by boilermaker R.L. Oxborrow, April 15, 1947.

Creator

George Frederick Lake

Date(s) of Creation

April 15, 1947

Title

Derailment-Locomotive #81

Description

Memo regarding a derailment of locomotive #81 at the Cobre coal chute on April 7, April 9, 1947.

Creator

Walter Root Armstrong, Jr.

Date(s) of Creation

April 9, 1947

Title

Ore Train Derailment

Description

Flash regarding an ore train derailment at Copper Flat, April 7, 1947.

Creator

I.V. Wade

Date(s) of Creation

April 7, 1947

Title

Ore Car Derailment

Description

Memo regarding the derailment of an ore car moved by dinky #83 on March 5 damaging the main line track and access to the Copper Flat yard, March 6, 1947.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

March 6, 1947

Title

Broken Switch Point

Description

Memo regarding a broken switch point on the scale track at the mill, February 26, 1947.

Date(s) of Creation

February 26, 1947

Title

Rail Repairs

Description

Memo regarding track repairs, February, 25, 1947.

Creator

Walter Root Armstrong, Jr.

Date(s) of Creation

February 25, 1947

Title

Ore Car Derailment

Description

Memo regarding the derailment of ore cars pulled by dinky #502 near the Kimberly Depot, February 24, 1947.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

February 24, 1947

Title

Copper Flat Collision

Description

Memo regarding a collision in front of the Copper Flat Yard Office between ore cars moved by dinky #502 and dinky #88 due to an improperly aligned switch, February 14, 1947.

Creator

Harry Alex Fravel

Date(s) of Creation

February 15, 1947

Title

Crisler Death

Description

Memo regarding the death of H.R. Crisler, extra freight conductor, whose body was found between the scale track and pass 3 opposite the depot in the East Ely Yard by brakemen Fondi and Gledhill. Sheriff McLaughlin and Coroner Willis determined the death was caused by a heart attack, February 1, 1947.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

February 1, 1947

Title

Derailment of Ore Cars

Description

Memo regarding the derailment of ore cars at Copper Flat, January 28, 1947.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

January 28, 1947

Title

Shafter Break In

Description

Memos regarding a break in of a section house at Shafter reportedly by a WP section worker on January 26, 1947.

Creator

Jim J. Dalmachos, Walter Root Armstrong, Jr.

Date(s) of Creation

January 26, 1947 - January 27, 1947

Title

Spilled Ore

Description

Memo regarding ore dumped along the main line on January 10 and instructions that the clamshell would clean up the ore at the request of the mine, January 11, 1947.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

January 11, 1947

Title

Clifton Injury

Description

Flash regarding a personal injury received by boilermaker helper Clifton while assisting R.L. Oxborrow, December 11, 1946.

Creator

George Frederick Lake

Date(s) of Creation

December 11, 1946

Title

Rattazzi Injury

Description

Flash regarding an injury received by car repairer Adrian Rattazzi who was riding an axle being moved by the overhead crane, December 10, 1946.

Creator

George Frederick Lake

Date(s) of Creation

December 10, 1946

Title

Martinez Injury

Description

Correspondence regarding treatment received by Del Martinez for a back injury, December 3, 1946.

Creator

Walter Root Armstrong, Jr.

Date(s) of Creation

December 3, 1946

Title

Bus Failure

Description

Correspondence regarding a failure of Bus 25 and relief by Bus 26, near Lage Station, November 22, 1946. Bus drivers Davis and Baldwin.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

November 23, 1946

Title

Martinez Injury

Description

Flash regarding a back injury received by Del Martinez while repairing track at a derailment on November 16 at MP96, November 21, 1946.

Creator

Walter Root Armstrong, Jr.

Date(s) of Creation

November 21, 1946

Title

Freight Train Derailment

Description

Flash regarding the derailment of an extra general freight at MP 96 reported by Conductor Perry by telephone, November 14, 1946.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

November 14, 1946

Title

WP Derailment

Description

Memo regarding the derailment of Western Pacific locomotive #403 on the NNRy RIP track at Shafter due to the rail spreading under the locomotive, November 12, 1946.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

November 12, 1946

Title

Bill-Rerailing KCC #503

Description

Bill for the rerailing of dinky #503 at MP149.5, November 21, 1946.

Creator

Nevada Northern Railway

Date(s) of Creation

November 21, 1946

Title

Bill-Rerailing Ore Cars

Description

Bill regarding the rerailing of ore cars and repair to track at MP146.5, November 21, 1946.

Creator

Nevada Northern Railway

Date(s) of Creation

November 21, 1946

Title

Wheel Piece

Description

Memo advising W.R. Armstrong that the Ruth section track walker had found a missing piece of wheel, November 4, 1946.

Creator

I.V. Wade

Date(s) of Creation

November 4, 1946

Title

Ore Train Derailment

Description

Flash regarding the derailment of an ore train pulled by locomotive #92 near MP 146.8, wrecking crane called to rerail the cars, November 6, 1946.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

November 6, 1946

Title

Locomotive #98 Failure

Description

Memo regarding the failure at Mosier of locomotive #98 when the throttle packing blew out, locomotive #93 used as a relief engine, crew moved around with hi-rail #16, November 1, 1946.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

November 1, 1946

Title

Frank Lue Death

Description

Flash regarding the death of Ruth trackwalker Frank Lue who was killed when an ore train pulled by locomotive #93 backed up striking Lue who was on his velocipede on the track behind the caboose which ran over him, October 5, 1946.

Creator

Harold Millard Peterson

Date(s) of Creation

October 5, 1946

Dimensions

Height

11 in

Width

8-1/2 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Eloy Manzanarez, Steptoe Valley Hospital, Union Oil Company of California, F.J. Miller, Clyde Hindman, Felix Benavidez, K.R. Robison, KCC Nevada Mines Division, White Pine Fuel Co., M.C. Bradley, J.M. Carrick, Dr. Smernoff, Ray Arnn, David B. Armstrong, Railroad Retirement Board, W.W. McMillan, Ed DiSanza, Vernon Andrew Read, Jerry Long, Carl Pearson, Albert Paskett, Darrell Paskett, Caesar F. Colaizzi, E.I. DeSpain, Joseph Labate, A. Iannacchione, D. Iannacchione, W.L. Fielding, A. Fontana, S.B. Arnold, Pete DeRicco, F. DiIullo, Feliz Benavidez, C.R. Smith, John F. Apodaca, R.O. Young, Darrell Miller, Harold J. Beem, R.D. Seddell, William A. Iverson, Loreto Labate, R.L. Oxborrow, H.R. Crisler, Alexander Lake, George Frederick Lake, Adrian Rattazzi, Albert Di Iullo, Delfino Martinez, Western Pacific Railroad, Frank Lue

Related Places

Place

Railroad Location

Goshute, Ore Yard, Copper Flat, Calumet

County

White Pine, Elko

State/Province

Nevada

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Location

East Ely Yard, Lage

City

East Ely, Ruth, Cobre, Shafter

* Untyped Place

Currie, Mosier Cut, Mosier Fill

Region

Steptoe Valley