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ACCIDENT TO T.H.&B. ENGINE
Engineer Killed-Fireman Herdman of Welland Injured
[Welland Tribune, 1 February 1910]
James Herdman, a former resident of Welland, and whose mother still lives here, had a narrow escape from a horrible death on Sunday morning. Herdman is a fireman, and his mate, Henry Rumple, was instantly killed. The two were on a T.H. & B. freight engine, and had been engaged all night in making up a train of the T.H.& B. belt line, Hamilton. When the accident occurred, the last shunt was about to be made, and the engine had just passed under the bridge on the main line of the G.T.R., when it jumped the rails and ran into the embankment. Some of the pig iron which was on a car next the tender shot into the cab and hit Engineer Rumple, killing him instantly. The engine was a total wreck, and how Herdman escaped is a mystery. He was injured, however, and six stitches were necessary to close a wound in his head. The dead engineer had only been married seven weeks. After the accident, the cars caught fire, but the blaze was extinguished by a bucket brigade.
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