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FIREMAN KILLED AT SHERKSTON
Suburban Train Jumps the Track on Saturday Afternoon
[The Welland Tribune and Telegraph, 7 June 1921]
(Special To The Tribune Telegraph)
Bridgeburg, June 5-When the Buffalo-Port Colborne Grand Trunk suburban train leaving here on Saturday afternoon at 1.10 standard time, jumped the track just this side of Sherkston about 2 p.m. Saturday, standard time. Fireman Frank Allan of Bridgeburg, aged 29 years, was killed instantly. He was crushed under the engine as it ploughed over the track-bed on its side. Engineer Fred Clark of Bridgeburg was badly scalded and is now in Buffalo hospital. An investigation will be conducted into the accident immediately. A derailment occurred near this station earlier in the week. None of the passengers were injured. Allan is a married man, with several children. It is believed that a rail spread, caused by the heavy traffic on this section of the Buffalo and Goderich division. Traffic was tied up for a considerable time, owing to the pile-up. Engineer Clark’s condition while serious is not regarded as dangerous. Brakeman Milway suffered a wretched shoulder.
A thorough investigation into the wreck will be held at Ridgeway Wednesday evening. Coroner Stackhouse of Ridgeway will conduct the investigation.
This is the third wreck to have occurred within a radius of a few miles of Port Colborne on the Grand Trunk Railway during the past few days. In one of the other wrecks twelve freight cars were derailed. The line here is again open for traffic wrecking crews have cleared the tracks early this morning.
The frequency with which wrecks have occurred caused rumors to be circulated today that the spreading of the rails, which is believed to have been responsible for the wreck, was brought about by the heavy traffic on light rails.
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