Burlington Hawk-Eye (Newspaper) - June 15, 1982, Burlington, Iowa The of Iowa Eye 145th Year 288 25 June 1982 319 7548461 Amtrak derails One dead By Beck EMERSON UPI An new Amtrak Super liner hit water streaming over the Burlington Northern main line today and plunged several cars into a One passenger was killed and at least 100 were hurt in the predawn crash about 20 miles southeast of Council The area had had inches of rain THE VICTIM WAS identified as Terry Her hometown was not immedi ately Rod Mills County medical said were planning an au but I think she just bled to She had internal he We noticed exceptionally high water around town as the train passed said engineer Joe It wasnt a few miles down the we came around a little curve and saw water on the I put the train in emergency braking but it wasnt soon We he By the time it the motor was half way over and the second motor was on its Its a rough ride you got mud and you just hold on for dear Jung Ha an Amtrak spokesman in said 288 passengers had reserva tions to travel the westbound San Francisco Zephyr which derailed at around IN MORE THAN 100 people received A Red Cross official in Omaha said the rest were taken to the Valley Com munity School north of Hastings for observa tion and treatment for Sheriff Ed James said water was 23 feet above the tracks when he and people were yelling and screaming wanting I told them to calm help was on the way over and wed get them out as soon as we James said the derailment was the worst he had including one about two years ago in which Hastings was evacuated due to the release of hazardous We were just asleep and started bouncing said Jay riding home to Hayes from with his wife and three Water started rolling That was the scary Our compartment flooded and we had to swim My wife and kids found the stairs and we went upstairs until they took us said THE TRAIN INCLUDED four four three baggage cars and a Six cars were leaning at about 45degree angles in Indian Creek and on its banks and two engine units plunged under the but none over James About 500 people from a 40mile area some already on duty in Emerson and other Mills County towns rushed to the Many formed human chains to rescue the injured and shaken pas Allen assistant administrator at the Montgomery County Hospital in nearby Red said 24 or 26 injured passengers were taken to the hospital and 13 were Passengers with more serious injuries were taken about 20 miles to hospitals in the One of the BN fireman Kenneth from was in serious condition at Josephs Hospital in Omaha with a fractured A doctor quoted Moore as saying all of a there was no track and those on the train had no advance warning of the although flood warnings were issued throughout the WHEN THE CRASH rescue work ers were only about a mile evacuating residents of Emerson in the face of raging wa ters spawned by powerful Rescuers tied ropes to the cars and held them taut as the passengers scaled the steep embankment at the accident helicopters and stretchers were also used in the High winds and flash flooding definitely contributed to the an Iowa official Mills County was particularly by the storms that dumped up to six inches of rain on some parts of National Weather Service forecasters said gusty winds blew a truck off the road east of Glenwood about 10 and heavily damaged farm buildings near Parts of Mills County got three inches of rain in 30 the NWS End of the line came early for the flagman By Bob Wilson and Lloyd Maffitt boarded the San Francisco Zephyr in Burlington Monday night to as sume his duties as He didnt complete the The train derailed early Tuesday near killing one woman and injuring scores of a flagman on a three member crew which boarded told his wife Tuesday he escaped in Wives of conductor Vernon Metzger and brakeman Gordon Becker told The Hawk Eye they had not heard from their but they did not believe them to be Amtrak said the engineer and a fireman who got on at Creston were They were not JIM local Amtrak ticket said 1520 passengers board ed the westbound train but could provide no Local Bur lington Northern Trainmaster David Boen was en route to the accident site early Robert BN agent at Red Oak about 12 miles east of the acci dent said his office was being used for communications relays but otherwise was not directly involved in the A spokeswoman at Montgomery County Memorial Red told The Hawk Eye more than a dozen wreck victims had been ad mitted hailing from Califor Pennsylvania and West Its too early to say for but we think none of them is in critical she SMITH SAID Amtrak today began using chartered buses to ferry pas sengers between Chicago and He said the buses will be used for both eastbound and west bound riders until further due to damage at the derailment Smith said a westbound bus is ex to leave Chicago on Am traks regular rail departure sched arriving in Burlington about The derailment of the westbound San Francisco Zephyr forced the eastbound Zephyr to terminate at where passengers for Iowa and Illinois points were transferred to AMTRAK ALSO established a toll free telephone today to assist pas sengers and families in the derail Those inquiring about injured relatives or damaged property may call MANY OF THEM volunteers from a 40 mile line Burlington Northern tracks this morn UPI helping passengers from Amtrak derailment site Indicated on map by star Just west of Views differ over plans to bar a trains Argentines give up By Tom Seery A light turnout at a meeting to discuss the shipment of spent nucle ar fuel through Burlington still brought out opposing views Mon Thirteen people showed up at City Hall to discuss a proposed city ordinance that would in effect ban the The meeting was an attempt to test public sentiment be fore the Council considers the ordi nance at a June 21 public Although local ordinances regu lating nuclear shipments through heavily populated areas have been upheld in the issue for small er communities has not been Nebraska Public Power which wants to ship spent fuel from its power plant to a temporary storage site at has threatened to challenge any local ordinances along the proposed route of the Burlington Northern Railroad main Roy 2604 said I simply think we should back off from this and not try to regulate in because were going to get burned if we The proposed ordinance has caused some to worry that the city might enter an expensive legal Newton 1802 Pleas said he supports the believes a large number of people on the street feel the same and predicted they will be heard by the Council next He said I dont think the size of the commu should make any Dick 803 said I think were spinning our wheels for something that may end up costing us a fortune without the backing of other Were looking at dollars and cents against countered Paul 1719 Mayor Jerry Rigdon said Univer sity of Iowa Law School officials are studying the proposed ordi By United Press International Prime Minister Margaret That cher praised the British recapture of the Falkland Islands today as accomplished and said Argentine troops had surren The Battle of the Falklands was a remarkable military boldly bravely executed and brilliantly Thatcher said in an address to Par a little over 12 hours after the surrender was signed in the is lands capital of Thatcher said when the time is right Britain will discuss with the islanders their future government and She said if necessary Britain will handle security alone but I do not exclude the possibility of associ ating other British troops on East Falkland took Argentine troops prison er at she twice the number believed to be in the garri THE TROOPS already are pre paring to occupy West Falkland where an Argentine force of about men was not involved in the she President Reagan welcomed the end of the fighting in the Falkland Islands and offered assistance to Britain and Argentina to help resolve this The United States welcomes the ceasefire is now in place in the Falkland the presi dent said in a state ment released by the White House press We hope the tragic loss of life which has thus far occurred in this crisis can now be brought to an FOR ITS the United States continues to stand ready to assist in any way it can to help resolve this Reagan Falkland Islands Rex currently in and members of the islands legislative council will return there as soon as possible to handle civilian she We must now bring life in the is lands back to normal as quickly as possible despite difficult and the onset of the Antarctic win she Mines must be re The water supply in Stanley is not working and there will be oth er urgent tasks of repair and recon THE ARGENTINE bat tered and with their back to formally surrendered Monday The Falkland Islands are once more under the government desired by their said a mes sage from British commander Jeremy Moore to God save the Hawk Eye digest JOAN VINCENTS beef recipe took a state honor last today s A POLLSTER says a majority of Illinoisans want the See Page USING TWO freshmen the Burlington split a doubleheader with North Scott See Page Todays Index Classified Editorial For Hawk Eye ISU seeks hike in gas rates By Bob Sogard Burlington customers of Iowa Southern Utilities may have a increase in natural gas rates next The utility company that serves much of the Burlington area said today it has asked the Iowa State Commerce Commission for per mission to boost rates about to its gas custom ers in 32 effective July Thats a general increase of but the boost in Burlington will be BUI ISU director of explained to The Hawk Eye that the monthly service charge for homes in Burlington has been and will be raised to the rate customers in other cities have been The difference is that the pipe from property Una to the gas t toen customers re in Burlington ai witl be ours and both Charge and policy will be uniform throughout the Eu This is ISUs third general natu ral gas rate hike in its ac cording to presi dent of the com The last one was three years he and noted that the cost of living increase in the same time has risen He added that other residential and will be uniformly based on the unit of gas ISU will continue using the pur chased gas adjustment clause the provision under which utilities may pass through from the pipeline without ICC afM these increases have averaged 20 per year for three Part of the boost will be collected under pending public hear ings and final determination by the Anderson said customers have been notified by mail of the re quested Anderson said all efforts are di at holding down costs and all alternatives to a rate increase are exhausted before an increase is re We are now in a position where costs have trimmed as much as possible without adversely af 30 Pages Monster frog opens SBD By Lloyd Maffitt and Nancy Goede schedule Page 3 Danl Mark Twains Fa mous Jumping Frog of Calaveras would have been right at home at the Steamboat Days Critter Race this About a dozen frogs sent their young trainers grabbing and encouraging around the Memorial Auditorium for the Childrens Day The blue ribbon winner was Fred a monster caught by Mike Donnellson more like an elephant than a one of the judges told Mike while presenting him with a Happy Joes gift certifi Freddy wont share the though hes being returned to his home From the same neck of the woods hailed the winning unnamed by Jones Hs turtle was also a bit bigger than and harder to catch than I snuck up on him behind some Doug The two who claim they didnt train were cheered on by their Sandra and Dorothy This is more fun every Smith giving Doug a hug while recalling that the boys have won or placed in the race the past two Steamboat Days 20 opened this morning at 10 under threat ening skies so threatening the Kids Cruise on the Julie Du buque was postponed two Raindrops started falling on heads at but soon stopped and didnt bother the Mime and Magic Show being put on by Ron and Lau rel ONE PERSON WHO was bothered was the woman who called The Hawk Eye this morning to complain that her phone number had been listed as the one to call for Steam boat Days Celebration officials office in a motor home between the Beer Gar den and the outdoor stage may be reached by calling Rainan shine FORECAST 60 chance of thun winds northerly at 1020 mph mostly sunny high in the RIVER STAGES Burlington down Keithsburg Macomb man dead in creek James Har was found dead near his car a east of Biggsville Monday He was reported missing Satur day and may have lain in the creek since as early as Illinois State Police Harding apparently was driving east on US 34 when his car ran onto the north hit a guard rail and rolled over an embankment into a police His body was thrown from the A semi driver noticed the acci dent about 4 Monday and noti fied Henderson County sheriffs of by CB The wreck wasnt visible to cars and lower ve on the officers Coroner Helen Hindman said an inquest will be held sometime in the next two but she ordered no Hardings body was taken to Turnbulls Funeral Home in Mon Police looking for driver who left two hurt Illinois State Police are looking for a driver who demolished his car early today and walked leaving two injured passengers at the scene about 1 at 96 and Conable Passengers Ann Marie and Curtis were treated at Madison Community Hospital and Police said the eastbound car left the road and slammed into a The wreckage was hauled off in three they
