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Copy: Me. S. W. Webb Mr. J. C.. ConzaIez Et h y l Ga s o l i n k 'Co b p o i l v t i o n :,,is?, " .MANUPACTUHINQ AHD,THAFP10DEFABTMENTj % 4*?Sv',i`i -'A";. .w-mlf.-sdii* <.' 'i . S8 *afca>irKfctjsa., '* CORRESPONDENCE H " W,VT ?? W i W H e / a f ^ i IVIAIL.A D D R E S S : 3 0 X (See. W I L M I N G T O N . DEL. ' * -1 ' 'r'i --i'-'trt ,`;J.' ><'B ;.i.>CJ 'l-J/ " '->*1 t l- F R E I G H T A D D R E S S l C A R N E Y ' S POINT; f t . J.vV.f . % < s 5& , ^ 25T E ! ^ HP N E . , P ^ N s ? R o v e I^ . ^ a o . ^ E N B Io.N:g t * ^ V L >.*> ` > - t f M 'l `J-Vi ILA* ' ' ; > ..**4?,3 --? ; .-. f m t e i i . J l r * 1 Jaauary 19,1937 r-s& -yaw '.A &* %<?$% 4%:yms*m^ it mil.?1 . ,^-i iviiffj,e* 0*b|y.lj0r**yr.'ntd;** :> ifiiri >.../<v>. %.* **.* 'JU-JUJfobMIV n r?1'SiMiH* bwe**: ' "' r: . ' Mr. H. W. J&ley .1 /Viifii a:.**-: - .>!*& v5.-.?a .:-** $>* Sis teitirlA ' = . ":< sia & i w#ra iA.A 4-.>iW -.ff'- ivK'-'i^V5.;' ** ?v< *vhs'3N sfe#- *....' .-4 nggr of oar report on tbe accideat : 4.r't fi- '*'->'V'i:^ .iliJ u'A: ii*> * r`.' / ';: -..* --3*.?"^ ; *-* *- , , oecurriag on Monday, Jaauary ll,;aast-bou&d Brio freight traia ^ > ,/ vt wiiieb wafl rooked about one-baXf silo west f( Clean, Mew Tork, ia .: :: &*; %%y;. -.a;'*' ' ii;? '-..ii- v/^C-'V '* (l ,* fbiob a carload of EIKEL Fluid dxiiBBS were tn^oiTrsd. -1 >' '-(r > ' <t- j :* ^j ' ; Wo or* 1 ^ attaoMi^ hoai^t^d^ f aklWtt today to U i-.r-m i Mr. J. 0. Taylor coaxsenting upoa a SlYisioa Maaager eoaeralug(tl(3^ ^f a i r . Harpby,. -:i V" .:.' ' 4 /= ^r-: '- ^ L ",. . s - ci; AsE :j4 ri'4. 5vSwt:|r %-5 lw i-*. A:fes;f3:3g* -;A .:., ^ A ^ v y g | : ^ '- ';i`S.Vfv*v'-.^ . Hi'g.i.tX Vs i-5* a&4a ay, A.;ftiAjiifc-sv %:: >V!S. -f4f -Vg^iAt t.'- ,fc-.j-'i-.i%i- aH f i i:A* i-irvigA;, >: . m l m . 4 - i v m . r t i n & & & & ;, "'":t '' .*..V" ='a y. "?$ g-; - ti- . , M ' f i v ,, - ;g f . 1 : ^ * v. .. i 4 .Ai.vi'i.-; A'Ai , V - i .:- ..r ^ 'A- ^ &'&-. f t ' i ' ..` ..> i- i : 1.4 s. V i i .' ; .r .i V ,4 . h i t n i i X ^ x s ^ A , . ' % & .a?- .' .. . .....1.- ... 4.I * -r. > ./ S * i jj;# . M `M sf li5 r |;# 4 )' i i-J-f ;. . i V g i i r 'i"4 <: j i .'. \ r -. ' > V 4 * iM- 4434* * 4 = : J5.-A& ' *;% i,i? .. x :.4 i,s;,f : :'.- ^ " iji, U vsiiti ' - f i - Y >*4! x v ;^ i ' .* '-V i-iA- t > !,-'''. tfU <' :-3: l A i. ,' '- . ?_-JV /T, ! X t g A i i . 1 ':c. "xi/ i' Tvi5.e<:-3?.Iii>As':Trt.'A'iLX;. ' ' GO0*08 6-:5^ ?: ;*') A'-.* ' rvOrtf ai.3^rti .:.:i K- S :;,Ak:SA5 hi X . .is-': 'rx ..A REPORT OF GGimm AT OLEAH -.. un a a : f - v i - v i : * ---i 4yi.tt . v?r}r*,e.fr %m ^ On Monday morning, January IX t XiSO A.. part of a west-bound Sri freight train of 90 ears^ima^i^^kod-.about.:^~balf,|4io mat. of f ^ l i ^ - '^ about one hundred yards west of intersection of the Sri ad Pennsylvania tracks. Th wreck occurred between two parts of th Socony-Vacutaa Oil refinery. Xts cause was reported by railroad officials a s & broken arohjMur on the thirty'-seTeath Cr/whiobnOCUed till oar to Jaap th trak#^ ...,v cast? h ,- -\^m ' . - . . . . v v -. (V; 'T ' '* ' j$,'s V A'-,; / .* >:'4 ty , . The engine, a&d first thirty-eix earswere undamaged; th next:twent.y-eig^ht oars were piled up in a mass of wreckage, sllbsingdeiaaged in varying degrees* finally the, r last twnty-fiv cars and the oaboooa remi s e d on the track, and war undamaged, \ Slight i-'&a. injuria w e ^ i;^t4^d-.byitw .of (tb.'.'train .la..,th cobpos.^ " ^.. .$<n'...`mv sy T/ ' ii- '4 ! `...i r,. >\ i .'i s.v iii , V i sx-s? t A- * i'i , The twecty-eight reeked cars wcr strewn along both idea of the track for.' ..v,, about, two hundred, yards, and were,piled.cite high especially at the pointy where.th. * '* `' first of the wreaked care finally landed, Many of the cars went beyond this m i n m s* [.*. of debris and several Aid not reach it. Apparently the ears which sustained the greatest damage were in this one pile, the ones thrown to either side or at either end of the pile being only slightly damaged* ; A Iimediately after tho w r e e k t h a m ^ Though^ . the S0 enyyaedttk,fb^i/l$arte^ Gliraa depart ment within twenty minutes after the wr0 ok,(th wre<^sge cbntiued to bimi with oocasipiuil. explosions until two or t h r a o o 'elock Mondayaftemoon. '* .. In the ciddle of thO Eain body of wrockaga &nd at the canter,of tha fira was oar MB 97SQ1 containing 40 drusas of **x* Fluid. The order, of cars iffi^sdiately,preceding and following this car in the train, their ooatents, an ttent of demcge is shownbelow: h o . 49 * CDJLX 317 .- Empty tank - isain pile - bttly damaged 50 - <T% 8221 - Linseed Oil - n * - destroyed 51 - PBH 50444 - Dextrine A : 52 - MS 97201 * *QW F l u i d . .* * - badly damaged : 53 - OK33., 2035 .- Empty Refrig. i ; ? , , ; 5 4 -..FSS 35673 - . _- 7 - V * . ' i 55 - HI 140439 - Mcgnesia .. - south aid - digb|ly deaaagod - r;fr1. 56 - C m 15201- r aostk Sid ^ Apparently ifche, ptAfty qf .ars in th tralaju^vtiii vk* ' & m . ;s,. r.`---. t ;'= ^ - - ^ j w ^ ^ i s y .finsOly lauded. 2ba^1bik^cj n W ^ d i J ( i o f Fluid was tho. first,,.car. to,.,, jump the track, containing cane sugar at least on;, ay <& Several aspty curs,,a carload of vegetable shortening, a tank car of linseed oil, a ear of dextrine. Moat of the oars in this pile were so badly damaged by the wre&kand fire that no Eateriaf was kalvagC^U,' * & t4 <v ^ a - , ft f!T W i 4 M ^ IM :S' , ., ... hvA1 -V..jtu, The car containing "Q* Fluid was badly dented at one end and quite badly burned throughout. Three of the four "Poisonous* placards were coapietely destroyed but, the fourth on,-.* end of tjhe car was. in perfect ,qonditiiai. It should.,have'"bean'.,;...A. quite conspicuous at the. time the wreckage was being cleared away. One of the "Hotice to Carriers* labels was completely destroyed. The other os was on the bottom of the car as it lay in the wreckage and was only partially legible when the car iras lifted from th pile. The. Ethyl Oasoline Corporation was notified of the wreck about 3:30 Tuesday afternoon. Railroad officials were immediately warned by telephone to cease work in j' I "f TV h . V ' : O U N f ' i ,V :, - the vicinity of the oar of drums pending arrival of sNspawshatatives from the Ethyl r Gasolina Corporatio. Four men from, the Hew York Division reported at the scene of A k the eresie before midnight Tuesday, They took shifts watching the week to keep work-' men and all others away from the Biffiti. drams. Two men from the Manufacturing Department arrived Wednesday morning at ten sleek* ......., , Before any Ethyl men arrived at the seen, several full drums, leaking ones, and empties had been removed iron the ear and set beside the track. The car had bees set on tracks and moved to a siding about a quarter of a mile east of the wreck, When Barxmrn end Johnson arrived they found this statust Along the track, seven full drums, three partially fall with bad leaks, and seven completely empty; Inside the ear, twenty- three drums, of whieh twelve were apparently full, eleven empty. Thus all forty drums were accounted for. The field representatives had done an excellent job of supervising the handling of th drums which had been removed frigs the car and of policing the wreck to keep every one away from the Fluid. Any possible hazard was incurred before an Ethyl man arrived at the scene. It is th opinion of the Ethyl men present that so one received serious exposure, though undoubtedly the drums and ear were handled unsafely before their arrival. `. .-..* . - > - ~.v s >,, Wednesday the Ethyl men continued to supervise handling of the drums and the car, and ordered a truck sent from th plant with safety equipment ardfaoilities for transporting all drums to the plant* They also treated ail doubtful spots with hydro chloric held to eliminate all possible danger, secured release of the drums by railroad officials, arranged for burning ailwreckage which might possibly have been contaminated with Fluid,,. v; k | At Ii.-S2adiately adjacent to the Fluid car in. th pile of wreckage had been a car of vegetable shortening compound, which hed act been destroyed in th fire. All metal drums of this compound which were at all ducted orpunctured, all metal, eeas which were not sealed with a clamped lid, and all woods containers were ordered burned to eliminate any danger from possible contamination by Fluid or its fumes. Again Wednesday night the Sthyl men etood watch to see that no on went near the ear or the drums along the track* Thursday they transferred fluid, from leaking drums to good cutes, loaded all druse fro, the ground and from tl^ car to the truck. Regulation equipment teas used for all this york, The .drums were tb^rou^^y washed with water and kerosene before they war loaded to the truck. .,One drum, which;*** been almost full of Fluid though it contained a six-inch .hole ,in ono end, was emptied to another drum, washed thoroughly with kerosene end burned before being loaded to the truck. Other leakers were loaded with Wall amounts of ifluid still in them. As the truck was loaded it contained nineteen full drums, two partially full, and twenty-throe empty druaa^%:f|^'^btal-^f. ferty*ear.;WSC^ four good drums sent frd#thinplsst* ., . %^-a ia? - The truck was to have left Qlstaiyriday sming,, It arrived at the pleat Saturday noon with the drums in as good condition apparently as when they left Clean. Th only work left for Friday in connection with the wreok waa superviaing the burning of the oar which had contained the 4*uma, M, l>. Murdock romined in Olean to supervise this operation* - : .... "V.-rh t-.K`.r\..... A.7 : AA -A^S '--A. - s V>- eoro867