Rushewar jirgin kasa na Glenrock

Rushewar jirgin kasa na Glenrock
train wreck (en)
Bayanai
Ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Kwanan wata	27 Satumba 1923
Wuri
42°52′26″N 106°01′59″W
Ƴantacciyar ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Jihar Tarayyar Amurika	Wyoming

 

Jirgin jirgin Glenrock shine mafi munin jirgin kasa mafi muni a tarihin Wyoming, yana kashe 30. Ya faru a kan Chicago, Burlington da Quincy Railroad tsakanin Glenrock da Casper a ranar 27 ga Satumba, 1923. (Al'umma mafi kusa da yanzu shine Meadow Acres, kwance yammacin shafin, a fadin Arewacin Platte River ). Hakan ya faru ne lokacin da jirgin Casper zuwa Denver, mai nisan mil 15 kacal a cikin tafiyarsa, ya shiga cikin Cole Creek bayan gadar da ta wanke bayan kwana uku na guguwa.

Guguwar Satumba 27-29 ta haifar da ambaliyar ruwa a yawancin tsakiyar Wyoming kuma ta rushe wasu gadoji na jirgin kasa, kodayake babu wanda ya sami irin wannan sakamako mai bala'i. 'Yan jarida daga Denver wadanda suka yi ƙoƙari su isa shafin ta hanyar hanya har yanzu suna makale da nisan kilomita 100 a ranar 29 ga Satumba.

Rushewa

Jirgin da ya damu yana aiki tare da Burlington da Colorado da Southern Railway kuma ya ƙunshi motoci bakwai da Colorado da ingin Southern No. 350 (wani F-3-A class 4-6-2 wanda Baldwin ya gina a 1911 (lambar serial 35771) Casper a 8:35 pm . Rahoton, yana tafiya cikin sauri tsakanin 30 and 40 miles per hour (48 and 64 km/h) lokacin da ta isa gada 98 ta haye Cole Creek. Kasancewar tana kan lankwasa, ba a ganin gadar ga fitilun jirgin har sai da ya yi latti. Mutum daya tilo da ya tsira daga cikin jirgin ko injiniyoyin ya bayyana cewa an yi birki na gaggawa ne kawai kafin jirgin ya fado daga kan layin dogo.

Bayan hadarin, kadan daga cikin tsarin gadar ya kasance. Injin ya ƙare "kusan ya nutse cikin yashi" kuma tsarin motar farko ya lalace gaba ɗaya. Motoci uku na gaba sun ƙare a cikin rafin, na biyu da na huɗu a saman na uku, wanda aka "rufe". Motar ta biyar ta kasance a bakin yamma tare da ƙarshen ɗaya ya nutse, kodayake a ƙarshe ta fada cikin rafin.

Ceto

Jirgin ceto daga Casper ya isa wurin da karfe 11 na yamma kuma ya sami sama da mutane 20 a kan motar barci "suna rokon a ceto su". Jaridar Dallas Morning News ta ruwaito cewa "An jefa igiyar kebul da aka samo daga filin mai na Big Muddy ga masu barci da suka lalace. Tare da hasken jirgin kasa na agaji yana wasa a wurin, jinkirin aikin ceto ta wannan hanyar ya ci gaba. Maza, mata da yara sun tafi hannu-da-hannuwa daga mai barci zuwa bankin gabas, nesa da fiye da ƙafa 150 (46 . Sau da yawa sun rasa hannun hannu ɗaya na igiyar, kawai don dawo da ma'auni kuma su ceci kansu daga sauka masu rauni a cikin ruwa da yawa sun ɗauki kansu a cikin ruwa masu rauni.

Saboda ruwan sama mai yawa a yankin, shugaban sashen ya bincika layin. Da karfe 8 na yamma, rafin yana da zurfin inci 18 (460 kuma ya ce babu wani drift ko tarkace da aka kwantar a kan gadar kuma ya gamsu cewa "babu wani yanayi mai haɗari". An gina gadar kanta a shekara ta 1914, tana da tsawon ƙafa 111 (34 , ƙafa 20 (6.1 sama da gadon rafi, kuma ta ƙunshi katako tara; duk suna cikin yanayi mai kyau. Mai kula da hanya ya ba da rahoton cewa a cikin shekaru tara da suka gabata zurfin bai taɓa wuce 3 feet (0.91 m) ba; duk da haka lokacin da ya isa wurin jim kadan bayan hadarin yana gudana a zurfin 10 zuwa 12 feet (3.0 zuwa 3.7 m). Kwanaki da yawa kafin halin yanzu ya ragu sosai don dawo da gawarwakin duk wadanda abin ya shafa daga masu horar da su. A cikin duka, 30 daga cikin mutane 66 da ke cikin jirgin sun mutu a hadarin.