One victim at Decatur badly hurt. J. E. Whitaker, age thirty-four from Wichita Falls, Texas was injured in freak railroad accident. He is a brakeman for Fort Worth and Denver City Railway. His train was traveling along the tracks when it crossed paths with a tornado. The twister tore two cabooses and a baggage car from the tracks. Seven people were injured, one farmhouse was destroyed, another unroofed, and three railway cars were overturned. Mr. Whitaker suffered head and internal injuries but was resting comfortably at Rogers Hospital. He is shown in a hospital bed with his head bandaged. Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Evening Edition January 05, 1945.
Item: J. E. Whitaker
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Original image part of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: AR406-6-380
Identifier: 20026220
Title: J. E. Whitaker
Description: One victim at Decatur badly hurt. J. E. Whitaker, age thirty-four from Wichita Falls, Texas was injured in freak railroad accident. He is a brakeman for Fort Worth and Denver City Railway. His train was traveling along the tracks when it crossed paths with a tornado. The twister tore two cabooses and a baggage car from the tracks. Seven people were injured, one farmhouse was destroyed, another unroofed, and three railway cars were overturned. Mr. Whitaker suffered head and internal injuries but was resting comfortably at Rogers Hospital. He is shown in a hospital bed with his head bandaged. Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Evening Edition January 05, 1945.
Date Created: 1946-01-04
Coverage: 1940s
Category: Business and Industry, Daily Life, Medicine, Nature, Science and Technology
Subject Term: Rogers Hospital, Whitaker, J.E., Tornadoes, Railroad cars, Railroad employees, Sick persons, Hospitals, Beds, Bandages, Fort Worth and Denvery City Railway
Location: Decatur (Tex.)
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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Title: J. E. Whitaker
Description: One victim at Decatur badly hurt. J. E. Whitaker, age thirty-four from Wichita Falls, Texas was injured in freak railroad accident. He is a brakeman for Fort Worth and Denver City Railway. His train was traveling along the tracks when it crossed paths with a tornado. The twister tore two cabooses and a baggage car from the tracks. Seven people were injured, one farmhouse was destroyed, another unroofed, and three railway cars were overturned. Mr. Whitaker suffered head and internal injuries but was resting comfortably at Rogers Hospital. He is shown in a hospital bed with his head bandaged. Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Evening Edition January 05, 1945.
Date Created: 1946-01-04
Coverage: 1940s
Category: Business and Industry, Daily Life, Medicine, Nature, Science and Technology
Subject Term: Rogers Hospital, Whitaker, J.E., Tornadoes, Railroad cars, Railroad employees, Sick persons, Hospitals, Beds, Bandages, Fort Worth and Denvery City Railway
Location: Decatur (Tex.)
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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