European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 15. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 cause of derailment still unknown 4fh victim Dies Man found Olive under Home b the i of Angeles times san Bernardino. Calif. As the death toll from the derailment of a Southern Pacific Irain climbed to four investigators from the National transportation safety Hoard saturday began combing the mangled wreckage for clues to what caused the 69-car freight to bar Rel out of control while rolling Down Cajon pass. Although spirits were High alter the Rescue of one Man trapped beneath his collapsed Home for i-4 hours some Resi dents received a second scare saturday when they were forced to evacuate their Homes because of concerns that heavy machinery Clearing the rubble might puncture a Gas line. Firefighters working in a Light Driz be with search and Rescue dogs plucked the body of trainman Alan r. Ricks from i he crumpled front locomotive just after 3 . Ricks. 42, of Bakersfield calif., was a brakeman employed by Southern Pacific since 1971. The eight Nisi experts flown in to study the crash could provide no answers to the cause after their Daylong Survey and said their inquiry could take months Bui some officials said privately that the weight of the train s Load of sodium Carbonate a Sand like material would attract particular attention. If you be got an extra heavy Load and you get going too fast there s no Way those brakes Are going to Stop you said one retired Railroad worker prowling among the twisted cars. It s like an overloaded truck going Down a Grade. Hut trucks have runaway  another retired trainman who piloted Many freights Down the Cajon pass Dur ing 17 years with Southern Pacific speculated that the Crew May have lost their air brakes and then burned up the freight s set of emergency hand brakes the Long Beach bound train s six locomotives and 69 cars leaped the tracks Friday morning As n entered a curve going 90 Mph More than three limes the Normal Speed. After plunging Down a 10 foot flood levee the train slammed into seven Homes. In addition to Riess. Conductor Tver Ells Crown 35, of a karst held and Stepbrother Jason ii. Thompson. 9, and Tyson while. 7, were killed. The Hoys died when their House was buried Bencale a stack of boxcars. An investigator searches the Ruihle of the runaway train hint killed four people. Some families displaced by the crash began to trickle Back to their Homes sat urday. Hut 29 houses on an adjoining is reel were evacuated later As concern grew Over a buried gasoline line running beneath the pile of locomotives. The 14 Inch steel line pumps gasoline from the port of Long Beach to Las vegas. The scene remained one of almost unfathomable devastation saturday. Piles of clothing and stuffed animals salvaged from the crumpled Homes Lay on the sidewalks which were coated with the Ash like material spilled irom the  cars. Still workers and neighbors were talk ing about Christopher Shaw the Young Man miraculously pulled from what Many believed was a Gravelly Tomb late Friday. Cienci Brooks. The fire chief who directed the Rescue said Shaw survived Only because the soda Ash covering the wreckage was Damp. If it had been Sand it would have trickled Down there and suffocated him Brooks said. It s  site in airy Inlo what caused the derailment began some Irain experts speculated that the heavy Load on the train somehow overwhelmed the brakes ability to control the freight s Speed Down the .200-foot Cajon pass Grade. Retired locomotive Engineer Darrell Bass. 41, said trains use a pneumatic Brake system thai links an air compres Sor in the main engine with freight cars via hoses carrying 90 pounds of pressure per Square Inch. When attempting to slow a train. Bass . An Engineer uses a lever in the cab thai releases air into the hoses. Air pres sure from these hoses which is released in Lai fully regulated increments forces Metal Brake shoes on Cash car against their Metal wheels. Lim Kolstad. Acting chairman of the Nisi said the Board s investigators  examine everything from the flew s Pei Furmanck to the condition of to track signals wheels and other components. Toxicological tests of Crew members Are also being conducted. Southern Pacific officials estimated their losses at s3.s million. They said they expect to have the track Cut sat urday to allow backhoes Access to the wreckage rebuilt and in use by tues Day. Second climber found dead on mount Rainier as1iford, Wash. A an army helicopter sat urday found the body of a climber on mount Rainier after a two Day search thai began with the discovery of his climbing partner s Frozen Corpse. The helicopter s Crew spotted the body of 26-year old Peter Derdowski of Stateline nev., around noon at the 9,400-foot Mark of Carbon Glacier on the Mountain s North Side said by Hentges mount Rai Nier National Park spokesman. A Crew of six to eight climbers was prevented from gelling the body because thunderstorms made ii unsafe for a helicopter to Fly into the area a Rainier dispatcher said. Rescue Crews were to try again sunday he said. He apparently slipped off Liberty Ridge As he tried to come Back Down a Wentges said. He apparently died of the  Derdowski s climbing partner. 33-year-old Richard Mooney of South Lake i Ahoe calif., was found dead below Liberty Cap on the 4.4l a foot Mountain thursday by two others in the climbing party. Larry Duin 26. And Steve Newell. 27, both of South Lake Lahoe came upon Mooney s body thursday at the 13,700-foot level and descended to Alert authorities who dispatched searchers and helicopters to look for Derdowski. Derdowski apparently had left Mooney to find the two other climbers a Wentges said. Mooney s body was taken to the county medical examiner. Derdowski is survived by a wife and a 9-month old son. Mooney was single. The deaths brought to 11 the number of men killed while climbing mount Rainier since 1979. Recoil of mayor of Elizabeth n.j., demanded . A shouting and clapping about Iso relatives and supporters of Laid of f police firefighters and Rescue workers in this City marched to the Home of mayor Thomas g. Dunn saturday to demand his recall. Dunn did nol appear to be Home. Some marchers pushed babies in Strol lers or walked dogs dressed in Union t Shirls. Most demonstrators wore Black t shirts Reading "r.i.p. Elizabeth. She was a proud lady. Shol in the Back by mayor Thomas g.  this is to show him How Many peo ple this is affecting said Nancy Mun rings who helped organise the protest Al Dunn s House and whose husband Rob Ert is to be Laid off May 3.1. She said the layoffs in this new Jowsey City near new York were affecting Chil Dren and families and the officers who remain who won t have their backups thai s what we re trying to show him today. No husbands  saturday s protest was made possible when Superior court judge Edward w. Beglin on Friday refused to extend a re straining order prohibiting protests Al Dunn s Home. The order was issued last month Afler a crowd of police officers firefighters and ambulance workers vandalized Dunn s House during a protest. On april 14. Dunn Laid off 67 police officers 53 firefighters and 24 emergency medical technicians citing a budget shortfall brought on by cuts in stale Aid and rising garbage disposal costs. Thirty four More police officers and 29 fire fighting jobs Are to be Cut May 31. Said Paul Parlan a president of the police benevolent association of Elizabeth. The police and the others contend Dunn s action has severely compromised the City s ability to control crime and handle emergencies. After the first wave of layoffs last month. Laid off workers and supporters started a Campaign to recall Dunn