Last Map Update: Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 2:44:33 pm CDT
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Local Weather History For August 28th...
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1968: What was likely an intense deluge of rain (unofficially measured in excess of eight inches), washed out a section of
railroad tracks that caused a derailment of a Burlington freight train 15 miles northwest of Childress near Estelline. Tragically, the fireman, Lloyd Chirsty, 59, was killed. His twin brother, the engineer, and the brakeman, D.M. Little, were both injured. W.C. Meyers, a farmer two miles east of Estelline said an eight-inch deep bucket overflowed from the rain. It was not stated if this bucket was completely exposed or near any eves or downspouts that would seriously inflate the true rain total. About four to five inches of rain was estimated at the rail wreckage site with officially 2.13 inches recorded in Childress. |
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