Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27
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A Railroad Smash-up.
The New York Pedestrian Contest.
Latest Phase of the Maine Middle.
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A Railroad Smash-up.


ST.. LOTS. December &c.
A passenger train on the Chicago 4 Al
ton road, which left here last night for
Kansas City. ran of the track between
Kane and Berdan stations. Two passen-
gers were killed and several badly injured.
Two coaches were burned and the train
generally wrecked. The accident was caus-
ed by . broken rail.
CHICAGO. December 26.
j. C. AcAullen, general manager Of the
Chicago L Alton railroad. says that his in
formation respecting the accident at Ber-
dan, 10 miles north Of ST. Louis. is to the
effect that the train was running about 30
miles an hour !; that after the engine and
all the cars, except the sleeper, which was
the last one on the train, had passed over
safely, . steel rail, rendered brittle by the
cold. snapped and threw the sleeper from
the track. This difched all the other cars,
the engine alone remaining on the track.
The porter George Payne. Of Chicago,
and Colonel Pond, Of Auburn. ILL.,, we're
killed. A brakeman, the sleeping-car con-
ductor and 3 number Of passengers were
hurt, but none seriously. Two coaches
were burned and the whole train badly
wrecked.
Latest Phase OF the Maine Middle.
BANGOR, December 26.
An excitement was caused here to-day by
reports Of the intended removal Of the arms
and ammunition from the State Arsenal to
the depot for transportation to Augusta.
About 5 P. N. yesterday two truck teams
loaded with arms and ammunition, were
stopped on the Kendneskeag bridge by .
crowd that rapidly increased, so that the
streets we're flled with people. declaring
that the arms should never be carried out
Of the city. Mayor Brown demanded Of the
teamster under whose orders he was acting.
No satisfactory answer was given at first,
the man saying that Thayer. landlord OF
the Penobseot Exchange, had sent word for
teams to move the arms. A young man
named French then pushed through the
throng. and said that he was the clerk in
the Adjutant Generals o1ice, and he was
moving the arms to Augusta under orders
from the Governor. The excitement Of the
populAce was greatly increased by this an
nouncement, and the crowd attempted TO
unharness the horses, but the Mayor told
French that he had not force enough to
guarantee the safety Of the munitions il an
attempt to remove them was persisted in.
While the people were excited, he said he
would take no responsibility of the trouble
which might ensue French decided that
it Was best to return the arms to the State
Arsenal rather than incur hazard and riot,
and the Mayor furnished a force to protect
them on their return. The public excite
ment was increased by a report that ]. l.
Smith. GreenbAck candidate for Governor
s. W. Hoskins, Fusion Indian Agent, and
Major N. n. Folsom. Of Old Town, wers
closeted ct the Penobscot Exchange durins
the day, and that Major Folsom appearel
on the ground after the team had turned
back, and told the clerk, French. he mad,
. mistake in not pushing through to th,
depot. and urged him to change his order
for their return TO the arsenal. French
however, was unwilling to assume the re
sponsibility Of = collision with the populsce
The excitement Is at fever heat Throughout
the city.
DELPHos, Ohio. December 20.
Bernard Picker, an old German residen
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