Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-01-05
Railway MiS1nanS.

An Illinois Central train jumped the track
near LaSale, this morning, wrecking the loco
motive and fifteen cars.
The Fond du Lac accommodation train on
the Northwestern road was thrown from the
track near Milton Junction, Wis, on the 1st
inst, the passenger car going down an en-
bankment. Six persons were injured. Rev.
J. A. Mead, presiding elder of tho GAINESVILLE
district, suffered fracture of the right shouI-
der, and George Gladhil1, of Jefferson, Wis,
the dislocation Of a shoulder.
BY the breaking Of a switch rod, an engine,
four passenger coaches, baggage car and smok-
er we're derailed on the 1st inst, near Wey-
mouth, Mass. The baggage car was wrecked,
Engineer Carson, and young man name un-
known, were severely hurt.
A broken rail sent train composed of the
| engine, ten empty coal cars, mail and passen-
ger car, down twenty-foot embankment near
! Rhinebeck, N. Y, on the 30th. Half the mail
matter was destroyed by fire. s. s. Magoon,
Fred Coting and John Donahue were severely
hurt.
An emlgrant train parted near Lodge Pole
Station, Neb., on the 3Oth ult, and on the por-
tions coliding, eight cars were wrecked and five
passengers injured: none fatally. On the same
road the east bound express train co)lided with
water train near Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Both engines were demolished, but no person
was hurt.
| A wrecking train on the Iowa Central road
went through bridge on the night of the 9th.
The engineer, fireman, and conductor were in
jured.
collision occurred near Tiffin, O., on the
28th, between passenger and freight train,
on the Cincinnati, Cleveland and Sandusky
road. The two engines were wrecked, and the
mai. express and baggage cars thrown together
and burned, consuming the mail and express
bury, fireman, was killed, and T. J. Ellery
and A. Stewart badly injured. The engineer
of the freight is missing. 1t is said he was
drunk and running against orders.
1 Near Charlotte, N. c., on the 27th,~ fourteen
4 cars of a freight train became ditched and came
| to standstill on afterwardthe track. Shortly
another freight train ran into it, causing fear.
ful wreck. Three passengers who we're in the
caboose of the detached train were killed
Their names We're Phillip S. Whismant, Charles
Sellers and Pin Hook, q negro The wreck
caught fire and burned. Afterwards the charreG
remains of a man were taken from the debris
His name was unknown. Engineer Wisenberry
had miraculous escape from death.
Obituary..
Epes Sargent, well known as journalist ant
textbook author, died in Boston on the 30th ult
The death is announced Of Benjamin K
Phelps. United States district attorney of New
York city. He caught severe cold while attend
ing bis wifes funeral few weeks ago, and sue
cumbed to it. -.
Henry Moorhouse, the English revivalist, II
dead.
An English pugilist, the Upton sIasher, hat
passed away.
Edward Pierce. a bank president and manu-
facturer, at Providence, r. T., is dead.
The minister of the Netherlands TO Spain va.
found dead in his bed at Madrid on the morn
ing of the I'd inst: =: s., g; . =.
4 Manuel stagure, of Lima, Peru, business
l partner Of Mr.. Grace, mayor-eleot of New Yorl
city, died In the latter place, on the 30th ult.
! Albert Cugsyhwest. veteran Of the Mexican