Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-09-10
HURLED INTO ETERNITY
BY THE FEARFUL WRECKlNG or A
RAILROAD TRAIN.
A Whole Train Thrown Over an Embark
ment and Falling Fifty Feet Into a
Creek-Six Bodies Recovered
Others Reported Kiled-Un-
der the Wreck.
MANY PERSONS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
DEATR ON THE BAIL.

Train Wrecked in Kentucky.
LOUISVILLE, September 9.-Meager re-
turns OF the most frightful railroad scci.
dent that has occurred near Louisville
for long time began to come in from
Anchorage station, on the unfortunate
Short Line, about l0:S0 last night. Dis
patches were received calling for the
wrecking train for relief, and for DR..
Leber, surgeon Of the road, to attend to
the injured in the wreck. The accident
occurred at the bridge over Floyd's Fork
on the Shelbyville branch Of the Short
Line, about four or FIVE miles
beyond Anchorage, where the train
turns off to the town OF Shelbyville.
There are no details, but there were ru-
mors that the whole train which left
here at FIVE in the evening for Shelby
vile, was a wreck, having been
Thrown over An Embankmsn',
and that there were many killed. One
hundred persons were on board. A
wrecking train was at once made ready,
and having Dr. Leber on board started
for the scene. A Courier Journal re-.
porter, who boarded the train to 60 to
the scene, was not permitted to accom-.
pany the expedition. The Master OF
transportation lin charge OF the train )re-
fused to allow reporter to 20 under any
circumstances. Ten minutes later two
Reporters Wore Dispatched to the Scene
behind fast horses. InquiriLg at the
train dispatcher's office OF the short line
developed the fact that they knew no
details. There is no night operator at
Anchorage, and the wrecklng train took
one up to report the facts by wire. Sew
eral persons who had friends on the
train called to lean the particulars. At
2:30 o'clock this morning the wires, after
much difficulty, we're opened, and the
following dispatch was received at the
offices here from the scene OF the acci-
bent:
ANCHORAGE, Ky, September 8, 2:30 A.
M.-The entire train OF two coaches,
baggagecar and engine, which left Louis
vile at 5 o'clock, is in the creek. The
engine struck a cow about fifty feet
lTOlu Tie Ntot eHu vi tiC DiiusC
which threw it of the track.
1t ran into the side of the bridge,
knocking it down, and then fell about
thirty feet from the track to the bed OF
the creek. All the train is total
wreck.
List of the Killed.
A stranger from Gala; Mr.. Perry, a
bookkeeper at Applegate's on Second
street, Louisville; Col. Fielding Neel, OF
Shelbyville; Capt. VIM. Maddux, Mar
shal OF Shelbyville; Mr.. Jones, OF Shell
byville-these are among the killed, as
is also Chas. Buchanan, OF Louisville.
There are supposed to be two or three
others dead under the wreck. Among
the seriously wounded are Alex. Hal.
ford, lawyer, 1l3 Fifth street, Louisville,
and the fireman OF the engine, Gibson.
Others are more or less hurt, and but
few escaped without any injury. Con.
duct ,r Per y, engineer Honnaker and
baggagemaster HumbertoH, are hurt,
but not seriously.
Another Railroad Accident.
LOUISVILLE, September 9.-1t was re-
ported at late hour last night that q
railroad accident had occurred at Sono-
ra, on the L. & n. railway, and that sew.
eral lives were lost.