Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-09
FAULTY AIR BRAKES.
TERRIALE RAIL ACCIDENT At FUL-
TON JUNCTION.. I'LL.
A Passenger and Freight Train in Coihs-
ion Through the Failure of the Ar
Brakes on thu Passenger-Two Men
Killed, One Fatally and Several others
Less Seriously Ipjured-Engines ana
Cars Badly Wrecked-M ,sceilaDeous Cas-
ualty Record.
FArALRAIE COLLISION


CLINTON, Iowa, Oct. S.-A terrible accident
occurred at 10 O'Clock this forenoon at Fui-
| ton Junction, three miles east of this city, az
the crossing of the Chicago q Rock lsland
| road with the Chicago, Milwaukee q st. faui
| railroad. The passenger train bound from
Rock Island to Racine, ran into frelghE
train while the latter was passing on tne
Northwestern. A freight car heavily loaded
was thrown on the platform of the depot and
struck five persons, killing j. j.
Flanagan station agent, lately appointed, and
Arthur Cuddy, boy of Is, son of laborer,
| both residing at Fulton, Lester Fiske, son
| of Clark Fiske, was hurt internally and VIII
probably de- Rosenblatt, travelling man
| residing at Detroit, was badly but not dam
gerously bruised. The car also crushed the
ankle and foot of Fl. B. Switzerland OF this
city Rosenblatt ard Switzerland had step
ped on the platform to take the passenger
train north. Wrecking trains have been sent
from all directions to clear the crossing.
Three freight cars, the engine OF Northwestern
train and engine of the Milwaukee are piled
up in heap on the crossing, making a bad
wreck. The engineer and fireman jumped.
The passengers were shaken up siigntiy.
There were several narrow escapes on the plat
form, The cause of the accident was the afr
brakes giving out, making it Impossible 10
stop the train.
DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
QUINCY, ILL.,, Oct 8.--A fearful double
tradegy was enacted in this city this afternoon,
which will probably result in the death of John
McDade, ex-chief OF police, and OF gambler
named jackson. McDade was standing IN q
door opposite Jackson's rooms, when jackson
accompanied by two other gamblers crossed
the street, passing the doorway, whereupoH,
McDade stepped out and fired both barrels or
a gun into JacksOn's neck and shoulders,
fatally wounding him. Jackson then shot
McDade through the breast with revolver.
The cause of the assault is unknown.
TRAIN wRECKERs.
ST.. LOUIS, Oct 8.-Withln three months q
series of attempts have been made at train
robbing on the lire of the Ohio & Mississippi
railroad between Lawrenceville and Vlnscanes,
and at place known as Sand Ridge creek,
detectives were set at work and through the
talkativeness of widow named BOher, ar
rested the perpetrators and three parties:
Hice Caring, his sister and John Boher have
been arrested and have made fnll con-
fession and the gang has been broken up:
AN Ex-MINIsTER IN DURANGO.
NEW YORK, Oct. S.-Rev. j. A. Lansing,
ex- Methodist clergyman, arrested yesterday
in Brooklyn on requisition, and who is jointly
indicted with Mary G. Ward, daughter of
Isaac NJ. Ward, prominent physician OF
Newark, n. j., for obtaining by fraudulent
representations $4,000 worth of bank shares
from Mrs. Thos. G. Upham, widow of the
late Prof. Upham, of Bowdoin college, was
brought before the district attorney and bail
fixed at So 800, and being unable to furnish
the amount was sent to the city prison.
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION.
BUFFALO, Oct S-The jury in the case of
Henry Clews against W. S. Sessions and
others for $4,000 damages for maliei
prosecution rendered verdict for the plai
in $4,000.
SUFFOCATED.
NEW YORK, Oct. Sire broke ou
the second floor of factory No. 3O4, West
Thirty sixth street, in John Walkers
hat factory, part Of the floor was occu-
others, as shoe factory. The men
who were at work were cut
off from the stairways and some
jumped from the windows into the street.
DIR. Brown, aged 67, was suffocated and
his dead body taken out by the police.
Albert Kersten was injured internally
and sNelson Bergen about the hips by
jumping from the window
THREE FATALITIES
MILWAUKEE, Oct. S.-Three fatal acci-.
dents occurred here to-day. Hubert
Wirsching, prominent saloon keeper,
was killed by the cars on the st. Paul
road August Otto was killed in the
harbor, having his head crushed between
two boats. An unknown colored man
was killed by the cars at BrookfieId
Junction.
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