Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-09-26


Accident
About three o'clock Sunday morning the
foremost Of the three trans carrying Sells
Circus jumped the track near Paint Lick,
killing two men instantly and wounding
eight or ten Others The particulars as we
get them from our reporter at that point
are a. follows 81 write in confusion, but
from all ! can gather, the accident was
caused by running at COO fast speed. |
learn from the Engineer that they we're
running at the rate Of 90 miles an hour.
lie could not check up on account OF there
being but few brakes on the cars, and just
before reaching the X. r. Bridge across
Paint Lick Creek the cars jumped the
track and went down an embankment 20
feet high and made wreck Of Z cars, IA
wagons belonging TO Sells Brothers, killing
2 men and wounding some or lO-one Of
whom died yesterday. One or two Others
Of the wounded are not expected 10 live.
In the crash the cage containing large
tiger, was partially crushed in and the H.
ger got out and roamed around at large for
awhile, creating great excitement, but he
vas tolled back in the cage without much
difficulty, before doing any damage.
About 200 men were aboard, and consider
ing the speed Of the train and the great
wreck Of every thing IL is very remarkable
that 10 few Of the number were killed. DR..
Griffith, Of Louisville, the H. X. Surgeon,
assisted by Dn. Huffman and Kinnaird, Of
Lancaster, aud DR.. spillman Of this place,
dad all in their power TO alleviate the suf-
fering Of the wounded. Fully 1000 peo-
pie visited the scene Of the disaster on
Sunday. The dead and wounded we're well
provided for, and taken care Of by X. II.
Batson and wife Of the Veranda Hotel
their every want was supplied. Now, at
this writing every thing seemed to be in
confusion. Rail Road officials from the
city are at present here taking a note OF
every thing connected with the wreck.
Among the number is Hon. Lyttleton
Cooke, Attorney for the r. X. Geo. +,
Evans, Chief Train Dispatcher. and Mr..
Browning, Road Master. The X. X. en-
ployss will Immediately go to work and
put every thing in crder"'
One Of the killed was a young man from
Mt. Vernon, Will Ricketts,, half brother
Of Engineer Adolphls Underwood. lie
did not belong TO the show but was aboard
just for the ride. HIS skull was mashed in
and his leg crushed. The remains we're Ia
ken TO his fathers for inierrment. II was
hard to find out from the circus men the
names Of the others killed. One was called
Jack" and the other "Shorty" and that
seems to be all that was known Of them.
We learned later, however, that C. Merre-
dith. Of Columbus, o., was.the name Of one
OF them aud that Of the wounded the fol-
loving is partial list c. II. Stevens,
George Jackson, George Long, Frank Con-
nelley, John McKissick and IT. Bosworth.
Most Of them are canvas men, who are pick
ed up here aud there and they hardly know
themselves where they are from.
A wrecking train with one hundred
hands was dispatched from Louisville to
the scene and by hard work the obstrue-
tons were cleared by yesterday morning.
when an engineer who had mistaken his
orders, ran his engine into another causing
second bad wreck, which delayed the
passenger train Yesterday over two hours.
Its said that the engineer seeing what was
about to happen jumped from his cab and
took 10 his heels and has not since been
heard from. Train Dispatcher Evans, who
was on the engine, had his nose badly
skinned and was the only person hurt.
IL is said that the Sells Bros. will claim
$780, 900 from the L. Il n. X. r. for damage
to their property and failure to get them
to London. The three trains passed down
TO Lebanon at 1880 yesterday afternoon
and to-day the show will go on a. usual.