The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-02-17
A CHAPTER OF RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
Trains DeraiIed, Ditcncd, and I'm Col
fision-Scveral Persons Killed and q
Number wounded-A Cool Engineer.

Special kilograms 10 the northern papers
report chapter OF railroad accidents as
occurring during Wednesday and Thurs
day.
A TRAIN DfTCHED--oNE PASSENGER KILLED
AND SEVERAL WOUNDED.
A Chicago special says: A passenger
train bound West on the Grand Trunk
railway struck a broken rail mile east OF
Flint, Mich, ditching two coaches and q
Pullman ear. The engine and mall and
bacgage-car passed safely. The engineer,
with commendable bravery and presence
OF mind, stopped the engine Immediately,
got two pals OF water, and eXtinguished
the fire that had broken ont in one coach,
thus preventing holocaust. Mrs. Hulda
l.. Seaman, seventy-four years old, OF ST.
Vincent. Ontario. was instantly killed.
She was going TO Nebraska with her
daughter, Mrs. Hill, who is badly injured,
and has become insane. A number OF
other passengers were more or less in
iurcd.
FATAL COLIIsiON-ENGINEER AND TWO PAS
sENGERs KILLED.
The Pacific express train collded Thurs
dav night with the east-bound express on
the Great Western division OF the Grand
Trunk railway near Dundas. The COLI
sion occurred two miles east OF Dundas
station during a heavy fog. A trackman
observing the trains approaching displayed
flag, aud the day express slackened
speed. The Pacific express was very heavy
and was going up grade. The trains crash
ed into each other, demolishing engines
and tenders. and as far rs the Smoking-car
of the Pacific express. Engineer Mason,
OF the latter train. and two passengers
were killed, and seven passengers were
wounded The other engineer and the
train-hands escaped. Auxiliary engines
with surgeons and wrecking apparatus
have gone to the scene.
THREE or -FOUR COLLISIONS on ONE LINE.
Lancaster PENN telegram SAYS /:
Great detention to travel Oh the Pennsyl-
yania railroad was caused Thursday by ac-
cidents at different points. Two eastward
hound freigbts c0lIided at Atglen at .
o'clock that morning. wrecking five ears
and completely blocking the tracks for
several hours. A wcst-bound freight col
lided with another at ChriStiana at 9
O'Clock. wrecking a number OF cars and
blocking the track for four hours. The
engine of the Lancaster accommodation
train also jumped the track within the
city limits. causing a detention Of over an
hour. Nobody was injured in any Of the
accidents.
DERAILED AND WRECKED AND AN ENGINEER
sCALDED TO DEATH.
The express train which left Kansas City
on Tuesday night when about twenty miles
south of Moberly, Mo-, at 6 o'clock
wednesday morning, encountered broken
rail, and five OF the six cars constituting
the train were derailed and wrecked. The
engineer, John Lester, was scalded TO
death, and the fireman, John Murphy, was
cut into four pieces. None OF the passcn-
gers were injured.
THREE MEN PROBABLY FATALLY INJURED.
\ Chicago special says Three men were
probably fatally injured by the collision
Yesterday in the southwestern suburbs OF
this city between Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy and Milwaukee and st. Paul trains.
Engineer Baxter. Fireman White, and
Brakeman Brown are the uniortunates.
All three are thought to be dying. AT the
time fog prevailed, and carelessness on
the part Of the Milwaukee and st. Paul
trainmen caused the smash-up.