St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-19
A DAY OF WRECKS.
A Fatal Day For the Railroads
Three Bad Wrecks OH East
ern Roads.
The Forest Fires of New Jersey Still Rag
ing-Miscellaneous Casualty
Record.

A TERRIBLE WRECK ON THE MOBILE & OHIO
TUPELO, Miss, Oct, 1S.-One of the most
terrible wrecks that ever occurred on the
Mobile 81 Ohio railroad happened few miles
north of this place last night. Every coach
of the passenger train due here at l 80 a. m
were thrown from the track and badly
damaged. The rails had been taken
up by unknown persons with the view of
wrecking the train. There were about
fifteen passengers on the train, all of whom
were more or less injured, but none killed
Tie following five were seriously injured:
Rev. j. B. Inman, of Henderson, Tenn;
Mrs. Warner, of Fort Henry, n. Y; Paul
Krause, of St. Louis; Leo Graft, of SPRING
field, o.. and negro. The attending ply
stefan thinks none are fatally injured They
are being well cared for at the hotel here
A BAD RAILROAD WRECK.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 1S.-Meagre par
ticulars of a disastrous railway accident at
Putnamville, on the Louisville, New Albany
d Chicago railroad, reached this city this
morning. Putnamville is a way station,
with no telegraph office, located 134 miles
from this city. A COu7ier-Jolsy,-
nal special says the Louisville express
No. 4, going south on the Monona road, at
2:30 O'Clock was thrown from the track at
Putnamville, going down an embankment
seven feet. The engine was badly wrecked,
the baggage car rolled over one and a half
times, and the passenger coaches went on
one side. The front trucks of the sleeper
left the track. Engineer James Church had
three ribs broken; Express Messenger Char
ley Cutter, right hand smashed; the bag
gageman was buried under the baggage and
bruised. One hundred passengers were
bruised and scratched, but not otherwise in
jured. Conductor Frazee and the brake
man escaped injury. The baggage car took
fire at once, and in half an hour the entire
train, including the engine, was burned.
The loss is $4,000. The messenger saved
some of the valuables from the safe, and the
bedding and cushions were saved from the
coaches. The people of the town extended
their hospitality to the passengers. The ac-
cident is thought to have been caused by
tramps drawing the bolt out of the switch
and throwing it open.
READING, Penn, Oct. 1S.-This afternoon
an engine on the Philadelphia d Reading
railroad, on which William VI. Kitchner,
superintendent of the Signal Tower COM
pany, was riding, ran into a mixed passen-
ger and freight train. The rear Exeter car
and the engine were partially wrecked.
Kitchner was instantly killed.
DEATH IN A COAL MINE.
ASHLAND, Pa, Oct. 1S.-Jacob Raber,
single, and Thomas Jones, married, both of
Locust Dale, were struck by fall of coal
while working at the Merriam colliery this
morning and fatally injured.
KIRALFY BROS SCENERY BURNED.
New YORK, Oct. 1S.-For some months
the scenes used by Kiralfy Bros. in 'Around
the World" has been stored in covered
alley-way on Fourth street. This morning
smoke was seen issuing from the
place. Immediately after the flames burst
forth. The fire was extinguished before it
spread to the adjoining buildings, but the
infammab scenery was totally destroyed.
1t was brought to this country from Europe
and cannot readily be replaced.
THE FOREST FIRES N NEW JERSEY.
CAMDEN, y. j., Oct 1S.-The winds to-
day and yesterday are tanning the forest
fires in New Jersey. Last night six fires
could be seen from Waterford, on the Cam
den & Atlantic railroad, and the people in
that village were nearly smoked out. Hun
dreds of men are tightin G the flames.
A DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE.
MACON, Ga, Oct. 1S.-A fire swept
GAINESVILLE yesterday at ! o'clock in the af-
ternoon, and cotton belonging to the Cen
trail railroad along side the track, in which
the fire started. Assistance was summoned
from Macon and Griffin, and both depart
ments responded promptly, but re aehed the
scene too late to render N uch help. Total
loss between s15O,OOO and $780, insur-
ance $4,000.
Later-The wires being recon structed the
following particulars are learned: About
O'Clock yesterday g spark from passing en-
CINE on the Central railroad set fire TO $50
bales Of cotton on the depot platform. The
fire rapidly spread and in two hours had de-
stroyed four-fifths Of the business part Of the
town, making loss of $50, 900 on which there
was very light insurance, as the rate on one
side was six per cent. The railroad depot
which was of rock and covered with slate,
was not burned Large quantities Of goods
we're piled up in the public square, but the
heat became so great they were burned.
The GAINESVILLE GGzetts, Odd Fellows hall and
postoffice we're among the buildings burned.
The heaviest losses are ". r Murphy & Co.,
$50, 900, insurance $4,000; G. L. Summers
and d. a Stroud, building, s25, 600; V. o.
Msrshbourn, 1000, insurance 8, 600;
Rogers & Smith, $40, 900. insurance 81. 500
R. j. Powell, building S25, 600, insurance
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