St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-20
A DAY OF WRECKS.
A Fatal Day For the Railroads
Three Bad Wrecks on East
ern Roads.
The Forest Fires of New Jersey Still Rag
ing-Miseellaneous Casualty
Record.


TUPELo, Miss, Oct lS.-One of the most
terrible wrecks that ever occurred on the
Mobile d Oaio railroad happened few miles
nOrti! of this place last night. Every coach
OF the passenger train due here at 80 a. m.
were thrown from the track and badly
damaged. The rails had boon taken
up by unkn ~wn persons with the view OF
wreckng the train. There were about
/ fifteen passengers on the train, all of whom
were more or less injured, but none killed.
TIE following five We're seriously injured
Il V. j. B. Inman, of Henderson, Tenn.
slrs. Warner, of Fort Henry, N. Y; Paul
Krause, OF ST. Louis; Leo Graft, of Spring
lied, o.. and a 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
ticu.ars of dis Istruus railway accident al
Putnamville, on the Lou sville, New Albany
u Chicago railroad, reached this city this
morning. Putnamvile is way station,
wltn no telegraph office, located 1874 miles
from this city. A CouTier-.Jo,n-
s.Gl special says the Louisville express
No. !, going south on the Mouona road, ut
80 o. c.Ock WIS thrown from the track al
Putnanyile, going down an embankment
Sven fcCt. The engine Was badly wrecked,
the U:gIage Car rOiieu over one and a hall
times, ana The pass, niger coaches went on
one Size. The 'front.' trucks OF the sleeper
4elt tic track. Engineer james Church had
inree rios broken; Express Messenger Char
.ty Cutter, right hand smashed; the bag
= Avman was buried under the baggage and
1ruised. One hundred passengers were
g ars...
lurcd. Conductor Frazre and the brake
man escaped injury The baggage car took
IT, at once, and in hal an hour the entire
train, Including the engine, was burned.
I lOss IS So, 0O0. TIE messenger saved
some OF the W uaD!.s from the sale, and the
gesidiug ana cushions were saved from the
coaches. TAe p ope OF the town eXteud,G
tnc.r hospitality to tue passtng RS. The ac-
cid,nt IS fought to nave been caused by
tramps drawing the bolt out Of the switch
ana throwing ii op n.
READING, Penn. Oct lS.-This afternoon
an engine on tie Pnilad, pnia d Reading
railroad, on which VII lam NJ. Kitchner,
super ntcnd, 1T of the Signal Tower COM
pany, was riding. ran into a mixed passcn-
E-r aud frsi ,aIt tram. the rear Exeter car
and the engine were partially wrecked.
H.tchner WIS instant y killed.
DEATH IN COAL NINE.
ASHLAND. Pa, Oct. 1S.-Jacob Raber,
single, and Thomas Jones, married, both oi
Locust Dale, were stru:k bya fall of Goa
wnle working at the Merriam colliery this
morning anu atal.y injured.
KIgALFY BROS SCENERY BURNED.
New YORK, Oct. lS.-For some months
the scenes used by Kiralfy Bros in "Around
tne World" has been stored in covered
aiiey-way ON Fourth street. This morning
smoke was seen issuing from the
place. Immcdi;t, IS after the flames burst
Iortn. The fire WAS oxtinguisAed before II
sprraG to the adjoining buildings, but the
in1 mmable scenery was totally destroyed.
II was brought to this country from Europe
and cannot readily b. replaced.
TIE FOREST FIRES IN NEW JERSEY
CAMDEN, n. j., OCT. 1S.-The winds to-
day aud sterlay are tanning the forest
fires In Y " Jers Y. Last night six fires
could be seen from Waterford, on the Cam
den & Atlantic rsirnal. aud the people in
+ Tint village were nearly SIN liked out. Hun
dreus OF men are Gghtn the flames.
A DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE
Macon, Ga, Oct 1S.-A fire swept
GAINESVILLE yesterday at l O'Clock in the al
ternoon, and cotton belonging to the Cen
tral railroad aloug side the track, in which
the fire started. Assistance WIS summoned
from Macon and Griffin, and both depart
mcnts responded promptly, hut reached the
scene too late to render much help. Total
loss between $3.50, 600 and $500, 900, insur-
ance $40 eco.
Later-Tne wires being recon structed the
following particulars are learned: About !
O'clock yesterday ! spark from passing en-
CINE on the Genital railroad set fire 10 $50
bales of cotton on the depot platform. The
fire rapidly bread and in two hours had de-
stroyed four-6iths OF the business part Of the
town, making loss OF $3.50, 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
were piled up in the public square, but the
heat became so great they were burned.
The Baruesyile Gazette Odd Fellows hail and
postofflee were among the buildings burned.
The heaviest losses are W. r. Murphy 81 Co.,
$50, 900, insurance IS, 900; G.. L. Summers
and d. A. Stroud, building, $25, 600; V. o.
| Marshboum, $1,000. insurance SIS, COO;
Rogers & Smith, $40, ZOO. insurance 81. 500
r. J. Powell, building S25, 600, insurance
light; Summers u Murphy carriage factory,
$40, 900.