National Republican., 1888-01-02
SIX PERSONS KILLED.
Fearful Crash on the Cincinnati South
ern Railroad

LEXINGTON, KY, Jan. IA collision on
the Cincinnati Southern railroad took place
yesterday one mile south Of Greenwood,
KY, on sixtyfoot embankment midway
between tunnels z and 8. The folio wing
persons were killed: Lee Withrow, baggage
master. Ludlow, KY; James 5everns. postal
clerk, Stanford, KY; T. Caudee, fireman,
Chattanooga, Tenn; Lawrence Callan, bag.
gage master, Ludlow, Ky; W. b. Powell,
express messenger, Madisonville, Ohio, and
Misc Jessie Greene, Chattanooga.
Among the injured are: Mr.. and Mrs:
Alvey, Coylngton, Ky. scalded and inhaled
steam, will both probably die, taken to
Covington tonight; Sam Shrump, con-
ductor, internally injured; j. b. Gibson,
Cincinnati, en- route home from Florida,
badly scslded face and hands, probably
fatal; Joe Nolan, colored porter, train No.
Q, laceration OF the hip and hand; VIM. d.
Micbaels, engineer No. 2, who jumped
from the engine, .spralned ankle, hand
ecalded, and cheek gashed; Pat
Taylor, Somerset, Ky, engineer Of No.
!, bruised and suffering from conclusion,
badly hurt; Pat Murphy, Junction City,
Ky, fireman Of No. !, leg broken;. w. Il.
Roberts, Riceyille, Tenn, mail service, leg
and arm broken; w. +. jackson, Ludlow,
KY, express messenger, hand, head, and
back sprained and bruised; L. f. Sackett,
No. 81 Richmond street, Cincinnati,
news agent, head, face, back, and
legs bruised; j. G. Birch, Sydney, Ohio,
travelling passenger agent, Chicago and
Alton railroad, badly scalded, head, face,
SdSlls and bands cut; Joe HepP, 0oyinSt9n,, KY
KY, brakeman, cut and scalded j. f..
Campbell, Hanoverton, Ohio, scalded,
face, neck, and hands. In
addition to the above train, No. 2, which
came north this evening, carried to Clncin.
natl five or Elk badly injured passengers.
and the railroad officials refused to allow a
reporter access to them, or to give their
names or injuries.
DIR. Riddick, OF Frankfort, in charge OF
the Greenwood coal mines, left Greenwood
with the wounded aud the body of Miss
Green for Cincinnati. A later train fol
lowed carrying all the dead except Miss
Very shortly after the collision wrecking
train left Somerset In charge OF Superin.
tendent W. w. Wells, carrying DR.. j. L..
Owens and all the Somerset physicians for
the scene OF the disaster. Two cars, the
mail and baggage OF No. /, took fire aud
burned. AT the tins of the crash With
row and jackson were talking in the bag
gage car. When the car split open from
end to end the mail car and smoker shoot.
ihE WV thShis ebC othCi chio SuttiuB lOOSC
and dropping back. 1t is reported that an
unknown passenger was crushed and
buried In the water closet OF the train Of
No. 9.
The collision was caused by Conductor
Sherman misreadlDg orders delivered to
him at Winfield. lie mlstook Summit for
Somerset and hurried his train down the
grade at fifty miles an hour to make that
point, probably running at that speed when
the collision occurred. After the collision
Conductor Bennett ran up to Sherman and
said, II am not to blame for this read your
orders and see."
Sherman took out his orders and looking
carefully, threw up his hands, exclaiming,
"Oh, my God, have made a mistake"