The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-02
THE COLLISION AT GREENWOOD.
Later Reports Show that Six Persons We're
Killed and Large Number Badly Injured.

Later Reports Show that Six Persons We're
Killed and a Large Number Badly Injured.
LEXINGTON, KY, JAN LA collision on the
Cincinnati Southern railway took place one mile
south Greenwood, KY, on sixty-foot en-
bankns. midway between Tunnels and s.
The following are the killed:
Lee Withrow. haggage-master, Ludlow, KY.
head crushed and throat cut with iron bar;
conclusion OF brain, died tonight; T. Csndee,
fireman. Chattanooga, Tenn, thrown on top OF
the fire-box of train No. and contents of the
fire. box of train No. 2 emptied on him, burning
his body to crisp; Lawrence Callan. baggage
master, Ludlow, KY. body crushed under the
isonville, o., crushed under the wreck; Miss Jes-
sic Green, Chattanooga. skull crushed, died at
Greenw God.
Among the injured are: Mr. and Mrs. Alvey,
Covington, KY, scalded and inhaled steam. will
both probably die, taken to Cosington tonight,
Sam Snrumm, conductor, internally injureds
j. b. Gibson, Cincinnati, route home from
Florida, badly scalded, face and hands. proba-
bly, fatal; Joe holland, colored porter train No. 2
liberation of hip and hands; VIM. D. Michaels
engineer of No. 2, who jun ped from the engine,
sprained an ankle, hand scaded and cheek
gashed; Pat Taylor. of Somerset. KY. engineer
of No l, bruised and suffering from con-
cussion, badly hurt; Pat Murphy. junction City,
KY, fireman of No. /, leg broken below knee;
W. r. Roberts, Riceville, Tenn. mail service
leg and arm broken; W. E. Jackson, Ludlow,
KY, express messenger, hand head. back,
sprained and bruised; l.. -Saekett. Cincinnati
news agent. head, face, back and legs bruised;
J. c. Burch, Sidney. O., travelling passenger
scalded, head, face and hands cut; Joe Hepp,
Covington, KY, scalded and bruised; Dick Pat
ton. Ludlow, Ky, brakeman. cut and scalded;
j. E. Campbell, Hanoverton, o., scalded, face
neck and hands.
In addition to the above. train No. 2, which
came north this evening, carried to Cincinnati
i've six badly injured passengers. These
passengers were in the boudoir car, and the
railroad officials refused to allow the Associated
Press reporter access to them or to give their
names or injuries.
DIR. Reddish. of Frankfort. in charge of the
Greenwood coal miners, left Greenwood with
the wounded and the body of Miss Green for
Cincinnati. A later train followed, carrying all
the dead except Miss Green, who was left at
Somerset Very shortly after the collision a
wrecking-trai left Somerset in charge OF Super
intendent w w. Wells, carrying DR.. L. j.
Owens and all the Somerset physicians for the
scene of the disaster. Two cars. the mail and
baggage of No. !, took fire and burned.
AT the time of the crash Withrow and Jack
son talking in the baggage-car, when the
split open from end to end, the mailcar and
smoker shooting over them, the other cut
ting loose aud dropping back down the grade
1t is reported that an unknown passenger was
crushed and burned in the water-closet of train
Nc 2 Mr.. Alvey, of Covington, threw his wife
through window and jumped out after her,
both rolling down the embankment. The col
lision was caused by conductor Shrumm mis-
reading orders delivered to him at Winfield
He mistook Summit for Somerset and hurried
his train down the grade at fifty mile an hour to
make the point, probably running at that speed
when the collision occurred After the collision,
conductor Bennett ran up to Shrumm and said:
I'm not to blame for this. read your orders and
see."
Shrumm took ont his orders and looking care
fully. threw up his hands, exclaiming: ''Oh,
my God! havs made a mistake"
Shsrkey Withers. formerly of this city, but
no W OF Edw ards, Miss, was on the train, going
south, and made this statement: I'VE left Som
erset half hour late, and were running
abou thirty miles an hour, up grade. was in
the coach next in front of the sleeper, close to
the front door. when a shrill whistlipg alarmed
me. ran out on the platform and pitched
down an embankment OF fifty feet. l jumped
up and went to work. We helped to extricate
the victims. I helped to take out three alive,
two dead; one of them, Pat Murphy, l helped
to dig out of the mud. into which he was jammed
nearly up to his arm-pits. The next man we
got out was express messenger, who was
crushed under tho trucks; next. a baggage-man,
who was under the tender of No. l. We could
hear his eroans and dug him out He died in
an hour. Then we got the injured man out of
the mail of No. l. Withrow died in few
minutes after he was put on the relief train
Postal agent James Severens, who was ap-
pointed one month ago, lay at one end of his
car. blood streaming from his mouth. We
body was laid in the baggage-room. and the in
jured our train were placed in the hotel"
The baggage and smoker of No. rolled
down the EN- bankment. The ladies' car of this
train thrown on the engine the inmates
being thereby scalded. Joe Hepp stated that
young couple that had got at Chattanooga
were badly cut and scalded. The regular PASS
ing point of Nos. j and is Flat Rock, just south
of the wreck The two engines colded with
such force that they were impacted together.
the boilers SCATTERING aud discharging all their
contents in few minutes. An attempt to pull
the engines apart failed, and they were rolled
| over the embankment to clear the track.
Three dead and eleven living victims of the
| wreck were brought to Cincinnati, Covingtou
| and Ludlow tonight The dead were Withrow,
| Powell and Callan. The wounded were Jack
| son, Sackett. Campbell Hepp. Gibson. Patton.
| Nolan, Burch, Mr.. and Mrs. !. FL. Alvey. and G.
| S. Halls. L. E. Sackett is at the Cincinnati
| Hospital raving with delirium. The others are
| either in hospitals or at their homes.