The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-01-13
H.s.
RAILWAY WRECh,.
Sixteen Perssns Killed and Many
More Injured.


CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Jan. 2.-Advlces
from Summit, Kentucky, about twenty miles
north Of the Tcfacssee and Kentucky state
tfnS, Stsfe that the north ard seutf,
bound cannGn I,sft trains on the
Cincinnati Southern raflroad etFi'daa Sat;
urday at l p. m. Eleven persons, including
eight passengers, are known to have been
Hsftfteti "ptyiebt and many injured. The names
of the killed ..st ths,>--.l have not yet. been
learned.
ANOTHER WRECK NEAR KOrTTs.
KourTs, Ind, Jan. 2.-Anothcr disastrous
wreck occurred on the line of the Chicago and
atlantic ra.lroad six miles from this place
iitar 2se crossing Of the H. n. 4 c. and Chi
caso and Indiana SRSi railroad at wcldcrs,
Indiana, by two sections 81 q fast steek tra,n
Going cast The first section having sfaehcd
up iot ..!t srSsSfus and the following section
being unable to see Tic a-.. sneticn on ac-
count of the binding wind and sno% tf'Fm,
went crashing into the rear end, completely
dcmolishing the engine, caboose and one Car
load of cattle. The car burned and all the
cattle burned up with the exception of three,
The rear brakeman was also burned to death.
PARTICULARS OF TIE MEApSILLE WRECK.
The details es the wreck which occurred on
the New York, PefnsNYahia and Ohio road,
| i've miles west OF this city, tlln tn"rning,
prove st:s disaster to have been the most fior.
rible that has occurred in Ills vicinity. The
tSiiidns trains were Tie tfirotigf Saw York
q ssrr.ess fron Chicago, and n doube-hcadtf
wcst-bound frcish. train Both trains were
over two hours late, and the IL iffess being en-
! H!ted Is the rieht-of- way was running without
| orders. Cond:.eitir Murray, of the freight
train, taking it for granted t''a' the express
was In. Pulled out for Geneva. Thctwo tialrs'
the express running fo.ty-five ana the freight
fifteen miles an hour, met on long forest ma
den curve, with terrible crash. The ens.ae
| of the express train and the first engine Of the
/ freight raised bodily In the air aiiii .liHd TN
the f,rhate c!ids tie pilots pointed Upwards
and the driving ,tlecis licked 10th cngin-
GERS and tireiiicn were pressed bclicat!' t''.
iron ruins. The sight wis sickening, but was
soon covered from view by trieiidly bldnkets
The babbaEc car, ctrscss aar std s,nStct Of
the passenger trains we're completely wrecked
The baggage car teiescoped into the smoker,
splitting 1t open and sweeping every seat from
/ the floor. TIE totsl number of passengers on
the train was ility-tiitcc, fifteen of whor, were
in the smoker. All these were more or less
injured, and Vim. II. Stevenson, of Toledo,
died shortly after being taken from the ruins.
The crash was heard for great distance, and
soon the ncighborhood wns aroused and thr
people living In the Vicinity camctp the scene,
The passengers Wlo We're not ni,.r.;ti seeii'c',
dazed, and for d few minutes etersbbds stood
speochless The srGans and cries that cauie
from the ruins soon brought them to d rcaliza-
ton of the terrible situation, and in short
time a large fdrce Of men We're at work sys-
tcmaccals doing all tliet cBuld. Tteo wreck
ing trains soon arrived, followed by p.is=cn'
ger train on which to transfer the passengers
and bring the wounded and dead to Mead
vile. The wrecking crews worked with will
and soon portion of the manglcd rcmains OF
Fireman Hume We're taken from The wreck
The almost unrecognizablc form presented +:
sickening sight, the limbs and lower part OF
he body having been ground to pulp. lIunes
4 at,tt iltiIttl, ana Els cries AIT
moans when he gazcd upon the manglcd bod,
were hearirendins The body Of Euginecl
Swan was exposed. but it aas so tight,
wcdgca in that no attempt was iiihtle to NOV,
it. A portion of tie body Of Engineer Googe
and also the arm and shoulder Of Frcma,
Irwin could I've seen. The work Of clearin!
the wreck was prosecuted In the face of
n Nd
afternoon Those Of the passengers who wer
not injured were transferred and sent forward
while the dead and wounded were brought t,
this city. The railroad officials did cverythin;
in their power for the comfort of the injured
The following is list of the casualties
: KILLED.
Engineer Swan, Meadvillc.
Fireman Irwin, Mcadville.
Fireman Hume, Cambridge, Ohio
William II. Stephenson, Toledo.
/ INJURED.
II. E. Holm, New York, leg crushed
I Adolph Wagner, Buffalo, leg broken
Adolph Hoscn, Patterson, New Jersey, le
- crushed
II. Mayillc, Middlcfeld, Ohio one lie
n crushed and the other broken.
Michael O'Bren, Buffalo, leg broken.
n +. n. Newton, Shinglehousc, Pcnnsylvani;
leg crushed.
/ David Bcautand, Titusvlle leg broken.
Charles e. French, Sterling, Massachusct;
d. eg broken
Forest Graham, Kent, Ohio, hips crushed
NJ. +. Wyman, brakeman. feet crushed
's Joseph Boconon, haggagemnn, leg cut NJ,
body and face badly injured.
q Philip Foulk. San Francisco. arm injured
j. NJ. Wood, Grcenville, Pennsylvania, bad
bruised.
ID i. a. Malone, Salomanco. leg broken
,c Adolph Buscr. Cincinnati. leg crushed
Fireman Charles Cruni, bruised about hea
and shoulders.
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