The Worthington advance., 1888-09-06
Accidents and Casualties.

A west-bOund Union Pachc passenger
train, while running thirty miles al hour,
was thrown from the track ty t,okea rail
near Kimball, Neb. Three sleepera ard Claus
Spreckles' car went down ffteen-foot bank.
Three passengers were injured slightly.
from Ashland. Wis, and on it's return trip,
near the mouth Of the bay, Frank Kading
fey overheard and was dro wned. A fresh
wind was blowing and white caps were plenti-
full. The boat rolled, and Kading, standing
close to the outside railing, lost his balance
and as the boat rolled to one side pitched
over into the water.
The other evening, while party Of young
people were returning home from picnic,
walking on the Chicago L Northwestern
railway track, they were caught on the high
train. Miss Maggie Punsle, twenty years of
age, was knocked from the trestle and in
stantly- killed. The other members of the
party escaped by crawling out on the end of
,, the ties Miss Punzle struck on the rocks
thirty feet below and was terribly mangled.
A west bound freight extra on the Chicago,
Burlington 4 Quincy collided with the rear
of q construction train at Rock Creek nine
miles west of Fairfield, Iowa. C. A. Rose of
Burlington, road master; Patrick Ready and
Patrick Griffin, section men, were instantly
killed, and John Kelly and Timothy Murphy
injured. The construction train had orders
! to pass passenger train at Batavia, but
! HndsrtQok to back into Krum, and seemed
to have beap running more than twenty
| miles On hour.
i An electric motor at Pittsburg, Pa, be-
| eams nncpptrollable aud started down the
road at terrific speed. At the sharp curve
near Pine street the motor and car jumped
the rails, turning oyer several times before it
| a. Sncfo toll ><>lo -.
was smashed to pieces and the cor badly
! wrecked several persons were dangerously
hurt. The cause of the accident is attributed
to insufficient electric current. The motor
/ was the property of the Daft Electric COM
pany of New York.
| A man fell down the we'll hole of the stairs
ef the Palmer House, Chicago from the sixth
noor: The railing protecting the stairs is
not more than two feet high; and the won
der ia that similar accidents have not oc-
! Cured there before. Dr.. 3, N: Ogden was
| summoned that the wrist, collar bone and
: avery rib on the left side were broken, and
| tbat the sufferer was bleeding internally He
died bsk,ff the doctor was through his ex-
animation. fhs laceesed arrived at the
Read, Jr. of Evansville. Ind.
At q fire in Chicago the horses ie
Bennett's barn. a. we'll as those
that of the Union Livery company in thu
! rear, numbering over 100 nltogether.
! stampeded and broke their fastenings and
| rushed out on to North Clark street, creating
| panic among the crowds of people on the
etreet. A temperance meeting which was be-
Ing hsla in tent a short distance from the
! burning building, also dispersed in great con-
| fusion. Several people were knocked down
during the stampede, .bu none were seriously
! injured, The fire was extinguished otter caus.
|ag 81 600 worth Of damage. e.
! An eaet-bsapd stock train on the st. Paul,
Minneapolis l. Manitoaa road met with Sc
rious mishap near Fort Bufesl. While run
Ri4g along Mt high rate Of speed cattle
wers shaefved on the track. The engineer
blew his whistle, shut off steam and reversed
his engine but too late to avoid the conse-
Auopses. The engine jumped tiae track fol-
lowed by seventeen cars. About two hundred
cattle escaped. 4 little less than half that
plumber wore killed outright OF; seriously
naiaed.. Five ,reinmen were injured, three
of them probably fatally. No blame is at-
tached to tte rsilwav company.
The Re~ Chesapeake & Ohio railroad bridge
In course of eonstrAct in between Cincinnati
and CovingtoR collapsed with g report that
could be heard two miles away: For several
days the engineers in charge Of the cQnStruc:
ton of the bridge had been apprehensive on
account Of the high water and the great
apaptity of driftv ood which had been 1oat-
F.; Ing aogH and lodging against the trestle OF
faIse work II tkp bridge, including the els:
side, had bad T besn, a s TpMTse3ieaiy M ea@a5sted 70!
some time and the workman we're gagged
on the channel span. This span 10 tho one
thst gave away and was Immediately above
The eSntsA current of the river 1t was 100
feet high and on to0 pfit was traveller 1O4
feet high. The structure was Weighted down
f.itb nine freight cars loaded with pig iron
and othsr heavy material htsi,es 700. 600
pounds Of bridgs iron tn make it steady.
The craah was Witnessed ~ huudteds 3,
people who crowded tho south end Of the
bridge In c9yington: Tho loss p ssetamstsd y 4.