The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-01-13
RAILWAY WRECKS.
sixteen Perssns Killed and Many
More Injured.

.hNoONAy xCuuss Odus
from Summit, Kentucky, about twenty miles
north Of the Tennessee and Kentucky state
line, state that the north and south
bound cannon ball trains ON the
Cincinnati Southern railroad collided Sat
urday at I p. m. Eleven persons, including
eight passengers, IRE known to have been
killed outright and many injured. The names
Of the killed and injured have not yet been
learned.
ANOTHER WRECK NEAR KorTTs.
kOuTTs, Ind, Jan. 2.-Another disastrous
wreck occurred on the line of the Chicago and
Atlantic railroad six miles from this place
near the crossing of the l.. n. IL C. and Chi
cago and Indiana coal railroad ut Wcldcrs,
Indiana, by two~s sections of a fast stock train
going east. The first section having Stacked
up for the crossing and the following section
being unable to see the first section on nc
count of the binding wind and snow storm,
went crashing into the rear end, completely
demolfshing the engine, cahoose and one car
load of cattle. The car burned aud all the
cattle burned up with the exception of three.
Tn rear brakeman was also burned to death.
PARTICULARS OF THE MEANWHILE WRECK.
The details Of the wreck which occurred on
the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio road,
five miles west of this city, this morning,
prove the disaster to have been the most hor-
rtblc that has occurred in this vicinity. The
colliding trains were the thfdagh New York
express from Chicago, and u doublc-hcader
w%cst-bound freight train. Both trains were
over two hours late, and the express being ell
titled to the rfght-of-way was running without
orders. Conductor Murray, Of the freight
train, taking it for granted that the express
was in, pulled out for Geneva. The two trains,
the express running forty-flvc and the freight
fifteen miles an hour, met on q long forcsthid-
den curve, with a terrible crash. The engine
of the express train and the first engine of the
freight raised bodily in the air and stood on
the furnace ends. the pilots pointed upwards
and the driving wheels locked. Both engin-
GERS and fircmcn were pressed beneath the
iron ruins. The sight was sickening, hut was
soon covered from view by friendly blankets.
The babbage car, express car and smoker of
the passenger trains were completely wrecked.
The baggage car tclcscopcd into the smoker,
splitting it open and sweeping every seat from
the floor. The total number Of passengers on
the train was tifty-thrcc, fifteen of whom 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 u great distance, and
soon the neighborhood was aroused and the
people living in the vicinity anne to the scene.
The passengers who were not injured seemed
Il fNynl nnl fnr a f.,,, ,,,fn.t,, ,o..l.l..A.
spccchlcss. The groans and cries that came
from the ruins soon brought thcmto u ~rcaliza-
t!on OF the terrible situation, and in a short
time IL large force of men were at work sys-
tclnacically doing all they could. Two wreck
ing trains soon arrived, followed by u passen-
ger train on which to transfer the passengers.
and bring the wounded and dead to Mead
VILE. The wrccking crews worked with a will
and soon Il portion of the manglcd remains of
fireman Humc We're taken from the wreck.
The almost unacceptable form presented u
s!ckcnlng sight, the limbs and lower part of
he body having been ground to pulp. Humcs'
aged father had arrived, and his cries and
means when he gazcd upon the manglcd body
were hcartrcnding. The body of Engineer
swan was exposed, but it was so tightly
wcdgcd in that no attempt was made to move
it. A portion of the body of Engineer Googc,
and also the arm and shoulder of Fireman
Irwin could he seen. The work Of clearing
the wreck was prosecuted in the face of a
driving storm and slcct that lasted the entire
afternoon. Those Of the passengers who were
not injured were transferred and sent forward.
while the dead and wounded were brought to
this city. The railroad officials did everything
in their power for the comfort of the injured.
The following is 81 list of the casualties:
KILLED.
Engineer Swan, Mcadville.
Fireman Irwin. Mcadville.
Fireman Hume, Cambridge, Ohio.
William IL. Stephenson, Toledo.
INJURED.
II. +. Holm, New York, leg crushed.
Adolph Wagner, Buffalo, leg broken.
Adolph Hoscn, Patterson, New Jersey, leg
crushed.
II. Malville, Middlcticld, Ohio, one leg
crushed and the other broken.
Michael O'Bricn, Buffalo, leg broken.
+. n. Newton, Shinglchousc, PENNSYLVANIA,
leg crushed.
David Bcautand, Titusvillc, leg broken.
Charles f. French, Sterling, Massachusetts
cg broken.
Forest Graham, Kent, Ohio. hips crushed.
n. f. W.yman, brakeman, feet crushed.
Joseph Boconon, baggageman, ley cut and
body and face badly injured.
Philip Foulk, San Francisco, arm injured.
j; NJ; Wood, Grecnville, Pennsylvania, badly
IA, Malone, salomanco, leg broken.
Adolph Buscr. Cincinnati, ley crushed.
Fireman Charles Crum, bruised about head
and shoulders.
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Winter Weather.