The Nicodemus cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Graham County, Kan.) 1887-1888, 1888-01-05
Frtghtful Collision.

LEXINGTON, n.y., Jan. IA cOHlsl0n on the
Cincinnati Southern railroad took place one
mile south of Greenwood, KY, on q sixty foot
embankment, midway between tunnels seven
and eight. The following are the killed:
Lee Withrow, baggagemaster. Ludlow, Ky,
head crushed and throat cut with iron bar.
James Severns, postal clerk, Stanford. KY,
conclusion of brain; died tonight.
I. Candee, fireman. Chattanooga, Tenn,
thrown on top of fire box of train No. and
contents of fire box of train No. emptied on
him, burning body to a crisp.
Lawrence Callan, baggagemaster. Ludlow,
KY, body crushed under smoker
w. B. Powell, express messenger, Madison
vile, Ohio, crushed under wreck.
Miss Jessie Green. Chattanooga, skull
crushed, died at Greenwood.
Among the injured are: Mr.. and Mrs.
Avery Coyngton, scalded and inhaled steam;
viii both probably die; taken to Covington to-
night.
Sam Sprum, conductor internally injured.
j. B. McGibbon, Cincinnati, badly scalded.
face and hands, probably fatal.
Joe Noland colored, porter, No. 2, lacera-
tion of the hip and hands
William ID. Michaes, engineer No 2, who
jumped from the engine, sprained ANGLE, hand
scalded and cheek gashed.
Pat Taylor, Somerset, KY, engineer No. /,
bruised and suffering from conclusion, badly
hurt.
Pat Murphy, Junction City, KY, fireman
No; /, Leg broken below the knee.
W.T.. Roberts, Riceville, Tenn, mail service.
leg and arm broken.
w. f. Jackson, Ludlow, Ky., EXPRESS mes
senger; hand, head and back sprained and
bruised.
L. E. Sackett, No. All Richmond street,
cincinnati, news agent, head, face back and
j. c. Burch, Sidney, O., travelling passen-
ger agent of the Chicago & Alton railroad,
badly scalded, head aud face and hands cut
Joe ,Hepp, Covington, KY, allied and
bruised.
Dick Patton, Ludlow, KY. brakeman, cut
and scalded.
j. E. Campbell, Hanovertou. O.. scalded
face, neck and hands.
In addition to the above, train, No. 2, which
came north this evening, carried to Cincinnati
i've or six badly injured passengers These
passengers were in the boudoir car, and the
railroad officials refused to allow the Associat-
ed press reporter access to them, or to give
their names or injuries
Dr. Reddish, of Frankfort in charge of the
Greenwood coal mines, left Greenwood with
Inc wounded and the body of Miss Green for
Cincinnati. later train followed, carrvin~
all the dead except Miss Green who was lett
at Somerset
Very shortly after the collision a wrecking
train left Somerset in charge of Superintend-
ent w: W. Wells, carryin" nr. J. w. Lowens
ana all the Somerset physicians for the scene
OF the disaster Two cars, the mail and bag
gage Of No. l, took fire and burned.
AT the time OF the crash Withrow and Jack
sou were talking in the baggage car, when the
car split open from end to end. mail car and
smoker shooting over them. The other cars
cutting loose and dropping back grade.
II hot r4nlru
was crushed and burned in the water closet OF
train No. 2.
Mr.. Avery, of Covlngton, threw his wife
through the window and jumped out after
her, both rolling down the embankment
The collision was caused by Conductor
Shrumm misleading the orders delivered to
him at Winfield. lie mistook 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 Shrumm and
said:
Ppm not to blame for this; read your orders
and see.'
shrumm took out his orders, and looking
carefully, threw up bis hands, exclaiming:
'Oh, my God, have made a mistaken
Sharkey Withers formerly of this city, but
now of Edwards, Miss, was on the train going
south, and made this statement
I'VE left Somerset half an hour late and
were running at tnrtY miles an hour uD
grade. | was In the coach next in front Of
the sleeper, close to the front door, when
shrill whistllDg alarmed me:
ran out on the platform and was
pitched down an embankment Of fifty
feet / jumper up and went to work We
helped to extrcate the victims. / helped take
out three alive, two dead; one Of them Pat
Murphy. ! helped dig him out OF the mud
into which he was jammed nearly to his arm
pits. The next man we got out was an ex-
press messenger who was crushed under the
trucks, next a baggageman who was under
the tender OF No. /. We could hear his groans
and dug him out He died I'm an hour Then
we got the injured man out OF the mail car Of
No. l. WitbrOw died in few minutes after
he was put on the relief train. Postal agent
James Severance, who was appointed one
month AGO. lay at one end OF his car, blood
streaming from his mouth. We reached som
erset at 10 p. IN. Withrow's dead BODY was
laid In the baggage room and the injured on
our train were placed in the hotel"
The baggage car and smoker of No. rolled
down the embankment. The ladies' car Of
this train was thrown on the engine, the in
mates being thereby scalded. Joe Hepp stated
that young couple that had got on AT Chat
tanooga were badly cut and scalded The
regular passing point Of Nos. | and 2 is Flat
Rock, just south Of the wreck. The two en-
gines collided with such force that they were
impacted together. the boilers khattering and
dischargiDg all their contauts in a few min
utes. An attempt 10 pull the engines apart
failed and they were rolled over the embank
ment to clear the track