Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20
RAILROAD CRASH.
A Derailed Baggage Oar Causes q
Terrible Accident on the B.
& O. Road.
Two Killed, Two Fatally and Many
More Seriously Injured-The yell
low Fever Report.

low Fever Report.
Prominent Citizsns of Jacksonville Dsad-
Serious Floods in Virginia-Asiatio
0hplersC Etc
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CLEVELAND, O.. Sep& 15.-On the Balti-
more g. Ohio railroad early yesterday
morning at Ankenytown station, about
thirty miles south of Mansfield, q freight
train had gone upona side track to let the
northbound express pass. The latter,
which agas loaded with returning G. A. r.
veterans az1d other passengers, was run
aing at full speed over Ehe switch when
the baggage car left the rails and collided
with the locomotive Of the freight, sliding up
over the top of it and tearing of the steam
domee The remaining cars Of the passen-
ger t<ain with the exception of the sleepers
were iammed around Che wrecked engine
and baggage car, and the greatest con-
fusion prevailed, Sh9 escaping. stsam
binding and scalding the frightened pase
sengers. Baggage Master David Wilson,
Of Sandnsky, and Engineer Henry romlIn-
son, Of the freight, who liveG at Newark,
were kiiledoutright,a and William Grinsley,
OF Shawnee, O., and Aaron Dickson, OF
Defiance, o., we're fatally injureda
The others who were injured weres z.
G. Valentine and wife, Chicago scalded
about face and hands: Fred Loces. express
messenger, cut on head; A. Z. Beckhill
Ayersville, o., scalded and thigh brokens
j. ID. Thomas, Shenandoah, Pa.s burned
and ribs fractured; L. D. Blue, Ayers
vile, badly scalded; John Breckhills
Ayersville, cut, bruised and scaldeds John
Brant, Fontana, Kan, scalded; W. d.
Brudenbaugh, Brumberg, O., badly
scalded; E. Daily, Troy, N. z, scsldeds
William Grinsley, Shawnee, O., brakemsns
badly scalded, will probably die; Aaron
Dickson, Defiance County, Ohio, terribly
scalded, will probably die; Jacob Dax,
brakeman, badly jammed and severely in.
jured in the head. Twenty others re-
ceived injuries more or less severe. The
injured were taken to neighboring farm
houses. whore every thing was done by
the railroad company for their comfort.
The loss Of the company is estimated AZ
$4,000.
FEVER REPORT.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Sept. 15-Yester.
day was another sad day in the history OF
Jacksonville's epidemic, the general gloom
being made intense by grief at the loss OF
two Of the noblest OF Florida's native cit.
izens-Louis /. Fleming, whose son and
namesake was laid to rest only three days
ago. and the Hon. Henry A. Lenle, cashier
OF the Bank OF the State OF Florida, ex.
Treasurer OF State, and lately the heroic
and indefatigable chairman OF the com.
mittee on sanitation of the citizens asso.
citation. No man stood higher in Florida
as q man and q lawyer than Louis L
Fleming. He was the elder brother of the
Democratic candidate for Governor. Hon.
ii. A. Lenle was one Of the most active and
public spirited citizens, q near relative OF
Mr.. Fleming, man devoted to principle
and OF sterling integrity. Both died OF
yellow fever near the same hour.
Frank w. Ely. prominent Insurance.
agent, was also one Of yesterdays vic.
dangerously i'll. The fatal list contains
the names Of Mrs. G. w, Herrick, whose
husband died ten days ago-the third
death in this house; Harry L. Robinson,
Mrs. C. 81. Weymouth, Ezra Gray, Mr..
Chalman, an infant child of j. W. Wal.
lace, Lulu E. Coleman Benjamin Borwell
and Mrs. Patrick Kelly. The number Of
new cases was 43, deaths 1.-THE largest
record OF mortality yet.
The weather is still wet and unpromis.
ing, and the earth soaked with water.
Several physicians and nurses from New
Orleans, Mobile and Savannah have ar.
rived. A special train was sent to Nc.
Cienny yesterday afternoon with physi.
clans, nurses and supplies. About65 cases
have been reported at that place and 10 or
u deaths. The place is almost depopu.
lated, not more than 249 people remaining.
The local physicians are AL sick.
The Citizens, Association has resolved 60
pay for the erection of q hospital to be
maintained by the Knights Tempiar. Mr..
Mallet, eminent commander and protector
of the hospital in behalf OF the order, was
stricken with fever, but will probably re-.
cover. DIR. Weller, Of st. Johns Church,
is still i'll from overwork. He is an pi.
demic veteran from Nicksburg. Camp
Mitchell is being rapidly built and
equipped.
SERIOUS FLOODS N VIRGINIA.
NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 15.-Passengers ar.
riving in the city over the sea board report
that the Roanoke river has overaowed its
banks and risen nine feet. In Northamp.
ton and Halifax Counties the low lands
along the river are flooded and barns and
houses are floating around. The corn and
cotton crops are ruined and it il feared
some lives lost.
CHOLERA CASE.
HLLsBoRo, ILL.,, Sept. 1o.-Fitz Theen. q
wealthy German farmer living q few
miles cast of heres died very suddenly at
his residence yesterday, having been con.
hours. Physicians pronounce hiscas one
Of genuine Asiatic cholera.
BROTHER AND SISTERS DROWNED.
CAREY, H., Sept. 1J.EWalter Granfham,
q salesman Of Chicago, and his two sis.
tiers were drowned here to.day by the
capsizing Of q boat-from which they were
fishing in the Fox river.
~oN
Terribly Mangled.
KAssAs CRY, Mo-, Sept. 14.-Daniei
Frantz, foreman of the Hannibal & St
Joseph railroad yards, was run over anC
killed Q little after ten O'Clock this morn
ing by a freight train ax the northern enc
of the Union Depot. His body was ter
ribly mangled. Frantz came here from
Omaha at the time of the switchmen'
strike.