Hillsboro recorder., 1888-01-12

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RAILROAD sLAUGHTERs. sars
rsus ssysr. Accidents In K.ataasy P..a.
syivAnia. Indiana nad Iliinsis.
The most disastrous collision that ever
occurred on the Cincinnati Southern
Road, took place one mile north of
Greenwood, Ry. Limited express No. .
ran into limited express No. /, which left
Cincinnati, between tunnels Z and 8, de.
molishing both engines, throwing every
car from the track on train No. Q except
the two sleepers, and killing the follow
ing persons outright: Lee Withrow,
baggage master on No. 1; J.. Callan,
baggage master on No. q, NJ. b. Powell,
baltimore q Ohio express messenger on
No. Q. Engineer Michael, of train No.
y, tells story that would make the blood
run cold In the veins of the strongest
man. BE was running down grade at a
rate Of sixty miles an hour and did not
see No. 1 approaching his train until 1t
was about fifty feet away, and without
stopping to reverse his engine or turn on
the air, he fell out of the cab window
and landed in lot of bushes and finally
dropped in a mud hole. One of his an
kles was badly hurt by the fall. No.
was running up grade at the rate of thir-
ty-fye miles per hour. Sam Bennett was
the conductor on this train, and on meet
ing Conductor Schrum, said: "What
does this meant" Schrum replied, chad
orders to run to Somerset regardless of
No. 1, and here is my order" On taking
it from his pocket he discovered his mis-
take, for it ordered him to run to Summit.
The dreadful discovery was too much for
poor Schrum, and he has lost his mind.
Three different times he succeeded
in getting away from his friends,
who were watching him at Somerset, Ky.,
and started for the woods. The accident
occurred between tunnels Z and 8, one
hundred and seyenty-four miles from
Cincinnati. Both are curve tunnels, and
there Is o distance Of 800 feet between
them. The greater portion of this is a
Gil, tiie venay being between sixty and
one hundred feet deep. The sides of the
fill are very steep. Had either train been
two seconds sooner the crash would have
taken place in one of the tunnels. The
north bound train was light one owing
to delays on other roads entering Chatta-
nooga. Il was what train men call a
dumped up" train, formed at Chat a
nooga. There was, at the time Of the
accident, but one person in the smoker,
and that was the 'fbutcher boy" who
was badly hurt. The responsibility of
the accident seems to rest with the con.
ductor and engineer Of the north boun1
train, and yet their mistake was one that
was quite natural under tie circum.
stances. A fast Chicago express on the
New York, Pennsylvania q Ohio Railroad,
consisting Of two sleepers aud five day
coaches, collided with freight train
consisting Of two engines and sixty cars,
three mines from Meadvi.le, Pa. Five
persons were killed outright, among
whom was one passenger; thirteen others
were wounded; nine of them
fatally. Following are names of
the killed, so Ear as ascertained: !:
William George, engineer, and Humes,
fireman, Of the leading freight engine. E.
p. Swan and Arthur Irwin, engineer and
fireman Of the Chicago express. Both
trains present terrible scene Of destruc-
ton. When the collision occurred the
fast express was making up lost time and
going at the top speed. The blame is
said to rest with the freight train, who
were running on the express trains time.
and Chicago sixteen passengers. Among
the wounded are: Joseph Boynton, Of
Meadville, express agent, seriously hurt
aud Is delirious; Phillip. Faulk, Of San
Francisco, right arm fractured; 8. A..
Malone, Of Salamanca, N. Y, right leg
broken; Adolph Buser, OF Cincinnati,
both legs crushed. The wreck was caused
BY the freight engineers leaving Mead.
vile in advance Of their orders. The
night express train for Milwaukee tina.
leaves Chicago over the Chicago, Mil
waukee & 81. Paul, smashed into. a
freight train at shermervillc, Illinois,
during a binding snow storm. The en-.
gine and mail car Of the passenger train
we're dera,led, together with several
freight cars, making q wreck and giving
passengers 4 severe shaking up. No
lives were lost, but Engineer Little was
hurt seriously and a fireman, name un-
known, probably fatally. Another dis.
astrous and fatal wreck occurred on
the line III the Chicago q Atlantic rail
road, six miles from Kontz, Indiana, neal
the crossing Of the Louisville, New AL
bany a Chicago, and the Chicago q
Indiana coal railroads, az Wildors, Ind,
by the collision Of two sections Of Oh,
fast stock trains going east. The engin
eer Of the rear section was unable 70 go
the first section on account Of snow
storm and his engine won't crashing into
the rear car, demolishing the engine and
CHOOSE. The rear breakman was burned
20 q crisp.