Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-10-25
CRASH ON A CURVE.
Disastrous Accident on the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad.

of Louisville on the Nashville line.
By a disastrous blundcr, the blame
of which has not yet been placed on
any responsible person, the through
mail train from New Orleans and the
South, was permitted to run into the
Bowling Green accommodation,
bound for Louisville. and In the aw-
full shock that followed. twenty. one
persons. men. women and children,
were injured. one 30 badly that death
| is reported to have resulted several
hours later. and the others painfully,
the damage to these ranging from
broken limbs and lacerated flesh to
bru ises and sprains.
LIST OF THE INJURED.
A complete list of those who were
injured seriously enough to require
attention is as follows:
Vandyke Heyser. Millerstown, Ky,
crushed about the sscrum, and fatal
lly injured internally. Reported to
have died Tuesday night.
Rev. ]. NJ. Bruce, Glasgow, KY,
arm bsoken, spine sprained, and Sc
we're bruises. t,
JIM. Jones, Glasgow, Ky, spine
injured and arm sprained and
bruised.
IF. Rogers, Horse Cave, KY,
shoulder fractured.
William Shallcross, engineer mail
train, slightly bruised, not seriously
hurt.
J. w. Royalty, Horse Cave, Ky,
hips and head badly bruised.
J. NJ. Wheeler, Washington. Ky,
left arm and wrist fractured, sewers
scalp wounds, and side hurt.
Mrs. George r. Smith, Glasgow,
Ky, ankle sprained.
Mrs. c. A. Green, Mitchellsburg,
KY, arm and shoulder bruised.
J.B. Cook, HorFe Cave, Ky, leg
injured.
Charles King, fireman of mail
train, arm badly pprained, head cut,
and hip hurt.
william Crow, Elizabethtown, KY,
leg and head bruised.
Ell Ogle, Louisville, boards No. 72l
Seventh street, knee and back
vrencbed and bruised.
RID. Hall, chief clerk in postal
car, mail train, slightly bruised.
Ell. Jeffries, Horse Cave, KY,
.na Lraa hurt
Throo vouno chi,dren of K. L.
| y.gr,ss ZACH bruised and cut more or
Ies. .hor, tho head
Jobn Kinslow PIG post-oftice. via
pootv Hin XIV head bruised
oI,oht,v
Gsoroa n Scott Hays. XIV. cut
IA hrn,oed sI;obtlv
n n Stone Bristol. XIV. back
hurt other bruises sli0bt.
Tn sda;t;on N ,bese n half dozen
or more nersons received slight
bru;ses lint tbese were too much
nleased with having escaped with
their lives IN COMPLAIN. With but
three executions, all the injured per-
sons were nassenqers on the accom-
mods,;o, train Those ON the mail
train were Charles King, fireman !;
r. n Hail postal clerk. and Mr.. Eli
oa,o
YOUNG HERO.
Among the passengers on the rear
| c,ach. was Vandyke Heyser, q
smooth. faced, sturdy boy, eighteen
years old, whose good humor and
pleasant manners had attracted the
attention OF his fellow-travelers ear
lier in the day. In his youthful can
dor he had told, without reserve, his
hopes and prospects. He had just
left home, and with a small sum of
money and letters Of recommends
ton TO men who, he thought, would
furnish him employment, no was
coming to Louisville.
When the mail train made Its
frishtful appearance, and all began
to flee, Heyser rose and ran towards
the coach door. He was almost out
IN the nlatform and in a second
- ,un,,,d havo heen s.fe when a
hoio "ou'" ne I.I ~, la
frightened woman reacneu h's S'ue
near fainting with terror. She would
Ihaye fallen had not Heyser seen her
oond;,;op and nobIv came TO her res
o s..p I'll, o.o..,u
cue supporting her WIN que III,
he stepped to one side and assisted
her to pass him, gently forcing her
ont n tho nlatform BEFORE he could
follow her The mail train crushed in-