The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-05
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Fatal Wreck on the Boston u
Albany Railroad.
A Mining Camp Half Destroyed BY Q
CIoudburst-River steamer Wrecked
Three Men Drowned

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, July Line lim1ton
express which left Boston at eleven O'Clock
Saturday morning via the Boston q
Albany railroad, was ditched just outside
the city limits in the afternoon and three
per sons were killed and several badly in.
jured.
The killed were Miss Mary A. Brigham,
of Brooklyn. N. Y, who was recently APP
pointed principal of the Mount Holyok
Seminary at South Hsdley, Mass; Clar-
ence May, a drawing-room car conductor,
thought to belong to Stamford, Conn.,. and
E. P. Pfeffer, travelling agent for New
York firm.
The injured were: Rodney Beers, con-
ductor. arm broken; Drawingroom Car
Conductor Ellis, thrown through win.
dow and cut about the head; Brakem man
Mexican, thrown through window with
the porter of the car; George Craig, of
Meriden, badly injured internally.
w. H. Lockwood. of Hartford, with his
two sons and two daughters, together
with Benjamin F. Fisher, were on their
way to Short Beach. All were badly
shaken up and bruised. Lockwood is now
at the hospital with broken ankle. Miss
Bertha Lockwood was quite badly hurt on
the wrist but has left the hospital.
There were several hundred passengers
on the train AMI the majority of them got
a bad shaking up and were more or less
bruised and cut, but they scattered so
quickly after the accident that it was i'm.
possible to get their names.
The accident was caused by the spread.
ing of the rails where a gang of trackmen
were at work relaying the track The en-
CINE passed over all right, but the track
spread under the baggage car, turning it
across the track and the other cars behind
it pushed it into the smoker. One passen-
ger coach and two drawing room cars also
went over on their sides and landed in the
ditch. The rear car left the track but did
not turn over.
A RAILROAD STEAMER LOST.
WATERFOWL, n Y, July 1.-The vii.
lism Armstrong. of Ogdenshurg, went to
the bottom of the river at eleven O'Clock
yesterday morning while being used in
ferrying railroad cars from Morristown to
Rockville, Ont, but as far as can he
learned no lives were lost Her regular
work had been between Osdensburg and
Prescott, On'. as freight and passenger
ferry for the Rome Water;own & Og lens
burg and the Ogdensburg & Lake Cham
cursion business. At the tina of The acci-
dent she was ferrying three cars loaded
with coal, which were at one end of the
boat
TERRIBLE CLOuDBURSr.
LAS CRUCES. N. NJ. July IA gentle.
man just in from near the mining camp
of Hermosa reports terrible cloudburst
that flooded and washe away over half
,,f hat No
vet known to have been lost. Hermosa is
located sixty miles from the railroad and
only meager reports have yet come in.
The camp is the headquarters of Colonel
Richard Mansfield White, who recently
did such cool work in Washington
towards protecting the lead interests OF
New Mexico.
MOTHER AND CHILD DROWNED.
LITTLE Rock. Ark, July 1.-Parties
from the Indian Territory sta that Mrs.
NJ. J. Daney attempted to ford Caney
creek, which is very high, having been
swollen by recent rains. She was on
horseback and carried a two-year-old
child in her lap. When half across the
horse got into deep water and was carried
down stream and drowned toy ther with
the woman and child. Mrs. Daney was
highly connected.
DEADLY KEROSENE.
CLEVELAND, o, July Mrs. Catherine
Arnold, living at 16 Cob!eigh street, at.
tempted to start fire yesterday morning
with kerosene. The oil exploded and was
thrown over her clothing, which took fire
and burned furiously. An ambulance was
ca led and she was remove TO the hospi-
tai, dying after four hours of terrible suf.
fering The house and contents were
damaged to the extent of II 900.
WAGON FATALITY.
CHICAGO, July IA locomotive on the
Northwestern road crushed into farmers
wagon at haywood, a small village near
this city, Saturday night, killing August
Multenhouer instantly and fatally injur-
ing his brother-in-l law, Fred Liebenhour.
Hilda Raditz. aged thirteen years, was
also seriously injured. but may recover.
Two other children in the wagon received
severe bruises.
THREE MEN DROWNED.
ST. LOUIS, July 1.-The ST. Louis Boat.
ing c ub yesterday dedicated their new
boat, the Chris Won der Abe, but the
pleasure incident to the accession was
married by III. accidental drowning of
three members Of the club.
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