The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-16
ROCK ISLAND WRECK.
Collision Of q Construc-
ton and q Passenger Train.

| The Expreas Messenger Killed and Othcs
Trninmen IDJured-Stesmer ON
FIre-Altoo, Kan.,B ursed
Etc.
TOPEKA, Kan. Aug. 12-At $50 yestsr-
day afternoon n frightful collision Oc-
Cured on The Rock Island road n mile
east Of the city between east-bound pas
senger train No 2 from Caldwell and a
construction train bOund west with the
Captain" the company's huge pile
driver. bound for Valencia to repair the
washout. Tho result was the total wreck
Of two locomotives and half q dozen
cars. including the pile driver. the in
s,ant death Of l. n. Courier, ex-
press messenger; the probable fatal
injury Of Pat Barney. fireman On the
express and the serious injury Of Lon
Bailey. Of Troy, Kan. belonging to the
bridge gang that was on the construction
train. Courier is o resident Of St Joseph.
whore hs has q wife and child. No 2 was
due in Topeka at $40 p. M, and Was rum
ming ON time at tbs ratio Of twenty miles
an hour. The construction train was
made up here In the yard and was trying
to make Valencia ahead Of the vestibuled
express, totally forgetting there Was sach
. train a. No 2 on the line. The collision
occurred in the aristocratic suburbs Of Pot
win place. As No. Grounded on the curve
the engineer saw the coming train, reversed
his lever. pulled the throttle wide open
and jumped, escaping unhurt His engine,
No 2s6 plunged into the pile driver which
No. 4l4 was pushing. with dreadful force.
The tank telescoped with the combination
baggage and express car. was driven clear
into it and crushed the partition. The
':2S6'' landed in tho ditch with the bag.
gage car and pile driver on top. hiding the
engine completely from view. Fireman
Barney wa pulled out OF the wreck
badly scalded his collar bone
broken and injured internally.
Bailey. the bridge man, had one leg
crushed of. Railroad men say they never
saw such q wreck. 1t was q miracle
scores were not killed. but not q passen-
ger was hurt. Train No. 4 came up Q few
minutes later and the passengers were all
transferred around the wreck. which was
not cleared away before this morning.
Thousands of ~citizens visited the scene
and watched the wrecking gang at work
till dark. 1t is conceded that the exist.
ence Of No was forgotten by the crew
Of the construction train. The body Of
Carter is now lying at Undertaken Palm
er's awaiting the inquest.
SCAPE Oh A STEAMER.
NEW YORK. Aug. 1.-The National Line
steamship Queen. which Thomas J.
Mooney, dynamite crank. attempted to
destroy by throwing a iOttle of explosives
on deck August 8. 1857, again narrowly
escaped being destroyed by fire this morn
ing at rier y. North river. The night
watch discovered q fire in the wheel
house on the forward deck at
three O'Clock. He had looked in
the wheel house q few minutes be.
fore and saw no signs Of fire
there. When he reached the forward deck
he discovered the fierce fire raging in the
house. The ships crew were called out
and in a few minutes extinguishei the
flames, but 50 rapidly had they spread
that the wheelhouse wa Quilted. Chief
McGill made an examination bu. could
not detect any OdOr Of oil or explosives.
He could see no reason why q fire should
occur in such a place. 1t is thought that
another attempt had been made to destroy
the ship.
KANSAS TOWN BURNED
Downs. Kan. Aug News has reached
this city Of a destructive fire which
occurred Saturday night at eleven o'clock
at Alton, a town On the Missouri Pacific.
miles west Of this city. The
large general merchandise store of 7. d.
Walker was totally destroyed. also the
stock and building of d. w. Milne & Co, |
druggists. Four buildings were burned
and . fifth badly injured. The
losses are as follows: T. II.
Walker. building and stock. 80, roo; in
surance 500 Oo; D. W. Milne. drugs. loss
s. 90: insurance. $4,000; J. r Buell.
building. IS 900; insured; James Smith,
building. 81 500; insured. Mr.. Grover. o.. |
the firm Ct Grover & Search. bankers was
badly burned, but will recover. Mr..
Walker was the largest genera! merchan-
disc deale r in the county. All have signi.
fed their intention Of rebuilding.
The BABE ONLY ESCAPES
BLOoMINGTON, ILL, Aug. Eat Piper
City. Fcrd County. yesterday. not no C.
ing the approaching storm, Mr.. N. Pre-.
her eldest daughter and her baby
ven cut driving. The storm overlook
them while they were returning home and
, bolt Of lightning descended and killed
Mrs Premen and her daughter. The
baby. which was lying in its mothers lap.
without injury and was taken
care Of by friends
FIRE IN DEN.
LONDON. Aug Il -Advices from Bake.
nolle, Sweden, report that . disastrous
prevailed there yesterday.
Forty -six buildings were destroyed. and
he loss will reach several hundred thou
and dollars. No lives were lost.
Fatal Accident on the Rome. WATERFOWL
Z OGdensburg Railroad.
CHARLOTTE N. Y. Aug. l1-Near For.
st Lawn, on the Rome. WATERFOWL &
railroad, about eight o'clock
yesterday morning the night express
rain, bound west ran into the Rochester
rain, which was backing down. telescope
ng four cars and killing two persons M
'adiy injuring seven others. Miss Emma
'errin, aged twenty-three, Of St Johns. {
itch, was killed. Her father and