Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-15
ROCK ISLAND WRECK.
FriRhtful Collision OF q Construc-
ton and Passenger Train.
The Express Messenger Killed and Other
Trainmen Injured-Steamer ON
Ffre-Alton, Kan, Burned

TOPEKA. Kan. Aug. PA: 2:30 yester.
day afternoon a frightful collision oc-
Cured on the Rock Island road one mile
east of the city between east bound pas
senger tram No. from Caldwell and a
construction train bound west with the
Captain" the company's huge pile
driver, bound for Valencia to repair the
washout The result was the total wreck
of two locomotives and half q dozen
cars. including the pile driver. the in
slant death of L. III. 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 resident of St Joseph,
where he has a wife and child. No. was
due in Topeka at 2:40 p. M, and was run
ming on time at the rate 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 such
a train as No on the line. The collision
occurred in the aristocratic suburbs of Pot
win place As No. rounded 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. Ala was pushing. with dreadful force.
The tank telescoped with the comb nation
ba gage and express car, was driven clear
into it and crushed the partition. The
''2s6' landed in the ditch with the bag
gage car and pile driver on top, hiding the
engine completely from view. Fireman
Barney was pulled out of the wreck
badly scalded his collar bone
broken and injured internally.
B alley, the bridge man, had one leg
crushed off. Railroad men say they never
saw such a wreck. 1t was a miracle
scores were not killed. but not passen-
ger was hurt. Train No. came up a few
minutes later and the passengers were ali
transferred around the wreck. which was
not cleared away before this morning.
Thou ands of citizens visite d the scene
and watched the wrecking gang at work
till dark. 1t is conceded that the ext ST
ence of No. vas forgotten by the crew
of the construction train. The body of
Carter is now lying Mt Undertaken Palm
er's awaiting the inquest
ESCAPE OF A STEAMER.
NEW DIRK. Aug. 12.-The National Line
steamship Queen. which Thomas j.
Mooney, dynamir o crank, attempted to
destroy by throwing hottle of explosives
on deck August 8. 1887, again narrowly
escaped being destroyed by fire this morn
ing at rier So North river. The night |
house on the forward deck at
three O'Clock. He had looked in |
the wheel house a 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 few minutes extinguished the |
flames, but rapidly had they spread |
that the wheelhouse was Quilted. Chief |
McGill made examination but could |
not detect any odor of oil or explosives. |
He could see no reason why q fire should |
occur in such place. 1t is thought that |
ano:h attempt had been made to destroy |
the ship.
KANSAS TOWN BURNED.
Downs. KAN. Aug 12.-News has reached |
this city of a destructive fire which
Saturday night at eleven O'Clock
at Alton, a town on the Missouri Pacific.
twenty-sx miles west OF this city. The
large general merchandise store of T. NJ.
Walker was totally destroyed, also the
stock and building of D. w. Milne & Co,
druggists. Four buildings were burned
losses are as follows: T. NJ.
Walker, building and stock. $23. 600; in
surance, $4,000; d. W. Milne. drugs, loss !
IS. 600; insurance, $4,000; j. r Buell.,
building, 1000; insured; James Smith,
building, 81 500; insured. Mr.. Grover. of |
the firm of Grover & Search, bankers, was
badly burned, but will recover. Mr..
w alker was the largest general merchan-
disc deal er in the county. ALI have signi-
fed their intention of rebuilding.
THE BABE ONLY ESCAPES
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Aug. 12.-At Piper
City, Ford County, yesterday. not no-ic-
ing the approaching storm, Mrs. n. Pre-
men, her eldest daughter and her baby
went out driving. The storm overlook
them while they were returning home and
a bolt of lightning descended and killed
Mrs. Premen and her daughter. The
baby. which was lying in its mothers lap.
escaped without injury and was taken
care of by friends.
GREAT FIRE IN SWEDEN.
LONDON. Aug u -Advices from Baske-
MOLE, Sweden, report that a disastrous
prevailed there yesterday.
Forty six buildings were destroyed, and
the loss will reach several hundred thou
sand dollars. No lives were lost.
Fatal Accident on the Rome, WATERFOWL
Ogdensburg Railroad.
CHARLOTTE, N. Y, Aug. linear For
est Lawn, on The Rome, Watertown &
Ogdensburg railroad, about eight o'clock
yesterday morning the night express
train, bound west. ran into the Rochester
train, which was backing down, telescop-
ing four cars and killing two persons and
baily injuring seven others Miss Emma
Perrin, aged twenty three, of St Johns,
Mich, was killed. Her father and
mother were the train.
Mr.. Perrin was bruised and in
jured internally. Mrs. Perrin had her
collar bone broken and was otherwise in
jured. Andrew Tiffany, engineer of the
steamer Hazelton, of Oswego, was badly
injured internal and died in a few
hours. Among the injured were: Mrs |
Lewis Moore. of Gratwick. N. Y. right
leg broken; l. C. Brown. of Sherman N.
T., one leg and the toes of the other foot
cut of. Two are unknown yet
Vera Hawkins a sixtesn-year-oldg lfl
vas found wandering about the Union
Depot dressed in boys clothes. She was