Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-29
LIFE'S PERILS
A Number OF Fatal Accidents the
Past Week.
Accident to q g. A. r. Train In Illinois
Fatal Wreck of an Excursion Train In
Tennessee-A Long List of Other
Casualties.

EaC3l w reCk OF an EXcuTS1Ou IRAN Ia
Tennessee-A Long List of Other
Casualties.
Accident to q G. A. r. Train.
STREAToR, ILL.,, Aug. 27.-The vestibule
train on the Santa Fe route running be-
tween Kansas City and Chicago. met with
serious accident at Kinsman, small
station about fifteen miles of here, at
eight O'Clock yesterday morning. The
train was heavily loaded with Grand
Army veterans and their friends bound
for the Milwe ukee encampment. ana con.
sisted of several extra coaches.
By the spreading of the rails three
coaches, two Pullman sleepers and the
dining car were thrown from the track
and down a steep embankment distance
of probably forty feet Word was lmme-
diately telegraphed to this city Tor medi-
cal assistance, and a special train was
sent at once with a dozen surgeons on
board. The wrecker was also sent out TO
clear up the track.
Those most seriously injured were
brought to this city and taken to st
Mary's Hospital, where their wounds
were properly attended to- In all there
were probably fifty persons hurt and
though none were killed outright, the fol-
lowing are in a very dangerous condition:
Mrs. s. s. Dickerman, of Lawrence.
Kan, chest and head badly cut; little
son hurt about back and face; William
R. Fish, Topeka, seriously, head injured;
Mrs. Fish, Topeka, back and arm; 8. f.
Gould, Mulvane, Kan, back and face
terribly cut; Mrs. R R. Tuckerner, Tope-
ka, face badly cut and internally injured;
Mrs. Edward Andsley, lives near CARROLL
ton. Mo-, arm, head and back badly bruised
and lacerated; Mrs. George b. Peters, En-
poria, Kan, head and face mashed and
cut; George Peters, Emporia, hurt about
the chest and face, also internally injured;
Mrs. 8. s. johnson, Norfolk, Conn.,, badly
hurt internally and head and face cut
Excursion Train Wrecked.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. pa horrible
wreck occurred on the Knoxville, Cum
berland Gap & Louisville railroad at Flat
Gap creek, twenty-five miles from here,
at 1880 yesterday morning. The train
was the first to go over the new road, and
carried a select excursion of the City
Council, the board of public works, repre-
sentatives of the Chamber of Commerce,
the very flower of the business and pro.
fessional men of Knoxville.
The train of two cars left the track
at a crossing and the rear car went
down a trestle. Only one man was
uninjured. It was impossible to OBJ.
tain medical aid for long time, and
until 4:30 p. NJ, when the train reached
Knoxville, scanty attention was given.
Many had to be brought back on fat cars,
and the last part of the journey was made
in driving rain. Three men died from
their injuries and others can not live.
the dead are: Judge George Andrews,
the most prominent lawyer in East Ten
nessee; S. T. Powers, the leading mer-
chant and former president of the East
Tennessee Fire Insurance Company;
Alexander Reeder. leading politician,
who has held many offices of trust.
A score or more were injured, many Sc
r:ously.
Wreck in West Virginia.
PETROLEUM, w. Va, Aug PA terri-
BILE collision occurred about eleven O'Clock
yesterday morning on the Baltimore q
Ohio railroad between here and Silver
Run tunnel, about twenty-three miles
east of Parkersburg, in which three men
were instantly killed and many wounded.
The accommodation train coming west
due at Parkersburg at twelve O'Clock,
crashed into a special train occupied by
railroad magnates on a tour of inspection.
The wreck is said to have been caused by
conflicting kilograms. The one received
by the accommodation train was to pass
the special at Petroleum, while the
special train, engineered by Captain
G. Rowland, is said to have had tele-
graphic orders to pass the accommodation
at Silver Run. The result of these mis-
constructions was to hurl into eternity
four men at least and wound fifteen or
twenty others.
The killed were: James Layman, en-
gineer; Alexander Bailey, fireman, and
w. A. Fletcher. Several were fatally in.
jured.
Fatal Wreck on the NJ, X. s. T.
MoBERLY, Mo-, Aug. 23-There was a
bad wreck on the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas railway, seven miles south of here,
at 5:10 g. m. yesterday, when freight
train No. 104 ran over a cow on the track.
The engine and a number of cars were
totally wrecked and the engineer and
fireman both killed. The engineer
was W. F. Ritter, of Hannibal. while
the fireman was George Bennares, of Mem
dota, Ill The bodies were brought here
and prepared for shipment to their friends.
Both were horribly mangled and scalded.
Fatal Packing House Fire.
KANSAS CITY, Kan, Aug. 26.-The large
warehouses of Swift 6 Co., located in
Armourdale on the west bank of the Kaw
river one mile south of the Missouri river,
burned yesterday morning, the total loss
structive fire that has occurred in this
vicinity since the Woodward-Faxon drug
house burned on Union avenue eight years
ago. The fire of yesterday destroyed the
smoke house and warehouses l, ID and It
and their contents. I. F. Tate, one of the
employees of the company. lost his life and
several other men were seriously but not
fatally injured.
Killed By the Cable.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 26.-R- T.
Hinde, recorder of deeds of Jack on Coun-
ty, who was struck by Grand avenue
cable car at Fifteenth and Grand avenue
Saturday afternoon, died at the residence
of his mother in Independence yesterday
morning at $3.50 o'clock. The wife of the
unfortunate man, dau liter of Rev. e.
G. Woods of the NJ. E. Church South, left
him a few weeks ago mysteriously, giving
rise to many rumors concerning the
| couples married life. Hinde had two ac-
cident insurance policies of S. 600 each.