Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-16
DOWN THE INCLINE TO DEATH.
Dreadful Disaster on u Street Railway In
cline at CINCINNATI.

Dreadful Disaster on n Street Railway In
cline at CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct 10 Eight per-
SONS were instantly killed or fatally mangled
and another badly injured shortly after noon
yesterday by an accident on the Mount Au-
burn Inclined Plane Railway, which starts
at the head of Main street, and in distance
Of less than half mile, rises nearly three
hundred feet. An unknown number of
spectators who witnessed the accident, prob
ably dozen, were also hit by pieces of fly
ing wood and iron and slightly injured.
The List OF Victims.
Following is Il list of the victims so far as
known Judge William NJ Dicksrson, killed;
Michael kneiss, killed; Mrs. Caleb Ives,
killed; Charles McFa iden, killed, Miss Lii
liam OsSamp, badly cut; Joseph McFadden,
Gu, on side anu various portions oil body and
IN ernally injured; Mrs. Joseph McFadden,
bruised aud cut; Mrs. Hostetter, OF Oak
street, Walnut Halls, cats AMI internal in-
jurIes
How the Accident Occurred.
The line consists OF two tracks each of
which has single car. An engine on top of
the hill operates two wire cables which wind
around "A big drum while the cars ascend,
and unwind as they go down A few min
utes past noon yesterday nine passengers en-
tered the car at the loot OF the steep grade
and the vehicle was rapidly drawn to the
top As il reached the top the grip "iost its
grip" as IL were, and failed to hold the ca
BILE. The car consequently began to slide
down the incline, increasing irs velocity as
il descended until the speed was
frightfuL What were the feelings
and thoughts Of the fatei nine
may hardly be imagined. The crash at the
foot OF the plane was terrible A cloud of
dust arose that hid the wreck from view for
"A moment, but when It was dspelled the scene
was horrible The iron frame that formed
the lower end of the truck on which the car
rested was thrown sixty feet down the street
The top Of the car was lying almost as far
away in the gutter. The truck itself and
the door and seats of the car formed a shape
less wreck, mingled with the bleeding and
mangled bodies of the nine passengers.
Mortified Witnesses.
Many persons saw the car rush down the
incline and brrsthessly awaited the crash.
The noise was heard blocks away, and a
great crowd was soon attracted to the scene
of ruin, and when the cloud of dust had par
TALLY cleared away began the work OF extri-
eating the mangled victims A miidle-aged
lady with gray hair was soon taken out
dead, and a moment later the bleeding form
of Lillian Oskamp, a girl of twenty, the
daughter Of Henry Osksmp, weIl-known
citizen Miss Oskamp is terribly injured
but may survive. Michael Kneiss, a teacher
in the third intermediate school, who resided
at IA Euclid avenue, Mouht Auburn, was
taken from the debris alive, but expired
soon afterward.
Judge Dickerson's Death
Judge William Dlckerson wasfound under
a broken wheel and taken 10 the hospital,
where he died at O'Clock in the afternoon.
He was an old resid ent, at one time judge Of
the common pleas court of this county, for
many years a prominent figure in legal and
political circles and was a warm PERSONAL
friend Of President Lincoln Judge DECKER
sons death was due more to the shock than
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