The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21
LIVES LOST BY WRECKS.
Colliding Trains On Several Railways
Cause ths Death of > Number oT Mon
Others Badly Hurt.

LIVES LOST by WH6CkS.
CollidIng Trains ON Several Railways
Cause the Death 0f Number Or Mon
others Badly Hurt.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Aug. 16-As
the eastbound North Shore limited on
the Michigan Central railroad was pass
ing Augusta, a small town nine miles
west of here. at 6 o'clock Friday after
noon, it ran into . standing freight
train while going at full speed, and
crashed through the depot building,
completely demolishing it. The engine
then exploded, blowing the fireman lit
orally to pieces and killing the engi-
ncer, Charles McRoberts. One brake-
man is missing, and 1t is thought he IL
buried in the debris.
The limited. did not stop at Augusta,
having right Of way. The freight was
waiting on siding for the express to
pass. For some unaccountable reason
switch at the spur was left turned on
70 the main track and the express
came into the freight at full speed.
Eight cars were tossed into the air
and the engine plowed through the
debris and crushed into the depot En-
gineer McRoberts was blown twenty
feet into the air and his mangled re-
mains were picked up some distance of.
OF the passengers only nine were injured
seriously. Their names could not be
obtained at this writing, except that Of
George H. Murray, Of Detroit, ribs
crushed and internally injured Both
-, -, n@L 1svrn IN L..
son, Mich. OF the express train the
baggage car and two slcepers were de-
molished, and how the occupants es-
capped is q miracle. A little boy named
Clarence Cassidy playing near the
depot was struck by piece Of iron
from the locomotive and may not re-
cover.
Late intelligence Is to the effect that
Mrs. p. Powell, C. s Keene and G. L.
beetle, all OF Chicago, and Nat School,
of Toledo; Conductor Crofoot George
Steam, of New York. and Charles
Brickman, of Detroit, were slightly
injured. The dead freman's name
was Robert Gregg. He was completely
enveloped in the debris and steam and
was scalded frightfully. His head was
crushed to jelly, SO that he must have
been killed instantly. The damage to
the railway property is estimated al
SAC, 900.
FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR ALTON.
ALTON, ILL.,, Aug. IA collision oc.
Cured near Clifton Terrace, on the
Bluff line, in which three lives were
lost and many persons seriously injured.
The Springfield express, which lef,
Alton at $40, collided with q CON
struction train just above Clifton. Fire
man Smith, of the passenger train, was
| pinned to the boiler head and crushed
to death. The others killed were
Charles McGee, of this city, who wa.
completely decapitated, and mar
named Murray, who was crushed t.
death, The injured number fifteen.
COLLISION At PATERSON, n. J.
PATERSON. N. j.. Aug. ia seriou,
accident occurred on the Erie railroad
near the bridge over the Passaic rive
in this city at 4:45 O'Clock Friday after
noon, in which Fireman ]. +. Townsene
was probably fatally injured. Trail
No. , (the Chicago & Grand Trunk ex
press), bound east. running 1T the rat,
of forty miles an hour, crashed into
freight train. The fireman jumped
and was turned over and over by tn,
force of his fall. He was picked up un
conscious. The engineer stuck to hi
post and almost miraculously escape,
injury.
WORK OF TRAIN-wREcKERs.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug 16.-Unknowl
miscreants placed an obstruction on th
Baltimore & Ohio tracks twenty mile
from this city Thursday night Al
excursion train struck it and tw
engineers and supposed tram
were instantly killed. The engin
toppled over the embankment but tn
cars fortunately fell to the other sid
of the track, on the hillside. Ha
they fallen the same way as the en-
CINE there must have been terrible los
Of life.
TWO MORE VICTIMS IN KENTUCKY.
| LEXINGTON, KY, Aug. l6.-Frank h
Smith. baggagemaster, and Mr.. Row
land, roadmaster, who were hurt in tn
collision Wednesday night, are dead
Smith, though badly scalded, walked
mile and half after the accident I
Spring station to give notice to con
ing train.
TWO PINKERroN MEN KILLED.
ALBANY, N. ". Aug. 16.-Alfred Lui
ington and George D. Rossiter, Of Phi
adelphia, two of Pinkerton's detective
stationed at West Albany, were kille
by passenger train. They had bee
to get drink of water and were returI
ing to their posts at the time.
/ ONE In NEW YORK.
Troy, N. ", Aug. 16.-The $3.50 trai
out of Albany collided with freigf
train two miles west of Schenectad
Friday night. Engineer Isaac Vrooma