The Iola register., 1890-10-31
A DAY OF WRECKS.
Three Terrible Railroad Accidents
in One Day.
FEishtfoi Collisioa of Union Pacific and
Rock island Trains at KANSAS City-Col-
Iislon In Kentucky Tunnel-An-
other in Alabama.
WRECK KANSAS cr1r.

and property occurred on the Union Pa
cific main line at 7:10 o'clock yesterday
morning just inside of the western city
limits of Kansas City, Kan, and about
four blocks east of Oakland avenue.
The east-bound Kansas City s. Cald-
we'll express of the Rock Island ran into
the rear end of the east-bpund Denver
express on the Union Pacific. The col.
lision involves the loss of the life of
Engineer Patrick Cullen, of the Rock
Island; the injury of Fireman John
Cuff and of several pas sengers, and the
destruction of $50, 900 worth of rolling
stock. The cause of the terrible col
lisien was the dense fog that prevailed
in the early morning hours of yester-
day, causing both trains to be late. The
Rock Island Company uses the Union
Pacific tracks between this city and To-
peka, by virtue of a twenty year lease,
and the difference in time between the
arrival of these two trains in Kansas
City is ten minutes. The Union
Pacific train is due here at
$50 o'clock and the Rock Island
at seven. Union Pacific train No. 204
slowed up near Fourteenth street in re-
sponse to torpedo signal warning the
engineer to look out for distractions
ahead, and before porter could be sent
back with flag the Rock Island ex-
press bore down and telescoped the
Pullman sleeping car Wathena
Immediately after the wreck the scene
was one of wild confusion Sleepy pas
sengers having been suddenly thrown
from their positions and landed with
out reference to personal comfort or
safety, rushed frantically out of both
trains to see what was the matter.
The fog was intense and an object
could not be distinguished ten feet
ahead. The injured are: *
j. ii. Grayson, conductor Pullman
car, Wathena, left ankle sprained and
severe bruises about the body and head
Edward jackson, colored, Edwards
vile, Kan, both legs broken below the
knees Since died
j. A. Lapshire, Lincoln, Neh, re-
ceived a bad cut on right knee.
John Driscol, Usage, Kan, left leg
broken below the knee.
Fred Wright, theatrical agent, injured.
IN KENTUCKY TUNNEL
CINCINNATI, Oct ga disastrous col
lision occurred at 4:40 yesterday morn
ing on the Cincinnati Southern railway
in tunnel, quarter OF a mile north of
sloan's Valley station The trains in
volved were freight No %, nortAbound.
and passenger No. 5, southbound.
When the first Cincinnati train passed
south the crew OF the freighI appear to
have overlooked the fact that No was
to follow, and they pulled out and
started northward. Less than quarter
of mile away they entered tunnel
which is one-sixth of mile long.
In the most hopeless place that train
men ever met death, the engines of the
two trains dashed into each other, and
! the cars following, jammed into each
other IN mass Then came the added
horror of conf1agration. aa
Engineer John Pimlott died yesterday
afternoon, making six victims of the
tunnel collision on the Cincinnati
Southern road as follows: John Pim-
lott engineer, Detroit Mich; Fireman
Welsh, Somerset KY; Fireman Gould,
Ludlow, Ky; brakeman John E. Mont
gomery, Albany, n. Y; Postal Clerk C
L. Doegen, Cincinnati; Express Mes
senger Ed. P. Ruffner, Cincinnati.
The injured-Engineer Pat Taylor,
Somerset KY, severe; Postal Clerk j.
G. Gayle, Cincinnati, severe; Baggage.
master John r. Long, Newport KY,
severe; w. D. Wheeler, New Orleans,
in charge of a museum freak known as
sWild Roso," both slightly injured;
Miss Ollie Getty, Dayton, Tenn, slight;
Arch Murphy, Madison County, Ind,
slight as% H5ss
'T@ STILL ANOTHER.
BIRMINGHAM Ala, Oct ga terri
BILE collision occurred on the Kansas
City, Memphis & Birmingham road at
Ensley City, two miles out at 1880
Tuesday night Two men were killed
outright and a number were wounded.
The dead and wounded were brought to
this city at late hour.
The dead are ]. D. Franklin, drum
mer, of Nashville; John Kilian, fireman.
In addition TO the killed twenty-six
persons We're injured, a number quite
seriously. nm y -
The collision occurred in this manner:
The Kansas City passenger train, due
to leave at nine p. m, was an hour late
owing to the wait for the Georgia Pa
cifc train The sleeper for the Kansas
City train had not been attached, but
when the Georgia Pacific train arrived
the depotmaster signalled the Kansas
City train TO get out of the way. The
conductor of the Kansas City train was
on the sleeper, but the engineer, John
Russell, of the Kansas City train, un-
derstood the depotmaster's signal
to go ahead, and pulled out for
Memphis. He arrived at Ensiey CITY
before he discovered that he had left
the sleeper and Conductor Poppham,
and without hesitating Immediately
started back to Birmingham at forty
miles an hour The train had not gone
half mile when, rounding curve. it
was crashed into by an outgoing freight
Bogus Loan Operator.
HAsvARD, III, Oct 23.-Charles Arm
Strong, aged seventy-seven years for
forty years one of Harvard's most prom:
inent citizens, has proved to be q de-
fanlter, having robbed his clients Of
$4,000. He had always borne an un.
alenished reputation, but now it trsps-
pires that for years he has been prSc-
pcing systematic frauds He had car
ned on general collection and ioaning |
business besides being justice of the |
peace He loaned large sums of money,
making thirteen loans for Joseph Sooth. |
IL ranging from S4D0 to 81, ogo each. |
investigation showed that all his recent |
alleged loa rs were bogus