The morning call., 1890-10-23
WRECKSAND FLAMES
A Series Of Disastrous and
Fatal Railroad Accidents.
1 Collision In a Tunnel on The CinCin-
natl Southern.
Heroic but Unsuccessful Attempt TO Rescue
q Victim From a Burning Car-LiSt
Of Killed and Injured.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

Special to THE MORNING CALL.
BIRMINGHAM (Ala.), Nov. pa passen-
ger train on the Kansas City. Memphis and
Birmingham Railroad, which left here at 9
o'clock last night, [west-bound, went out,
leaving sleeper and conductor in the sta
tion. Discovering the fact. six miles out of
town, the engineer began backing into Br-
mingham. AT Thomas Furnace. three
miles out Of the city, the backing train met
an outgoing freight, and there was terri
BILE collision.
LIST OF KILLED.
/. D. Franklin, drummer, of Louisville;
John Killian, fireman.
WOUNDED.
George W. Davis, Mrs W. F. Wagner
and two daughters, E. P. Rose, George
Beard, j. E. Owens, j. NJ. Rockmore, J. E.
Mills, R. E. Sanders, j. Y. Tynnell, j. A.
Taylor, W. w. Flannigan. W. G.. Burton, j.
NJ. Beard, Rev. G. S. Smith, Dr. Sanford, o.
L. Hill Hon. B. NJ. Long, NJ. S. Townley,
Walter Townley, Miss SalIie Langdon. Miss
lQd LdDRuOn, Il. VI. LduSuUL, W iliIdu
Williams, Mrs. Foster.
OF this number three or four are likely to
die; the others are not dangerously hurt
A WRECK AND FIRE.
CINCINNATI, Oct. pa disastrous col
lision occurred at 40 o'clock this morning
on the Cincinnati Southern Railway, in a
tunnel quarter of mile north of Sloan's
Valley Station. between q freight and pass
epger train. The latter had left Cincinnati
at o'clock in the evening Another pass
enger train had left Cincinnati one hour
earlier, and both these were held at Somer-
set, KY, two hours or more, on account of
the freight wreck south of that place last
night. When the track was clear the fore
most Cincinnati train started out from Som
erset. 1t first met and passed safely
north-bound freight. Then the other pass
enger started out When the first Cine innati
train had passed, the freight train pulled
out and started northward. In less than
quarter of mile away 1t entered the tun-
mel, one-sixth of mile long, and the en-
gineS of the two trains dashed into each
other, and the cars overturning a narrowing
confiagration followed.
Fortunately the passenger train had not
entirely gone into the tunnel when the crash
came, and so three sIeepers which did not
leave the track served as means of escape
three Sleepers was burned.
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Engineer John Iiml9tt died this after
noon, making six victims of the tunnel col
lson, as follows: John Pimlott, engineer;
fireman Welsh of Somerset, KY; fireman
Gould of Ludlow, Ky; brakeman John f.
Montgomery of Albany, N. Y; postal clerk
C. L. Doegen of CINCINNATI. OHIO; express
messenger Ed p. Ruffner of Cincinnati,
Ohio. The injured are: Engineer Pat Tay-
lor of Somerset, KY, severely; postal clerk
J. G. Gayle of Cincinnati. Ohio, severely;
baggage-master John r. Long of Newport,
KY, severely; passengers-W. D. Wheeler
OF New Orleans; Miss Ollie Getty of Day.
ton, Tenn; Arch Murphy of Madison
County, Ind. The injuries sustained by the
three last named are slight
RESULT OF CARELEssNEss.
From the story of railroad men who ar
rived here tonight it appears the wreck was
due to the carelessness OF the crew OF freight
train %. This train was instructed to wait at
Soans Valley until passenger trains and
had passed. The wait was long one,
and all the crew of the freight
train went to sleep. Engineer Pinl-
lott wakened just after No. passed,
and assuming that it was No. 5. and that
the road was clear, aroused the crew. and
the train went on. The approach to both
ends of the tunnel is sharply curved, and
within hundred feet of the mouth of it the
trains met. Only the sleeper and one coach
on the passenger train were saved, the
train-hands and passengers pushing them
back up the track. Flames started in few
minutes after the collision, and the wooden
lining of the tunnel is still burning tonight
THE WORK OF HERO.
A brave man, whose name was not
learned, hearing the cries OF George Long in
the baggage-car, seized an ak, cut hole in
the car and rescued Long. In the express
rfr.A, Of Prrtfr
United States Express messenger. The un-
known hero worked hard TO cut a way for
Ruffner to escape, although the flames were
darting all about him. The effort was futile,
and Ruffner finally shouted from his
prison to go away and save himself,
his would be reScuer did all a man could do
to save his life. The unknown hero stag
gered out of the tunnel with his hair and
clothing badly scorched, and fell down in a
faint None of the men, in the excitement,
thought of learning his name, but it is be-
lieved he is a railroad man. Others of the
trainmen had wonderful escapes. 1t is
miraculous that any of the passengers es-
capped without injury.
WRECK ON THE UNION PACIFIC.
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 22-A serious tail-end
wreck occurred this morning on the Union
Pacific, near Armourdale. Nine persons
wern seriously injured and the engineer
fatally. The east-buund freight, which
leaves the depot before the Union Pacific
passenger train, was delayed near the scene
of the accident, and as there was very
heavy fog, torpedoes were placed on the
track to warn the following train. The pas
senger engineer, warned by the torpedoes,
stopped the train, and before the fiagman
could be sent back to warn the east-bound
Rock Island train, following, it crashed into
the Pullman sleeper of the Union Pacific.
The Rock Island engine was completely
wrecked, and the engineer buried under the
debris. The fireman jumped, but received
severe bruises. The damage is estimated at
$4,000. Following are the injured:
Pat Gull, engineer, will die; John Cuff,
fireman, fractured jaw and internal inju-
ries; coward Jackson, colored, both legs
broken; J. ii. Grayson, Pullman conductor,
ankle sprained and bruised; j. +. Kinney
of Chicago, bruised about the back; j. A.
Lapschire of Lincoln, Nebr., knee badly
cut; John DriScell OF OSaQua, kans., leg
broken; Z. J: Averie of Springfield, ILL.,,
special agent Of the Census Bureau, back
sprained and bruised. The injured were
taken to the hospital.
TRAIN-wRECKERs INTERRUPTED.
LIBERTY (Mo.), Oct. 22.-George Smith of
this place. while walking ON the track of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway
near here, surprised four men at work en-
gagged IN loOSeDed the rails. He informed
the police, but the would-be wreckers dis
appeared. Ihey were evidently preparing
TO shift the rails in order to wreck Bur-
lington passenger train. Great excitement
prevails over the discovery, and it is
greatly increased by the result of the Cor
0ner's investigation into the Chicago, Mil
waukee and ST. Paul wreck of yesterday,
which proved that it also was accomplished
by train -wreckers.
CHATTANOOGA (Tenn.), Oct. 22.-J. w.
jenkins, his wife and baby and Mrs. j. W.
Bowman of Walker County endeavOred to
drive across the railroad track ahead of
passenger train to-day. The wagon was
struck, and all the victims were horribly
mangled.
NO COMPROMISE