Telegram-herald., 1890-09-09
A DAY OF TERROR.
Persons Killed and Manned an
Many Railways.
C-sasioos AZ Cleveland. o. FForenoa
Col. South Nor~alk. Conn, ana
"a Other Places.

.-tS4i SS-AS % tAcA t4tal4Y, 2nl one
killed The crossing Is On steep grade.
doNn which runs al elect tric street.
railroad llae.
AT the time tie accident occurred
freight train was standing close 70 the
crossing Or the south track. an cleo
tFio motor drawing one car MAS APP
preaching from the south The safety
gates we're up and the road apparently
clear JUST as the motor hsd crossed
the railroad track locomotive running
about twenty miles an hour dashed out
from behind the freight train.
The pilot Of the engine struck the
electric train between the motor and
the trailer. tearing them apart and
hurting one 70 each side Of the track.
Al least score OF persons were on the
trailer and they were tumbled about in
all directions, some being thrown a
dozen feet away and others pinned un-
der the Car, which was demolished
An eyewitness Of the accident de-
scribes the scenes that followed as ter
rible. lie says the locomotive was rum
ming at the rate Of Twenty-Five miles an
hour. There was no warning whistle
and the bell was not rung. The engine
plowed right through the street-cars,
and the screams of the frightened pas
sengers rose above the crashing
of the timbers of the cars The
engine was stopped as quickly as pos
sible, but not until il had tumbled the
motor-car against the bank of one side
and the open trailer over the edge Of an
embankment on the other.
The rescuers, who responded prompt
ly. did noble work, several of the un-
fortunate victims being carried in the
arms of men 100 rods 70 the nearest
house. The wrecked cars were bespat-
tered with blood and the hands, faces
and clothing OF tee rescuers were COW
cred with the crimson fluid. Following
is list of the victims as obtained from
the various hospitals:
Minnie Mock, aged "a, crushed, died al hos
pital; J. A. Moore, 20 years. right arm crushed
and left leg laceTated; Annie Niemann. coliar
bone broken face cut; Louisa Mock, cut on
head and arms; Edward Watson. Kent, O..
right foot crusSed; Charles Woods, body
bruised; George Somers. leg cut; George Neh.
severely bruised; Lizzie Cable. badly bruised;
Lizzie and Eliza Bragg. cut on head and
bruised; Mrs. Mooney, leg spraineG; Frank
Rose, Kent, O., bruised about hip. arm and
shoulder; Leora Howell, Kent, o., cut about
legs and head
RAILWAY HORROR IN COLORADO.
CANYON CITY, Col, Sept S.-A terri
bic accident occurred on the Denver e.
Rio Grande road at 5 o'clock Saturday
morning near Florence. The train was
running in two sections. The first sec
tion had two day coaches loaded with
laborers. and had become derailed four
miles below Florence. The second
section dashed into the disabled
train with terrific force, smash
ing the two coaches, injuring
over thirty men and killing
number outright. The bodies of
five have been recovered and twelve are
still missing The wounded have been
taken TO the Rio Grande Hospital az
Salida. OF the forty-seven men known
to have been in the car FIVE were killed
instantly and thirty wounded.
Several of the injured are not expected
TO live till morning. The dead are:
h H L. Winters Idaho Springs; Johnathan
Ealks. Pueblo; a. y. Mayer. Pueblo; James
Donovan, Pueblo; C. B. Williams. Leadvillc.
The most seriously injured are:
James Faust. J. Porerti. Ia Brown. John
Walsh, r. l.. Fish. John Palmer. Ernest
Scott Uraldo Maschuit. John Delduen, Ed
Martini. Michael Burke. David Ashberry.
The others were badly bruised. The
responsibility for the accident has not
yet been determined, but an investiga-
tion will be made at once The loss TO
the railroad companies is about $780,
00O The bodies OF the dead have been
forwarded to Pueblo, where they will
be buried.
THIRTY PERSONS HURT.
South NoEwALK. Coln., Sept s.-The
express train due here from Boston
at 500 Saturday evening ran into Dan
bury & Norwalk railroad commuters
train az the junction in this city
About thirty passengers we're injured
and both trains we're badly smashed,
The engineer of the express train was
unable on account Of a curve to see the
other train until too late 10 prevent tho
collision. The passengers on both
trains were badly shaken Up, but only
those in the wrecked car we're in niured
/ Names Of the seriously injured:
" c. Coates. Newark. y j. Aaron Lock
wood sanf0ris = alton, George =. Waterman.
ssDford's station. Charles Godfrey. saa:ords
station. Matilda r Richardson Newark. y.
j.: May A. Godfrey. Saaior5's station. Emily
Martin. New York
CRASHED TBBoUeH A BRIDGE.
CHARLOTTE. S. g.. Sept s.-The en-
CINE and thisty-six cars OF rorth-
bound freight tssin en- the Richmond &
Danville railroad went through a bridge
near salisbury into the Yadkin river
E Saturday. The fireman aad engineer
I saved themselves by jumping. Brake
nan Arlington went down on car. but
came 70 the surface unhurt despite his
fsll II sixty feet The loss 70 the com
/ pany is estimated ~ 500 600. and IL is
said 20 be the biggest freight wreck the
+ road ever experienced.
AZ oPFv SWITCH
FoRT GIBsoN.L T.. Sept.6. - Near sun
+ nit. ia the Cherokee Nation. a freight
train on tie Missouri. Kansas & TEXAS
railway ran upon a hslf-open switch.
+ killing the engineer TIE fireman and
+ three trsmps we're barne8 70 death in
the wreck. and foartb tramp bruised
~ ha5lr that be has become insane.
sixteen cars we're Burned
sr1IE AvoIHFs COLLISION.
Trxfxerox. We Sent s-A Mfssou-i
pacfse passer-er train raa into pas
SINGER caf ss.ch wss belngrsn onto the
rain track. There were taf few rss-
Senvers in tke ca-. which vzs nearIv r
totally 6emc5shs5 Tie victims are
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