Telegram-herald., 1890-08-05
A FATAL NAP.
& Sleepy Conductor Causes a Dis
astrous Railway oOllisioa.
T~o Men Killed and Nine in3ared
Near Bedford Ind. - Fse Lines
Lost ia Other Wrecks.


BErFoBp. Ind Aug z-PasseuVer
traln 30. s. that leit CAicago Saturday
night Ia charge 81 Conductor Peter Mc-
Donald, and passengeF lrain No q. that
left Louisville Sunday morning, coliia-
el seven miles nortA 81 here st iH.2a,
killing the engineer and fireman GA TIE
soufh-bound train. Nine trainmen were
hurt Both engines are total wreck,
and the postai-oar and express
car GA No. telesoopoa the Aagg&ge-oar
and parlor-car 81 No q Fortunately
the passengers we're not injured The
following were KILLED: Arthur Burnes.
engineer No. 8, residence New Albany,
and George Cole. his fireman. residence
New Albany. Tie inJlrea are
Aoa Nuir eurineer traiu ho. a residence
NeN Albany Oaoret euaIl his rreMaa resl.
deuce Lafayette frans Blackwell express
messenger tral Ac. 8 54mes 41'iord pas
tel clrrk residence AeW hih4nN ieg
broken skQl ir4ctufed fraahed 60
breast can Ioi Ave lls lailer aac
moIAsl live an Bedford, =. = Ltlf az tle
Maneu Gus in forehead Frank saaart nack
Aur, "a No. scl of tae easgineer hsaa au1
ia2e out, > D. Sooio postal c.srE on lr..l No.
8 leg brufsse, :. IS 3eaIinEs porter psliCf-
ca leF and h.p crushed.
IL is one of the worst wrecks thatove
occurred here Train Ao 6 WAS In
charge 81 Conductor John Bile. and
passed here oa time, whlle The train
FROM tie north was six hours late when
they struck. Conductor Mcdonald SID
he and his engineer agreed 10 SIDE
track 81 Guthrie. q small station three
miles north of where tie collision oc-
eurrcd for the nor.h-bound train lie
then fell asleep IL is said. snd 6id not
awake uutil they struck. Al the in-
jured were brought here. John Illf0ra
ordered the sheriff 20 arrest Mcdonald,
the excitement WAS SO great here for
time
THREE MEX LOST TE-TIR Lrvrs
QUINCY. H., Aug. 4-The excursion
train which started from Gilmore.
eighty miles southeast of Hannibal. On
the Hannibal & st Louis Short line.
early Friday morning met with a ter
rible accident az the Hannibal Union
depot shortly before noon. The
train mprised four coaches which
were well filled with excursi0nists
gathered along the route, and al were
toAnu lpi lAaL Llhal 10 tft tue frtttr
g. Barrett circus. The ysrcmsster bad
not been advised Of the arrival o. the
special. and Just as the train was
rounding the curve at the south
end Of the depot, a switch-engine came
from the yards on the north a. fast
rate OF speed. The two trains met in the
depot with great crash. When
the engines came together The
old baggage-car folded up as II
made OF card board, instantly kill
ing Frank Porter, ]. L. Sommers
and Harvey Lochter lcolore6). of New
London, and breaking both legs 81
Brakeman Robert Brother. q Hannibal
The four men were standing on the
platform OF the coach next 10 the bag
gage-car.
STRUCK By A LANDSLIDE.
OkKDALE, Ky. Aug. "A train on
the Cincinnati Southern while coming
around a curve two miles north Of here.
struck landslide aud the engine and
thr.e coaches were thrown down an en-
bankment and arc now in Emery river.
Engineer Sam Moore and Fireman
Charles Lsnahan were instantly killed