The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-10-29
A DAY OF WRECKS
Three Terrible Railroad Accidents
in One Day.
Friehtful Collision Of Union Pacific and
Rock Island Trains ut Kansas City-Col.
Msion in . kentucky Tunnel-An-
other In Alabama.
WRECK AT KANSAS CITY.


WRECK AT KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Kan, Oct GA tall
end collision, disastrous to life, limb
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 eastbound Kansas City & Cald-
we'll express Of the Rock Island ran into
the rear end of the east-bound 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. 600 worth of rolling
stock The cause of the terrible col
lision 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 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
was about twenty minutes late and had
slowed up near Fourteenth street in re-
Spouse to a torpedo signal warning tho
engineer to look out for distractions
ahead. and before a porter could be sent
back with flag the Rock Island ex-
press bore down and telescoped the
Pullman sleeping car Wathsna
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 frantlcally 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. H. 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, Neb., re-
ceived bad cut on right knee.
John Driscoll Usage, Kan, left leg
broken below the knee.
Fred Wright theatrical agent, in jured.
IN A KENTUCKY TUNNEL
CINCINNATI, Oct ga disastrous col
lision occurred at $40 yesterday morn
ing on the Cincinnati Southern railway
in q tunnel, quarter Of . mile north Of
Sloan's Valley station. The trains in
volved were eight No %, north bound.
and passenger No. 5, south bound.
When the first Cincinnati train passed
south the crew of the freight appear to
have overlooked the fact that No was
to follow, and they pulled out and
started northward. Less than quarter
of a mile away they entered a 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 follow ing, jammed into each
other in a mass. Then came the added
horror of conflagration.
Engineer John Pimlott died yesterday
afternoon. making six victims of the
tunnel coll sion 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. Doeeen, C,ncinnati; Express Mes
ooro>r p,Rco,
The injured-Engineer Pat Taylor.
Somerset, Ky. severe; Postal Clerk j.
G. Gayle. Cincinnati, severe; Baggage
master John +. Long. Newport KY,
severe; W. ID. Wheeler. New Orleans.
in charge OF q museum freak known as
''Wild Roso," both slightly injured:
Miss Ollie Getty. Dayton. Tenn, slight;
Arch Murphy. Madison County, Ind,
slight
STILL ANOTHER.
BIRMINGHAM Ala, Oct 23.-A terri
BILE collision occurred on the Kansas
City. Memphis & Birmingham road al
Ensley CITY, two, miles out at 1890
Tuesday night Two men were killed
outright and a number were wounded.
The dead and wounded were brought to
this city at a late hour.
The dead are ]. d. Franklin. drum
mer, of Nashville; John Kilian, fireman.
In addlt on to the killed twenty-six
persons were injured, a number quite
seriously.
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 va for the Georgia Pa
cific train. The sleeper for the Kansas
City train had not been attached. but
when the Georgia Pacific train arrived
the depotmaster sienalled 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 60 ahead, aud pulled out for
Memphis He arrived at Ensley City
before he discovered that he had left
the sleeper and Conductor Poppham,
and without hesitating Immediately
started back to Buckingham at forty