Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
RAILWAY HORRORS.
Many Lives Lost in Various Por-
tons Of the Country.
An Electric Car Crushed at Cleveland
Collisions on the Denver 4 Rio Grande,
Danbury s NorwaIk. Danviile s.
Richmond and Other Roads.
PASSENGERS CRUSHED.


CLEVELAND. O., Sept. S.-A frightful
accident occurred at the Wilson avenue
crossing of the New York, Chicago 81
St. Louis railroad in this city about T:S0
o'clock Saturday night BY which at
least dozen persons were terribly in
jured, some of them fatally. and one
killed. The crossing is on steep grade,
down which runs an electric street
railroad line.
At the time the accident occurred
freight train was standing close to the
crossing on the south track. An cleo
trio motor drawing one car was APP
preaching from the south. The safety
gates were up and the road apparently
clear Just as the motor had 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 to each side of the track.
At least a score of persons we're 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.
The rescuers, who responded prompt
ly, did noble work, several of the un-
fortunate victims being carried in the
arms of men 100 rods to the nearest
house. The wrecked cars were bespat-
tered with blood and the hands, faces
and clothing of the rescuers We're COW
cred with the crimson fluid. Following
is list of the victims as obtained from
the various hospitals:
Minnie Mock aged a. crushed, died at hos
pital j. A. Moore, o. years, right arm crushed
and left leg lacerated Annie Niemann, collar
hone broken, face cut; Louisa Mock, cut on
head and arms; Edward Watson, Kent, o.,
right foot crushed; Charles Woods, body
bruised; George Somers, leg cut; George Men,
severely bruised; Lizzie Cable, badly bruised
Lizzie and Eliza Bragg, cut on head and
bruised; Mrs. Mooney leg sprained; 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
BILE accident occurred on the Denver &
Rio Grande road at 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 a
number outright. The bodies of
five have been recovered and twelve are
still missing. The wounded have been
taken to the Rio Grande Hospital at
Salida. OF the forty-seven men known
to have been in the car five were killed
instantly and thirty-seven wounded.
Several of the injured are not expected
to live till morning The dead are:
H. L. Winters, Idaho Springs; Jonathan
Falks, Pueblo; A. n. Mayer, Pueblo; James
Donovan, Pueblo; c. B. Williams, Leadville.
The most seriously injured are:
james Faust, J. Porenti, Ed Brown John
Walsh, f, L. Fish, John Palmer Ernest
Scott, Uraldo Maschutt, John Delduen, Ed
Martini, Michael Burke, David Ashberry.
THIRTY PERSONS HURT.
SOUTH NoRwALK, Conn, Sept s.-The
express train due here from Boston
at $50 Saturday evening ran into Dan
bury 81 Norwalk railroad commuters
train at the jungioa in this city.
About thirty passengers were injured
and both trains were badly smashed,
The engineer of the express train was
unable on account of curve to see the
other train until too late to prevent the
collision. The passengers on both
trains were badly shaken up, but only
those in the wrecked car were injured.
Names of the seriously injured:
w. c. Coates, Newark, n j.; Aaron Lock.
wood, Sanford's Station; George B. Waterman,
| Sanfords Station Charles Godfrey, Sanford's
Station; Matilda E. Richardson, Newark. N.
j.; Mary A Godfrey, Sanford's Station; Emily
Martin, New York.
AN OPEN SWITCH.
| FORT GIBsoN,I. T., Sept.s. Near Sum-
nit, in the Cherokee Nation, freight
train on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railway ran upon half-open switch,
killing the engineer The fireman and
! three tramps were burned to death in
the wreck, and fourth tramp bruised
to badly that he has become insane.
Sixteen cars were burned.
STILL ANOTHER COLLISION.
LEXINGTON, Mo, Sept s.-A Missouri
Pacific passenger train ran into q. pas
senger car which was being run onto the
main track. There were but few pas
sengers in the car, which was nearly
totally demolished The victims are
William Whitsatt, of this city, killed.
Mrs. Law, of this city, fatally injured;
Baby Law, killed.
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