The Red Cloud chief., 1890-10-31
A DAY OF WRECKS
Three Terrible Railroad AocldonfD
IN One Day.

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IN Ono Day.
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wnECK Al KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CRY. Kan. Oct ga tail
end collision. disastrous 70 life. limb
and property occurred on the Cnioa Ps-
ci1c Esin line at .:l0 o'clock yesterday
morning just Inside Of tho western city
limits Of Kansas City. Kan, and shout
four blocks csst Of Oakland avenue
The eastrbound Kansas City 4 Cald.
we'll express Of the Rock Island ran into
the rcar end Of the east-boupd 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
Gun and OF several passengers. and the
destruction Of $50. 900 worth Of rolling
stock. The cause OF the terri. Bile col.
lision was tho dense fog that prevailed
in the carly morning hours OF yester-
day. causing both trains 70 be late. The
Rock Island Company uses the Union
Pacific TRACKS between this c ~ end To
peka, by virtue o! . twenty year lease.
and the difference In time between the
arrival OF these two trains in Kansas
City is ten minutea Tho Union
Pacific train 10 duo here u
$50 o'clock and tho Rock Island
1t seven. Union Pacific train No. 204
was about twenty minutes late and had
slowed up near Fourteenth street in re-
sponse to . torpedo signal warning the
engineer to look out for obstruct,o ns
ahead. and before . porter could be sent
back with . dag tho Rock Island ex.
press bore down and t~e!escoped the
Pullman sleeping car Wathena
Immediately after the wreck the scene
was one OF wild confusion. Sleepy pas
scngers having been suddenly thrOwH
from their positions and landed with.
out reference to personal comfort or
safety, rushed franticaily out Of both
trains to see what was the matter.
Tho fog was intense and an object
could not be distinguished ten feet
ahead. The injured are:
j. II. Grayson. conductor Pullman
car. Wathena, left ankle sprained and
severe bruises about the body AMI head.
Edward Jackson, colored. Edwards
Vile. Kan. both legs broken below tho
knees Since died
j. A. Lapshire. Lincoln. Ncb., re-
ceived a bad cut on right knee.
John Driscoll. Usage, Kan, left leg
broken below the knee.
Fred Wright, theatrical agent, In ured.
IN A KENTUCKY TUNNEL.
CINCINNATI, Oct ga disastrous col.
lision occurred at 4:49 yesterday morn
ing on tho Cincinnati Southern railway
IN tunnel, q quarter Of . mile north Of
Sloan's Valley station. Tho trains In
volved were freight No 81. northbound.
and passenger No. 5. southbound.
When the first Cincinnati train passed
south the crew Of tho freight appear to
have overlooked the fact that No. 5 was
to follow. and they pulled out and
started northward. Less than aquarter
Of q mile away they entered . tunnel
which Is one-sixth Of q mile long.
In tho most hopeless place that train
men ever met death, the engines Of tho
two trains dashed into each other. and
the cars following, iammcd into each
other in o mass Then came tho added
horror Of conflagration.
Engineer John Pimlott died yesterday
afternoon. making six victims OF the
tunnel collision on tho Cincinnati
Southern road as follows: John PIN
lott engineer, Detroit, Mich; Fireman
Welsh. Somerset Ky: Fireman Gould.
Ludlow, Ky; brakeman John E. Mont
gomery, Albany. n. Y: Postal Clerk C.
l. Doegcn, Cincinnati; Express Mes
senger Ed. r. Rulner. Cincinnati
The injured-Engineer Pat Taylor.
Somerset, KY. severe; Postal Clerk J.
G. Gayle. Cincinnati. severe; baggage
master John Il Long. Newport Ky.
severe; w. d. Wheeler. New Orleans.
in charge Of a museum freak known rs
''wiid Hoso." both slightly injured;
Miss Ollie Getty. Dayton, Tenn. slight;
Arch Murphy. Madison County, Ind.
slight
STILL ANOTHER.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Oct :3.-A terri
BILE collision occurred on tho Kansas
City. Memphis & Birmingham road at
Ensley City. two miles out at 1880
Tuesday night Two men were killed
outright and q number were wounded.
The dead and wounded were brought to
this city at . late hour.
Tho dead arc ]. H. Franklin. drum
mer, Of Nashville; John Kilian, fireman.
In addition to the killed twenty-six
persons were injured, q number quite
seriously.
The collision occurred in this manner:
Tho Kansas City passenger train. due
to leave At nine pm, was an hour late
owing to the wait for the Georgis Pa
cifc train. Tho sleeper for the Kansas
City train had not been attached. but
when the Georgia Pacific train arrived
the ~depotmaster signalled tho Kansas
City train to get out of tho way. Tho
conductor OF the Kansas City train was
on the sleeper. but the engineer. John
Russell, Of the Kansas City train. nm.
derstood tho depotmastef's signal
to 60 ahead. and 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 Birmingham at forty
miles an hour. The train had not gone
half q mile whom, rounding . curve. it
was crashed into BY an outgoing freight
Boeus Loan Operates.
HARVARD. Ill, Oct. 23.-Charles Arm
strong. aged sevcnty-seven years. for
forty years one Of Harvard's most prom.
inent citizens has proved to be . de-
f~aulter. having robbed his clients q
2 5000 He had always borne IN UNI
blem;shed reputation. but noN IL trans
ptres that for years no has been prac-
sicing systematic frauds He had car.
fied on . general collection and loauinR
business besides being . justice OF tho
peace. He loaned large sums Of mouey,
making thirteen loans for Joseph Sooth.
I'LL ranging from eco to 81. 600 each.
Investigation showed that all his recent
alleged ioa nS we're boGuA