Huntsville gazette., 1890-06-14
DOWN AN ENHANCEMENT.

Sleeper Derailed Near EAglish. ky.-EiGht
Persons Injured.
LOUISVILLE, KY. June .. The Wag-
ner through sleeper from Louisville to
Boston. via Cincinnati over tue Louis
vile and Nashville, was wrecked near
English, KY, at 4 o'clock FRIDAY after.
noon. The town Is fifty miles out from
Louisville, and the train sent to the
wreck has just returned with the
wounded. There was no telegraph ser
vice at English.
Eight Injured.
Eight persons We're seriously wound
ed, two Of whom will probably die
They are az follows:
Col. II. c. Hodges. superintendent Of
the government stOrehOuse at Jefferson,
vile, severely brui.ed and right leg
broken.
Mrs. Hodges, wife Of the colonel, cut
and crushed about the head and
shoulders: can hardly recover
John Johnson, wealthy cotton mer-
chant, Of Memphis, cut about the head
and chest.
Mrs. John johnson, dreadfully
mangled about the shoulders; will
probably die
s,aa.t q tsne sakks$' skS$e.' SEses6s issxa1ssnf sa$
Nashville. eut about the heiyi and arms;
greatly bruised and nansied
Brent Arnold, ganera gent Loui.
vile and Nashville at Cincinnati, cut
about the head and back and severe cut
on arm.
c. r. Brent. contracting fright agent
Louisville and Nashville at Cincinnati,
scalp wounds.
G.. Beggar, brakeman, leg crushed at
the knee; amputation necessary.
Joseph Blackwell, colored porter, of
Suffolk, Va, badly bruised.
All but Arnold and Brent were
brought back to Louisville for medical
attention. solomon Epperson, Of Gin
cinnati, the only other person on the
sleeper escaped unhurt.
The train left Louisville at 2:15. The
through sleeper service is new, this be-
ing the third trip for it. the connection
being by the New York Central. and
Superintendent Epperson was making
his first trip to try the new service. The
train passed English at about fifteen
miles an hour, and was going twenty
miles an hour just beyond where it .'an
upon an embankment, which had just
been repaired and had been softened by
the rains.
The engine and one coach, which
made all the train, except the sleeper,
passed safely. hqt the track spread un-
der them. The sleeper was derailed and
The front part, in which Mr. Epperson
was, jumped on over the ties 100 feet;
The rear part rolled over four times, and
1oA loft ot tha hot
Of the bank. The passengers and crew
of the train hastened back and as rap
idly as possible cleared away the broken
beams.
Mrs Hodges and Mrs. Johnson and
| the porter were uncOns ciOus when taken
out, and all were at first too badly hurt
| to take care Of themselves. Col. Hodges.
johnson, Epperson and Beggar, on
| reaching Louisville could walk with as
sistance. The two ladies were carried
| to the Galt house and the porter WAS
taken to the city HOSPITAL. Arnoli and
Brent, though badly hurt, went on to
Cincinnati.
None Will Die.
LATERAL the passengers and train
men injured i'm the wreck on the Louis
vile and Nashville hear English. KY,
Friday, are improN ing and none Of
the wounds will prove fatal. Mrs. II.
C. Hodges. of Jeffe. 'so'vilie. Ind. and
Mrs. johnson, Of Memphis. Tenn. who
were the most seriously hurt, are pro-
nounced out Of danger.
Robbed of ~, 900.
ST. LOUIS. June "a telegram re-
ceived here from ine-La- Motto, Mo-.
states that mail carrier, while en- route
to mine near that place with u 600 in
currency, was suddenly brought to a
halt by two men who had their faces