Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-06


the most serious injured being Mrs.
Atkinson. of Trenton. N. Y. who was
badly injured about the back: Miss
Garakan of Brooklyn, head badly cut;
Trainman Saulspangh, back wrenched.
The others have backs and limbs
wrenched but none of the cases are
fatal.
The Obstructious
A lot of old rails placed crosswise on
the track in front of the train caused
the disaster. Six coaches were turned
bottom-side up ON the bottom of a lif-
teen foot embankmHlt and thee were
twisted and wrerchcd beyond repair
The Offices Of the road, physicians and
a United Press reporter left on n
special train at 2:30 Il. III. for the scene
Of the wreck. OF the eight sleepers
complising the train but two were left
on the track. The others were either
on tie elnl Gnlment or lying across the
rails.
Traffic was suspended for about
twelve hours.
The train was in charge of Conductor
Hudson. who was in the first sleeper
when the crash came. lie felt himself
hurled through the air. He and Train
man Saulsplugh crawled throu gh
window, and after procuring light re-
leased Mrs Atkinson, who was the only
passenger in the car. The woman was
borne to the rear and placed i'll sleep
ing compartment Of zone of the rear
cars.
All of the passengers were taken out
through windows of the partly wrecded
cars and assisted to the rear, where they
were made cImfor able.
Among the sixty passengers were n
number of New Workers. nearly half OF
whom were women. Nearly all were
asleep in their berth5, and knew moth
ing until they felt themselves dashed
from their hunks and opened their eyes
to find themselves lying across other
passengers,
lmproyised hunks in the relief train
were mace for the injured by three AL
bany physicians, and their wants were
tenderiy administered to. Fortunately
none of the cars took fire or the loss of
life would have been great. Most OF
the passengers got off at Albany AMI re-
mained at the hotels awhile to callect
their scattered senses, All were able to
proceed on their journey except Mrs
Atkinson. who was taken to the city
hospital on stretcher,
MIR. Max Lcclere, correspondent for a
Paris journal. who was on the train,
told a United Press reporter that every
one behaved nobly on the train, and
each tried to assist the other. MI.
Leclere says the crash was trcmcn-
dous. and he believed his last hour had
come.
Superintenden5 Bissell will institute a
rigorous investigation, to ascertain, II
possible, who placed the obstruction on
the track.
The destruction Of the train must
have been decided upon in hurry, for
the wrecked train was but twenty-five
minutes behind the first section, and
that came through all right. The loss
in money to the company will foot up
into the thousands.
Engineer Didn't See 1t.
The statement of the engineer Is to the
effect that he was running at high speed
as he was late. The first intimation he
had of an obstruction on the track was
the complete tulni lg over of his engine
with n terrific era h. For a while he
was stunned, but he soon recovered and
he and the fireman started back to warn
| the express. due in twelve minutes
| They succeeded in signaling it and thei
returned to their own train. The froni
of the engine and the small trucks Were
badly smashed.
Two Tracks Bloeiaded.
Examination shows that not only wa
! the obstruction placed on the up-trlck
| but the down-track was also blockaded
! Two PASSENGERS started for Albany, aus
as soon as they arrived the wrecllinl
| train was sent on. Superintendent BIS
sell said in the morning; at is the great
est miracle Of the age that everybody ol
| the train was not killed"
| Another Attempted Wreck
Another attempt was made to wrccl
a passenger train Friday morning. III
train from the west due here at OIL
came slowly creeping down through tn
| gap west of Albany. when the englnce
| saw an obstruction on the tracks. Uh
train was stopped. and it was foun'
| that ties had been thrOwn oil the track
by some miscreant. They were removed
and the train proceeded to this city.
ON THE DELAWARE AND HUDSON
Collision Brtween Passenger an
| Freight Three Men Killed.
PLATrsBUEG, N. Y, Sept. 6.-Passer
ger train No. -. ON the Delaware an
Hudson railroad. due here at ';Oj o'cloe
Friday, was run into by IA freight trai
at Howard's between Port Henry an
Westport at G:30 Friday morning Th
Adirondack was thirty minutes late, AZ
the extra freight was sent out on til
passenger trains time. 1t Is very proi
able that the passenger train made n
some of the lost time and did not glt
the extra freight time to reach Howard
siding. Passengers We're transferred.
Freight Train Wrecked aud Burn"d.
DESIsoy, Tex, Sept G.-The soutl
bound freight train Of the Nilsson
Kansas and Texas road was ditche
at Checotah. |. r.. Thursday afte
noon, aud Engineer Doud and Fir
man Ebbeson killed. The engines
was buried under the debris Of sixtee
cars. After the wreck the train too
fire and was destroyed. The dead q