Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-30
A DAY OF WRECKS.
Three Terrible Railroad Accidents
in One Day.
Frfchtfui Collision OF Union Pacific and
Rock Island Trains at Kansas Cfty-Col-
lfsion In "a Kentucky Tunnel-An-
other in Alabama.
WRECK AT KANSAS CITY.

KANSAS CITY, Kan, Oct 23-A tall
end collision, disastrous to life, limb
and property occurred on the Union Pa
cific main line at T: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 east-bound 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 a twenty year lease,
and the difference in time between the
arrival of these two trains in Kansas
City is ten minutes The Union
Pacific trejn is due here at
$50 o'clock and tho 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 the
engineer to look out for distractions
ahead, and before porter could be sent
back with flag the Rock Island ex-
press bore down and telescoped the
Pullman sleeping car Wathena-
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 frantically 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: I'll
j. Fl. 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.
]. A. Lapshire,' Lincoln, Neb., re-
ceived a bad cut on right knee.
John Dfiscoll, Usage, Kan, left leg
broken below the knee.
Fred Wright, theatrical agent, in iured.
IN A KENTUCKY TUNNEL.
CINCINNATI, Oct. ga disastrous col
lision occurred at 4:40 yesterday morn
ing on the Cincinnati Southern railway
IN tunnel, a quarter of a mile north of
Sloan's Valley station. The trains in
volved were freight 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. 5 was
to follow, and they pulled out and
Stated northward. Less than quarter
of mile away thoy entered tunnel
which is one-siXth of mile long.
In the most hopeless place that train
men ever met death, the engines Of tho
two trains dashed i2to each other, and
the cars following, jammed into each
other in a mass. Then came the added
horror of confagration.
Engineer John Pimlott died yesterday
afternoon, making six victims of the
tunnel collision on the 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. Doegen, Cincinnati; Express Mes
senger Ed. 2. Ruffner, Cincinnati.
The acknowledgement Pat Taylor.
Somerset, Ky, severe; Postal Clerk j.
G. Gayle, Cincinnati, severe; Baggage
master John R. Long, Newport KY,
severe; w. d. Wheeler, New Orleans,
in charge of a 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 ga terri.
BILE collision occurred on the Kansas
City. Memphis & Birmingham road al
Ensley City, two miles out, at 1886
Tuesday night. Two men were killed
outright and number were wounded.
The dead and wounded were brought te
this city at late hour.
The dead are /. d. Franklin, drum.
mer, of Nashville; John Kilian, fireman
In addition to the killed twenty-siz
persons weee injured, number quite
seriously.
The collision occurred in this manner
The Kansas City passenger train, due
to leave at nine 2. m, was an hour late
owing to the wait for the Georgia Pa.
cific train. The sleeper for the Kansas
City train had not been attached. bit
when the Georgia Pacific train arrives
the depotm aster signalled the Kansas
City train to get out of the way. The
conductor of the Kansas City train wa:
on the sleeper. but the engineer. Johr
Russell, of the Kansas City train, un
derstood the depotmaster's sigma,
to go ahead, and pulled out 70,
Memphis. He arrived at Ensley Cit
before he discovered that he had LEFT
the sleeper and Conductor Poppbayp
and without hesitating Immediately
started back to Birmingham at forty
miles an hour. The train had not CONT
half q mile when, rounding curve, il
was crashed into by an outgoing freight
Bogus Loan Operator.
HARVARD, ILL.,, Oct 23.-Charles Arm
strong, aged seventy-seven years. 70
forty years one of Harvard's most prom
inent citizens, has proved to be de
faulter, having robbed his clients q
$25, 200. He had always borne an un
blemished reputation, but now it trans
pires that for years he has been prsc
ticing systematic frauds. He had car
ried on general collection and loaninl
business, besides being justice of tho
peace. He loaned large sums Of money
making thirteen loans for Joseph Sooth