Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-23
THREE BIG WRECKS
DISASTROUS COLLISION IN A TUNNEL ON THE
CINCINNATI SOUTHERN.
SIX Persons Meet Terrible Death-Ths Wreck
Takes Rrs-0ther Disasters on The Rail at
Birmingham and Kansas City-A
Number Killed and Injured.

CINCINNATI, October 22.-A diSas-
trouS collision occurred at 4:4O o'clock
this morning on the Cincinnati Southern
railway in actunnel a quarter Of mile
north Of Soan'S Valley station. The
trains involved were freight No. %,
north bound, and passenger No. >, south
bound. No. . leaves Cincinnati at ; p.
m. Another passenger train leaves Gin
cinnati an hour later. Both of these
trains were held at Somerset, Ky, two
hours or more on account of freight
wreck, which occurred south of that
place last night. When the track was
clear the foremost Cincinnati train
started out from Somerset first and met
and passed safely a north bound train.
Then al a safe distance behind the fated
No. started out. Freight train No. 22,
nOrthbound, was Side-tracked at Sloan'S
Valley. When the first Cincinnati train
passed south, the crew of the freight
appears 10 have overlooked the fact that
No. was to follow, and they pulled out
and started nOrthward. Less than a
quarter OF a mile away they entered a
tunnel which is One-Sixth of mile long.
In the most hopeless place that train
men ever meet death the en-
gineS of the two trains dashed into each
other and the cars following jammed
into each other in mass. Then came
the added horror of cOnilagraton. No
description OF the scenes has yet been
made, only the bare results having been
telegraphed to the officers Of the road
here. These are that tiremen Gould and
Welch: Brakemen John +. Montgom-
cry, express messenger, Edward Buff
Ter, agent, were killed. Engineer Tay-
lor, of the passenger train and a. Plm-
lott. OF the freight. were badly injured.
The baggage master was badly injured.
No passengers were killed. The initial
cause OF the collision was Il wreck which
occurred last night at Elihu Station,
two miles below Somerset. \ mixed
train was stopping TO leave car, and
had not yet got into motion, when a
freight came up in rear and struck the
rear ear causing 4 serious wreck. Young
Mr. Payne, n commercial traveller, had
both legs crushed and has since died.
The delay to the passenger trains by
this wreck caused the mistake OF the
engineer and conductor OF the freight
train No. % by which the tunnel coils
ion occurred. Fortunately the passenger
train had not entirely gone into the tun-
mel when the crash came, and so the
three SleeperS, which aid not leave the
track. served as a means OF escape for
the passengers. These SleeperS We're
detached and drawn away from the
| burning train, but the baggage, mail
| car and two coaches were burned. AT
| II o'clock to-day the heat and smoke
prevented anything being done to clear
/ the tunnel. General Manager Carroll
/ left by this mornings train for the
scene, and will personally direct
whatever is necessary TO be done. The
railroad officials have heard of but one
passenger injured. The two engineers,
/ TAYLOR and Pimlott, are now reported
as not fatally injured. Later adviceS
show that Mail Agent Gayle is living,
but badly burned. Mail Agent Doagen
is missing, and is supposed TO have been
burned TO death. Both lived in this
city.
Engineer John Pimlott died this af-
ternoOn. making six victims OF the tun-
mel collision on the Cincinnati Southern
road as follows:
John Pimlott, engineer, Detroit, Mich.
Fireman Welsh, Somerset, Ky.
Fireman Gould, Ludlow, Ky.
Brakeman John Z. Montgomery, Al
bany, y. y.
Postal Clerk c L. Doegan, Cincinnati.
Express Messenger Ed. =. Butfner,
Cincinnati.
The injured are: Engineer Pat Tay
Tor, Somerset, Ky, severe.
Postal Clerk J. e.. Gayle, Cincinnati,
severe.
Baggagemaster John p. Long, New
port. severe.
\ few passengers were slightly in
/ jured, but We're able to resume their
journey.