Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-23
EAST OF THR ROCKIES.
Terrible Results Of shrea Railroad
accidents.
EXPRESS RATES TO BE INCREASED
Thorne and Shinn, the Escaped
COnyicts, on Their Way
to California.
ispec1AL DIsrArCH@ TO THE REcoRD-uSUos.l
EAST OF TEE ROCKIES.
isrsuAL DBrArcHns TO THE aEooRD-uNos.l
CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.
Each Attended With Serious Injuries and
Loss of Life.

Loss of Life.
BIRMINGHAM october 22d.-A passenger train
on the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham
Railroad, which left here at O'Clock last night
west bound, went out leaving sleeper and con-
ductor IL the station. Discovering that fact
when six miles out of town, the engineer bega
backing into Birmingham. At Thomas fur-
mace, three miles out from the city, the backing
train met an outgoing freight.
There was terrible collision and several pas
sengers III the rear coach were killed and q
number were wounded.
The killed are F. d. Franklin, a drummer oil
Louisville; John Killian, fireman. The wounded
are George W. Davis, Mrs. W. F. Wagner aud
two daughters E. P. Rose, George Beard, J. Z.
Owens, J. NJ. RockmOre. J. E. Mills, r. E.
Sanderson, J. Y iynnell, J. A. Taylor, W. W.
Flannigau, W. C. Burton, J. NJ. Beard, Kew. G. S.
Smith, DR.. Sanford, O. l.. Hill, Hon. B NJ. Long,
NJ. S. Townley, Walter Townley, Miss Sallie
Langdon, Miss Ida Langdon, T. NJ. Langdon,
William Williams and Mrs. Foster. OF this
number three or four are likely to die. The
others are not dangerously hurt.
WRECK on THE CINCINNATI SOUTHERN.
CINCINNATI, October 22d "A disastrous col
lision occurred at $40 O'Clock this morning on
the Cincinnati Southern Railway, in tunnel a
quarter of mile north of SlOan's Valley eta
ton, between a freight aud passenger train.
The latter left Cincinnati at O'Clock last night,
and another passenger train left Cincinnati an
hour earlier Both these were held at Somerset,
KY, two hours or more on account OF freight
wreck south of that place last night.
When the track was clear the foremost Gin
cnnati train started out from somerset first. and
met and passed safely north bound freight.
Then the other passenger train started out.
When the first Cincinnati train passed out the
crew CT the freight train appeared to overlook
the fact that another train was to follow, and
they pulled out and started northward. Less
than quarter of a mile away they entered the
tunnel which is oDe-sixth OF mile long. In
the most holeless place the traipmen meet their
desth. The engines of the TWO trains dashed
into each other, and the cars followed.
Firemen Gould and Welch, brakeman John E.
Montgomery express messenger Edward kutf-
ner and the mail agent were killed. Enginet
Taylor of the passenger train and Z mlott of the
was also injured. No passengers were killed.
Young Paine, a commercial traveller had both
of his legs crushed and soon died.
The delay to the passenger trains by another
wreck caused the mistake of the engineer and
that of the freight train. Fortunately the pas
senger train had not entirely gone into the tun-
nel when the crash came, and so three seepers
which did not leave the track served as means
of escape for the passengers. All of the train
except the three sleepers was burned.
Engineer John PIN OFT died this afternoon,
making six victims of the tunnel collision, as
follows: John Pilmott. engineer; fireman Welsh,
of Somerset, KY; fireman Gould OF Ludlow,
KY; brakeman John E. Montgomery, of Albany,
n Y. postal clerk e. L. DoeRen, of Cincinnati;
express messenger Ed. p. Ruffner, of Cincinnati;
The injured are: Engineer Pat Taylor, OF Som
y
Cincinnati, severe; baggagemaster John 4.
Long, of Newport, Ky, severe. Passengers
W. D. Wheeler, New Orleans, La; Miss Ollie
Getty DAYTON, Tenn; Arch Murphy Madison
county, Ind The injuries sustained by the
three last named are slight:
From the story of railroad men who arrived
here 10 night, it appears that the wreck was due
to the careessness of the crew of freight train
p. This train was instructed to wait at Sloan's
Valley until passenger trains and had
passed. The wait was long one, and all OF the
crew of the freight train went TO sleep En-
gineer PimlOtt wakened just after No. passed,
and assuming it was No. 5, and that the road
was clear aroused the crew and the train went
on. The approach to both ends OF the tunnel is
sharply curved, and within 100 feet OF the
mouth of it .he trains met Only sleeper and
one coach on the passenger train were saved,
the train hands and passengers pushing them
back up the track.
The flames started few minutes after the
collision, and the wooden lining of the tunnel
is still burning tonight.
brave man, whose name is not learned,
hearing the cries OF George Long in the baggage
car, seized an ak cut a hole In the car and res
cued Long. In the express compartment OF the
car was E. p. Ruffner, United States Express
Messenger. The unknown man here worked
hard to cut way for Ruffner to escape, al
though the flames were darting all about him
The effort was futile, and Ruffner finally shouted
from his prison to the man to go away and save
himself-to say goodbye to his family, and tell
them his would be rescuer did all man could do
to save his life.
The unknown hero staggered out of the tun-
mel with his hair and clothing bndly scorched
and fell )wn in q faint. None of the men in
the excitement thought of learning his name,
but it is believed he is a railroad man.
Others of the trainmen had wonderful es-
capes 1t is miraculous that any of the passen-
gers escaped without injury.
COLLISION IN A FOG.
KANSAS CITY, October f2d.-A serious tail
end wreck occurred this morning on the Union
49,
seriously injured and the engineer fatally hurt.
on the Eastbound freight train which leaves the
depot before the Union Pacific passenger train.
There was delay near the scene of an acci-
dent, and there was a very heavy fog, torpedoes
were placed on the track TO warn the following
train.
The passenger engineer, warned by the torpe-
does, stopped his train, and before the fiagmsn
could be sent back to warn the Eastbound Rock
Island train following it crashed into the Pull
man sleeper of the Union Pacific. The Rock
Island engine was completely wrecked and the
engineer buried under the debris. The fire
man jumped. but received severe bruises. The
damage is estimated at $4,000.
The following persons were injured Pat
Cullen, the engineer. who will die; John Gun,
the fireman, fractured jaw and internal injuries:
Edward Jackson (colored), both legs broken
]. II. Grayson. the Pullman car conductor,
ankle sprained and bruised; J. +. Kinney OF
Chicago. bruised about the back: j.
Sapschire of Lincoln. Neb, knee badly cut
J. Averie of Springfield, H., Special Agent OF
the Census Bureau, back sprained and bruised.
The iDjurt d passengers were taken TO hospital
TWO KILLED.
CHATTANOOGA Tenn J, october 22d.-This
morning near Chickamauga train ran into g
two-horse wagon containing a woman, man and
child. The man and child were killed and the
woman fatally injured.
ALL WE'RE KILLED.
CHATTANOOGA (Tenn.), October 22d.-J. W
jenkins, his wife and baby, and Mrs. j. w
Bowman, of Walker county, endeavored to
drive across the railroad track ahead OF pas
senger to day. The wagon was struck, and al
the victims were horribly mangled.