Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-10-29
A.TuNNEL 4 COLLISION:
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT
CRASH TOGETHER.

9evct1a Knnwn i to NRve Hsen Kiilrd ard
tho Two I:nginccrs both Badly bruised
C0aEsaErasicn Adds TO tho Horror
wrseks Elss~hcrs.
CINcISxATf, Oct. ga collision occurred
this morning at 4:4o on the Cincinnats
Southern railway Ia tunnel a quarter OF q
mile torth Of sloans Valley station between
frcix3It and passenger trains. The engines
OF tb6 two trains dashed into each other IL
the tHnneL which Is sixth of miIc long,
aud the cars following jam;ncd !n.a each
otherssn mass. Then cameihe
Adsttd Horror or . Contissra.son.
No description Of tho scenes has yet been
nadss nniy the bare results have been tele-
grailht 10 thc officials OF the road hero.
Tad etbat Eircmca Gould aud Wclch,
sErS s.s John Montgomery. Exbress
ssaols III lnutfuGf Hnti sfsafi agent were
Killed. There we're two mail agents on tho
train. J. r. Gayle and C. +. Deegan. Which
OF them Is killed Is not yet known. The
engineers OF both trains
Wera badly Burned
And the 5agsagemaster was also injured.
No passengers rere killed. and Il any were
injured taolf names have not yet Geen as
certnined. The burning OF the trains IN
the tunnel renders 1, impossible to clear TIC
track as readily as II could have been done
on open ground. the smoke and heat pre.
venting the meh frcm, entering.
The cause of the accident was wrcck
which occurred last night at Elihu station,
two miles below Somerset. Tho delay 10
passenger trains BY this wreck caused a
mistake OF tho engineer and conductor oil
the freight train, by which the tunnel COL
llsion occurred. Fortunately the passenger
train had not entirely gone into the tunnel
whcn the crash came, and so three sIeepcrs,
which did not leave the track. ecrvcd as
A Means Of Escape
for the passengers. These sleepers we're de-
,ached and drawn away from the burning
train, but the baggage and mall cars and
two coaches burned. At ii O'Clock heat a nd
smoke prevented anything being done Il
clear The tunnel. The railroad officials
have heard OF but one passenger injured
The two engineers. Taylor and Pimloy, are
reported not fatally injured.
Z Fatal Collision In Alabama.
BfIMlNGHAM, Ala, Oct. GA passenger
train on the Kansas City. Memphis s. Birm-
ingham railroad, which left hcre last night
west bound. went out leaving tho sleeper
and conductor at the station. They dis.
covered that fact when about six miles ou1
of town, and the engineer began backins
into Birmingham. At Thomas furnace
three miles out OF the city. the backin:
train met au outgoing freight and there
was terrible collision. Four or five pas
sensers. whose names could not pc obtained
were killed and sixteen others injured
One Of tho injured, J. O. franklin, a drum
mer from Nashville, viii d.e.
Taii-Ena CoIlision In Missouri.
KANSAS Cry. Oct, 22.-A serious tail-ent
wreck occurred this morning on the Unior
Pacific railroad between Rock lslant
freight and Union Pacific passenger train
a mile and a half west OF Armourdale,
suburb OF this city, In which nine person
were seriously injured tho engineer Of th
Rock Island train fatally. The engineer
name was Pat Cullen. Among the injured
were: J, A. Lapschtek. OF Lincoln, Neb.
right knee badly cut and c. J. Averie. o
Spring field, H., special agent Of the censu
bureau, back sprained and bruised,