New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26
FOUR MORE RAILWAY WRECKS.
COLLISIONS on THE READING AND WESTERN
RoAD-A SANTA FEE EXPRESS THROWN


INTO DITCH.
Topeka, Kan. Oct. 23.-Thc Santa Fe wcstbound
Denver vestibue express train No. ., which lel'
Topeka at 10 p. IN. yesterday, is in the dltch 'cH
miles south OF Topeka near Waukesa Station Close
to Waukesa is a great curve, and it was there thai
the wreck occurred. The train was running al hs,
rate Of speed. The is so sharp and the speeu
so great that, although the engine and tender passeu
around safely, the express mail and baggage cars
and three Pullman veStbule cars left the track. Inc
mail car turned bottom up lying diagOnaly upon the
main track while the express and baggage cars topped
over on the other side. The two day coaches simply
turned crosswise on the track, While the chhr ca'
sleeper and tourists fell over on their Sides com
peting almost a total wreck of the train. relief
train with surgeons and wrcCking apparatus left this
CITY Immediately after the OF the accident be-
came known The train returned at . p m, ana tllc
railroad officials had the injured conveyed TO the
National Hotel, where they were cared for
No one was killed The injured are: W. r.
Jones' mail agent. from Kansas City, injured internally
Harry stone mail agent. Kansas City, bruises and
Commissions about the head; Mrs. Ellen Stone, New
York City, hurt about the head F. L. Turiey express
messenger Kansas City, seriously injured III INC spine
T. j. johnson. Kar>a, City. Lagsaeenastcr legs
spraned; Hank" Lindsey. Topeka side crushed Jaw
injured Matte O'CoEnc Chicago head and back in
1ured Mrs. Beasce, Tellusidc. Col. badly bruised :
E. NJ Beaslee bruised Mrs. George Tnrlcy. Fresno,
CAL back cut; Mrs. J. NJ. c. Farand Terrall Hill,
Ohio head cut; S. sylvester. Mellon, Cal, Knee
spraincd: c. F. Pennington. Lisbon. ILL.,. collar bone
dslocatcd: j. j. Buckley. rakcman, back hurt; Fila
beth Babbit, Oakland, Cal. arm injured: Mrs W. j.
Mcclure Kansas City di>locatct; Mrs. !. F.
White Oakland. CAL slightly bruised; F. a. Fair, Al
buouerquc y. NJ; George +. Reppy, Denver; SCION f.
Rose Albuquerque; Carl T. HankinS. Aspen. COL
and }. A. Golfer, Colorado Springs Slightly injured
Reading Penn, oct. 25.-Thc Reading Railroad eX-
nress train which left here at 80 O'Clock this morn
inc ran into loaded coal cars which were standing
nm the track at Warwick Siding, half mile from Potte
town. James Iellor, the engineer, when he saw tia'
the crash was inevitable, reversed his engine ana put
IN the air brakes. The coal cars were wrecked, ana
the locomotive fell It's sdc while the tender tcie
scopcd the smokngcar The escape of the passengers
from death remarkable. Joseph Markowtz' VINO
vas IN one Of the coal cars was killed. John MATHS
uho was also on coal car had MS Skull lractuieu'
and may not recover. Engineer lcllor had Ills lee
hro.cn Thomas Welsh, the fireman. was scalded
Dovid Rofsnydcr of Lebanon, was badly cut. Thomas
I,rmcs nj Reading had his leg crushed. The pas
sencees were all considerably shaken up. Some have
surained wrists ankles. but all were aoc 10 take care
M themselves, and, with the unn)ureh' "alNeu u
pottstowo and took other trains for their destinations
oxtord Ohio oct. ga terrible collision OF two
,ocbt trains occurred about O'Clock last night In
cnt and curve on the Cincinnati. Hamilton ana indian
1o,io Railway about two miles east OF here BOti
tr,,ps were loaded with merchandise ana were gong
al r, speed. The train from Hamilton haa t"o looo
motives one in 'front.' the other behind as pu'her
The two trains had about thirty-hve cars ana eacn
tin had a full crew. The collision maze a terrific
crash. threw the locomotives across the track and
,umh,ed the freight cars with their contents. in con
;nsed mass of spintered klndins-wood. ready 10 n,
oa the flames that had already started Inc oei1'ii
ment was complete. and every man OF tme rre d there
two trains was intprei me y sp4 from ire ic property
that might otherwise have been saved Inc iG @cl
une c,Iv Estimated ut $4,000, and IT may DC muol
EeseT OF the injured John Mathew ,n es were
S S o W..sner John Mcneil, Charles M0nahan. ueois
Moz1ee F. Carney and John n n the pueher escaped
mon. The engineer ai'o Hi' "
unlmrt- . 81 y, VITA. rres,dent C. C. Harvey
~ tha emeen and Crescent says that on the mUr n
Of the tunnel accident at sioans 1aey eaaHnaters in
sims 70 warn the outgoing trains from
thst transfer would have to be maze at u'e "a "a
w bisnes the crew Of freight train No ano rro s
n. sifomcy OF the road has been instructed 10 f'
ssnte them for mansanghter ,,,.,o, +oo,, place or
rnntrs, New England and Western Railroad Its
nistt. between frAght trains BraK csnssd and
nsn was killed Roth engines were wrocAeo ~4i'
fnso0", weigh, cars burned. The loss Is heavy