River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-08-07
DEATH ON THE RAIL.


Accidents In Indiana. Missouri and Ken
lucky, Involving a Total Loss of Seven
Lives, and Injuries to u Number of Per.
sons.
BEDFORD, Ind, Aug. 4.-Passenger
train No. 3, that left Chicago Saturday
night in charge OF Conductor Peter Nc
Donald, and passenger train No. 8, that
left Louisville Sunday morning, col
lided seven miles north of here
at 1925, killing the engineer and
fireman on the south-bound train.
Both engines are total wreck,
and the postal-car and express
car on No. 3 telescoped the baggage-car
and parlor-car of No. 6. Fortunately
the passengers were not injured. The
following were killed: Arthur Burnes,
engineer No. 3, residence New Albany,
and George Cole his fireman, residence
New Albany. The injured are:
Bob Muir, engineer train No. 8, residence
New Albany; George Smith. his fireman, resi-
dence Lafayette; Frank Blackwell, express
messenger train No. 8; James T1ford, pos
tai clerk, residence New Albany, leg
broken, skull fractured, crushed in
breast, can not live, his father and
Monon, cut in forehead; Frank Shanks, back
hurt; Ed Muir, son OF the engineer, head and
face cut; J. +. Sudie, postal clerk on train No.
8, leg bruised; j. W. Jennings, porter parlor-
car, leg and hip crushed.
1t is one of the worst wrecks that ever
occurred here. Train No. was in
charge of Conductor John Bills, and
passed here on time, while the train
from the north was six hours late when
they struck. Conducto Mcdonald said
he and his engineer agreed to side
track at Guthrie, small station three
miles north of where the collision &C.
CURED, Cor the north-bound train. lie
then fell asleep, it is said, and did not
awa'.e until they struck. All the in
jured were brought here. John Tilford
ordered the sheriff to arrest Mcdonald,
the excitement was SO great here for a
time.
THREE MEN LOST THEIR LIVES.
QUINCY, H., Aug. 4.-The excursion
train which started from Gilmore,
eighty miles southeast of Hannibal on
the Hannibal g. St Louis Short line,
early Friday morning met with a ter
rible accident at the Hannibal Union
depot shortly before noon. The
tram comprised four coaches which
were well filled with excursionists
gathered along the route, and all were
bound for Hannibal to see the Sells
& Barrett circus. The yardmaster had
not been advised of the arrival of the
special, and just as the train was
rounding the curve at the south
end of the depot, switch-engine came
from the yards on the north at fast
rate of speed. The two trains met in the
depot with great crash. When
the engines came together the
old baggage-car folded up as if
made of cardboard, instantly kill
ing Frank Porter, J. Z. Sommers
and Harvey Lochter (colore6), of New
London, and breaking both legs of
Brakeman Robert Brother, of Hannibal
The four men were standing on the
platform of the coach next to the bag
gage-car.
STRUCK BY 4 LANDSLIDE.
OAKDALE, KY, Aug. A train on
the Cincinnati Southern while coming
around curve two miles north of here,
struck landslide and the engine and
three coaches were thrown down an en-
bankment and are now in Emery river.
Engineer Sam Moore and Fireman
Charles Lanahan were instantly killed.