The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-11
KILLED ON IhE RAIL.

KILLED ON IhE RAIL.
An Electric Railway Car h Cleveland
Wrecked and Many PsrAons Hart
Trains Ia Colorado Coliids-Othor Aosl.
dents ON Railways.
CLEVELAND. O., Sept. ga frightful
accident occurred at the Wilson avenue
crossing of the New York, Chicago 4
St Louis railroad in this city about 1880
o'clock Saturday night by which 1t
least dozen persons were terribly in
jured, some of them fatally, and one
killed. The crossing is on steep grade,
! down which runs an electric street.
! railroad line
At the time the accident occurred .
freight train was standing close to the
crossing on the south track. An cleo
trio motor drawing one car was ap-
preaching from the south. The safety
gates were up and the road apparently
clear. just as the motor had crossed
the railroad track locomotive running
about twenty miles an hour dashed out
from behind the freight train.
The pilot of the engine struck tho
electric train between the motor and
the trailer, tearing them apart and
hurting one to each side of the track.
! An eyewitness of the accident de-
scribes the scenes that followed as ter.
rible. He says the locomotive was rum
ming at the rate of twenty-five miles an
hour. There was no warning whistle
and the bell was not rung. The engine
| plowed right through the street-cars,
and the screams of the frightened pas
| sengers rose above the crashing
of the timbers of the cars. The
engine was stopped as quickly as pos
sible, but not until it had tumbled the
motor.car against the bank of one side
and the open trailer over the edge of an
embankment on the other.
The rescuers, who responded prompt
| ly, did noble work, several of the un-
fortunate victims being carried in the
| arms of men 100 rods to the nearest
house. The wrecked cars were bespat-
tered with blood and the hands, faces
aud clothing of the rescuers were COW
cred with the crimson fluid. Following
is list of the victims as obtained from
the various hospitals:
Minnie Mock, aged "a, crushed, died at hos.
p1tal; J. A. Moore, % years, right arm crushed
and left leg lacerated; Annie Niemann, collar
bone broken, face cut; Louisa Mock, cut on
head and arms; Edward WATSON, Kent, O.,
right foot crushed; Charles Woods, body
bruised; George somers, leg cut; George Nen,
severely bruised; Lizzie Cable, badly bruised :
Lizzie and Eliza Bragg, cut on head and
bruised; Mrs. Mooney, leg sprained; Frank
Rose, Kent, O., bruised about hip arm and
shou der; Leora Howell, Kent, O., cut about
| legs and head.
RAILWAY HORROR IN COLORADO.
CANYON CITY. COL, Sept. s.-A terri
BILE accident occurred on the Denver T.
Rio Grande road at S o'clock Saturday
morning near Florence. The train was
running in two sections The first Sec
ton had two day coaches loaded with
laborers, and had become derailed four
miles below Florence. The second
section dashed into the disabled
train with terrific force, smash
Ing the two coaches, injuring
over thirty men and killing .
number outright. The bodies of
five have been recovered and twelve are
| still missing. The wounded have been
taken to the Rio Grande Hospital at
Salida. OF the forty-seven men known
to have been in the car five were killed
| instantly and thirty-seven wounded.
Several of the injured are not expected
| to live till morning. The dead are:
H. L. Winters. Idaho Springs: Johnathan
| Falks, Pueblo; A. N. Mayer, Pueblo; James
Donovan, Pueblo; c. B. Williams, Leadville
The most seriously injured are:
James Faust, J. Porenti, Ed Brown John
Walsh, E. L. Fish, John Palmer, Ernest
Scott, Uraldo Maschutt John Delduen, Ed
Martini, Michael Burke, David Ashberry.
THIRTY PERSONS HURT.
SOUTH NoRwALK. Conn.,, Sept s.-The
| express train due here from Boston
at $50 Saturday evening ran into a Dan
bury & Norwalk railroad commuters
| train at the junction in this city.
| About thirty passengers were injured
and both trains were badly smashed,
The engineer of the express train was
| unable on account of curve to see the
other train until too late to prevent the
collision. The passengers on both
trains were badly shaken up, but only
those in the wrecked Car were injured
Names of the seriously injured:
w. G. Coates, Newark. N. j.; Aaron Lock.
wood, Sanford's Station; George B. Waterman,
Sanfo1d's Station; Charles Godfrey Sanford's
| 0VoVAOAs NAoGAAu6 NlCu6FuSOn, newark. N.
j.; Mary A. Godfrey, Sanford's Station; Emily
Martin, New York
| CRASHED THROUGH BRIDGE
CHARLOTTE, S. C.. Sept s.-The en-
CINE and thirty-six cars of a north
bound freight train on the Richmond s.
Danville railroad went through bridge
near Salisbury into the Yadkin river
Saturday. The fireman and engineer
saved themselves by jumping. Brake.
man Arlington went down on a car, but
came to the surface unhurt despite his
| fall of sixty feet The loss to the COM
pany is estimated at 500, 900, and it is
| said to be the biggest freight wreck the
road ever experienced.
AN OPEN SWITCH.
Fort GIBsoN,I. T., pt.a-Near Sum.
NIT, in the Cherokee Nation, freight
train on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railway ran upon half-open switch,
killing the engineer. The fireman and
! three tramps were burned to death in
! the wreck, and fourth tramp bruised
to badly that he has become insane.
Sixteen cars were burned.
: STILL ANOTHER COLLISION.
, LEXINGTON, Mo-, Sept ga Missouri
Pacific passenger train ran into pas.
senger car which was being run onto the
main track. There were but few pas
sengers in the car, which was nearly
totally demolished. The victims are:
William Whitsatt, of this city, killed;
Mrs Law, of this city, fatally injured;
Baby Law, killed.
BATTERED BY HAIL.
Crops Beaten Into tho Ground and Poo.
| pie Driven Into Their Cellars.
DEVILS LAKE, N. D., Sept. s.-The
worst hail-stOrm on record occurred hero
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