The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-10-30
THE TUNNEL WRECK.
Dmcial List OF the Desd and wounded--
Strange scenes Of Horror.


omcial List of the Desd and woundei--
Strange scenes Of Horror.
The following is the list of fatalities
by the railroad collision In the tunnel at
Sloan's Station, on the Cincinnati South
ern road: Killed-John Welch, fireman,
Somerset, KY; w. F. Gould, fireman,
Ludlow, KY. c. Doegen, postal clerk,
Cincinnati. O.; j. Ruffner, express mes
senger, Cincinnati, o.; John Montgom-
cry, brakeman, Albany, N. Y; John
Pimlott, engineer, Detroit, Mich. In
iured-P. Taylor, engineer, Somerset,
KY, j. L. Gayle, postal clerk, Cincin-
natl, o.; John Long, baggage, master,
Newport, KY; Miss Ollie Get
tys, passenger, Dayton, Tenn;
Arch Murphy, passenger Admission,
Ind; N. ID. Wheeler, passenger, New
Orleans La; Wild Rose, passenger, in
charge of Mr.. Wheeler; Moses Simon,
passenger, Cincinnati, o. The flames
and smoke that continue to pour from the
narrow cavern form weird spectacle
that has attracted thousands OF specta-
tors. Sloan Valley tunnel will remain
the mausoleum of most of the unfortu-
mates who perished in its depth. Their
ashes, trodden in the earth, of the road
way with the dust of the lime
stones, will never be identified. One or
two of the dead were more fortunate.
All that remains of poor Ed RufTner's
body was discovered Thursday and was
taken to Cincinnati in charge of his two
brothers. The Ruffner brothers arrived
at o'clock and were taken at once to
the mouth of the tunnel, where the eff
fects had been discovered. They imme-
diately identified the revolver as their
dead brothers property, and further in-
vestigation proved that the bones were
the sole remains of the express messen-
ger A part of the jaw bone was picked up
and the charred teeth fell from 1t with
the gentle movement. Several smaller
fragments of bone there were, and one
larger piece that was pronounced part
of tho elbow joint. There were an inch
or two of the bones of both the upper
and fore arm, the fragments being at
right angles with one another, as if the
elbow had been turned. Leaving this
CHASTITY mennonite on the surface OF the
NOpAio, OuC DloJhCIo GldCcu llip oh
the earth to the spot where the hand
should have been, and digging into
the ground, they unearthed ring
which RufTner had worn in life. A
brass seal, the wooden handle of which
had been consumed in the flames, was
also found, the piece being stamp
which the messenger always carried in
his pocket. The RutTncr brothers gath
cred up the little heap of ZONES there
was, and had nota handful in all, and
placing them in a basket carried them
to Somerset, where Il pine box was pro-
cured in which TO carry them to Gin
cinnati. At Somerset the brothers were
given the metal part of the company
revolver, which always lay on tho
express messengers safe. The ex-
press safe was discovered early in
the day, and was pulled out of the tun-
nol with the aid, of the derrick car.
Route Agents King and Owons, who
went down from Cincinnati Thurs
day as Representatives of the United
$tates Express Company, opened the
safe, but found only ashes and dirt. The
receptacle was an old-fashioned affair,
and its contents in paper and other val
uaEles has been destroyed.