The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-31


CINCINNATI Oct % South bound
passenger train No. Don the Cincinnati
southern railroad ran into . freight train
in tunnel few miles south OF Somer-
set. Nv. One fireman and conductor
were killed outright while several Others
were fatally injured. 10 add 20 tho
horror u the situation the front car OF
the passenger train took fire and the
express messenger and postal clerk
were burned alive.
Following is list Of tho killed and
injured furnished At the general Office
Of the company in this city:
KILLED.
Postal Clerks c. L. Doegen and j. @.
Gayle. both OF Cincinnati
Firemen Walsh and Gould, OF Cincin-
natl.
Brakeman J. T. Montgomery.
INJURED.
Engineers Pinelott and Taylor.
Baggage name unknown.
Passenger. name unknown.
All OF the injured reside at Somerset.
and are being cared for by the railroad
company. None OF them are fatally
hurt
The accident was caused by the freight
engineer moving without orders. IL
side-tracked At Sloans Valley until one
south bound passenger passed and fol-
lowed il the engineer believing he
could make the next side track before
meeting the other passenger train
which was only short distance behind
/ the first one. When about midway the
tunnel there was terrible crash, fol-
lowed by the groans Of the dying and
4 injured. Both engines were totally de-
molished. in addition 10 Sc veral coaches
and freight cars To add to the horror
/ two OF the coaches caught fire and Postal
Clerks Gayle and Doegcn were
4 burned alive. The more fortunate
y passengers and crews turned their
attention to rescuing those inn
prisoned in the wreck and who were
being consumed by the flames Those
taken out were removed to neigh boring
houses. where they were attended by
physicians sent out by the company
The loss TO the railway will be S2aOO
Caused by : Trainn&n's Blunder.
BrRxrxeHAML Ala. Oct s3-A pas
senger train on the Kansas City. Mem
phis 4 Birmingham railroad pulled out
Of the depot here without conductor
or = fagman. the engineer misunder-
standing signal Five miles out the
engineer discovered his mistake, and,
backing his train without lights or a
man on the rear platform Of the car,
he ran into an outgoing freight train
killing two persons and seriously in
juring twenty others The dead are:
J. D. Franklin. travelling passenger
agent Nashville. Tenn
John Kittrain. fireman Of the freigh
train
Those dangerously injured are:
George w. Davis, She'll Mound. Tenn
I Mra w. +. Wagner and her ~
daughters. Grsenville. s Z
u + r. Rose, Lynn. Ala
IA ,. T. Owens Westneld, n. c.
Rev. II. G. Smith, Jasper, Ala
VI /. O. Franklin. drummer from Nash
, Vile; dying
J, J. A. Taylor. Magnolia Ark; hea
! mashed and eye knocked out
( w. Il. Flanagan. Memphis; slight
I hurt
DR.. Sanford. OF Hot Springs, Ark
: slightly injured.
: A. l. Hill, OF birmingham; hui
! slightly.
Hon. b NJ. Long, Of Cordova; bruise
on ankle.
NJ. ID Townlee and Walter Townle'
OF Townlec, Ala; slightly injured.
. Laser-Nore ~ the Injured
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Oct 23--Ann
= and Matte Wagner are not dangerous
. injured as At first reported. The ccnd
Z ton OF f r. Rose Is not serious. III
Y Y others injured are:
= George Baird. Nauvoo. Ill; left L
l. hurt
\. J. NJ. Rockmore. Jasper. Ala; cut I
q hand. arm broken and hurt internall
]. j. f. Mills westfield. n. G.; i
= bruised
4 r. Z. Sanders, Jasper, Ala; f.
~ mangled.
II J. W. Fennell. New Orleans. hurt
&c head and arm
re w. c. Burton. cordova, Ala; rig
hand mangled. left arm broke and
he ternally hurt
h. Miss Sallie Langdon. Galloway, AL
or bruised
Miss Ada Langdon. Galloway; "a
bruised.
Mrs. Foster. wife Of the railroad age
~ a. Sulligent: slightly hurt
r. Woman and boy, unknown. Sigh
injured.
nj One killed and Nine Injured.
be- KANSAS Cry. Mo, Oct ga 9
sth lision between passenger trains
i'm. Cured at the crossing OF the Union
cir cific and Rock Island roads west Of
a. mourdale. Cne Of the engineers y
cir killed and nine passengers injured.
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49, Rear End COLLATION..
ing New HAVEN. Conn. Oct b By
aw. rear end collision between two frciI
ate trains on the New Haven a Derby RI
the road near Round Hill. yesterday mo
viii ing. Fireman Geo. Norton was seriou
ght and perhaps fatally injured. The
nds CINE OF the rear train and several {
vrowc hadlv ~ rot.kpd