Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-23
In A TUNNEL.
Trains Collide in a Tunnel and the Wrecksgs
Takes Fire-Horrlb'e Death of the
Entomb d People.

| CINCINNATI, OHIO, Oct. ga disas-
trous collision occurred at o. clock this
morning on the Cincinnati Southern rail-
way in the tunnel q quarter OF mile
north OF Sloan's Valley station. The
trains involved were freight No. p,
north bound, and passenger No. 5, south
bound. No. ) leaves Cincinnati at pm.
An upper passenger train leaves Cincin-
natl an hour later. Both these trains
were held at Somerset two hours
more on account of freight
wreck which occurred south of
| that place last night. When the track
was clear the foremost Cincinnati train
started out from Somerset first met aud
passed safely u north bound train. Then
! at a safe distance behind il the fated No.
started out. Freight train NO. %,
north bound was side tracked at Sloan 8
valley. When the first Cincinnati train
passed, the crew of freight appeared TO
have overlooked what was to follow and
pulled out and started northward. Less
than quarter of mile away they en-
tered at tunnel W hich Is one-sixth of a
mile long. II was in the most hopeless
place that the tralnmen met death. The
engines of the two trains dashed into
each other, and the cars following were
damned into mass within. Then came
the added horrors of conflagratIou. No
description of the scenes has yet been
made, only bare results having been
ielegraphed to the officials of the road
mere. Freight Firemeu Gould AMI
WEIGH Brakeman John L. Montgomery,
Express Messenger Edward Ruffrer aud
mail agent were killed. Engineer
Taylor of the passenger train and Pimlo!t
of the freight train we're badly burned,
and the baggagemaster was injured.
Ne passengers were killed. If any others
were injured their names have not been
ascertaned. The burning of the trains
in the tunnel render it impossible to
clear the track as readily as it could be
done in open ground. Transfers will be-
made until the tunnel can be cleared.
There were two mail agents the tram,
J. F. Gail and G. F. Coin. Which one IL
killed is not yet known.
Later-Fortunatsly the passenger train
had not entirely gone into the tunnel
when the crash came, and so the three
slrepers which did not leave the track
served as a means OF escape for the pas
senaers. These sleepers were detached
and drawn away from the burning train
two coaches were burned.
At IL O'Clock to-day heat AID smoke
prevented anything being done to clear
the tunnel.
General Manager Carroll left By this
mornings train for the scene aud will
direct whatever is necessary TO be done.
Railroad officials have heard of but one
passenger injured. His name is not
given, but he has been removed TO Som
erset. The two engineers, Taylor and
Pimlott, are now reported as not fatally
injured.
Still later adyices show that Mail Agent
Gayle is living. badly burned. Mail
Agent C. L. Dolgeu Is missing, aud is
supposed to have been burned tc death.
Both lived In this city. Dolgen leaves q
large family.
Later reports are to the effect that En-
gineer John Pimlott died this afternoon,
making the victims of the tunne! collis-
ion on the Cincinnati Southern road as
follows: John Pimiott, engineer, De-
troit; Fireman Webb, Somerset, Ky;
Fireman Golilid, Ludlow, Ky: Brake
man John E. Montgomery, Albany, N.
Y; Postal Clerk G. L. Dolgen, Cincin-
natl; Express Messenger Ed FL Rufner.
Cincinnati.
The injured are; Engineer Pat Taylor,
Somerset, KY, sevrre; Postal CLERK J -.
q. Gale, Cincinnati, severe; Baggage
master John r. Long. Newport. KY.
severe. Passengers-W. D. Wheeler.
New Orleans. in charge of museum freak
known as 'Wild Rose,'' both slightly
injured; Miss Ollie Getty Dsyton Tenn.
slight; Arch Murphy, Madison county,
Ind. slight.
The passengers all were able to walk
over the hill to the train and to resume
their journey.