The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-23
A CRASH IN A TUNNEL.
FIVE TRAIN MIN KILLED AND
OTHERS INJURED.

The Men on rrolsne ROr2OI THAT a
Passenger was Coming and Ran
Aheed-Fire Broke Out in the Wreck
Difficulty in Clearing the Track.
CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 22.-A disastrous
collision occurred at 5 AS O'Clock this morn
inc on the Cincinnati Southern railway in
q tunnel quarter Of a mile north Of Sloan's
Valley Station. The trains involved were
traieht No. 22 north-bound and passenger
M < south-bound. No. 5 leaves Cincin-
natl at o'clock at night. Another passen-
cor train leaves Cincinnati an hour earlier.
Both of these were held at Somerset, KY,
two hours or more on account
of a freight wreck which occurred
south of that place last night When the
track was cleared the foremost Cincinnati
train started out from Somerset first, and
met and passed safely the north-bound
train. Then at safe distance behind it the
i'll fated No. started out Freight train
No. %. north-bound, was side-tracked at
Sloan's Falls.
FATAL FOEGETFULNEss.
When the first Cincinnati train passed
south the crew of the freight appeared to
have overlooked the fact that No. s was to
follow, and they pulled out and started
northward. Less than quarter of mile
away they entered the tunnel, which is one
sixth of mile long. The engines of the
two trains dashed into each other, and the
cars following jammed into each other IN
mass. Then came the added horrors of
Confagration.
THE CASUALTIES.
Firemen Gould and Welch. Brakeman
John E. Montgomery, Express Messenger
Edward Ruffner and mail agent were
killed.
Engineer TAYLOR Of the passenger train and
Pinlotte of the freight train were badly
burned.
A baggage master was also injur ed.
No passengers were killed.
The fact that the crash occurred in a
tunnel renders it impossible to clear the
track as readily as it could be done on open
ground, the smoke and heat preventing
men from entering.
Transfers will be made until the tunnel
can be cleared.
There were two mail agents on the train,
J. L. Gale and c. r. Doegan. Which one Of
them is killed is not yet known.
Ed. RufPner, a messenger of the United
States Express Company, who was killed,
was a married man living at Bondhill, near
this city.
CAUSE OF THE COLLISION.
The initial cause of the collision was
wreck which occurred last night at Elihu
station, twomiles below Somerset. A mix ed
train was stopping to leave car and had
not yet got into motion when a freight came
up in the rear and struck the rear car, caus-
ing serious wreck Young Mr. Payne, a
commercial traveller for the firm Of Pier
son Il Clark of Lexington, KY, had both
legs crushed and has since died.
The delay to the passenger trains
BY the wreck caused the mis-
take of the engineer and conductor
Of freight train No. %, by which the tunnel
collision occurred.
THREE SLEEPERS SAVED.
Fortunately the passenger train had not
entirely gone into the tunnel when the crash
came and 50 three sleepers which did not
leave the track served as a means of escape
for the passengers The sleepers were de-
tached and drawn away from the burning
train, but the baggage car, mail
car and two coaches were burned.
at IL o'clock this morning the
neat and smoke prevented anything
being done to clear the tunnel. General
manager Carr left by this mornings train
Tor the scene. and will personally direct
Whatever is necessary to be DONE The rail
road officials have heard Of hut ona nessan-
ger injured. His name is not given but he
mas been removed to Somerset The two
engineers, Taylor and Pimlotte. are now
reported as not fatally injured.
FATE OF THE MAIL AGENTS.
CINCINNATI, Oct. %, 9 P. M.-Later adj
vices show that Mail Agent Gayle is living.
but badly burned. Mail Agent G. Z,
Doegen Is missing, and is supposed to have
been burned to death. Both lived in this
city. Agent Doegen leaves a large family
SIX DEAD.
CINCINNATI, O., Oct. %, 10 P. M.-Enpi-
neer John Pimlotte died this afternoon
making six victims of the tunnel collision
as follows: '
Mich. @-0' "a Oe'foiO,
FIREMAN WELSH of Somerset, KY
FIREMAN GOULD Of Ludlow. Ky.
Albany, N Y. "a
cinnati. "a Sin-
~ EXPRESS MESSENGER E P. RUFFNEa of
THE INJURED,
Inc injured trainmen are:
Severe. oiSeS' n.y.,
matt, severe. - 0'noin-
BAGGAGE MASTER John R. LONG of New
Port, KY, severe.
Inc injured passengers are:
"a. u. WHEELER of New Orleans. in
s.W1I rye OF the museum freak known as the
WNid N,!d hose" both slightly injured.
Mlss OLILE GETTIE of Dayton, Tenn
nNGH MURPHY of Madison county, Indi-
~ me passengers all were able to walk over
3ourney. Gnu W Ae'o"'0 sAeir
STORIES OF EYE WITNESSES.
G;lLNcINNATI, Oct. %, IL 80 P. M.-The first
an on the Cincinnati, New Orleans and
esAa Ads faclhc road that brought eve wit
H. al She scene of the train collision of
f. morning in the tunnel arrived here
cti,,o ~ o'clock tonight. 1t brought two
M srlls nome mangled, but still alive.
aoyo y were >. T. Gayle. the postal clerk, and
20 Long, baggage master, both OF
IA; 5seseenger train. The best story of the
9 aehV and attendant scenes is told by J.
katas eTrler, messenger of the United
e 'Is +sd; Express Company, who came in on
ror train which arrived Tonight. Mr..
~ s story is that the freight wreck
g. HISnt at Elihu, two miles south of Som
ny, Kept back the south-bound pas
eralns Nos. and for over two houls
somerset, and caused north-bounu
ent raln No. % to make a long wait at