Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-10-30
A DAY oF WRECKS
FrirhffaI Collision Of Uaien Paeinc ana
Rock Island Trains at Kansas Cify-col-
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WEECE AT KANSAS CITY
Kansas CRY, Kan, Oct s2-A tail
end collision. disastrous to life. linh
and property occurred on the Union Pa
cifc main line at z-lo o'clock yesterday
morning just inside OF the western city
limits CT Kansas CITY. Kan. and about
four blocks east Of Oakland avenue
The east-bound Kansas City & cald-
we'll express Of the Rock Island ran into
the rear end Of the east-bound Denver
express on the Union Pacific The col.
lision involves the loss Of the life oi
Engineer Patrick Cullen. Of the Rock
Island; the injury Of Fireman John
Cal and Of several pas sscngers. and the
destruction Of SO. 900 wortE Of rolling
stock The cause. of the terrible col
1ision was the dense fog that prevailed
in the early morning hours Of yestsr-
day, CAUSING both trains 70 be late The
Rock Island Company uses the Union
Pacific tracks between this city and To
peka, BY virtue Of q twenty year lease.
and the difference in time between the
arrival Of these two trains in Kansas
City is ten minutes The Union
Pacific train is due here n
$50 o'clock and the Rock Island
al seven Union Pacific train No 2oz
was about twenty minutes late and had
slowed Up near Fourteenth street in re-
sponse to . torpedo signal warning the
engineer to look out for obstrs ctions
ahead. and before porter could De sent
back with \ Tag the Rock Island ex-
press bore down and tslesc0ped the
Pullman sleeping car Wathena
Immedsaksly aftes the wreck the scene
was one Of Wild confusion Sleepy pas
se1gers having been suddenly thrown
from their positions and landsd with.
out referencs to personal comfort or
safety, rushed frzntically out Of botk
trains 70 see xhzt was the matter
The fog was intense and an object
could not be distinguished ten feet
ahead The injured are:
J. H. Grsyson. conductor Pullman
car. Wathena. left ankle spr1lnsd and
severe bruises about the body and head
Edward jackson. colored. Edwards
vile. Kan. both legs broken below the
knees since died
]. A Lapshire. Lincoln. Neb., re-
ceired bad cut on righ. knee
John Driscoll Usage. Kan, left leg
broken below the knee
Fred Wright. theatrical agent in ;ursd.
N KENTUCKY TUSSEL-
CINCINNATI, Oct "A disastrous col
nsion occurred at 4:s0 yesterday Morn
ing on the Cincinnati Southern railway
IN = tunnel. = quarter Of mile north Of
Sloan's Valley station The trains in
volred were freight No %, north bound.
and passenger No S. southbound-
When the frstcincinnati tram passed
south the crew Of the freight appear to
have overlooked the fact that No was
to follow, and they pulled out and
started northEard Less than aquarter
of mile away they entered tunnel
which is one-sixth OF mile long.
In the most hopeless place that train
men ever met death. the engines OF the
two trains dashed into each other. ane
the car following. janmed into each
other IN a mass Then came the added
horror Of conhsgration.
Engineer John Piml0tf died yesterday
affernoon. making six victims Of the
tunnel collision On the Cincinnati
Snnthnrn road as follows; John PIN
lott engineer. Detroit I, Mich; Fireman
Welsh. Somerset ny; Fireman Gould.
Ludlow. KY; Brakeman John E Mont
gonery, Albany. n Y; Postal Clerk C
1. DoeEen. Cincinnati; Express Mes
senger Ed P RuGner. Cincinnati
The injured-Engineer Pat Tsyicr.
Somerset KY. severe; Postal Clerk J.
G. Gayle Cincinnati. severe: Baggage
master John r Long. Newport KY,
severe; W. D Wheeler. New Orleans.
in charge Of = museum freak known as
SWRd Roso- both slightly injured;
Miss OLLIE Getty. Dayton. Tenn. slight
Area Murphy. Madison County. Ind.
slight