Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-06-18
SIXTY KILLED.
Terrible Railway Accident In
Switzerland
NORE OF GREER COUNTY FLOODS.
Another Shocking Tenement Fire in New
YOrk-Three Lives Lost-Many Siberian
COnvIets Drowned BY the Sink
ing of Barge.

BERLIN, June ia railroad bridge
across the Moeniceen, a small attiuent
of the Rhine, at Stein in the canton OF
Basic, not far from Germany, gave
way under the weight of an excursion
train, crowded with people, who were
on their way to a musical tete.
The engine and the first car, with all
its passengers, first plunged into the
river, while the second car remained
suspended over the stream. All the
trsinmen were killed and every passen-
ger in the submerged car was drowned.
Thirteen cars were saved
The number of killed was at least
sixty, and those injured not less than
100.
The calamity has caused terrible
shock In Switzerland and South Ger
many. Rescuers hastened to the scene
and the injured were taken care of.
The musical fete at Muenchenstein
was abandoned as soon as the news OF
the accident arrived and hundreds Of
villagers hurried to the scene to assist
In rescuing the victims
The bridge was an iron structure
which was considered well built and
substantial The only apparent reason
for the collapse is that the train left the
rails and threw its entire weight on one
side of the bridge.
THE GREER COUNTY FLOODS.
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, June IA
gentleman has Just arrived here from
Greer county. The Red river and its
North fork have been out of their
banks for over a week, completely
hemming the people in and cutting off
ell communication with the outside
world. The rainfall there has been
simply terrible and the people are suf-
fering everywhere. Over half the wheat
crop has been entirely ruined and corn
and oats are nearly all killed
A cloudburst inundated the little
town of Frazer, running every mer-
chants stock of goods and COM
pelling the people to flee for
their lives Two persons were
drowned in the town and three
In the country. Along Turkey creek
sad Salt fork a dozen or more houses
were washed away. A Mr.. Phillips
and daughter-in-law foated mile on a
portion of their house and finally
washed ashore. Mrs. Phillips and little
daughter grasped the limbs of a tree
and hung there until morning when
they were rescued with a raft, the wa
ter being twenty feet deep under the
tree
The foundations of many houses were
washed away, wrecl1ing them, and the
dugouts everywhere caved in. Hun
dreds of people are living out of doors
on high land praying for the floods to
recede- The damage done in that
county alone will exceed S5OU, 900.
FATAL TENEMENT FIRE.
NEW YORK, June ia tenement
house fire in upper Third avenue result
ed in the death of three members of
one family. They were: Philip Brady,
aged 81; Catherine Brady, his wife,
aged 30; Philip Brady, Jr., their thir-
teen-year-old son. The fire was a mys-
terious one, breaking at $50 o'clock,
and caught the tenants asleep and there
were many narrow escapes. The loss
was about S12, OO0
CONvICTs DROWNED.
VIENNA. June IA barge carrying
500 convicts on the river Volga, in
Russia, the convicts being destined to
Siberia, sank near Novgorod, and many
were drowned.