The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-25

debris wifhcut any Intelligent effort at
clearing them. A brakeman was ordered
back with o signal-light. He was told to
60 at least 1.oO0 feet The man. when he
reached there. considered the distance too
short in which TO allow the express
for the West time 20 slow mp.
He went along further some
seven hundred feet up to where q switch
mans hut stood. There the brake
man and switchman met. IL was
Christmas eve There was bottle of
whisky In the hut. and the men went in.
They pledged their healths and pledged the
day. and oil unmindful of their charges
they fingered over the bottle. 1t was only
q minute or two at most but not more than
a mile away the train was coming with the
speed of lightning The lf-finished drink
WAS thrown down, and the brakeman rushed
frantically out, but the train seemed only
the phantom of death. so swiftly it passed
him. He halloed. but only the sound of the
rushing wind answered HIM as the train
few on.
Death was riding IN the cab.
and the brakeman and his friend.
the switchman. sat down palsid at
the inevitable disaster to which their caro-
Iessness had so largely contributed.
Seventeen Injured
ATLANTA. Ga, Dec. 2A-Vestibule train
No. IL on the East Tennessee railroad. 60
ing south, ran off the track in @ cut near
Willams station. this morning. and the
passengers had narrow escape from death.
AS it was. seventeen were injured.
but none badly. The accident was
hxy fn<a r.f
four coaches were deralled and pretty
badly smashed up. Fifty feet beyond the
cut was a deep ILL. The train was almost
on the brink of it when 1t ran of.
Charles Owens. of Atlanta. who re-
ceivtd serious internal injuries. was
the worst hurt. The others injured
were engineer Mawrey, fireman McLaugh-
lin. baggage-master Cook. express messen-
ger p. Fl. Mabric, passengers j. II. David.
Sugar Valley, Ca; j. w. Harper. Atlanta.
Ga; H. s. Doyle, Ohio; Mrs. o. F. Long.
Chicago; ID. Z. Bowman. Ohio, and Z. j.
| Roberts, Louisville, Ky.
| Christmas Eve Accident i'm England.
LONDON, Dec. pa fatal railway acc-
dent occurred to-day at Barnby. near Bee
| cles, in Suffolk. The fog which covered
England was very thick In this vicinity and
was one cause of the terrible collision. A
train from Beccles. loaded with passen-
| gers, and running at rapid rate on
| o small railway branch that connects
| with LOwertof, collided with another
| train. also carrying considerable number
| OF passengers. The two trains were badly
| shattered and fearful cries went MP from
the wreck. the injured. owing to the fog.
| not knowing the extent of the dis
/ aster and unable to see how the acci-
| dent occurred. Aid was sent from the neigh
| boring places, and the dead and injured
were dragged from the shattered carriages.
| Three hac been killed outright and sixteen
| injured. some of them likely to die. Nearly
all the passengers were going 20 their
| friends.
Collision In q Tunnel.
SING SING. n. Y, Dec. 24-The Croton
local train on the Hudson River railroad
crashed into the rear of o freight train in
the tunnel opposite the prison here.
shortly after O'clock this evening.
badly wreckinR several freight cars and
the locomotive Of the local train. The
| badly shaken up and frightened. but no
injuries beyond few slight bruises
were incurred. The train hands also
| escaped injury. The tracks were COM
pletely blocked and at q late hour had not
| yet been cleared.
Twelve Killed In . Railway Collision.
CITY OF MEXICO. Dec. pa collision
occurred to-day near Cuernavaca. OH the
| Southern railroad. resulting in the death
| of twelve persons.