The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-05-18
CHAIN OF FATAL DISASTERS
TWO RAILROAD WRECKS,
A Sudden squall, and Mine CAVERN
Bring Death and Disaster to
Many Ho mes.
FIVE PEOPLE KILLED.

CiScISTAri, May 10. A irightful collision
occurred on the Big -Four railroad near
Cleves Sunday resulting In the death Of
regular Sunday accommodation which usu-
ally leaves Aurora for Cincinnati at $50 a.
m. started at 1880 instead owing TO q change
In the schedule. When near Cleyes the en-
gineer Of the passenger engine saw freight
train approaching but too late 10 prevent a
collision The freight crew had forgotten
about the change in the schedule, and sup
posed the track was clear. The two engines
came together with terrific crash.
The killed are: w. q. Edwards, Green's
burg, Ind; william Higgs, Lawrenceburg,
Ind; David Haywood, indianapolis; Hiram
Bruce, Greensburg Philip Gribben, Law
renceburg.
Iniured-John Schroeder, Lawrenceburg,
Ind; Holton Terrell, Lawrenceburg Ind;
c. NJ. Richie, Shelbyville; Timothy Keefe,
Lawrenceburg; Edward Bass, Chattanooga;
F. o. Connolly; William Cromar; Lille
Reading, Aurora, Ind; Mrs Moreland, North
Bend, Ind; little girl; George W. Huber,
Mismisburg o. 1t is thought there are more
dead bodies in the wreck.
ANOTHER DISASTROUS WRECK
HAGERsrowN, Mn. MAY 16.-The fast train
on the Norfo and Western Railroad, which
leaves here at l2:i0 A. NJ. was wrecked ~
miles south of here shortly after o'clock
Sunday morning by jumping the track and
dashing into three loaded freight cars stand
ing on a siding. Conductor Hays was killed
instantly and 10 passengers we're seriously
injured, two of whom will die. Several legs
aud arms were broken and one passenger
had to have q leg amputated
The injured were brought back TO Hag-
erstown. One coach and one freight cDr
were smashed to splin,ers. The accident
was due TO an open switch.
Among the injured are John Hawke, aged
10, of Lewistown, Pa, J. i. Hawke, his
father; William Eslinger. of West Fairfield,
Pa, cut about head and body badly lacera-
ted.
EIGHT MEN KILLED.
BUTTE, MoNT., May lG.-Eight men were
killed in the s00-fo It level of the Anaconda
mine this afternoon by cave-in. Their
bodies were recovered. The known killed
and William Clark. The in
jured are James Breen, Mike Gala.
han and Robert $. Works. A quantity Of
earth timbers, and estimated to he 100 feet
in length and 100 feet wide, fe'l without the
warning of a second. Those imprisoned are
as follows: William Hyland, Tim c. Muir
| ply, Quinn Leary, Jerry n. Harrington,
| Seward Stewart, Daniel Sheehan, John
| Nordstrom, John Smith, John d. Sullivan,
| Frank Agga2a, John Davis, Michael
| Laughran, James Breen, z. j. Murphy and
| Robert Works.
| THREE YOUNG MEN DROWNED
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 16-During g
| squall Sunday afternoon a rowboat on the
Delaware river containing five young men
and boys was capsized and three of the accu.
pants we're drowned. Lewis Bernerio, IS
| years old, Charles Anderson (cOlored), q
| years old; George Roalt q years old; Jo-
seph Morgan, II years old, and Lenni Setero
| hired row boat and when off Gloucester the
boat upset, throwing the occupants into the
water. Anderson, Berneiro and Roalt were
drowned the others clineing to the boat un.
til taken oil by Gloucester boatmen.