River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-10-20
MANY ACCIDENTS.
a Street Car Ia Pittsburgh Runs Into a
Body of Political Paraders-Two Youths
kilied-Fatai Railway Disaster m Indi-
ana-Other Serious MIshapS

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Street Car 10 Pittsburgh Runs Into a
Body of Political Paraders-Two Youths
kilied-Fatai Railway Disaster IN Indi-
ana-other Serious Mishsps.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. Oct. IA disaster
attended by loss of life befell portion
of the republican parade at 1880 Satur-
day evening. The dead are Henry
Akel, aged Is years. and Ward Ruffner,
aged IS. Ten others were more or less
injured.
The Eleventh ward marching club,
with the American national band, 40
strong, and some other organizations,
were marching down Wylie avenue
from the hill district, en- route to the
south side where the big re-
publican parade was to take
place. When near the Town
send street crossing street ear
came down the incline with such head
way that the gripman was unable to
control it. The marching paraders
separated right and left as rapidly as
possible, but Henry Able, of Jacobus
alley, aged Is. who was carrying a
torch for the band, was knocked down
and crushed under the front trucks.
The car stopped Members of the
band and of the parading club and 9TH
ers took hold of the car and just sue
ceeded in backing it off the boys man
gled but living form when another car
crashed into the living mass of
willing helpers, ground them
up against the front car and
threw them right and left This
mishap pushed the trucks of car 81
again upon the boy Abel and instantly
killed hum. 1t also fatally injured
Ward Ruffner, member of the
Eleventh ward marching club, and. in
addition, injured seven other members.
Rutfner had both legs crushed, received
internal injuries and died at midnight.
AUBURN. Ind. Oct. IA head-end
collision occurred Saturday morning
miles east of this place on the BaltI-
more & Ohio railroad. Charles Hen
thorn, of obisco, Ind, head-end
brakeman, and John Lanning, fire.
man, of Garrett, both of the
west-bound train, were fatally in
jured. Engineer Jack Harrison, of
the west-bound train, had orders
to sidetrack at Inverness. He is said
to have forgotten his orders and had
just passed the Inverness switch when
the east-bound freight crashed into his
engine. The dense fog prevented
| either engineer from seeing the APP
preaching train until they were within
| a few rods of each other. Brakeman
! Henthorn was pinned between the en-
| CINE and tender for three hours, and it
was necessary to cut both feet off be-
/ fore he could be extricated. Fireman
Lanning's clothes caught fire and parts
! of his body were burned to a crisp.
Both men will die. Thirty cars and
both engines are total wreck. The
engines were driven into each other
with such force that two engines could
not pull them apart.
ST.. Louis, Oct. 17.-At IL o'clock
Saturday night. just after the close of
the speaking at a political rally here,
| fourteen persons were hurt, two fatal
| ly, by the explosion of skyrocket.
| Michael Batchford, candidate for the
| legislature, was struck in the right
| eye by flying missile, and Fritz Mar
quart was hit in the right temple.
skull fractured Both will die.
At the close of the meeting a fire
works display was had. The rockets
were fred from wooden chute, around
which the crowd was gathered. One
of the giant rockets exploded, hurting
stones and pieces of boarG-among the
crowd with fearful force, and the effect
noted above.
SENAcA FALLS. n. Y, Oct. 17.--After
the Gleason mills closed Saturday
night force of men was set at work
to clean out the fiume and clear the
causeway. At o'clock in the evening
the fume caved in, burying the men
who were at work. Three dead men,
George Seigfried, Michael Mansell and
Michael Conroy, have been taken out
of the pit Patrick Martin was taken
out alive, but died few minutes later.