Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22
MANY ACCIDENTS,

Body of Political Pnraders-Two Youths
Kilied-Fatal Railway Disaster In Indi-
ana-Other SERIOUS Mishaps.
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 10 years, and Ward Ruffner,
aged Is. Ten others were more or less
injured.
The Eleventh ward marching club,
with the American national band 14O
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 car
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 15, 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 him. 1t also fatally injured
Ward Ruffner, member of the
Eleventh ward marching club and, in
addition, injured seven other members
Ruffner had both legs crushed, received
internal injuries and died at midnight.
AUBURN, Ind. Oct. IA head-end
collision occurred Saturday morning 8
miles east of this place on the Baltl-
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 westbound 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 ap-
preaching train until they were within
a few rods of each other. Brakeman
Henthorn was pinned between the en-
gine 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 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 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 fired from wooden chute, around
which the crowd was gathered. One
of the giant rockets exploded, hurling
stones and pieces of board among the
crowd with fearful force, and the effect
noted above.
SENACA FAILS, N. Y, Oct. 17.-After
the Gleason mills closed Saturday
night force of men was set at work
to clean out the fume and clear the
causeway. At 8 o'clock in the evening
the fiume 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.