The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-17
BAD HEAD-END COLLISION
An Engineer Forgets His Orders and
Wrecks Two Heavily-Loaded Trains.
Sky Rocket ExplOdes at Political Rally.
Wonnding Fourteen Persons. of Whom Two
Will Die-Cars Behead Brakeman.
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AUBURN, Ind, Oct. 16-A terrible head
emu collision between :wo freight trains
occurred on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
three miles east of Auburn. at 5 o'clock
this morning. Two persons. Charles Hen
thorn. head.end brakeman, of Otisco. Ind,
and Jack Lanning, fireman. of Garrett,
were both fatally injured.
The west. bound freight, in charge of con.
ductor John Rockefeller, engineer John
Harrison and fireman Jack Lanning. had
orders at st. Joe to side track at Inverness
for an east-bound freight train. in charge
of conductor Lewis Grimm. engineer Vol
Moughler and fireman John Sedick. En-
gineer Harrison forgot his orders. and just
as he passed the Inverness switch he ran
into the east-bound engine. The dense
fog prevented either engineer from seelng
the approaching train till they were within
few rods of each other. The entire crew
of the east-bound train escaped without
injury by jumping, but fireman Lanning.
of the other engine, was so badly burned
that he will die. Bxakepan Henthorn's
feet and left arm were pinned be-
tween the engine and tender in such O
manner that both legs haoto be cut Oft to
get him out. He can hardly live. He was
held in that terrible position over three
hours Michael Laverty. second head
brakeman, as well as engineer Harrison.
was seriously hurt Ab0ut thirty cars and
both engines were badly wrecked. The
tender OF tho east bound train was piled
on top of the engine. and four or five cars
were banked immediately in the rear. 1t
required twelve hours to clear the wreck.
The engines were so completely telescoped
1t was Impossible for two engines to pull
L. 49,
be any where from Sis, 900 to SO, 600. There
was carload of powder In one train and
one Of dynamite In the other but both es-
capped destruction. More than q thousan d
people visited the wreck to-day.
Two Miners Killed.
1RoNwooD, Mich, Oct. 16. August
Damelson and Alexander Bosin, miners
employed at No. shaft of the East Norrice
mine. were killed by On explosion of giant
powder. The body of one of the men was
men were sitting on box smoking, and
that spark from pipe fell into the box,
igniting the powder. The bodies of the ten
men buried In the cave-in of No. / shaft
Sept. IL have oil been taken out, with the
exception of Sundquist. the search for
which continues night and day.
Fourteen Injured at q Political Rally.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 16.-At IL o'clock last
night, just after the close of the speaking
at q political rally here. fourteen persons
were hurt. two fatally. by the explosion Of
q sky-rocket during a fireworks display.
The injured are Michael Ratchford. candi-
date for tho Legislature, struck in the right
eye by a flying missile and fatally hurt;
Fritz Vanguard, hit in right temple, skull
fractured. will die; Henry KOening. severe
Rleman. injured in breast and internally.
Ten others were more or less severely hurt.
Eighteen Persons Drowned.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 16.-The Honduran
schooner Stranger capsized III the Gulf of
Mexico Oct. 10. She had thirteen passen-
gers including seven women and three chill
dren. also q crew of five men. including the
captain. all of whom. with the exception of
bound from Ba)ize via Ruatan for Blue
Fields. registered thIrty-two tons: was but
O year old and owned In Ruatan. The men
rescued are Thomas ConnOr and Charles
Scott.
Terrific Explosion of Giant Powder.
LEADvILLE, Col, Oct. 16.-A terrific ex.
plosion occurred here shortly before 8
o'clock last night. demolishIng two build
ings and shaking and breaking windows for
number of blocks around. One boy was
seriously injured and quite q number Of
people were thrown violently to the ground.
The explosion was caused by the accidental
igniting OF from forty TO fifty tons of giant
powder on Capitol hill.
Two Boys Killed by Car.
DEs MONIES, Ia, Oct. 17.-This after
noon two boys, aged nine and twenty,
soma of j. Fl. Mcnamara. of this city, were
run over by an electric motor and instant
" killed. The youngest was decapitafed
and the other shockingly mutilated. The
older boy was strnck while trying TO save
the younger.
Dcheaded by the Cars
ST. JOSEPH, No.. Oct. 16.-Frank McLain.
O Burlington brakeman. on Saturday night
fell between the cars. and his head was
cut of. John Mulyihill, o Maple-lcai
brakeman. also fell between the cars Sat-
urday morning and was killed.
Obituary.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Oct. 16-Capt J. p.
Druillard. u prominent citizen and capital
ist. died suddenly to-day, after a brief Ill
meas. He was ffty-fhree years of aye. and
had lived in Nashville since tho war. being
native of Cincinnati. He was o member
of General Rosecrans's staff while hs COM
manded the Army of the Cumberland. Al
one time he was prominent iron mastel
in this city.