The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1893-05-06
THE WORK OF A FIENO.
An Engine Demolished and Two
Cars Derailed Within Three
Miles of the City on the L.
g. N. Railroad.
NO SERIOUS INJURY TO ANY.
ONE.

The west bound Chesapeake &
Ohio train, due here at 1886 o'clock on
Tuesday evening, was derailed at
Polecat cut three miles east of the
city under such suspicious circum-
stances as to justify the belief that
it was not the work of novices in the
railroad business.
The train consisted of baggage
car, a combination and day coach and
a Pullman sleeper. 1t was nearly
three quarters of an hour late
and was coming down the grade at a
lively rate of speed when the engi-
neer, Pope McKenna, Of Louisville,
one Of the best men in the railroads
employ, who kept his usual sharp
look out, saw at a sudden turn in
the road ahead an obstruction upon
the track. He quickly reversed the
lever and with the fireman, Red
Griffin, also of Louisville, jumped
to the ground, but it was too late
however to avert the damage for the
engine struck the obstruction,
jumped the rails and fell over against
the side of the deep cut. The bag
gage car and combination coach fol-
lowed and piled up against the en-
CINE but the day coach and sleeper
were not derailed. The excitement
among the passengers was indescrib-
able, the ladies screaming and the
gentlemen making frantic efforts to
raise windows to effect their escape.
In a few moments though it was all
over and the passengers standing in
safety on the ground. The engineer
broke one bone of his ankle and was
bruised about the head and the fire.
man was also badly bruised, but
aside from these and bruise of his
right side and arm that Mr.. AL.
Smith, of Louisville, passenger
well known in this city, and who was
on his way here to visit his relatives,
sustained by being thrown forward
and then backward against the cor
ner of a seat while in the act of pull
ing the bell cord, no others, as far as
could be learned, received any injury
whatever. Investigation showed
that a large piece of timber had
been put upon the track by some
persons who evidently had evil de-
signs either against the company or
the passengers, but what they meant
to realize, unless revenge for some
fancied injuries, could not be discov-
cred. 1t was known there were
of passengers from this city
on board the train returning from
the Lexington races, including Col.
L. p. Tarlton, Messrs. Frank Halo
ran, Will Grayot, Philip Carpenter
and Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Proctor,
and the news of the occurrence when
first received here occasioned great
alarm. Before, however, anything
definite could be learned or assist
ance rendered, the pas sengers, who
were obliged to trudge their way in
to the city on foot, arrived to calm
the anxious fears of inquiring rela-
lives and friends.
The special on which the members
ofthe Legislature were returning from
their excursion to Lexington that day
and which it was at first supposed in
this city was the wrecked train, was
following the O. & o. at such close
distance that it was necessary for the
conductor and brakesmen to hasten
back and place torpedoes on the
rack for the special to stop. A part
If the members walked to the city
,ut a number waited and were re-
yarded by switch engine and coach