The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
TRAIN WRECKINC.
Two More Gases of This Diaboical
Work Reported.
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN KILLED.
Disastrous Work of a Storm In Mexico
Floods in the Territory and Texas
Militamen Taken
Sick.

| SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Oct. 2.-Passen-
| ger train No. of the Frisco road,
which left Springfield at 10:09,. about
ten minutes late, ran into an open
switch at Lyman at 1920, dashing
through stock cars. Engineer Maxey
Hall and Fireman Charlie Robinson
were both instantly killed. So far as
could be ascertained none of the pas
sengers were seriously injured. One
received broken arm, and several re-
ceived slight bruises. The switch had
been opened by some party undoubted-
ly with the intent of wrecking the
| train.
Lyman is only blind siding, there
being no depot or telegraph Office there.
The three stock cars were just inside
the switch, so that the engineer and
fireman had no warning of the danger
until the crash came. The officials of
| the road state that this is no less than
the fourth attempt which has been
made to wreck trains at Lyman during
the month of September. Each time
the attempt has been discovered in
time to prevent an accident until Sat
urday night.
| RAILROAD BRIDGES DAMAGED.
WICHITA, Kan, Oct. 2.-Flooded
streams are playing havoc with the
railroads in the Indian territory and
norther Texas In addition to the big
bridge on the Panhandle at Canadian
City, which went and which will take
twelve days to repair, the Santa Fe
1
was washed out, as was also the Rock
Island bridge over the same river at
Union City. 1t will take several days
| to repair these last two bridges sutfi-
GENTLY for trains to cross. 1t is re-
ported that the bottom lands along the
Canadian have suffered great damage.
| MAIL NARROWLY ESCAPES BURNING.
DUBLIN, Oct. 2.-The express train
| from Dublin to Queenstown this morn
ing carried 600 bags of mail to be sent
on the steamship Lucania to New
York. When the train was about six
miles from Mallow, kettle of hot seal
ing wax in the mail car caught fire.
The four mail clerks in charge of the
car were unable to quench the flames,
and when the train stopped at Mallow
they jumped out with blackened faces
and singed clothes. They said they
had been almost suffocated. The fire
was extinguished by the station
officials before it reached the mail
! bags.
MORE TRAIN wRECKING.
| PALMER. Mass, Oct. An attempt
to wreck the boat train on the New
| London & Northern road last night at
a trestle about two miles south of
| Palmer, came near succeeding. Fence
rails were put upon the track but the
engine struck them in such a way that
it was not derailed. 1t now is made
known that this is the third attempt
| within month to wreck the same
train. The object is not apparent as
the train carries very little express of
value.
MEXICAN TOWN DESTROYED By A STORM.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Oct. "A special
from Queretaro, Mex, says: The town
of Jalapan, situated in the northern part
OF this state, was visited by a terrible
storm few days ago. the particulars
of which have just reached here. Scores
of houses were completely demolished
and many people killed and injured
The crops in the pathway of the storm
| were destroyed and there was much
suffering among the people.
MILITIAMEN STRICKEN DOWN.
WATERBURY, Conn.,. Oct. 2.-Seven
militiamen who were in camp at Man
tic in August are among the victims of
typhoid fever, which is quite prevalent
here