The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-12-29
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Trains Collide On Y arious Roads
n with the Usual Result,
Seventeen Hurt on Texas Railroad
Fatalities in Indiana and
Pennsylvania.

RC1SobS were lHJu-cO Ii tAC Soiii>AOlA
near Waxahachie. Tex, Tuesday
night. The victims are: w. r. Car
son, Wallis, Tex. seriously hurt: E. B.
Harold, Fort Worth. Tex, head
cut; Miss Kate Burroughs, Waxa-
hachie Tex, head slightly bruised;
Taylor, head gashed; Engineer
Mays. legs injured; Mrs. w. H.
Rogers. Holland. Tex, arm and
shoulder Injured: Walter Elmer,
train boy, arm and hip bruised;
Connally, Waxahachie, Tex,
slightly injured; Mrs. Enos. Waxa-
hachie, Tex. hurt internally, probably
fatally; r. l.. Dallson, Pulaski. Tenn,
nurt about head; j. T. Edling. Omaha,
side, arm and head bruised; T.
j. Hester, Corsicana, Tex, broken
rib and bruised head: George Clark,
Sardis, Tex, hip and head hurt; Lee
Vance and wife, Mexia. Tex, both
badly bruised: William Cia2.!Sson, Gle
bnrne, Tex, head cut: VI. V. Sharp,
right side Of face and right thigh
bruised; j. Il. Manson, Ennis, brake
man, head and breast seriously in-
jured,
Rear Fad Collision.
The trains were both heavily loaded
witt, passengers, and it seems miracu-
lous that more were not mi uret. 1t
is thought two Of the passengers will
die. The engine Of the katy ran into
the rear coach Of the Houston &,
Texas Central, striking it about
midway, tearing the seats up and
scattering the coach fixtures about
promiscuously. An instant later the
car caught fire from an overturned
stove and threatened to add an addi-
tional danger to the wreck. Fortu
nateiy the DANES were quickly sub
dued by means Of hose from the
Texas Central engine.
Care for the Injured.
cued from the wreck after half an
hours hard work. They were con-
veyed to houses in the vicinity, where
they received medical attendance. A
wrecising train soon cleared the track
and traffic WAS resumed at midnight.
Several Of the injured passengers
were able to continue their journey,
but the majority Of them will be COM
PEELED to remain here for several days.
The accident was caused by the al
lagcd failure of the airbrakes on the
Missouri Kansas g. Texas train, which
was in charge of Conductor Little field
and Engineer Mays.
Wreck in Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 90 Beyond
FL. l.
were hurt in the wreck last night on
the louisville & Nashville passenger
train near BRENTWOOD Engineer
shugart and Fireman Petit, who
were scalded, and Postal Clerk
Starr, who had ~ rib broken,
are resting well and will
be out in a few days. Wrecking cars
We're brought to the scene from De-
catur and Nashville. and to-day the
debris was cleared away and the
track repaired. The Louisville &
Nashville lost altogether mail coach
and baggage car and two coal cars
which caused the wreck,
freight Trains Collide.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Dec. 26. - Two
freight trains collided at 3 o'clock
Monday morning on the Big Four
road about miles southeast of here
The two engines were demolished and
the track was INSTRUCTED ali day. En-
gineer Elijah Campbell was killed,
being buried under the wreck of his
engine. An unknown tramp who was
stealing ride was also killed. Several
were injured.
Disaster in Pennsylvania.
ALTOONA, Pa, Dec. 26.-The first
section Of the fast Philadelphia ex-
press on the Pennsylvania railroad
crashed into the rear end of an AL
toona wreclSing crew at the lower end
Of the railroad yard, 2 miles east of
this city Monday night The wreck
was caused by the telegraph operator
leaving the two trains on the same
block He, thinking that the ex-
press train was running very
late wanted to get the working train
started as early as possible to clear the
tracks at Spruce creek. where a big
freight wreck occurred early in the
evening. No person on the passenger
train was injured. The express train
was running IS miles an hour when
ii struck the wrecSing train, which
had just pulled from the siding
on to the southbound track. The pas
senger engine fairly telescoped the
cabin car. which demolished the tool
car. One man, James Dunn, of this
city, aged IS years and married, who
was sitting on berth seat of the
cabin, was struck by the passenger en-
CINE and Instantly killed. Fully eight
others are. badly but not fatally in
jured. The injured men all reside in
this city.
smashes q Wagon Load OF Men.
GREEN BAY, Wis, Dec. 26. "A bus
containing eighteen young men was
struck Tuesday night by q Milwaukee
& Northern ps ssenger train at Mason
street bridge, severely injuring four
OF them and bruising the others quite
badly. The two horses attached to the
bus were killed.
Entertain Poor children. I'd 54z
LOWELL, Mass, Dec. 49, - In pur-
suance Of their, general custom, Gov.