Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-10-20
CUT THE TRAIN UP
excursion Trains Collide Near
New Orleans.
BAD ACCIDENT AT A CROSSING
Ihe section Foreman on 4 Handcsr
Brought the News of the Collision
! to New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 14.-Engineer
Simpson of the East Louisiana road is
responsible for frightfui accident that
occurred this morning at the crossing
Of the Louisville 4 Nashville and
Northeastern roads, about two miles
from where the Louisville 4 Nashville
road leaves Elysan Fields slreet-an
accident that will in all probability re-
suit in at least one fatality, while a
score of passengers OF the Louisville &
Nashville received severe injuries.
The Louisville K Nashville "across
the lake. excursion train, consisting of
eight coaches, well filled with pleasure
seekers, large proportion being
women and children: pulled out Oh
time. AZ the train approached the
crossing of the Northeastern tracks
Engineer Hanley brought Ills train to
a stop and whistled, as the law re-
guires. He then gave the signal to go
ahead and passed across the tracks Of
the \ ortheastern.
Cut the Train in Half.
The last Louisiana train carrying eX-
South Taminany parish was booming
along its tracks and with a shriil biast
from its whistle for down brakes,
crashed into the sixth coach Of tie
Louisville & Nashville train. TIE
collision threw the crowded coach COM
pletely into the ditch, y hale the at
tackiug engine was derai]eu and buried
its nose several feet in the mud. The
passengers of tbs East Louisiana trait.
were uninj ured except from the shock
Of the COLLISION.
Not 81 with the coast excursioAis.s,
however. Just before the iron mon ster
struck the coach several passengers
saWit and d panic ensued. There was
a rush to escape from the doomed
coach. but before one of the passengers
could reach either platform the APP
proaching engine had struck and the
coach with its living freight was hurled
from the tracks into the ditch.
A Mass of Struggling Humanity.
Women and children shrlekei in
their terror, while men fought their
way b!indly for some escape from the
coach. The seats were torn up and
hurled IL every direction by the !orce
of the collision, and after the first
wild panic II at subslded there We're
heard piteo,ls n,oans rfom diUerent
quarters of the v reek telling Of painful
injuries. " ii.ihg .ands Went to work
and within short time the wounded
had been taken from tie coach and
! made as comfortable as the circun-
stances would permit. The greatest
| indignation and anger prevailed
among the witnesses OF the collision
against Engineer Simp-on, who had
ruth essly disrega;ded the law reguiE-
ing him to stop and had caused a
frightfui accident. Inquiry developed
the fact that Simpson escaped TO the
swamp.
! The section foreman on handcar
brcu 5ht the news Of the collision to
this city, and the \ Northeastern officials
dispatched Il special train to convey
the Injured to the city.
Lis: of Injured.
Robert Carey, sugar broker, left leg
| broken; r. H. Holmes. left leg and
arm broken; a. G. Whllow, left knee
pnd hip hurt; Mrs. Julia Muir, left leg
and ankle injured, severe scalp wound
andrew Lee, confusion OF neck; Mrs.
! Frank Cabambal, injured severely
about the side; Ella Sharp, confusion
of neck NJ; Mcconnell, badly bruised
| about the left side OF head and right
arm; Mr.. Lehman, severely hurt about
! the head; Mrs. \. S. tosa, badly
/ bruised; Mr.. l.. Spires, badly bruised
! a sou { + General A. 5. B.dsef, badly
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