The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-08-18
FATAL WRECKS.
The Past Week Furnished Two
Bad Accidents.
A Rock Island Train Goes Over Trestle
Near Lincoln, Neb.-A Dozen People
Kined-Disastrous Collision
on the Santa Fs.
bad Wreck in Nebraska.


LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 1l.-One of the
worst railroad wrecks ever recorded in
this section occurred shortly after 10
o'clock last night, when the Oklahoma
& Texas Rock Island express, cast
bound, due in Omaha at a. m, jumped
the overhead bridge over the Union
Pacific, miles south of Lincoln. Eight
people are known to be killed and sew
eral injured.
The train consisted of an engine,
tender, baggage, smoking car and
coach. The engine and combination
car went over the bridge, leaving the
coach suspended on the trestle. Two
passengers and brakeman of the end
coach were not injured. They managed
to release two others. The known
killed are: Conductor c. ID. Standard,
Engineer Ike Depew, fireman, name
unknown. Three travelling men and
two farmers, names unknown, were
also killed. The engineer and fireman
are buried under the engine. Others
are supposed to have been burned to
death. The injured are: F. G. Scott,
expressmsn; C. d. Sherrer, mail clerk;
o. s. Bell, Lincoln, travelling man.
About twelve others are injured, whose
names are not known.
In response to q telephone message
from the state prison in the vicinity OF
the wreck, q relief expedition of physi.
clans, police and fire department went
to the scene and rendered all the as
sistance possible. All the cars were
burned.
Accident on the Santa Fe.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. IA disas
trous head-end collision occurred on
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe be
tween Hurdland and Gibbs, Mo-, at 2:3(
yesterday morning between express
train No S, westbound, and express
No. 4, eastbound, resulting in two
trainmen being killed and several pas
sengers injured and the engine and
combination express and baggage car.
completely demolished. According tc
orders, the trains were to have met al
Gibbs, and it is alleged No. violated
orders.
The killed:-Engineer Humphreys o.
express No. =, Kansas City. George
Caplinger, express messenger Of No. S
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The injured:-Dan Milsbough, of Chi
cago, bsggageman of No. 4. badly
bruised and hurt iternally; may die
E. E. Derrick, of Kansas City, express
man of No. 5. cut and bruised from
head to foot; will probably die. En-
gineer Dan Daily on No., 5, of For
Madison. shoulder badly hurt. Fire
man Mark Fogarty, of Fort Madison
on No. 5, badly bruised; will recover
Fireman F. P. Skyles, on No. 4, Of Kan
sas City, slightly bruised. Brakeman
Holmes, on No. 5, of Fort Madison
hand smashed. Justin Mccarthy, 2
years Old, of Chicago, head and hant
cut. Walter N. Durbin, e3 years old
Of Milwaukee, ankle cut.
The trains met on slight curve ant
came together with terrific force. Bot
engineers applied the air brakes an
reversed their engines, which actiol
alone was the cause of saving man,
lives.
As soon as the passengers and thos
of the train crew not hurt recovere'
from the shock they proceeded to res
cue the unfortunate victims Enginee
Humphreys, of No. 4, was found at hi
post with one of his limbs cut of a
the thigh and his head almost split I
two. He died in few minutes. E,
press Messenger Caplinger was instant
ly killed.