Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-06-08
FOUR WE'RE KILLED,
Engine of y Buriiugtou Repair rfuirp
PIunRes Into n washout


PlunRes Into n wsBhout.
OMAHA Neb., June A special
from McCook, Neb., says that about o
o'clock Sunday night wbile searching
for washouts between Edison and OK
ford the engine of the repair train
ptcuged into washout about miles
east of Edison and of the fivemen on the
engine four were killed. The dead=
B. v. Haley, roadmaster; Frank JEFF
fries, engineer; c. G, Rowell, flremanj
Samuel Mundy, conductor. Frank
Harries, private secretary to SUI
perintendent Campbell, of the Bur-
lington, miraculously escaped with
slight injuries. ALI but Mundy
were married men whose fam
nies reside in McCoolS, where the dead
men were brought Monday morning.
This is the most disastrous accident to
life that has ever occurred in this di-
vision, and is one of the results of the
breaking of the Curtis lake dam.
DENvER, Col, June 4.-Heavy rains
throughout eastern Colorado and rapid
melting of snow in the mountains are
making the creeks and rivers boom
and causing much uneasiness among
railway managers. So far the Rock
Island has been the greatest sufferer.
Four hundred feet of track west of
Limon, Col, was washed away by an
overflow of the Big Sandy, and be-
tween Colorado Springs and Limon
Junction traffic is suspended. bridge
was also reported washed away on
the Kansas Pacific branch of the Union
Pacific, near Oakley, 30 miles east of
L.. =.
alarming extent, causing suspension
of work on the placer mines. The
crops throughout eastern Colorado have
been considerably damaged by cloud.
bursts and hail. The Platte river is out
of its banks in places and people living
on the low lands in this city have pre-
pared to flee from their homes. The
Arkansas river has risen feet at
Pueblo, but no damage has resulted.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 4.-Reports
received from points in southern and
western Kansas show that those por-
tions of the state were blessed with
heavy, soaking rains. Conway Springs,
Stafford, Seward, Norwich, Iuka,
earned, Hutchinson, Alcott, Creston,
Great Bend, Dodge City, Garden City,
Lyons Nickerson, Sterling, Colewich,
Andale, Mount Hope, Clearwater,
Hazelton and Anthony, report splendid
rains.
YORK, Neb., June AT about 6:3O'
o'clock Sunday night cyclone started
12 miles southeast of York and
for distance of 1s miles played
havoc with farm houses, barns,
corn cribs, wind mills and other
farm property and doing an immense,
amount of damage. Its path varied in
width from 10 rods to mile. 1t.
started near William Vantyle's farm
and continued until within a few miles.
east of Gresham. From Vantyle's farm
to that of William Witte, a distance of
about miles, the damage was confined
to light buildings and windmills, but
on reaching Whites place it complete
| ly wrecked his house and barn, to-
gether with the contents, and the fam
lily barely escaped with their lives
CURTIS, Neb., June 4.-As the water
subsidies the damage done by the food
can be seen. There are many wash
outs along the line through the
county. The lake here is total
loss and will be for some months
ytJ- IHS Lulll WdS iclS upriShb ny ne-
roic efforts, but fully one-third of it
stands over gaping space 25 feet deep.
A cut has been made in the grade $50
feet long and to 10 feet deep. Farms
in the valley are covered with water,
fences have been carried away and
stock drowned. The loss cannot yet be
estimated
READING, Pa, June A fearful dis
aster fell upon group of seven men
and boys on the porch of the
Plowville tavern Monday night In
the midst of violent storm light
ming bolt killed two and felled the
other five to the floor insensible. The
tavern was shattered from top to bot
tom. George James was instantly
killed. There were red marks on his
body. Webster Ziegler was found in
a chair dead, his shoes torn from his
feet and his legs scorched by
the lightning. His head was
hanging back. John Eshelman, the
young son of the proprietor, was lying
near by, apparently dead. Outside on
the porch were all the others, except
one, stunned by the terrific flash and
lying at full length unconscious.