Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-08-06


Thursday cNCLing. resulting in tho
death Of q people, - far - GuN ,.nN
he learned. aud t';V Wuurdins of 80
Others. \ train lvft here run~is ing Of
seven cHr> over the West Jersey rail
road hcarinE q special excursion of
he'd Men and their friends. Of Bridge
ton, y. J. and Salem, and had rcachel
the Crr" lu,s -: the Reading railroad
when IL WE struck hy the 5:G0
down express from Philadelphia.
drmoii,hing two carr and tvlvScupinfr
the tNo following The engine ur the
Read NJ train became total wreck.
killing The engineer aud fatally Ia iur
ing the fireman. and the ear behind
also was thrown from tn, truck and
many Of its occupants killed. or in
jurcd.
The responsibility cf the collision
has hot yet been placed, hut William
lhurlow. the operator at the hlocl,
tower situated al the crossing. has
been Placed under arrest 10y order uf
the coroner
Leaving this city the tracks of the
West Jersey road run parallel 10 those
Of the Camden y Atlantic until after
they cross tie draw bridge, when they
switch Oil Ia the south, crossing the
Reading road at an uhtusc angle
John tir2inor. the engineer of the
West Jersey train, saw tn" Reading
train approaching the crossing at a
swift speed, but as the signals were
open for him to proceed on his way he
continued. His engine had barely
cleared the track OF the Reading when
the locomotive 81 the latter train which
left Philadelphia at G:Ih struck
the first ear full in the center.
thowing it far off the track into near
by ditch, and completely suhmcrging
IT, The second car ~ the West Jersey
train was also carried into the ditch.
the third and fourth ears being tclc-
scoped. The engine of the Reading
train was thrown To the other side OF
the track. carrying with il the first
coach. \ few minutes after the COLI
sion, To add To the horror of the Situa-
ton, the boiler of the Reading locomo
tive exploded. scalding several to death
and casting lis boiling spray over many
ol the lilNTSN passengers
As sooa as the news reached this
city il spread widccast and thousands
Of people fiocked to the scene. 7 he
road leading TO the place OF the COLI
sion was constant procession Of
hacks, bus>cs and bicycles and &.
kinds ~ vehicles while thousands az
pedestrian hur' led along The path t.,
render what assistance they could &C.,
to satisfy their curiosity,
Darkness fell quickly and the worl,
of rcscuing the injured and the dead
bodies was carried out under the lurid
glare of huge bonfireS. 1t was n gruc-
some sight presented 10 onloal5crs as
the manglcd and burnt forms al the
dead were carried from the wrcckaEc
which bound them and laid side hy
side on the gravel bank near the track
newspapers gathered from the pasSen=
gers. The wounded were quickly
gathered together and carried by train
and wagon to the Atlantic City hos
pital, where six of them died shortly
after their arrival.
The old Excursion house Mt the foot
of Mississippi avenue was converted
into a morgue and thither the dead
were taken. At late hour thursday
evening there were - bodies laid out
there, none Of whom are as yet identi-
ged. This city is terribly excited over
the accident. The streets in the vicin-
ity of the Excursion house and the city
hospital. as well as the road leading 10
the scene o. the accident, being packed
with people anxious to learn the latest.
The Bridgeton and salem eNcursionists
who escaped injury were brought bacl,
To this city and sent home ON special
train several hours later in the even
ing.
James lloyt, secretary OF the depart
ment OF public safety, immediately.
upon learning the extent of the cataS-
trophe, telegraphcd for the Philadrl-
phia emergency corys, $50 of whom re-
sponded, and hnrricd TO this city on a
special train. which left Philadelphia
at l0:45 p. m. These surgeons mater
tally aided the volunteer corps of this
city, who emit raced almost every ply
stefan at present within its confines.
Many Of the injured were taken to
hotels as the city hospital soon became
overcrowjed, About 50 of the wound.
ed had their injuries dressed ami were
able to proceed on their way. 1t is cx.
| pected that fully dozen of those now
lying in the hospital will not snryiv,
! their injuries
Mrs. Edward Farr, the wife of the
Reading engineer V no met death while
performing his duty and was found
with one hand on the throttle and the
other on the brake, when informed ot
the accident and her husbands tragi,
death, was unable to withstand the
shock and fell to the floor dead.
'i'HILADEIPHIA July 3l.-Adviccs from
Atlantic City to the Offices of the Phil
adelphia & Reading road in this city
Friday morning place the number o.
killed in Thursday nights railroad ac
cident at ~, including the engineer
and fireman of the Reading train
There are no new Developments re
garding the responsibility for the ter
rible loss of life, but the ac
ident seems to have resulted
from the failure of Engineer Farr, o
the Reading train, to obey the signals
at the block station which, it is gener
ally agreed, were set against his traiI
and required a full stop Engines
Farr and his fireman were both killed
Engineer kriner, of the West Jersey
says that as he neared the crossing h,
saw the Reading train approaching
from the opposite direction. A Camden
and Atlantic train was also coming
toward this city and it seemed to hin
that both trains were racing.
The signals at the block house wer,
open for him to 60 on, and, knowing
that if such be the case, that the bloch
must be against the Reading train. h,
expected the latter to stop. Before h,
realized il he saw collision was inev
liable, and he was about to jump a
the point where the Reading eugin,
now lies, but be took a desperate
chance and stuck 20 his post
ATLANTIC CITY, n. j., Aug. L-As
result of the terrible collision on tn,
Meadows Thursday evening between
the Reading railroad express iron
Philadelphia and the Bridgeton excur
sion tain out of here, AZ people ar
dead and ~ are lying in the hospita
here more or less seriously hurt. OF tn
injured in the hospital several are ex
pected to die.
Besides those seriously enough hur
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