Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-07
SERIOUS COLLISIONS.
Bad Accident on Baltimore 4 Ohio
SOuthern-Train Men Killed-Of-
ficiais Hurt-Accidents in
Texas and Kansas.

Cincinnati, Dec. IA collision occur
red at 8 O'Clock this morning, near Storrs
station, on the Baltimore & Ohio South
western railroad, between an accommod oda-
tion train coming from Cochran, Ind, and
a special made up of passenger coach
and two private cars.
The special was carrying 1.-THE general
officials of the Baltimore Il Ohio South
western who were out to make an in
spection of the road. The engineer and
conductor of the special had orders to
follow fifteen minutes behind the preced-
ing regular train and to keep out of the
accomm odation's way train, No 20, which
had the right-of-way.
The special stopped at Storrs, where it
should have waited for No. %, but the
engineer and conductor both forgot the
order concerning that train and pulled
out. Three fourths of mile west of
Storrs, the trains ran together. There
was fog whic prevented seeing clearly
so that neither of the engineers suspect,
ed the collision until the shock came.
Engineer John Price and Fireman
Homer Dixon, of the special, were in
stantly killed.
General Traffic Manager Geo. F. Ran
dolph was severely injured, his collar
bone being broken.
General Passenger Agent j. Chesbrough
was thrown through window and his
face severely cut.
l.. Zepernich, assistant engineer on
train No. %, was badly bruised.
Fred Moore, chief clerk to the chief en-.
gineer of the Big -Four road, was badly
cut.
Charles F. Whiting, passenger, of Law
renceburg, Ind, was badly injured,
Charles Chapman, brakeman on the
special, bruised.
R. s. johnson, superintendent of tele-
graph, bruised.
The engineer Of No. %, badly hurt.
N. H. Sexton, conductor of No. 90, and
F. Harvey, baggage master, severely
bruised.
Mrs. Alexander Patterson, of Aurora,
Ind, severely hurt.
L. Zepernich, of Delhi, clerk in the Of
fee of the engineer of maintenance. may
die from his injuries.
General Traffic Manager Randolph's
| injuries are found to be less serious than
at first supposed. His shoulder was dis
located.
General Passenger Agent Chesbrough
had eleven stitches taken in his face and
is suffering from slight concusslon of the
brain.
FIVE TRAIN MEN KILLED.
San Antonio, Texas.--A head-end col
lision between two through freight trains
on the Southern Pacific road, near Wal
der Yesterday, resulted in the death Of
five men.
The crew of the eastbound freight went
to sleep while waiting on blind siding,
and on waking mistook the second sec.
tion of the through westbound freight for
the third section and ran to the main
track. A collision resulted.
| The dead are: 7. Coad, engineer; w.
H. Brown, engineer; VIM. Holt, fireman;
George Askind, fireman; VIM. Heard
brakeman.
I AN ACCIDENT IN KANSAS.
Leavenworth, Kas.-A Burlington plug
train ran into electric car at Choctaw
Crossing, demolshing the front part of
the electric car, and severely injuring
Capt. Montgomery, of the pension de-
partment of the Soldiers home at Fort
Worth, and Thomas Haskins, member of
company D of that institution.
Miss Fannie Morris, former popular
Las Vegas young lady, still holds pay
ing position in the cloak department with
Daniels & Fisher. She has been in the
employment of this house for five years
and she would seem to have a lifetime
"sit," unless-wel, manageable young
ladies are sometimes susceptible!-Las
Vegas Optic.
It is rumored that the Silver City &
Northern railroad, together with the iron
mines, owned and operated by the same
parties who control the road, and about
$4,000 acres of patented coal lands, at the
north of the San Augustine plains, have
been sold to syndicate which represents
the A., 7. Il s. FPS interests. The purchase
price IS said to be $1,0O0,000.