The Dickinson press., 1896-01-04
KILLED In A WRECK
AN OPERATORS ERROR CAUSES 4
BAD SMASN.UP.
Two Passenger Trains. Running at
Terrific Speed, Come Together
Near Cincinnati-TsSO Peoplc Are
Killed and siN Injured. Three of
Them Probably Fatally
Pasxeax~rs slightly Injured.

Cincinnati, Jan. 1. - Two p:,ssengtE
trains colli,lc,l on the Baltimore \ Ohio
southwestern near Coal City. fourteen
miles from Cincinnati. They were the
Louisville express and the ST. Louis ac-
comModation. The latter was an hour
late. The first known OF the collision
here was when the wreckilg train was
sent out. accompanied 10y physicians,
railway officials and others They
We're followed by the newspaper men
ana others in carriages. 1ti'l'he widest
rnmors Of the loss of life were soon
circulated. The hospitals We're put in
readiness and police headquarters were
promptly equipped for the care Of the
injured. When information was oh
tatnetl from the seen" ii was found
that there We're two killed and six in.
juretl. Both engines were totally
wrecked. as the engineers had very lit
tie time to check their speed. The
combination car Of the Louisville ex.
press and the express car on the train
from st. Louis were telescOp.sl
Coal City is Il coaling station Oh the
road and had no telephone When the
engines came together they knocked
out telegraph pole. cutting Off all tel
egraphic communication. 1t required
some time for the railroad officials to
get telegraphic communication with
this city, and then the wire and the
operator at Coal City were kept busy
with orders. The Big Four tracks par
allcl those Of the Southwestern at Coal
City but their tracks were not OBJ
structed.
Passengers arriving OH the Knicker-
booker express after . o'clock say
their train shot by Coal City ut great
speed. an they had only II passing View
but that there was II horrible specta-
Gle Of wrcckage
Dead and Injured.
The dead are: Fireman Wilson, OF
the Louisville express: uEknN n man,
buried under the wreck. The injured:
Fireman Himan lsruning. OF the st.
Louis train, very dangerously injured;
Pacob Baer, Of the copper shop in
I4awrenccburs Ind, hip dislocatetl, leg,
arm and head cut and bruised; Alfonso
Prltt, engineer Of the Louisville ex.
press, internal injuries, left arm badly
cut; James Gabriel. engineer st. Louis
train, back and side injured; Fred
Bfnekam, Of Aurora, passenger. severe
scalp wounds; Il. NJ. Voight, express
messenger Oh st. Louis train, internal
injuries, besides, bad cuts and bruises;
express mcsscsengcr Eisrnh0rn, of the
Louisville express. slightly injured. OF
the injured all are seriously hurt ex-
cept Binckamp and Eisenborn. 1t ia
feared that Bruining, Baer and prutt
are fatally hurt.
A special train arrived with the i'll
jured and they We're at once taken TO
the hospital where complete arrange
ments for the care Of them had l,een
made. The cause of the accident was
the failure Of the operator at Sorrs
station to report to the Louisville train
an order to wait at Delhi an let the st.
Louis train pass there. The trains
when they sighted each other Al mile
this side of Coal City were going at
full speed and had but little time TO
slow up before the collision. The road
is comparatively straight at this point,
otherwise the casualty would have
been terrific. The injlrry to passcn-
gers other than those named was very
slight.