Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-08-12
A DOUBLE WRECK.
One Train Goes Through a Bridge
and Another Is Derailed.
A DROUGHT BROKEN BY A DELUCE.
Mississippi Mob Law "A Towboat Blows I'm
and Ten Roustsbouts Are Missing
Fatal Boiler ExpiosIon-Riot In
y st. Louis jail.


o'clock this morning southbounc
Grand Rapids & Indiana freight train
went through the bridge spanning the
Wabash river, mile north of Geneva
The engine and tender fell into the
river, and the cars piled up over them
Engineer Barney Reid and Fireman
James Gallagher went down with the
engine. The former had both legs
crushed and was otherwise badly in
jured. He will die. Fireman Gallagher
and brakeman James Clifford were Sc.
verely injured. Owing to the wreck,
traffic over the road was suspended
and passenger trains were sent from
Portland and Decatur around by way
OF Celina, O., over other lines, The
southbound Grand Rapids passenger
train, due here at two p. M, while
making the detour was wrecked two
miles north of Coldwater, 0. The
train left the track and Engineer
Brown, of the Mackinaw road, was
killed and Engineer Anderson and
Fireman Golden, of the Grand Rapids
train. were seriously injured.
A DROUGHT BROKEN BY A DELUGE.
MERIDIAN, Miss, Aug. 10. - The
heaviest and most disastrous rainfall
this section has experienced in years
occurred yesterday. Four days ago
the mountain streams in this part of
the state were almost dry from the
drought, but last night they
were roaring torrents, sweeping every
thing before them. Bridges were
swept away, fences carried off and in
the lowlands bordering the larger
streams corn and cotton have been
nearly ruined. The damage to prop
srty in east Mississippi and west Ala
bama in the shape of bridges, fences,
ETC., will be heavy.
MISSISSIPPI NOR LAW.
VIcKsBuRG, Miss. Aug. lO.-John
Gordon, alias Lewis Nelson, the negro
who murdered William Allen at Bruins
wick, on July Is. by clubbing him with
gun barrel, and who was captured In
Louisiana, was hanged by lynchers.
iordon killed Allen, much respected
white citizen, in very treachcrous
manner. lie was captured by three
negroes while engaged in a game of
'raps, after desperate struggle. lie
vas brought to Brunswick Sunday
and when the steamer Annie
laurie passed there yesterday morn
ng at three o'clock his body was seen
laughing from pecan tree.
A TowBoAT BLOWS UP.
CAIRO, H., Aug. TO- Capt. b. B.
'radleys towboat, Fritz, blew up ten
niles below here at seven o'clock yes
erday morning Ten men are missing
nd four are badly scalded. The Fritz
vas on her way here from O'Brien
anding with II tow of logs when her
lues collapsed. The Ora Lee towed
he Fritz into this port and the injured
len were sent to the marine hospital.
he ten men missing are all negro
oustabouts and deckhands. 1t Is i'm
ossible TO get their names
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
MENA, Ark, Aug. 10.--A boiler ex-
losion occurred In the planning mill Of
P. Morrison & Co., which wrecked
he entire building, and the engineer,
AIRY Nelson, was horribly mangled.
is head was blown off by the flying
on. He leaves wife and two chill
rem. Other employees about the build.
lg were injured, but not seriously.
RIOT IN A ST. LOUIS JAZZ.
ST. Louis, Aug. l0..-A riot broke out
st night among the prisoners In the
II at the Four Courts shortly before
idnight, An alarm bell brought a
rec of detectives and police from
,adquarters, and with these rein. ,
rcements the prisoners were quoted
ithout bloodshed. Twenty of the !
were placed in dungeons. {