Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-05-26

Chickamauga, May PA passenger
train on the Chattanooga, Rome &
Southern railroad Saturday morning
ran into the third section of a mill
tary train conveying the first Missouri
volunteers near Rossville, Ca, killing
Private George M. Walker of company
D and painfully injuring A. Maynard
Lane of company H, Howard Brow
laski Of company D, and slightly in
juring several other occupants on
both trains. 1t appears that the pas
senger train had orders to run
through to Rossville, Ga, and the
second section of the military train
with a portion of the first Missouri,
which was expected to run through to
Rossville, was delayed at a switch
about a mile from Rossville. The
conductor of the military train sent
back f1agman to warn the passen-
ger train, but the f1agman did not go
far enough. The engineer of the pas
senger train did not see the danger
signal until within a short distance
of the military train. He reversed his
engine and put on the brakes, but the
train crashed into the rear of the mil
itary train. The rear car was a pal
ace horse car in which Walker was
riding and it was completely demol-
ished. Three horses were killed. The
next was baggage car in which
Browlaski and Lane we're stationed.
This was badly torn up but few of
the occupants were seriously burt. The
wounded were taken to St. Vincents
inflrmary of the sisters Of charity,
where all are doing well in pleasant
surroundings. The engineer and fire
man of the passenger train were ar
rested. General Boynton, John Jacob
Aston and a number of other officers
were on the passenger train, but none
were hurt The first Missouri was
placed in the third corps on reaching
the park. Other arrivals were the
fifth Maryland infantry and the Sec
ond Nebraska and second Kansas.
st. Louis, May PA construction
train and a special bearing the Of
ficials of the road collided on the Van
half miles east of Collinsville. Two
men on the construction train were
killed outright, another died a few
minutes later and a fourth latter in
the afternoon. Twenty others were in
iured. The dead are: William Mont
gomery and James Pope of Efingham;
John Martini of Collinsville; Charles
Crillon of Smithboro. The injured
are: John Kilke, John R. Ross,
John McCabe, Charles Thomson,
Matthew Maloney, John Hospick,
Louis Sauer, John Duponal, James
ions, c. E. Bronser, J. F. Davis,
Casper Osborn, E. J. Guiott, Henry
Brunkhurst, John A. Craig, W. S.
Porror, ]. T. Blair, John Duham-
mer, Charles Brown, J. W. Coffey.
The first five are seriously injured. The
construction train had been ordered
to repair the damage done to the track
by the recent heavy rains and vas
backing eastward at the rate of if
teen miles an hour. The special was
coming west at eleven miles an hour
bringing General Superintendent Mil
Ter and other officials Of the road who
were to inspect the work done by the
construction train. Suddenly and
without any warning the two trains
came together in a deep cut, the en-
CINE Of the special tearing its way
through the caboose and one car of
the construction train The engin-
eer and fireman Of the special es-
capped by jumping. None Of the Of
fcials were injured.