The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-02
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS
Nine Killed and Many Injured in a
Wreck Near Waterloo, la.
ERIE TRAIN CRASHES INTO VEHICLE,
The Chicago Great Western Train Wrecked
Near Oelwein. Ia. Three Men killed
While Driving Across "a Track
Freight Train Wrecked.

Waterloo, Ia, May 99..-Thc through
train from Chicago to Minneapolis
over the Rock Island and Burlington,
Cedar Rapids X Northern railways was
wrecked at l:15 Sunday morning at the
crossing of Sink Creek about four
miles southwest of this place. The
train consisted Of five coaches includ-
ing II mail and "a baggage car smoking
car, two passenger coaches and
sleeper. Nine persons were killed
and % injured. A cloudburst
had washed the sand and gravel
roadbed away leaving the track unsup-
ported for a stretch of % feet. The
rails and ties held together and there
was nothing TO indicate the insecurity
of the road. The engine struck the
waShout and was derailed in the ditch
beside the track and behind it the cars
were piled in a confused heap. The
mail car was topped over ana tele-
,coped by the baggage car behind.
while the rear end of the baggage ear
in turn tcicscoped the smoker. The
roof of the sleeper piowed its way
through the day coach, while the lower
half of the latter crushed through the
sleeper,
ERIE TRAIN CRASHES INTO \ VEHICLE.
New York, May 29.--Oue woman was
killed outright. another was fatally in
iured and u baby was so badly hurt
that its chances of life are small in
grade crossing accident at Sngac,
about eight miles from Paterson, n.
j., last night. The dead woman Is
Miss Juliette Rafferty,, 30 years of age,
of Paterson; the injured, Mrs. Fitzger-
aid and her infant. They We're out
driving with Moses Fitzgerald, hus-
band of the injured woman, and Will
liam Rafferty,, brother of the dead
woman. The party were returning
from the country and were crossing
the New York x Greenwood Lake di-
vision of the Erie road. There was a
sharp bend in the road just at the
crossing and the people in the carriage
did not notice the approaching train un-
til too late. The carriage was thrown
forward on the tracks and ground into
lSindling wood.
A GREAT WESTERN TRAIN WRECKED.
Oelwein, Ia, May 29.-The Chicago
Great Western passenger train that
left st. Paul Saturday night at $40
o'clock, was wrecked two miles north
of here yesterday morning. Richard
Manning, of Minneapolis, the colored
porter, was killed. Several men and
women on the train were more or less
injured. The train was running over
low lands when the track began to
settle and the train was derailed.
Nearly all of the passengers in the
sleepers were undressed in their births
when the wreck occurred. The rain
was coming down furiously, lightning
was flashing and thunder pealing,
The porter was crushed to death at the
forward end of the first sleeper.
KILLED WHILE CROSSING THE TRACK.
Buffalo, n. Y. May 29.-Joseph Kel-
Ter and Ray sherman, of Alden, n. y,
and Louis Carey. of Auburn, Four Cor
ners, Pa, were killed at Wendts sta
ton at two o'clock yesterday morning
while driving across the New York
Central tracks. Their carriage was
strucl, by an eastbound express train
The bodies of Carey and Keller were
thrown on the westbound track and q
freight train which passed moment
later mangled them beyond recogni-
ton.
FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED.
Deni>op, Ten. May 29.-An extra
freight train. eastbound Texas x Pa.
cific, was wrecked two miles east OF
WhiteSboro yesterday, demolishing sev
en- cars of merchandise. Engineer
/ John lson was killed and Fireman
Johnson fatally injured. The wrecl;
is supposed to have been caused by q
defective rail