The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-28
WRECKED THE TRAIN
Fast Freight From Milwaukee Is De-
rallied Here by Unknown Parties
Early This Morning.
LARGE PROPERTY LOSS

A Part of the Train Had Made the Cross
ing When the Switch was Turned and
the Remaining Cars Proved Up the
Track for 200 Yards = Agent Thinks He
Has a Clue to the Perpetrators of the
Deed-Another Small wreck.
From all reports the yards of the
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
company were the most interesting
portion of the city during last night
and the early hours of this morning.
About 10 O'Clock a collision occurred
which resulted in the demo1ishing of
two cars of the company and the scat
tering of a car load of cabbage through
the yards, and at 8 O'Clock this morn
ing an effort was made to wreck the
fast freight from Milwaukee which was
so successful that another car belong
ing to the company was demolished
and the track torn up for a distance of
over two hundred yards. The former
accident was of little consequence and
the loss to the company from it will be
exceedingly small, but in the after
case the damage was large and the
wreck may result in the landing of a
number of people in jail on charge of
train wrecking.
About 10 o'clock number of trains
were switching in the yards and one of
them was making it's way to the west
ern tracks. A car loaded with cabbage
had been left blocking one of the cross
ings in the yard and it was not noticed
by train which was trying to make
switch. AS a result the engine ran
directly through the car and complete
1y demolished it. The car was thrown
into the yard off the track and the
contents scattered far and wide. AS
soon as the accident occurred large
crowd collected and the people decided
to lay in winters supply Of cabbage
from the misfortune of the company.
AS soon as possible the crew of section
men were called out to protect the
cabbage, and they had quite tilt with
the people who were eagerly gathering
the cabbage, and the section crew had
finally to use force to dispense the
crowd and save the property of the
company. The wreck of the cabbage
car was soon cleared away and quiet
was restored
About O'Clock this morning a sec
ond accident occurred. The fast freight
was pulling into the station from Mil
waukee and was attempting to make
the crossing at Grand avenue. After
twenty cars had passed over the switch
the switch was suddenly turned by
some unknown party and the remainder
of the train was thrown from the
track. The train was moving at Z good
rate of speed and when it left the track
it tore up the rails for distance of
over 200 yards, causing a great deal of
damage to the company. AS soon as it
was discovered that the switch had
been turned the engineer stopped the
train in time to save the lives of the
crew of the train, who were in the
caboose. The first car which left the
track was loaded with beer, and the
crowd gathered to make an attempt to
secure a good supply of liquid refresh
ments but the company was too quick
| for them and soon transferred the
| cargo Oh Inc SudllSIGu CdI 10 d -Sd1C
place.
Agent Truax was seen this morning
and when speaking of the accident he
said that there could be no doubt but
! that an effort had been made to wreck
the train. He said that the switch had
been carefully examined and this ex-
animation had made the trainmen
certain that the switch had been turned
by some unknown party. The switch
man who has charge of this part of the
road was also seen and stated that
there was no way for the accident to
have occurred without someone turn
ing the lever of the switch. The
agents of the company seem to have a
clue to the perpetrators of the act and
the matter has been turned over to the
railway detectives for examination.
The property loss to the company
from the two accidents will amount to
over So, 900. A crew of men were put
to work this morning to repair the
damage to the tracks.
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