Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-06-01
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 Track
Freight Train Wrecked.

NdteTloo, Id, may sS.--l lie tnrOugn
train from Chicago to Minneapolis
over the Rock Island and Burlington,
Cedar Rapids 4 Northern railways was
wrecked at Els Sunday morning at the
crossing Of Sink Creek, about four
miles southwest of this place. The
train consisted Of five coaches, includ-
ing mail and baggage car, smoking
car, two passenger coaches and
sleeper Nine persons We're killed
and % injured. A cloudburst
had washed the sand and gravel
roadbed away leaving the track unsup-
ported for a stretch of 90 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 confused heap. The
mail ear was topped over and tcle-
scoped by the baggage car behind,
while the rear end of the baggage ear
in turn telescoped the smoker. The
roof of the sleeper plowed its way
through the day coach, while the lower
half of the latter crushed through the
sleeper.
ERIE TRAIN CRASHES INTO A VEHICLE.
New York, May 20.-0ne woman was
killed outright, another was fatally in
jured and a baby was SO badly hurt
that its chances Of life are small in a
grade crossing accident at Singac,
about eight miles from Paterson, N.
j., last night. The dead woman is
Miss Juliette Rafferty,, 80 years of age
OF Paterson; the injured, Mrs. Fitzger-
aid and her infant. They were 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 & Greenwood Lake d.
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
kindling wood.
A GREAT WESTERN TRAIN WRECKED.
0elwein, Ia, May 20.-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, T., May 30 Joseph KEEL
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
struck by an eastbound express train.
The bodies of Carey and Keller were
thrown on the westbound track and a
freight train which passed moment
later mangled them beyond recogni-
ton.
FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED.
Denison, Tex, May 9o.-An extra
freight train, castbound Texas e. Pa.
cific, was wrecked two miles east OF
Whitesboro yesterday, demolishing sew
en- ears of merchandise. Engineer
John lson was killed and Fireman
johnson fatally injured. The wreck
is supposed to have been caused by a
defective rail.
Favorable to Insurance Companies
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