The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09
RAILROAD MISHAPS
FOR THE PAST SEVEN
DAYS
MINOR TUNNEL DISASTER
Freight Trains Have Had a MOnop-
oily of the Smash-Ups-Other
News From Rail-
roads.

The current issue of the Railway Age
prints the following list of accidents for
the week past:
The second section of a New York Cen
trail passenger train, running late, struck
switching engine at Oneida, N. l., driv-
ing 1t into the station and wrecking the
end of the building. The passenger en-
CINE left the track and turned completely
over, falling upon the next track, but the
tender and all the cars rename. on the
rails. The engineer of the passenger train
was killed.-A side wiping'' collision be-
tween two freights on the B. & o. at
Pine Grove, w. Va, wrecked a number
of cars and injured both engineers
One of the trains was crossing over
when 1t was struck by the west-bound
freight.-On the Southern Pacnic near
San Luis Obispo, Cal, southbound
freight train collided with a WOr-- train
from the opposite direction in a two-mile
tunnel, wrecking a number of cars and
blocking the tunnel for some time The
fireman Of the work train was killed.
The blame is placed on f1agman Of the
work train, who was sent forward by the
conductor to signal the approaching
freight, but appears to have misunders-
stood or disobeyed his orders The
verdict of the coroner's jury blames the
railroad company for not requiring such
orders to be given in writing, and further
Tor not providing proper system of sig
mails on the Cuesta grade, where there
are six tunnels. The long tunnel in which
the collision occurred is shapeu some
what like the letter IS" and tralnmen
say 1t is impossible to distinguish sounds
while within it, The work tram was run
ming without special orders except to
Keep the track clear or a 1agman posted
freight train on the c. M. & ST. r.
stopping for water at DeerfieId, ILL.,, was
NV fol
one passenger in the caboose and injuring
three others. The operator at DeertieId
is said to have signaled the second train
tnat the Deerfeld block was clear
"A Canadian Pacific express train ran
into freigh. that was too long for the
sizing 1T had taken near Sudbury, Ont
One person is reported killed and several
1nJured-In head-end collision between
two freight trains on the S. r. near An
nlston, Ala, two brakemen were killed
and the enginemen of both locomotives
were injured. A misunderstanding about
the meeting point is the reported cause
A +. K. r. passenger train ran into an
open switch at Fort Wayne, Ind, striking
an engine on the siding, injuring two
tralnmen and doing some damage to the
engines and mail car.
A head-end collision between a passen-
ger and freight train on the L. E. & w.
at Hartford City, Ind, caused a bad
wreck, in which two trainman were IN
1ured The freight train was ordered
to sidetrack to wait for the passenger
train, but failed to reach the switch
IN time to signal the other train.-The
O. q A. limited was ditched by an open
deraA near Pontiac ILL.,, while running
slowly; most of the cars were overturn-
cd and several persons reported injured
none fatally. A new crossing was being
put IN at the intersection with the Wa
pash and the tnterlocking mechanism
appears to have been disconnected
Colorado Midland passenger train ran
into the rear of freight train on a high
trestle at Buena Vista, Col, throwing the
caboose and one freight car into the
creek and killing a brakeman in the ga
boose who had failed to go back and
nag the passenger train as ordered I'm
rear-end collision of freight trains en-
the l. Z. at Apple River, ILL.,, four stock
men We're killed and six injured. 4 sec
ton Of one of the freight trains stopped
to take water and sent back a f.agman
TO signal the following train, but the
track was down-grade and the rails were
slippery, and it is claimed the brakes did
not hold.
freight train on the Gauley branch
OF the b. & 0. went through a trestle
near Berry's Siding, w. Va, killing the
engineer and fireman and injuring three
brakemen.-An east-bound express on the
west Shore railway collided with a
switching engine at Syracuse, N Y, in
Jurlng several perSonS.-In a rear-end
collision on the B. & o. near CIaynools.
OHIO, conductor was killed and a mum
Der of cars were wrecked.-Tn head-end
collision between two freight trains on
the r. G. W. near Cisco, Colo, an en-
gneer, conductor and brakeman were
Killed. The statement is that the first
section Of No. II was running without
orders having the right Of way, and
the conductor Of the eastbound freight
failed to look out for it.