Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-09-29
ACCIDENTS.

Fifty-four people instantly killed and
a hundred and twenty seriously injured
was the first count after a railroad
wreck in Tennessee last Saturday. on
the Southern r. R., near Knoxville.
Why one engineer rushed past the usual
passing place Of the two passenger
trains will never be known as he is
among the dead. The two trains met
at full speed as they rounded q curve.
and both engines were demolished and
nearly all the coaches wrecked
The latest danger to the travelling
public is dynamite. Near Boston the
other day box of dynamite jolted off the
wagon in which 1t was hauled and with
the peculiar capriciouspess of that com
pound it reserved its explosive powers
till il was struck by trolley car; and
on Friday, near Cumberland a load of
the same stuff got in front of a railroad
train with results Just as fatal Fast
freight No. "a on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad struck wagon loaded with
$50 pounds of dynamite at the crossing
at North Branch, w. Va. Jour miles east
of Cumberland. Two persons were kill
ed and eight were injured, three of
them seriously.
At Pleasant Ridge, near Cincinnati,
last Friday, nine school girls were
drowned or suffocated by the falling Of
the floor of a vault or outside water
closet.
Warren Sloan of Fan Claire fell from
the roof of building, the other day,
and was badly bruised. He lately re-
turned from the Western oil fields.
Engineer Adams and Fireman Tinker
of the Bessie were hurt by a wreck at
Slipperyrock Park, Sunday evening
The engine of a coal train left the track
and was upset. The Engineer was
buried under lot of coal, but was not
seriously hurt, and was taken to his
home in Albion. Fireman Tinker of
Conneaut was brought to the Hospital
here.
Oscar Eichelaub of Dittmar's store
at Herman had an arm broken. last Sat
urday. by the fall of box.
Eugene Love, aged Z. who lived at
Valencia with his grandmother, Mrs.
Strickline, was struck by the observa-
ton train on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad Tuesday morning at 30
o'clock. and died an hour later in DIR.
Bakers Office. The boy was standing
on the track when some children, at
play near the railroad, attracted his at
tention, and he stopped to watch them.
He did not notice the approach of the
train and he was struck and hurled
down an embankment to the road. He
died unconscious of what happened him.
Joseph Steele is dying of blood poi
soning at his home in Braddock. He
was currying his horse on Labor Day
when a piece of tin from the curry |
comb scratced his right hand. Two
weeks ago the hand became paralyzed
The poision spread through his entire
system Dr. Stewart of the mercy Hos
pital says there is no hope of saving
Steele's life.
J. A. McCafferty, Democratic nominee
for Assembly met with mishap last
Saturday evening. He spent the even
ing in Butler and then started to drive
to his home in Penn twp He missed
his way and drove down the tracks Of |
the Bessemer railroad until he reached |
q bridge near the garbage furnace,
where his horse fell between the bridge |
ties. A northbound freight cut it in
two, demolished the buggy and hurled
Mr. McCafferty into the air. His only
injury was a slight cut on one knee.
James Leohner, the 12-year-old son of
j. G.. Leohner, of New Castle, acciden- |
tally shot and killed himself last Sun |
day, while playing with revolver
which he thought was empty. The boy |
raised the weapon to his head and pull |
ed the trigger as he said. Here's where |
1 die" The gun was discharged and the
boy dropped dead.
Frank O'Neil, a Bessie fireman, was
scalded by accident near Pardoe, yes
terday morning, and injury may prove |
serious. Fifteen runaway ore-cars col |
lided with the engines of the ore train
following.
A freight wreck ON River Avenue,
Allegheny, delayed traffic on the B. & |
0. for three hours, Tuesday afternoon.
William Leithold. Jr.. was killed last |
evening while at work on well on his
fathers farm in Clearfield twp. by a |
sucker-rod elevator falling and striking |
him On the head. He was about 80 years |
Of age and single His remains were |
brought to his home on Clay street.