The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-07-28

he died from the shock at 2:30 o'clock
Sunday morning.
THE INJURED.
Edward Mcmahon, of Irvington. sec
ton foreman, head cut on both sides
and left collar bone broken. also whole
left side and shoulder badly bruised.
Charles Chamberlain, of Irvington,
engineer. injured about legs in jump
ing from cab.
William Claycomb, of Irvington,
fireman, injured in jumping from cab.
Two passengers named Sommer-
vile, from Louisville, slightly injured.
One man dead, five people injured,
enc fatally, an engine reduced to
splinters was the result of wreck
on the Irvington andFordsville branch
of the Louisville, Henderson and st.
Louis railroad at Askin station at
2 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Just as mixed train No. 3. in charge
of Conductor Adkins, rounded the
curve at the foot of the grade at AS
kins station, Engineer Chamberlain
saw two cars, loaded with rock end
sand ballast. bearing swiftly down
upon him. The train was running at
high rate of speed in order to-
make the grade. The engineer saw
in an instant that there was no
chance TO avert collision. He call
ed to Fireman Claycomb To jump as
he reversed the throttle and threw
on the air brakes In an instant the
heavily loaded cars crashed into the
locomotive.
The crash came while the two train
men We're leaping through the air.
Section Foreman Mcmahon, who was
ridLig in the cab, did not have time
TO jump and was caught in the wreck
age.
Brakeman Tilden Morrison was rid
ing in a box car, near the engine.
The ear was reduced to splinters and
Morrison was held beneath the timbers
until taken out in an unconscious con-
dition.
The engine and tender and three
ears Of the train were completely de-
molished. The cars carrying the bal
lest we're also badly wrecked and left
the track. The passenger coach re-
NAMED on the track and no one in
the coach was seriously injured. Two
passengers from Louisville, named
Sommervile, were thrown against a
seat and slightly injured.
The wreck was caused by two
cars breaking loose from the engine
at the top of the grade. The cars
we've being loaded with ballast for
the new jacksonville, Hartford and
Eastern railroad. There were five
ears on the string. Suddenly the
coupling gave way on the third car
and two cars shot swiftly down the |
grade.
The workmen, knowing that 1t was
aim st time for the regular train, ran
franlicaily after the cars, but to no
avail Tho cars gained in speed at
every turn Of the wheels and had |
gone nearly q mile when the bend
wa reached and the pilot of the mix
ed train came into view.
Workmen at the steam shovel were
in plain view of the collision and
rushed to the rescue Of the injured
trainmen. They were placed aboard
the work train engine and conveyed
to Fordsville, five miles distant. All
of the physicians in Fordsville were
summoned and Dr. W. F. Stirman, of
Owensboro, was also called to Fords-
vile.
1t was found that Section Foreman
Mcmahon had sustained severe cuts on
the head and his chest was also
crushed. He is now in the Owens
boro City Hospital and despite his Sc
we're injuries, is thought TO be inn
proving.
When brakeman Morrison was res
cued from the wreck it was found
that his right leg was mangled very
badly. 1t was thought necessary to-,
amputate his leg, but he
died from weakness and result
of the shock at 2:3O o'clock Sunday