The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-25

second street..
Fireman Leslie Arnold. injured by
Jumping.
Conductor w. p. Plppen, bruised
Two freight trains OF the Illinois
Central railroad met In a rear-end
collision this morning about O'Clock
at Little Cypress, ten miles east OF
Paducah. and one man was killed
and three injured. Pleasant Bern
hard, a colored brakeman. 32S Jones
street, was crushed under the tender
OF engine No. 2OO4 while Engineer
Roy Chrisman was scalded and Fire
man Leslie Arnold was injured In
jumping, and Conductor w. p. Pip
pen was bruised. The two extra
freights were en- route from Central
City to Paducah, when engine No
2OO4 ran into the rear Of the train
pulled by engine No. s4S. The
wrecker was called out, and the
track was cleared by $3.50 O'Clock.
Fast passenger train No. 1903 en-
route from Louisville TO Memphis
was delayed six hours, and did not
reach PSiucah until AFTER 10 O'Clock.
The freight train, pulled by engine
No S4S. was In charge OF +. c.
Smith aud Fireman Frank Stovall
and was In front OF engine No. 20O4
in charge OF Engineer Roy Chrlsman
and Fireman Leslie Arnold. The
rear engine crashed into the caboose
OF the first train, tearing II to kind.
ling wood and piling up several cars
Engine 2004 was deralled. Brake.
man Bernhard was hitting on a fai
car In the rear OF the second engine
and when found his body was under
the tender.
Engine 1904 left Louisville yes
terday at noon with train No. 1O1
but a fue burst at Central City. and
after repairs II returned with the
freight train for Paducah last night
The locomotive recently was over.
hauled in the Paducan shops. and
was one OF the fastest and best en-
gines on the Louisville division OF
the Illinois Central railroad.
No Signals Out.
Failure TO put out a danger sigma
Is thought 10 be the cause of the
wreck. The first train slowed down
at Little Cypress and most OF the
train was on the trestle. The engi-
neer ON engine No. 1904 was pre-
vented from seeing the train by q
curve. and as a light was not out he
went around the curve at full speed
ploughlng his way into the first trair
Fortunately all OF the train crew wai
out OF the caboose OF the WRECK
would have been more serious.
Engineer Chrlsman was scalded
about the body and face. but his con
ldltion is not serious. Fireman Arnold
sustained a sprain OF the left ankle
and was bruised about the body
while Conductor Pippen's left wris
was cut and he was bruised abou
the body. The injured were brough
to the Illinois Central hospita! thh
morning, and this afternoon wer'
resting well.
Besides the caboose four cars wer'
wrecked. while engine 1904 was no
badly wrecked. The wreckage did
not catch fire.
According to the superstltions o
railroad men two more wrecks will
follow. and the englnemen will be
little uneasy until two more wreck
occur. Several months ago TIVE
wrecks occurred a short distanc'
from Calvert City, which is severa
miles east of Little Cypress. Tn
track Is level and the trains attain |
high speed after crossing the bridge
over the Tennessee and Cumberlan,
rivers.
A second wreck on the 1llinoi
Central railroad was narrowly avert
ed this morning when the track
spread at Pryors. a station severa
miles south OF Mayfield. The ba
condition OF the track was discovers
in time, and fast passenger train Nc
1902 was tagged. The train was du
in Paducah at 11:20 o'clock and wa
delayed an hour until the track coul'
be repaired.
Flagman Corbett's Version.
Very nervous from the wreck thi
morning. Flagman Jerry Corbett, o
lenglne No. 2O04, came TO his HON
in Paducah. He told the followin
story to a reporter:
1--WE received orders at the Cum
berland river that the passenge
train due in Paducah was 20 minute
behind time. The freight train
front of us had pulled out, leavin
us two stations behind. We had tn
orders to come on In to Paducah, a
there would be plenty of time befor
the passenger train came. The freigi
preceding us had not received tn
orders at Little Cypress, and on a
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