Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-12
TEN ARE HURTN
TRAIN COLLISION
Stock Trains on Union Pacific Road
Come Together at Gilmore
Junction.
THREE CARS REDUCED TO RUINS
Officials Give Fallibility of Man as
Cause Of Wreck.
ACCIDENT Is ON SIDE TRACK
First Train Leaves Right Of Way to
Passenger.
NONE OF THE INJURED WILL DIE
Engineer Fails to Observe the sig
nal I'm Time ts Prevent Hump
ing Into Train ON Track
Ahead.
THREE CARS REDUCED TO RUINS
Officials Give Fallibility of Man as
Cause Of Wreck.
ACCIDENT Is ON SIDE TRACK
NONE OF THE INJURED WILL DIE

A tailend collision between two Union
Pacific stock trains at Gilmore Junction.
Neb., four and one.haii miles south OF
South Omaha at 80 yesterday morning
caused the deratlme-s and destruction of
three cars and the injury OF ten men
Those seriously injured we're
Ernest Watson. oyertoE. Neb.
Lee Watson. overton. Neh.
@. L. Kelly. Chicago.
Those slightly injured were:
A. j. F1lsinger. Aida, Neb.
Ed Lemer. Coxsd. Neb.
o. X. Van Ceave. parr, Neb.
John Brown. cozad.
j. NJ Northeut, Lexington. Neb.
n. b. Handley. coEad.
4. J. Becker. Grand Island. Neb.
II. Craig. brakeman, Omaha.
The trains which eollided were extra
easthound train No. ~ Union Pacific
stock train. and extra eastbound train No.
leSs. Union Pacific stock train. The cause
OF the accident. as given hy the officials
OF the Union Pacific Is termed as the
falllbliity OF man.
Train No. 20 was on is was from Lex
ineton. Neb., bound for Chicago with
cattle. When the train reached Gilmore
Il was given tho signal to sidetrack and
give the right-of-way 10 passenger train
No. lo5. Missouri Pacific. bound for
Omaha The engineer complied with the
signal. He had hardly brought his train
to stop. however. when train No. isS.
another stock train. came steaming in
and hit the rear end. Train No. ies came
By Just at the time Of the accident.
Falls to Nete signal.
The engineer OF less il said TO have
received a caution signal few miles
from Gilmore. with orders TO be on the
watch for tho home signal" or the sig
nal to stop. This home signal vas set at
the crossing about 100 yards from the
juaction. Engineer crozieF either did not
sss the signal on account Of the anow or
failed TO keep on the lookout for H. IL
"a said that crosiar aftsrwprd ssid he
failed TO 500 Il on aoeounk Or the snow.
The rear OF the train whieh was struck
was tailed by . csboose. which at the
time OF the accident was empty. Next
10 the caboose towards the engine was q
stockman's car. IN which fifteen men
were sitting at the time the collision took
place. When the engine of less struck the
caboose ii shattered II TO bits and
Jammed II into the stockmans car. The
flooring of the latter car was torn com
pletely up and the entire car. With the
exception Of the front was demolished.
How the fifteen occupants escaped Is
miracle, as the seats. windows. floors,
sides and top OF the car were shattered
TO fragments, The occupants were thrown
violently out OF holes In the side Of the
car or TO the floor. from where thcy man
aged 10 crawl.
Car. In Flames.
An empty refrigerator car in front of
the stockman's car broke the impact
somewhat from the rest of the train and
the stock was not damaged. The cars
had hardly settled from the crash when
they burst into flames from the engine.
but the stockmen managed to get out
before the flames had control OF their
tNA# AhC NNhtt1tf oAVAhilAti1 AaA ette
the empty were burned TO the ground.
entailIng loss to the Union Pacific OF
over ss00a The engine OF iesS was not
very badly damaged outside OF the front
part being cayed in.
As soon as word Of the accident was
received IN South Omaha a wrecking train
carrying DR.. A. A. Fricke was dispatched
to the scene and the injured passengers
were removed to the Omaha and South
Omaha hospitals. The conductor OF
train 20 was Williams Leeds Of Is2.
Cunning street Omaha, and the con-
ductor Of the other train was f. J.
Kohler. lsis Hickory street. Omaha Mr..
crozier. the engineer OF 1855. escaped un-
injured. Brakeman Craig Of the same
train jumped when he saw that the cob
lision was inevitable. He was taken
and somewhat bruised.