The Cairo bulletin., 1913-02-28
BIG four train
|. IN WRECK NEAR
KARNAK station
No. 8 Leaves Track When Air Failed
to Work After Derail
Was Thrown.
NO SERIOUS INJURIE'
Among Grew or Passengers Even
Though Engines and Several
Coaches Leave Rails.

Big Four passenger train No O.,
due in Cairo at p. m. was wrecked
last evening about 7:15 O'Clock near
Karnack, 25 miles above here. The
accident occurred, 1t is said, when
the brakes failed to work after the
derail apparatus was thrown in an
effort to stop the train from running
into a C. and e. /. train that was on
the crossing at the Jarnak station.
No serious fatalities occurred among
the crew and the passengers.
The engine and tender and the
baggage, mail and one of the pas
senger coaches jumped the track
Only the baggage and the mail car
turned over on the side of the en-
bankment when the cars left the
rails. The train was in charge OF
Conductor e. e. Woodling and En-
gineer Coursey, both of Mt. Carmel.
One Of the passengers was injured
and number We're bruised in the
shake up. The crew managed to es-
cape entirely unhurt.
AS soon. as the news was tele-
graphed to the local yards special
train was made up and left about $
O'Clock for the scene, in charge OF
Yardmaster Lane and Agent Rae
and accompanied by Drs. Rendlemen
and Bondurant the former being
local surgeon for the Big Four.
The two coaches that were over
turned were smashed considerably,
| but the engine was reported to have
escaped damage. A wrecking crew
from Mt Carmel was ordered to the
scene Immediately following the ac-
cident to clear the rails of traffic.
| The relief train returned to Cairo
lat 1880 carrying the passengers o.
| the wrecked train, and all baggage
and mail.
| Four of the injured were hurrie1
to the Bondurant hospital while
Norton Renfro and Ben Foley were
conveyed to their homes.
| A lady. Mrs. Toy Webster O.
Evansville, injured about the body
land suffering from contnsions to hel
lower limbs, was conveyed to 1h'
| Ha liday hotel by her mother.
| The accident is said to have beer
| caused by had air pump which re
fused to supply sufficient air to tn
brakes permitting the train to rui
Through the derai at Karnak,
The engine, tender, baggage car
and mail smoker and ladie
coach leaving the rails and piuagin
down a small cmbankment.
The engine and tender and bac
rage car turned over completel
while the smoker lardsd on its sid
, also in the ditch.
Il The passengers injured most In tn
u Incident were in the smoker whil
the women were in the ladies coact
: The baggageman had miracu
lous escape from death, he bein
thrown over and over as his ca
70 led down the embankment an
then when the amps exploded, tn
: car caught FIRE He managed to *
4 out with only a slight bruise TO h
I left leg which did not prevent III
\ walking about with a slight lin
upon arrival here.
nj ]. T. Grassland of Decatur, WI
n 1 severely cut about the head wit
It glass, his left shoulder bad
e wrenched and contusions about h
l. body and lower limbs.
l. Norton Renfro, who was going
e Grand Chain from Gorevi lie, WI
: cut about the lower limbs vii
It glass and bruised about the low
limbs.
Ben Foley, coming to his home
Cairo from Goreville, suffered
wrenehed back and several co
r tusions about the body.
ss The extent of the injuries TO G
al others could not he learned exec
tc that they were bruised either abo
= the body or limbs but none of the
Injuries are of serious nature