Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-10-07
EIG WRECK ON THE YAZoo LINE.
Passenger Train H~m. Log carrier. " kII- '"n~h-.
Are 'r"~d-d with outgoing Passengers.

Thle' f'f-"a- '~e - aeA ~ we1n"n. W. m
1prsi u. a WICK "n H." fa1o" y Mssissrri VALLEY
f"An'ad ftiie usat 't ol"'k, "h'n tn
"ntEaing f-@sehs'i fafnni'l into tens train. th,
collision essuttaHg about siN miles iium kena.r
TIL trains W'is ,"mpl'tels W4.,k,,i. thu pas
s"nger. IL INK 1t Tall 81 forty miles per houf
H- tia. lug iia4n.
Ian Ss~en. Of f'.Qun,y, La, engineer, was
s'dld.d about Tia" fac. hsnit and limbs
Ntll Beah totorri flt'nlau. badly scalded about
~, b,.iy and limbs.
Mr. {. :. Leon. OF Long Leaf La injured about
ih. back. not serious.
Tn locomotive tender combination mail and
baggage car WI" completely wrecked, and pas
s'uget coach drraiIed and lifted from tie
trucks while siN empty Hat cars were totally d.
stroyed.
stnger tram Ian Sew.il. he Was running about
forty miles an hour on the main line Of III. Nakoo
and Mississippi VALLEY railroad when In rounding
the curve and near the crossing OF the two lines.
=, observed the lightr on the esboose of d train
ahea6. lie instantly reversed his engine and sp-
rhei the brakes. but was too late TO avert the
collision.
The train had four coaches and the combination
mail and baggage car. and the coaches were filled
with passengers.
The engine plowed into the train ahead. demol-
ishing the cahoose and scattering the fragments
of the around Tie engine then plunged
Through The fiat cars. throwing them right and
LEFT. dismountlng some from the trucks and throw
ing tn. flats INTO the swamp either side OF the
road
The-e carr w.re converted almost into ktndling
Mood. and when the engine struck trash car Just
ahead of the Hat II sheered of To the right
and ran into the ditch alongside of the road where
u
sit. direction aud IA. mall and baggage car struck
the side Of the tender and the front portion Was
badlS wrecked
smoker D~rsiied.
IT,. firsi coa,h smoking ,ar Was d,tailed. and
IN. aSsrugots trsil. Ne treated To some terrible
jni,s aud bumps but. fortunately. none Was IN
iured Mr. Leon in III. last coach and wh.n
the shock over she felt ~ pam. but few
moments afterwards when the excitement had
ed away. she complained IL h.r back and realized
,nat she had hsen injured hut not badly.
Vailed To Make switch.
The log train making Tor the switch when
the passenger train struck IT part OF the train.
thar H. the engine. tender and several box ears.
was thr main linz" The engineer al the log
tram was named steele. and Conductor Harris. No
an tho log train was injured
Among the passengers On board the passenger
train was Edward Levy. a clerk In the employ of
the Frisco railroad. and brother ot the general
manager uf th. load Th,y With the othcr pas
s,ns.t~ stated that the only thtimati"n ihrl had
uf an accident several ~'Nete lolts and bumps,
and then all Mas quiet \ stampede occurred after
all IN, danger over. hut III" Passengers w'fe
r,as~lred ~ u gentleman named Meingh. Of Baton
! EauE.. who ca the Train With his brother
lie Mas about to 80 forward into the smekins
car when III, collision occurred
IT,, engineer and fireman who were scalh"'l
wei brought 20 -. 'ttN On IL" r'if't tram a."
W., faktn 10 the Illinois Central hospital Nhlr
thef -,s1a~ sud bruises are sever. >'t th'N ma y
no. prov flfaH At i,ast the engineer appears To
hfst# had Wl I.- serious injuries than mieht
hasa t.sa ~, f,.t uudsr the circumstances III
la q NaHld sem aluasi nafa' Hl'bS iha' {a'i'
~ ua fiut, I,,f-HHs injured
IT, pazSruEtr Train wrecked VAS Na " "t
H.. F,tzta l.I#4toaa IN. Frisco U.s. the IliAnnl
t'.pfr.l ffatk- uHt nf Nv orleans one "f The
ItfY.,. contra ,Hsti4ts NAT uuft Tor tHNt
fr5.f.t s.r, i,. VI 3~slsu,d - tle l"s ifaln 10
va l,aktuG 80 laHls thas tas tttW '"sl5 h't h'i
tnta ~. snpe iu ame to ,.,u IT, ffl-'" pas
hI,IH Al