Wreck on the Central Injures Ten People
A Central railway wreck injures ten people as emergency crews respond at the scene. Investigators sort cause and city hospitals treat the injured passengers.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1898
Page
1
A Central railway wreck injures ten people as emergency crews respond at the scene. Investigators sort cause and city hospitals treat the injured passengers.
Dallas Sept 27 A Houston and Texas Central wreck near Corsicana left ten injured with two believed fatally hurt. The sleeper derailed from the trestle plunging into water fifteen feet deep dragging a crowded chair car. inside, many were hurled under seats with only one woman injured, while others suffered internal and head injuries among the listed victims.
A north bound passenger train struck a wedged spike on the St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern line and halted near a 15 foot embankment. A freight train then rear ended the passenger coach with no serious injuries. A baggageman signaled an oncoming Oak Hill accommodation. Property loss is reported high.
Vienna reports Krete crisis escalates as Turkish government rejects powers demand. If not resolved by Oct 1, blockade of Crete by land and sea is to be enforced, while an emigre edict frees certain officials from alleged plot claims.
In Flora Indiana the Farmers Bank safes were blown open around 2:00 this morning. Robbers secured close to $12,000 and fled on a handcar. Cashier William Lenon was shot during the raid but survived. A posse pursued the gang, bloodhounds joined the hunt, and the bank building suffered heavy damage.
A historic storm swept the Niagara region causing widespread destruction from Lake Erie to Ontario. In Ontario’s St Catharines Merriton and Grantham districts, six deaths were confirmed with at least nine others fatally injured and a death toll possibly rising to fifteen amid heavy property loss. Separately Admiral Dewey reported the seizure of the filibustering steamer Abbey at Batangas after its crew of Filipinos refused papers, with the vessel previously registered as Pasig and carrying arms from Macao.
Disturbances at Fajardo and Barros noted as exaggerated. In Searcy Arkansas on September 27 Will H. Hardin faces hanging after a murder verdict. he partnered with Lee Mills who was hanged in Heber on September 30 for the same December death of Hugh Patterson in Van Buren county. In Savoy Texas a hunter near Ector faced three wolves on Ed Allen's farm but repelled them with a shotgun. Dr M C Harris, an elder in the Methodist Episcopal Japanese mission, received Japan’s Sacred Treasure from the emperor.
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