Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1885 — DEADLY RAILWAY ACCIDENT. [ARTICLE]

DEADLY RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

A Fatal Wreck Near Louisville, Ky t , ip Which Threa Men'Were Killed. [Louisville (Ky.) special. 1 A fatal wreck occurred on the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad last night, near Pleasure Ridg6 Park, about twenty-five miles from this city, which resulted in the death of three men. A severe storm had been raging in the vicinity early in the afternoon, and a large tree was blown across the tracknt the foot of a steep grade. About 6:30 o’clock the local freight coming toward this city reached that point. The train was traveling at a rapid rate of speed at the time, and as it was getting dark the engineer, Tom Sherrill, did not see the tree until he was too, close to stop. He reversed the engine, but it struck the obstacle with grett force and was thrown from the track, seven cars piling up on top of it. The front brakemau and fireman were in tne engine with Sherrill at the time, and all three were killed almost instantly. The engine and cars were smashed to pieces and the track torn up. The names of the killed are as follows: Tom Sherrill, engineer; Ben J. Peak, brakeman; Tom Filburn, fireman—all of Louisville. T. A. Goodman, the conductor, was injured internally and his back severely strained. All the men were terribly scalded about the head and face, and terribly mangled in the wreck. «