Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1888 — A CIRCUS WRECKED. [ARTICLE]

A CIRCUS WRECKED.

One Man Killed and the Show Practically < ftpined. 1 j.T/.rZTL At 1 o’clock. Sunday afternoon a terrible calamity occurred on the C. &P. railroad, about three miles above Steubenville, O. As the train of the Miller & Freeman circus was passing this point, through a deep cut known as the “backbone,” it met a land slide which threw the engine and five cars from the track, piling them up in a confused and broken mass. A. B. Stillwell, of Wellsville, 0., the engineer, was terribly scalded, and it is feared has received internal injuries. Elmer Ellsworth of Columbus, 0., the colored cook, was killed outright. The passenger coaches containing the performers were uninjured, as were also the cars containing the horses. Conductor Jordan, who was on the engine, escapeduninjured. Firenoa n . S .illwell saved himself by containing the wagons and other paraphernalia are complete wreck?, a loss to the circus firm of over $75,000.