Maysville, Kentucky Train Wreck
May
22, 1907
Coach Hurled Down Bank
Woman Killed and Eighteen Persons Hurt in Train
Wreck
Observation Car Catches on Piece of Track and
Goes Over Fifty-foot Embankment in Kentucky.
Maysville, KY.. May 22.--The observation car
of a Chesapeake and Ohio train
which left Cincinnati for the East at noon
to-day was thrown down a fifty-foot bank at the
approach of Lawrence Creek, killing
Mrs. Mary Halsey,
of Milwaukee and injuring the eighteen other
occupants of the car. The forward end of the
train caught on a piece of track west of the
bridge, throwing the observation car from the
track. The derailed car ran along the ties about
100 feet, then went over the bank, rolling over
and crushing itself.
MRS. LAZARRE,
of St. Louis, had both legs and an arm broken,
and she may die. The others injured include:
F.K. SMITH, Pittsburg, shoulder
broken and head cut.
MRS. KATE WOOLSEY, Covington,
lacerated scalp.
JUDGE L. W. HALSEY, Milwaukee, head
severely cut.
MRS. PHERICO, Pikesville, Ky., back
broken.
GEORGE STEARNS, Cincinnati,
dislocated shoulder.
J.D. PARTOLD, JR., Baltimore, right
shoulder dislocated.
MRS. BURKE, Ashland, two ribs broken.
MRS. VAN WALKENBERG, Huntsville,
Ala., head cut.
D.P. DAVIS, Cincinnati,
superintendent of mails of Chesapeake and Ohio,
head and arm cut.
ROBERT J. ALLEN, Richmond, Va.,
porter cut on head.
The injured were brought to the St. Charles
Hotel, where they were attended by Maysville
physicians. Judge
Halsey's wife is the first passenger
that has ever
been killed on this division of the Chesapeake
and Ohio.
Mrs. Halsey was terribly cut by broken glass.
A piece of plate glass as large as
a dollar was taken from her head, while her body
was peppered with glass.
The Washington Post, Washington D.C. 23
May 1907
Transcribed by Connie.
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