Two Trains Collide at Glendale

DAMM

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 2/17/2007 at 13:26:27

"Fairfield Ledger Weekly", June 1, 1881

Terrible Accident.

This morning about daylight, during a dense fog, two east bound C., B. & Q. freights collided at Glendale station. At the time one train was standing still on the main track, and the other, running at a rapid speed, came crashing into the caboose of the forward train. One man, a stock shipper from western Iowa, whose name we could not learn, was killed instantly, and another, a son of the former, was so badly injured that his life is despaired of. The colliding engine was totally wrecked, as were also four or five freight cars, and a number of cattle were killed. Both victims of the wreck were taken to Mr. DAMM’s residence where they now lie. The train men escaped with a few injuries. The track was soon cleared and trains are now running as usual.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.