When was it published?

October 7, 1885 in Morning Appeal

Domestic News October 7, 1885

Morning Appeal

Q: What keywords are associated?

Train Accident, Cow Collision, Livestock, Railway Incident, Pom Clarke

Carson City, Ormsby County, Carson City County, Nevada

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What is this article about?

A train express hit a herd of sleeping cows on the track after the engineer pulled the throttle, scattering cow remains widely, but the train avoided derailment despite a gap in the rails.

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The passengers on the down Sunday night express all tell big stories about the way the cows got knocked out when Pom Clarke pulled the cut throttle and went into the herd. The cows were sleeping quietly in the grass, and as the glare of the head-light woke them up they crowded into the track. When the locomotive hit the band the air was just thick with beef-steaks, bones and hides.
"Why," said one man, "the hides of some of the animals are hanging to the telegraph wires yet, and the meat is scattered all through the sage-brush."
It was the luckiest thing in the world that the train was not telescoped, as it passed over quite a gap in the track where the rails were torn up.

What sub-type of article is it?

Accident Transportation

What keywords are associated?

Train Accident Cow Collision Livestock Railway Incident Pom Clarke

What entities or persons were involved?

Pom Clarke

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Key Persons

Pom Clarke

Outcome

multiple cows killed and scattered; train not derailed.

Event Details

Passengers reported that the Sunday night express train struck a herd of sleeping cows on the track after the engineer Pom Clarke applied the throttle. The cows crowded onto the track when woken by the headlight, resulting in their remains being scattered widely, including on telegraph wires and sage-brush. The train safely passed over a gap in the rails where they were torn up.