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Canton Weekly Register
Canton, Fulton County, Illinois
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Near Batavia Junction, Ohio, a special train with Lincoln club excursionists and Major McKinley nearly collided with an oncoming passenger train after failing to sidetrack as ordered. The engineer braked in time, stopping 45 feet apart, and the special backed to the siding before reaching Cincinnati. (Reported Oct. 8.)
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Batavia Junction, O
CINCINNATI, Oct. 8-The special train
bearing the Lincoln club excursionists
back from Batavia had a narrow escape
from disaster Tuesday evening. It seems
that orders had been given for the special
to stop at Batavia junction, where the
little Miami intersects, and to sidetrack to
let the regular passenger from the city to
go by on the main track.
Major McKinley on Board
Instead of sidetracking according to
orders, the special continued on its way
to the city but with its speed somewhat
slackened. When a short distance this
side of Batavia junction the engineer saw
the headlight of the approaching train.
He whistled a warning signal and put on
the brakes. The two locomotives were
brought to a standstill with their pilots
not forty-five feet apart. Major McKinley
was on the special train, which backed
to the siding and finally reached this city.
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Batavia Junction, O
Event Date
Tuesday Evening
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Outcome
no collision occurred; the two locomotives stopped with pilots forty-five feet apart; the special train backed to the siding and reached cincinnati.
Event Details
The special train bearing the Lincoln club excursionists back from Batavia disobeyed orders to stop at Batavia Junction and sidetrack for the regular passenger train from the city. The engineer saw the approaching train's headlight, whistled a warning, and applied brakes, bringing both to a standstill just short of collision.