Indiana State Journal, August 3, 1898, p. 1.
New Albany, Indiana, July 28-The Airline Company's investigation of the
recent wreck at Georgetown, in which Engineer Cearns of this city and John
Shipley of Corydon were killed, resulted in the discharge today of Engineer
Wykoff, Conductor Coleman and Brakeman O'Halloran, who were on the engine
that Cearns struck, and Operator Faulkner, who allowed the brakeman instead
of the conductor to sign a telegraph order, was also discharged.