, 1873-01-26
RAILWAY COLLISION,
a Terrible Accident Providen-
tally Averted. !
A Locomotive on the Northwestern Roaf1
Dashes Into Two Passenger Cars.
One Person Seriously Injured, and Others Slightly
Bruised.

e4oeut WHICH occurred, yesterday morning,
tho suburban village Of Haywood, on tho Galen
Division of the Chicago j. Northwestern Rail
road. That the details are not sckening
alone due to ! Providential interference. whore
py Captain George L. Clydesdale doing busincs
at NO. 1o3 Washington street, Chicago, his wife
and three children were saved from, o most ter
r1ola death. The following are the particular
OF tho accident as learned by TRIBUNE reporter
who visited Mnywood yesterday:
1t seems that yesterday morning, the oxprosl
on the Freoport DiviAion, which is duo at May
wood at half-past 6, had not arrived at 7:40, tht
time when the Turner junction train, which
accommodates the residents Of haywood, is due.
lie station agent, Mr. Carter, having receiy.
| ed no lntimation that the Freeport train would
! como III, in advance Of the Junction train, pre-
pared his switches, on hearing the whistle, for
the junction train, which, at Haywood, takes on
| TWO passenger cars every morning. When but
| one track is in uso, the trim is switched from
the south track to the north track, and is then
backed down on the side track to tho passenger
cars to be attached. These, at the request Of
the company, are usually occupied by passengers
before the train comes I'd.
Of congratulation with the Whiting people Of
haywood, who have cen much troubled 1ateIy
BY delayH. The approaching train was however.
the treeport express, the engineer Of which did
not expect to switch his train at Maywood, and
speed ed's.'' ma9 1 4 tho lost agh tms 6ats
At haywood, he failed 10 observe that the
81 s"lten as set, would throw him from the south
20 the north truck, and therefore did not slacken
tho speed Of his train. In passing from
the south to the north track the tender was
thrown from the track. breaking the aanges
from the two front wheels; and when the engine
St struck the frog leading from the north track to
nc siae tiack upon which the cars we're
1rog broke, throwing the engine from the treck
and separating !t.ffom the tender and the rest
OF the tram, which continued in it's course to-
war wa1o chicago On the north track. The engine
on the track and bouncing over the ties, it was
not stopped until it had crashed madly
into the passenger coaches Of the juno
;l2e. ;lon tfaln. AH thus was the. work Of an
crowd On the platform of the station, were taken
completely by surprise a gentleman present !
said to the reporter that when the train dashed |
oy, ana II second after the rear end Of the last
coucn Tas seen 1ar do"n the track, the en- !
gaae' hal1 lmDedded IN the passenger car on the
siae-treck, seemed phantom, and not the en-
RRal Rnie ol 1ne tfaln which had Just passed down.
~. Ire clash OF the engine as it ploug ghed through
.n,e VIC ~, IT, "Aa neafu M mne away Added to this
a .o oaxs VI Inc occuPants OF the cars "ho
q unsuspectlng, were looking out OF the win
LOVE .h,s1 "a!cnlng 10! me tram to go by which
snou1u si, ofaw tneln INTO the city. The only oc-
uah; nupaIt ~ 1ne .mo cars VINO Witnessed the ap-
ptoasaus e. aanget "as gentleman who
,tooo @ ak me rear emu Or the car which
" vas -, telesoopeq, quietly looking out
D !. tne "1nao"* s ao mad time only to exclaim,
~ ay ~ n9a, l1s ~, coming ana rush to the oppo.
'tae ha sua u tne cur, Hnen INC engine came IN ut
,aesannara e ~ np peen stanang Inc other
,ass.emgels .:n knew nothing OF the impending dan-
5ur aas IL saey were lnro%n together IN confused
nass, anu tnelI senses oe"uoereo and beclouded-
a,.s.ara .au stsatel portion or Tue pas
.nse.s mIie @ ~ .ne 1lone car Mn1le me car which
lis: lis family. They occupied the Last seats. and
o,,s aS ~ a tue ess " ENJOY nonaay. 1helr
ioase ~ na1 peen 1e1t N charge OF the servants,
~ ~ s1e Gnlilea n, "eIo merry Wlth tne expecta-
a ata- y, qy ~ tno e'.y Mr. Lyoesaale can te4
sard man soy, g, my God,' and saw |
~ run to Inc opposite ond OF the car.
aaa saw g1eat @ cloud, as II the sun had been
-on Ky eneno o Th"n "GH ~ Suppose was ST smoke
-! tus oneiuo' 4aen 1elt Tue eeat ut up, {
na nt ny Impulse Wa 20 Jump ont OF tho window
Ut a remembering o that @ my famiy we're there, 7 {
mew ,t ny F., arms r'' wualy ABOUT my wife and
2angest pm t5,;e emla Inc onIy thing remember
ssht upon ny hssas then knew s1s noshns aaS:
~ IL nu1y louna myse4 here en- IN my own bed
Mr. Clydesoale' hls VIE: and J. three children I
gre eompletely covered with the debris, and =
~ ~NA1e1 ~. ,oA47 eA444c' AAo 6tato | o
nIcn they occupied and the floor beneath we1e +
oxen to spnnt9[s, as also the seats and the floor
'yon4 X, men. 1ney seem TO nave been Lifted up
~ Ia 1ae noor ana eeats, ano then to hare h
nen Gown among tne sphnters when the engine s.
pPed M ~ ha1;a was faken out perfectly
7enslole, ano oeneVea 70 De dead: The rest b
y, .,, ano 1atlis Nerc INJURED o9t .shGhtly, n
snoueM ~ H. l19y were ~ bruised more or O.
- . ~; 10y olyuesuaies a1 nooIs we're torn on,
= "ele 1o9no N Tue pafe OF the co"-catcher,
ncn iaa1 mas aeIaeneu from tho engine. The
t09t ;.o.nes mele almost toln on, II
y -nsteaolo @ ~ u may seem, sne was not ser1- r.
s!y auIs. Nuen the reporter visited Mr- -,
e yuesuaie, .s yesseraAy afternoon, ne was doing
IL, Iasang su!elea' In Ut. 1shams judgment, n
sellous lhJuIies. p ne was, however fearfully a.
9s.1atea py the shock, ana complained that ~
aIa nltn1 Nv WIZ palnlng nm. II u feared by hls
saas 'nae ne has suffered serious internal in
r;. ~ AZ. ,.,- :n n--,-.-..
: as to ~ ,ae ne %ts'4 +a WI eonpletely mysI1y
,th Ha1f ~ the ne erary ,ny ESCAPED terrible Ia
nlaco WHARF ther 81 10 aoenn; 'ne car' at
zine are scattered all around- being hrosan 20