The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-08-19
DEATH ON THE RAIL
TERRIBLE DISASTER ON THE
CHICAGO AND ALTON
RAILROAD.
ELEVEN PERSONS KILLED
AND MANY WOUNDED.
A COAL TRAIN RUNNING WITH.
OUT INSTRUCTIONS COLI
LIDES WITH A PASS
ENGER TRAIN.
AGOSIZTNG SCENES AT THE
WRECK.

CHICAGO, August IA terrible acci-
dent occurred at 1880 last night, near
Lemont, on the Chicago and Alton rail-
road, an incoming freight train colliding
with the south bound express passenger
train, almost entirely wrecking the latter,
killing six persons outright, and feariully
iijuring some thirty-seven others, many
OF whom will die. The cars caught fire,
ana q number of the in ured are badly
burned, while others are scalded by hot
water from the locomotive boilers.
Lemont IL about twenty miles south Of
this city, and the accident was not known
here except to railroad officials until be-
tween IL and ] o'clock this morning, and
then only to parties who happened to as.
certain that surgeons had been sent for 10
20 to the wrecked train. 1t is impossible
to give full particulars at the present writ
ing, but they will be sent later among
those dangerously injured is John w
Smith, warden of the Illinois state peni.
Tertiary.
\ LATER plsPATCH.
The total number killed and died of their
injuries by the collision on the Chicago
and Alton railroad, near Lemont last
night, is, up 10 3 o'clock this morning,
eleven, and Of the wounded thir,y-hve.
The following list is furnished by Off.
cisls Of the railroad, aud is doubtless cor
rect:
KILLED.
John Metzler an engineer belonging 70
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad two
bremen belonging to the collidinr trains
names unknown; Frank Bridges, appar.
emily fireman; n. Divelbiss. IT., Spring.
field, Illinois; Thomas Morton, porter in
Anderson's hotel of Chicago: K, J. Bras.
Of the frm Of j. V. Farwell & Co, Chi.
eAgo, and two men whose bodies are vel
unidentified.
INJURED.
Capt. John w. Smith, warden of tn
Illinois penitentiary at ;Ioliiss' eaal
cannot. gecnya., j. r. fIeury
purchasing agent for the penitentisry a
Joliet fatally, and will scarcely live ill
night; Anton Finkemsn, st. Louis, badly
probably fatally, injured; NJ. q. Cantrell
chicago, badly bruised VIM. Mitchell
Duck Island, Maine, badly scalded Alex.
Monteith, Duck Island, badly scalded I;
Thos. Strong Muskegon, Michigan,
VIM. Curran, Chicago, scslded - Con-
nsnt, Duck Island, scalded; j. Lemotte,
Philadelphia, badly scalded John Sher-
tured Alex. Allen, Duck Island, scalded /;
A. Borden, scalded; John Whalen of
Akron, on his way to Bloomington.
back and hand. scslded; Henry
Small, Akron, Ohio, scalded; j. L. Gun.
ninghsm, bsggage-man, leg broken; Jas.
oNeil, engineer Of the passenger train,
both legs broken engineer of the coal
train badly bruised newsboy on the
passenger train, bruised Geo Renti of
chicago, body and arms scalded; A. G..
Hickman artist, Of Chicago, bady scalded
on head and hands and bruised Jacob
hlose, fatally Jacob Cordoyant of Osh-
kosh, Wisconsin, will probably die; Isaac |
Mills of New York slightly scslded
Martin Carleton of Bloomington. Illinois, !
scalded Albert Adams of Bloomington, |
scalded William Richardson Of Chicago, |
scaided l.. A. Hsmlin of Dwight, Hi. |
nois, slightly scalded John O'Keefe of |
Arkon, Ohio, John Il. DOYLE. |
scalded; Jno. Speers of Chicago |
scalded NJ. st. John, Chicago scalded
CORRECTION.
The train didn't catch FIRE, as WAS re.
ported this morning, and AL the passen.
gers Killed or Injured were in the second.
class car and, with the exception of the !,
nfemen ana engineers and the trAin.men |
the CASUALTIES were all caused by steam. |
None oil the regular passenger coaches or |
sleepers were thrown from the track. or IN |
any way injured, and none of them hurt.
slAIEhENT OF THE OFFICERS or THE
ROAD,
The following account Of the accident
from statement of the officers of the
road
inc regular passenger train for ST.
Louis lett here al p. m, and consisted of
baggage Car, express and three day
coaches, the head one second class ar
smoking and two sleepers At 1910 n
IN, when three miles north Of Lemon, "a
about twenty-five miles south of this citv
al curve in tho road, suddenly sppenrst
. coal train Of thirty-fye cara runnipg az
the rate of about twenty miles an hour
The passenger train was running AT Tho
rate, probably, Of thirty miles an hour,
and neither engineer saw the
other engine until it was
too late TO reverse, fact accounted
for by the curve IN the road and partly
by q dense fog The engines came to-
gether with fearful force. Being on the
curve, however, each engine left the track
And passed each other; that attached To
the coal train striking the baggage car a
lew feet from the end, showing II of the
track and breaking the coupling between
and the smoking car, which the engine
struek square In the end, and with such
force ~ 70 throw the forward end in the
ar, 90 that the engine ran under IL tear.
ing the noor completely out and hurlipp
sos my or sixty unfortunates who were
10 tns car In struggling mAss 10 the
lower end, whence there was no chance
for escape and now ensued
SCENE oY HORRORS
Which cannot adequately be described
The snokastAck and dome of the snsina
! we're Knocked oil by the collision. anJ tbs
p esokcm timbsrs OF the smoking-ear pepe.
ssats1 the boiler letting loose dem
v0utne Of hot steam, which poured in ,ss
co. Nlipdisg and sesldipg the helples. in.
mssst who, with