, 1874-10-18
,,,,vslpps Escape Of Two Hundred
~ Passengers
49,, Al The riltsbarg, Fort Wayne &
1 i1a's es;4,e. n Railroad Thrown from tho
''ilr Trs,k at Pieresten by a t'V'
.:,,t Passengers lajured--Aone Fatally
e. Howard, of the In
bep'Ocau 4ar.Occau, Badly Hurt

,.,;aant which came near proving
an1r disastrous to human mo oeea1tsa n;,e W
s'ueash os4hnrc rort Wayne 4 Chicago 1all@as' nas
tho f.'sSk a,a:o"k Yesterday aftelnoon, At F.e1ee-
,tslt e.o.A - Indiana. 1os miles east OF Chi
ton, F. ssa"uA =, from Fort WAYNE. Eight persons
ego soa .. :, fonr Of them seriously, aud tue
were ip}o1eo, nona fatally, SO far as has been
,sceytaiued ..or frst received information
. 4'. a,.rrreuce from passenger GU 'le 'i4'u'
O. sns r,nrcez Esq. City AttorneV OF II. "a'ne, M
L. Asa.a ..anou 1t tue Grand Pacific Hotel n.s
rno m.n, rrg.rdus the accidsnt Ii Substantially
islo!1. '..;a Gas RAINING at the rate OF fully ~
1as ~" ,o,r and consisted Of m engine, one
n1'es - -sr ~ one enigrant car filed to its tuil
.sos.i.r, two passenger eoaeoes' ano suo @
s1 s.., T,.ps!t. Just as The train WAS Fearing
n.srreton 1ss the engine struck COW ana run o'e1
81. .ha baggage car also passing oFer ne':
esi' N:...r. 49, r,r struck the animal aud Knocked
,.a,;ust .us fence, but the CARCASS reoounoeo
IT. - +ta t7,ck and threw the enlgEans cur
pss. .,s tro p.sserge1-coaches of tue ralls: Ihs
10 80 ,s s,xd, AZ lie struck tie COW. whistied
esxa', tr, es and applied the satent alf- oIaRe'
w. w. i,:ter Led tie e1ecs 10 en> -
.Ls aas +.a;n ye,v su1ieuly, or otherwise the
~ .ss;7cnr my gan.d la.e cau.ed . ha IL
- ~ l.e. AZ it was. the three cars WINCH rau
~ h. uaek vera checked greatly ana caieenoa %
or,r 40 embau6men: abolt ~ OF ~ %
~ W., Mgb. There were about Nv
1ses oe;1ad in promlscrous hemp as
r.. no.,bes Cent down the steep descent'
~, .os m.1reious TO relate, only eight were H.
;rrad Ihe engine aud baggage car kept tnc
tt-.st and rau aiiead some o.stasce 1!oM tAe
x1acf, Tue Pullman car also Eema1ueo On 1ae
tn.k. aud the tassenhers were not injured d.
ea,i.u,in F. Ho9ard, commercial editor OF the
,nLr-1 -1txun, suffered the mist. serious INJURY
IA vss returning from Harrisburg: "a re-
eaiyed dangerous wound 10 Tue neau' e1ooo -, ~
tha ro,,t ear. aud when taken from the wreck
~ ;n.ensh1a- He MAS rem fed to neis lbor-
i1c porsa aud kindly cared for.
Wrs Shay aud TWO children we're severely, but
m, daue erousls, hurt, The lady received rad
cut over the left eye
Catherine Bourne was struck On the forehead
nd Latl;y wounded, but not danger ously. She
Is TOW 3; ths County Hospital in This city:
o. /. Drown, the conductor, had hls lett arm
confused,
@sAA~N
ptf tue trick, and 1ceei7ea severe wound on
the forehead.
Several other passengers we're bruised and
.crsIcDed, but none Of them severely.
Judge William ". Farwell, Ch!ef~Justice OF
the Cook County Circuit Courts, and
t:s wife wcrc passengers on the un-
fortunate train. They vera In the zear
p.rt Of tue Pullman cat, and we're not injured
Judge Fa1weu gave tie Hiiter sta,etnent sub
1tantially similar to that above, and did all in
his power to assist Mr. Howard. whom lie Iecos-
uzea 1T the house where the later WAS taken,
md telegraphed 10 Mrs. Howard the condition
Ut her husband.
The Judge states that the escape OF the pas
sengers was very marvellous, aud tributes it to
the quick action Of ths atmospheric brake, which
K.s promptly applied. He also states that AL
cid lady whose name hs did not learn. was se-
5eselE, bu1 no. dangerously, injured. She is 3
resident oi thls CITY.
The fcene is described By several passengers
who arrived Eese last nigh. Mt 1880 o'clock, as
oaeo the --latest excitement and confusion at
tIe t,ma lue 1&s 20 OF, and rumots
Fela afoat thst heavy less of
Life had occurred The railway officials
tece seut forward aid at once, aud Kept the mat
Ter Is quiet as possible.
al the infu1manss agree in saying that the
lpeed = tue train was very great,-nos less than
y miles an hour, rate contrary to the Laws of
Indiana.