, 1874-11-25
Horrible Accident on the Hyde
Park Dummy Road,
The Engine Jumps The Track and
Crushes the Engineer.
L Newsboy Fatally Scaldcd by tho
Escaping Steam
An Eyewitness Describes the
Disaster and His Sui
ferings.
Tho Engineers Death Disclo'es Ills
History and Real Name'
Testimony Taken Before the Cor
oner's Jury.
The Verdict.

N"sF ~, ~, AN. pail |
Of walch place ~ On paf WIN sno nasy .ss. hanr
fo"a horror OF iofo' occurred as ~ vao sa.' IN
yossefdag moInins On tno oulnu.s H1s. aus n.sr
ChlcaBo oity Aal"a9 oompans ~ 4yao 80
Iho report WINCH 1oacaea 1As AAlooSA u =. -.
early hour Yesterday morning was 20 tno eneus
that dummy-angne OF this lino h"a e1P'uuo.
while travelling eaat anu nearing 1no n5au &A1A
etation' and Tribune reporter "Aa ,, '.a.u.
diatoly dlepntohed 70 tne sceno u ss.o a4'"''0''
ArSiEcd at aYao farR, tue fepos1os 1ouo4
'cApR' niNfoHn'
OF tho police 1oroe OF tn'a soou.o' "Ao ~ oIso
gave him all tho inior'na1ton "nion W
posaeaaod regarding tne SUI oeIu4
Iron Capt. blnioFa ae 4e@ueo .uAs
1ew mtnntea pass ~ tne "o8n,ne eae - ~.
my eolnnalpe 'n1o oyuo tA1A w ~ 49, r,s.a
atoln oo'caso' noo, "nA' 4"""as e1
nttn s1ieoE 1u6s n's!e "ea' y, - iA as S.ss
1ampoa lie tfaeh, ,an1le ou VIZ uo4'" 80
the same. una Rflnne instantly tne eue'nuo4'
Charles Alasthowa. ano soSeee4S @ca1a'u6 "o"o
BOY nanea DaSlo oto"n, Hno "as "A4ue ~
sage with the engineer from lineage 70 !iSue
Park. Ihe reporter met also' IN eap1 o4oAo4oo
office,
p1. FLOOD,
Of Hydo Park. who was tho nrat meolcal nan
summonod to tho assistance or the antossu-
Mates "ho Ind sunefed by inc 1ors,plo
Incident. Df- t'oou stasea tnat he nao
been called Mt little otter IN me morning u
attond the euIorors by tho accldent' Ao re.
paired to tho sceno OF tno alsas1ol, ano 1ounu
Tho deceased. Whom 10 Ene" py tne uano "
Charles Mntthe"e, lying crushed uhdof tne po.los
Of tho dummy engine. CAPT. oinloso ana
number Of the inhanatahts "ho aau satne.eo ~
Tie vicinity OF tho aceluent wero enoca7orl's 10
oxtrlcase tho hody' II possioie "lsnoos lnceeaa'
ing tho alsheafon'ens "nicn naa a'.eaus w.
enrred. lnls hoeepsarlly oe'asoa 'ne aoeon- ~
pllshmons OF o@trieaaos Inc ooaY' aho II WIZ
more than m hoar peioro IL "as 1e'eaeou ano
taken to the odtoago city aah"as coapany
depot. While Fle"lhg tue oooy OF tne aeceaaeo'
tho Doctor "aa requested 10 @'teno pfo1oS'
sionAuy ..
TIE nor nRowN,
with whom be vas already aeqnaln1eo. re
found him lying In bod at the house OF Mr.
Bnydor, al tho corner Of Fifty-hfth street and
Kimba]l ayeuuo. He found tue moor boy suffer-
tno the intonseat nconv. hia eotira podv. with
khe e@eopt9on u tno euee. hoo Poss'ou " tne
arms, being Severely acalded. tho lower part OF
the abdomen and tho thighs beng devoid Of
akin. md nccmingly hslf. .coolcd BY the steam,
~ ~. 10y .,;,s, ae ",',.,s,e 49, -, .'
Tue laa. gave nun sultao'o ooso OF moFpn1no'
and advised his mosbor. who had been In the
meantime aont for, that aho could look for no
reasonable hope of his recovarv.
':YTav;,,a sa,,,r,d thns ,n,,,t, ,n+,~r,o+,o, IT..
..as svt - ~. '''3'N4 'A1'A A'e'A'A' 'Ae
fepol'es "on' W 'no ......
SCENE OF TIE DISASTER
aa the most likely place to gloan fuller partiou-
lar, Of the sad accident. The snot reachea, the
ranortar raa ah,o at a Glance ~ ,rao1,za t1o
reporter "a7 @1n ~ hsaneo to fea1ze Inc
SERIOUS nasuto or 1ne ece1oent. ABOUT bo teot
Gust OF Nnba1 avenue, on tlfky-ttfth Street,
dnmmy. and On tho. other eide Of the track. n
little further cost. 10y tue badly damaged coach.
Ihe onlS "hoio .nne ABOUT Inc dummy "aB the
or horribly distorted By tho force Of tho CON
crsaton ~ tho hoavv enpina with tbo osr.,, ~
.es0la ~, -. Wv ...s,, "s. ~ y!
noe.ones 'Ds .a esSo
dummy was in splnters part of 1t thrown 80 feet
ahoad Of tho spot where the boiler had sunk into
the rroupd into which 1t had plowcd to tho
depth OF over foot; whilo tho Wheols pointed
STEWARDS. Tho dome Of tho dummy iust touched
tho ground, and in It was n large don't. This
was caused bY the futile opposit,on Of tho head
Of tho englneer, evideuccd by pool Of BLOOD
which lay just beneatb, aud scraps Of akin Which
ainercnt parts OF the dummy, Bome Of
them. disttneuishable, some Of them tortured
By tho sudden force OF the shock beyond all
recognition. And hero and thore lay Tuesday
morning Tn1puNR. etlfr with tue loo which had
formed from tho steam Of tho boiler muddy
with the mud which tho sudden supply Of hot
water had o4ented,-part OF tho stock Of tho
poor uowsboy who had mot . aad fate on tie
road an hour or two before. At tue first glauce
at the scelo Of the disaster, whore the passen-
gar-coacu lay. to tho east oil tho dummy, the
iepore 81 concluded TINT the train had bosn run
ming coach foyomost but
op,1luA1, EXAMINATION
of the locality gatls1od him that such was not
tho onso with tic utmost caro- he lookud
back uron the srsol1 tn find eYi.
ionco Of whora tha dtrcator had hat,
ltH beginning. II nj frat haouroe unnnrant fhat
sle dummy bad lcft the traoI sGout 20 feet
from whore sho Law. fudeinc Nv ths oyijencea in
Tho ohape OF tho f}nen 1e.tlh ~ tha sasners ana
plowed furrowa in thn a,rt,, ~ ,yh;on heosn 1t
thiB point and loanennd n in,tons'tv nnf;l ihn
gnn1 nvnrtnrn nt;Ii tht - .nsoua'n5 125,H - - -