The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-09-26

CHICAGO, Sept. ga serious disas-
aster to a suburban passenger train
occurred tonight on the southern out
skirts of the city. The Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific. train No. 81, which
left the main depot at 5:35 p. m. for
Blue Island was crashed into by
freight train at the Lake Shore & Pan
Handle crossing near Eighty-seyenth
street, EngleWood. The passenger
train was at stand still, one coach
projecting over the crossing, and into
this coach, containing about sixty per-
sons, plunged the freight train, travel
ing Iapidly. at right angles to the Rock
Island tracks. The wreck of the pas
senger coach was instant and complete
Pow many persons were killed and in
lufed, it was impossible at the moment
TO learn. The first estimates made
during the confusion that followed
the collision put the number of deaths
at from twelve to fourteen. Half an
hour afterward four dead bodies had
been taken out of the debris and the
number of victims was still a matter
of doubt.
When a thorough search had been
completed it was found that three
| ladies and two gentlemen had been
killed outright and a third man was in
a dying condition Six other persons
were seriously injured. The latter six
unfortunates were hurriedly conveyed
1 to their homes near at hand, while the
dying man was taken to the institute
of the Sisters Of Mercy. The i've dead
were conveyed to the EDglewood
morgue.
The list of killed is Mrs. Kelly, j.
Mckenzie, Fred 1ebner, Mrs. Brown
and an unknown woman, all of Wash
iDgton Heights. Gus ,MGekhally was
fatally hurt.
/ LATER.
/ CHICAGO. Sept. 25.-Seth TWombly,
the engineer of the freight train which
last evening crushed into the suburban
train at Eighty-seventh street and
| Vincennes avenue, had a narrow es-
cape from being lynched. In five min
utes after the first report of the col
lision had spread the wreck was sur
rounded by great crowd from the
surrounding stations. Nearly all the
killed and wounded were residents OF
the vicinity, and the indignation
scalded corpses soon reached the
heat of mob fury. A cry went up from
the crowd.
where is the engineer"
s'There he goes, +" replied the fright
ened brakeman. who was trembling in
the clutches of a half dozen strong
hands.
The figure of a running man could be
4 seen up The track in the dusk and yell
ing, There he goes. Lynch him." a
hundred men made chase after the
fugitive. He had a start OF 500 feet
and when he turned around and saw
the rush he doubled his exertions. The
pursuers where fleet also and
they might have overtaken
him. but for few blocks up he plunged
from the track into side street and
disappeared in the darkness. The mol
returned to the wreck and helped tC
carry off the dead. The first body
taxed from the wreck was that of Miss
Kelly. The steam had boiled her hands
and face as to turn she skin horrible
purple and her features were swolleI
so badly that they were out of ali re
semblance to their former shape, while
others were not so badly dishgured anC
only one person was cut. Most of then
had died from inhaling the tremendous
clouds of hot steam that filed ever
corner of the car before the echoes o
the first terrible sounds had died out
The coroner this morning sent a tel
egram to the captain of police of TIT
Englewood district to arrest Eugen'
Twombley of the freight train which
teleScoped the Blue Island accommO
dation train last night. He was sub
sequently taken into custody ant
lodged in the station house at Engle
wood. Thepolice say he has the ap
pearance of one just recovering from
the influence of liquor. Twombley ha
the reputation Of being reckless ant
fast runcer, and more over, it is al
legged by railroad officials that he Is
steady drinker. Immediately after tn
accident great number of people il
sisted that Twombley was drunk, but
reporters found people who assures
: them that the engineer was perfectl
sober.
Twombly gave the following accoun
: of this disaster:
: We left Auburn junction and wer
: proceeding on ORDERS. did not motto
the train standing at South Englewoot
: until it was too late for me to avert tn
: trouble. I did not see the red ligh
hanging from the SemaphoFe arm. re
: yersed my engine, put on the vacuum
brakes, but it was all too late, and at
ter bidding my fireman jump for hi
life, jumped myself. Persons who say
him before he left the city say he hal
been drinking ali the afternoon an,
: that when his train was made up, b
: was so stupid from liquor that he had t
be picked up and lifted into the cab. II
: is a son of the master mechanic of tn
road.