The Penn's Grove record., 1889-04-13
A RAILROAD COLLISION.
FOUR PERSONS KILLED AND FOUR IN
JURED NEAR LORENZO, ILLINOIS.

A FAST FREIGHT CRASHES INTO TIL
REAR OF A PASSENGER TRAIN
DURING A FOG AND DEMoL-
IsHEs A PRIVATE CAR.
CHICAGO, April 10.-Une of the sad
dest OF the innumerable railroad disas
tiers which have occurred near Chicag,
took place early this morning at LO
renzo, Ill. The victims are eight IL
number, including a bride that was {,
be and her betrothed husband. 10
renzo, the scene of tie horror, is /,
little hamlet. 81 miles out on the Chi
cago, Santa Fee and California Railroad
During a fog an extra freight train raj
into the ear of the regular No. Z:
California passenger train, east bound
at 4.23 A. M, smashing to bits a privat,
coach, letting not a single one of thu
occupants escape. Four people vert
killed and four others seriously in
jured. The killed are:
Henry Robert HART, the 15.year ole
soH of j. l., Hartt, of Boston, Massa,
chusetts.
Miss Alice Winslow, of BrookIiue,
Mass, niece of j. L. HART and the
1ancee Of Henry W. Lamb, who was
seriously injured,
Harry Herring (colored), porter,
resident of Los Angeles, Cal.
Thomas smith. colored, cook, a resi-.
dent of Los Angeles.
The seriously injured are:
j. L. Hartt, OF Boston, Director OF
the Chicago, Kansas and Western Rail.
road, a branch of the Santa Fe system,
badly burned about the feet, legs. arms
and head.
Mrs. J. l.. HART, the formers wife,
whose injuries are similar.
Henry w. Lamb, of Bro0kline,
Massachusetts, seriously scalded about
the arms and head.
r. l.. Palmer, brakeman of the
freight train, seriously scalded.
Henry W. Faulkner, of Detroit,
who was a passenger on the wrecked
train, thus described Mr.. Lambs grief
at hearing Of the death Of his be-
trothed: 81 was in the sleeper Santa
Anna,'" said Mr.. Faulkner, "when l
was awakened, doubled up in my
berth, and I feel now | Ike l had been
broken in two. ] could hear a prodi-
gious upr0ar outside and the sound of
escaping steam. l dressed as fast as l
could and got outside. Some of the
train men and passengers were at work
In the wreck and pulled out a young
man, whose name / afterward heard
was Lamb. He was groaning pitifully,
l got a mattress from the sleeper
and we lifted him to it as gently
as we could, "Ohf where is Alliep,
said he, rising up suddenly. just then
two men passed by with the body of a
woman. Lamb caught sight of her
face by the light of a lantern. oh,
God. 1t is Allie he screamed, and then
he dropped back on the mattress In a
faint. l was In the car with the
wounded on our way to the city, and
every once In a while l could hear
Lamb, poor fellow, moaning the name
Of Allie, Allie" The train bearing the
injured came into the Dearborn Station,
Chicago, at $40. The officials or the
railroad had prepared everything for
the reception. An ambulance and three
police patrol wagons were at the depot
and as tenderly as possible bore
the four injured persons who were
on the train to the Mercy Hospital.
The police with difficulty depressed a
crowd of 300 or 400 people who jostled
and pushed each other to see the sor-
r0wful sight of human beings scalded.
The diagnosis at the hospital showed
that Mr.. Hartt's legs, right arm and
face were grievously scalded. Mrs.
Hartt's injuries are almost identical,
although she has, in addition, a large
burn on the abdomen. Mr.. Lambs
legs, face and hands are very badly
burned. The injuries Of brakeman
Palmer are very similar. The other in
jured trainmen we're cared for at Loren
za Dr.. Winfield Hall, Of the hospital
staff. says the injuries Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hartt are dangerous. There is
congestion OF the internal organs, and
he fears that pneumonia, no uncommon
sequence Of severe scalds, may set in.
The cases Of Lamb and Palmer are by
no means serious. DR.. j. j. Ransom,
the Chief Of the Medical Department
Of the Santa Fe Railroad, takes a more
hopeful view. He made a thorough
examination Of Mr.. and Mrs. HART,
and thinks the recovery of both assured
unless there be unusual developments
not indicated by present condition. The
victims are all under the influence of
morphine, and visitors are strictly ex-
cluded.
Mr.. HART, when brought to the
hospital, was but vaguely aware of the
death Of his son, not being sufficiently
conscious to realize what had happened.
He talked incoherently of his boy, and
at intervals called his name. Mrs.
Hartt does not know that her son is
dead. Mr.. John F. Hartt is a heavy
capitalist, and one of the best known
directors Of the Chicago, Kansas and
Western. Mrs. Hartt Is a sister of
Albert W. Nlckerson, the wealthy
railroad nan of Boston, and director
Of the Santa Fe. Mr.. and Mrs. HART
Started on their Western trip about
two months ago.
In their party were their ION Robert,
Mr.. Henry W. Lamb, ayOung business
man of Brookline, Mass, % years old,
and Miss Alice Winslow. a cousin or
Mrs. Hartt. Miss Winslow was a
bright, pretty girl of ~. Robert Hartt
had turned II and was preparing for
college. He was to enter tie freshman
class at Hartford next September. The
i'll fated passenger train was due at
Lorenzo at exactly % O'Clock and
was on time. The train following,
known as an ''extra,' was running
wild under orders 10 keep five or ten
minutes behind the passenger. 1t was
in charge Of Conductor Hughes
and Engineer Converse. The crew
of the freight train claim that the
dense fog prevented them from seeing
how neal they were to Lorenzo, or
from catching sight of the rear lights
Of the passenger. Hughes acknowl.
edged that he knew the passenger was
Just due at Lorenzo at the time OF the
collision, but though he was three or
four minutes behind. The rear coach
the passenger train was the private
car of the officers of the California
Central Railroad, No IS, and was
occupied by Mr.. Hartt and party. All
were soundly sleeping when the fatal
crash came. The passenger had stopped |
only q moment at Lorenzo and was
out when the freight rushed
down uDon H. Tho angina Of tha |