The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-11
Develops a Romance That Is Par
ticularly Heartrending.
A Locomotive Dashes Into the Pri-
vate Car of j f. Hart,
Killing His Son and Niece and In
juring Others of the Party.
His Niece, Miss Winslow, Was the Be-
trothed Bride OF Mr.. Lamb, of the
Party, Who Is Severely scalded
"A Pathetic Scene.

CHICAGO, H., April 1O-Parlial details Of
an accident which occurred on the Chicago,
Santa Fe & California Railroad, near Joliet
this morning, have boen received here. 1t
resulted from collision between passen-
ger and freight train. Three persons were
killed outright, and several were more or
lcss seriously injured. The killed are: Mr..
and Miss Hart OF Brookline, Mass, and
the engineer of the freight train. Mr.. J. l..
Hart, father of the two passengers who were
killed, was fatally hurt The bodies have
been brought to this city.
The follwing is another account OF the acc-
dent on the Chicago, Santa Fe 4 California
Railroad this morning:
The regular east-bound train was just leav-
ing Lorenzo Station, which is fifty miles
from Chicago at 4:3O o'clock, when the acci-
dent occurred. Attached TO the rear Of the
train was the private car Of Mr.. J. +. Hart
Mayor of Brookline, Mass, and director of
the California Central Railroad. The party
in the car consisted OF Mr. Hart and his
wife, his son Henry Robert Hart, his niece,
Miss Winslow,a a porter known only as Harry,
and. a cook, whose Name was Flowers
Smith. Just as the train was pull
ing out of the station, an extra
stock train following ran into the rear Of the
passenger train at good speed, demolishing
the private car and damaging the freight
engine, 50 that large quantities Of steam es-
capped scalding those who had escaped from
the effects OF the crash. As soon as the
wreck could be cleared to allow Of the re-
moyal Of the dead and wounded, they were
found TO be ns follows
Killed-Miss Winsow, Henry Har:, the
porter and the cook.
scaldcd-J. +. Hart and wife. The en-
gineer and fireman OF the freight train
juned and escaped injury. None Of the cars
except that OF Mr., Hart was seriously dam
aged, and none Of the passengers in the other
coaches were hurt. II Is impossible as yet 10
locate the blame for the disaster.
The dead and wounded were put upon the
rain and brought to this city, The bodies
OF the dead were taken TO an undertaking
establishment aud the wounded were con-
veycd to Mercy Hospital, where they are
now.
The passenger train was running on time,
MI tho extra freight, through some mex
ousablc error OF the train dispatcher, was
allowed 10 follow. At Lorenzo the grade Is
very steep, and the engineer Of the extra
saw that his train was unmanageable just as
he perceived the tail lamps of the passenger.
lie whistlcd for bnkcs. IL WAS too late.
His engine crashed into the private car,
driving Il up on the steps Of the Pullman
car Santa Anna
In addition TO being scaldod, Mr.. J. l..
Hart hid both legs broken. Henry w.
Lamb, also In the private car was scalded
about the face and body. Palmer, the freight
Ill Na..fss
gnc into the mass OF debris, aud escaped
with n bad scald on his face and both hands
being terribly burned. John Byndcr the
engineer Of the passenger train, was severely
hurt.
The fireman on the passenger engine said
1--WE are not 90 be blamed for the accident.
We were running on time, but the freight
was an extra When she struck us every
coupling on our train was broken. Even thC
coupling on the tender 90 our engine wa,
broken In two. The freight engine ran right
through the last coach and then the boiler
bursied. Tho cries Of the dying and injured
were simply awful. The boiling water had
been thrown over them and their flesh terri
bly, soaldcd. The bmkcman and fireman ol
the freight must have jumped, because they
were not fatally injured"
Another account says. however, that thu
engineer Of the freight train was crushed :,
n pulp against the boiler head. II Is yory
ton about the accident, a. the railroad pcO
pie are, A. usual, very rcticcnL
The wrecked coach was the private car o.
General Manager McCOol Of the California
Central Railroad, western branch Of th'
Santa Fc The occupants were party o
- Mr. McCool's friends from Massachusctt.
who had been spending a few weeks Will
bis family at Los Angeles and were return
ing home. u cannot be learned that NJ
McCool was Ia the car. John l.. Hart, wife
niece and son, all Of Brookline Mass, ant
Henry W. Lamb. OF the same place, wcr
members Of the McCool party, and with th
exception OF Mr. Hart's neicc were all NJ
ycreiy injured. They, with 7. L. Palmer
the Injured brakeman Of the freight train
were brought 10 this city Ms already related
IL was stated by one Of the tainmcn that
numbcr OF wounded penons were left a
LORENZO. 80,
IN The cab Of the freight engine, and VIII
was fearfuliy scaldcd, tells the followln
story; '1lilf was an cxtn freight aud Ere
Uughcs was the conductor. The affair has
pcned between 4 and o'clock this morning
Ii was very foggy and almost impossible I
zee any distance ahead. We got lost In ti
fog I guess. AZ any rate, before We kne
what We were about thcro stood the passei
ger train right before ~, and we could NO
stnp In time 20 save ourselves | WIS on N
engine nj the time. We went plumb thr0uR
the last sleeper, smashing everything
flinders. The sides Of the car boxed In q
rnngway Of the engine, the top OF the ca
fell over backward. and there / was like
rat In a trap. How got out could hardl
tell I know cmwlcd through might
lmnll place and the steam scnlding away
was mighty hard
1--WE have not yet received full report
the accident" said Mr. Charles Sweet seer
tary oi tho chicagc Santa Fe 4 Caliiorn
Railroad "but 10 far ~ We know II was III
this The California Express was due
leave LORENZO nj A23 o'clock this mornin
She was exactly on time and was Just col
mcnclng 20 move out when tire freight ira
struck her and telcscopcd the sleeping O.
No blame Il attached 10 the passenger trn
employees, and whether the iault is Of I
fright engineer conductor or the trim d
hatcher We cannot say Just yet We dol
know how Il was that the freight train cai
10 be running ahead of time, when ovc
man on the road knows or ought 10 ha
Known thai No. 2 by time card, was due
Lorcnxo at AZ o'clock. Tho extreme log
moss must have mlsled the engineer. n
minutes later and the accident would .
have happsned "a BY that time the pass