The Springdale news., 1889-04-12
A DEFECTIVE SWITCH.
Result of the Partial Dorailment oi
 q Baltimore 6 Ohio Train.
One Man Killed Outright ana a Sumbe, More or Less seriously InJured- List of the Victims and fpci-
 dents of the Wreck.

CHICAGO, April s.-A defective switch deratled the four raa~ coaches of an in. rd-hBuad Balti esa X Ohio passenger train between Goleho IF aul South Chica- 20 about eight o'clock yesterday morning. The coaches were thrown with terrific vio- fence against several coal oil tank-cars standing on the side-tracks and broken s pieces. 0le man Wa killed aui a dozen others injured two ar tarea of them very severely The train was mixed passen- ger train, composed of ten caFs-threa ex- press ears, three emi grant coaches, one combination smoker. passenger coach, Pullman sleeper and an ordinary pas seneef ear. The train was m hour and tAree-qn qn4rtsrs iate and was running fast iH order b Hake ap tiMe,
 Jast north If One Hwdreth street, near the great tahhz of tHa Standard oil Com peuE, as ths train went hziug oyer the many switches, the seventh coach was sadaeal y#wreHehed loasa from is eoup- Gngs and shat dias5ually across the track te tho left. TAa oadtH5Hy day coach, following iazt after, WIS thHa#zl from the track and withawful force against the oil- tank cars te the right. Tae entire side of the ear w4s ripped and tom and smashed into q pile of twisted iran, splatered wood and broken seata. Ths car was full of mon. WomeuaHd ehil }rea, wh5 shrieked iH terror as They were thsasaed about, m3aglel aud bruised anlar tAa wreekage. The forward eHd of the Pullman sleeper Was stove in, while the rear ear was de- ralied aud lbs pa senaer= Ao more than shaken up, The automatic air brakes had meanwhile stopped the forward section og the train. T.ie uainjuead passengers and the tTuumeu gathered around the wreck. and a hundred strong arms lent willing service to pull out the #3aaaed and to assist the HniaiHed to sree themselves from tue wFeekage. The killed aud ill. iurel are os follows:
 James Hanna, of smiths Basin, N Y, was found with an ifouro3 thrust through his head, buried aader pile of timbers. He died shortly alterward.
 Henry Houk, forty four years old, a farmer af Adtm5vIle, la; left leg bro ken twice below the knee and other in 5aries.
 Frank Shelton, thirty-nins yeas old, h3sse-dealer Of smiths Basin. N. Y.; leg broken, right hand injured and gelAfal bruises.
 John II. MeDonald, twenty five years old, farmer of Antigeaish, N S flesh seraped from ieft leg.
 5. 0. Bamho, tWeuty-stx years old, q farmer, of Shelby, O.. e7ntasions on back of head and temple.
 Il. staley, twenty-five years old, ma ehiaisl, of Cleveland, O.; slightly hur5 about lower right leg.
 John |. Wood, forty re9rs old of Cuba, \. Y; severely bruised about tho ribs and hart internally.
 ]. .75vaT3f1.r 444,I ttt-4sIt-a .-al,raf alJ af Cuba, \. Y; abrasion of lower limbs and several cuts.
 Mrs. John E. Wood, of Caba, N. Y; prostratioa, but only trivial injuries.
 \. Berschiy twenty-five years old, ma eLini>t. of Cleveland O.; shaken up and generally bruised.
 Several other mon received serious cuts about the head, bat they went away with out consulting the officials of the road, who sent ali thezothers ta St. LgRe's Hos pitai where their wounds were dressed. Tho<e who were able were then sent to the Commercial iIotsh