Evening journal., 1889-04-11
SLAUGHTER ON THE RAIL.
Shocking Accident on the Chi
cago and Santa Fe.
FOURPERsONs KILLED INSTANTLY

One Of the Victims on Her Way to New
York TO be Married A Prominent
Railroad Director Among the Seriously
Injured.
JOLIET, His, April Il. -Four persons were
instantly killed, four probably fatally injured
and two seriously injured at Lorenzo on the
Chicago, Santa Fe and California road at 4
o'clock yesterday morning by an extra freight
train running into eastbound passenger train
No. 2. The passenger train was running on
time and the extra train was following. At
Lorenzo the grade is very steep and the en-
ginesr Of the extra saw that his train was un-
manageable just as he perceived the lamps
on the rear Of the passenger train He
whistled for brakes and Front Brakeman 7.
L. Palmer sprang for the brakes. IL was too
late and the freight engine crashed into the
private car, driving it up on the steps Of the
Pullman car Santa Anna.
A scene Of indescrihable confusion ensued,
rendered horrible by the shriells Of the un-
fortunate passengers. who were pinned in The
splintered coach The trainmen and the more
cool headed Of the uuinjured passengers
quickly got TO work and soon discovered that
four Of the passengers had been killed in
stantly, some Of them horribly mangled.
The killed are: Robert Henry Hart, Bos-
ton Miss Alice Winslow, Brookline; Harry ?
the porter, Los Angeles; Thomas Smith, cook
Los Angeles
The injured are: j. f. Hart, Boston, prob
ably fatally; Mrs. J. f. Hart, Boston, prob
ably fatally; Henry w Lamb, BroolSline, fa-
tally; r L. Palmer, brakeman Chicago
seriously scalded and bruised.
The engineer and fireman Of the freight are
badly wounded and scalded, and win die
John F. Hart, who is a director Of the Cali
fornia Central railway, was in the private
car. Both his legs were broken and he was
badly scalded His son and daughter, who
accompanied him, were killed instantly.
Henry w. Lamb, also in the private car, was
scalded about the face and body Palmer,
the freight brakeman, was thrown over the
freight engine into the mass Of debris, but he
escaped with bad scald on his face and both
hands terribly burned
The tourist car, just ahead Of the sleeper
Santa Anna, was not injured, and the other
coaches and baggage car were damaged only
about the draft irons. Engineer John Bynder
was severely bruised by the force Of the CON
cusson The wreck OF the private car was
left at Lorenzo and the remainder Of the train
came on to Chicago
Miss Winslow, Mr.. Harris niece, who is
among the killed, was on her way to New
York to be married.
Two stock shippers, who were in the
caboose Of the freight train, vera uninjured,
and were among the chef workers in rescuing
victims They were S. O. Fairbrother and
4 3. A. Fleashman, DO Ct Wyaconda, No.
/ The engine Of the freight lies two-third.
! under the special car, which is completely
shatte ed. A large gang IS now at WORK
clearing away the wreck. The fireman Of
the passenger train says; "We are not to BE
blamed for the accident 1t was pitch dark
when the crash came and we stopped our en-
gine as quick as we could. We were running
on time, but the freight was an extra. When
she struck us every coupling on our train
was broken. Even the coupling on the tender
of our engine was broken. The freight en-
gine ran right through the last coach, and
then the boiler burst The cries Of the dying
and injured were simply awful. The boiling
water had teen thrown over them and their
flesh terribly scaldei.