The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-18
TELESCOPED.
A Chicago, Santa Fe and California
Passenger Train Wrecked.
Director Hart and Wife Badly ScaIdsd
and Their Son Killed.
Gsuda Springs Minister Warned by
White Caps.
An Unexplained Attack on a Texas
Baker.

CHICAGO, April 10.-The following
is an account of an accident on the
Chicago, Santa Fe s. California railroad
this morning:
The regular east bound train was
just leaving Lorenzotown, fifty miles
from Chicago, at 4:30 O'Clock, when
the accident occurred. Attached to
the rear of the train was the private
car of Mr.. j. +. Hart, mayor of Brook
line, Massachusetts, and a director of
the California railroad. The party in
the car consisted of Mr.. Hart, his wife,
his son Henry Robert Hart, his niece
Miss WinslOw, a porter known only as
Harry" and a cook named Thomas
Smith. Just as the train was pulling
out of the station, an extra stock train
following, ran into the rear of the pas
senger train at a good speed, demolish-
ing the private car and damaging the
freight engine so that large quantities
of steam escaped scalding those who
had escaped the effects of the crash.
As soon as the wreck could be cleared
to allow of the removal of the dead and
wounded, they were found to be as fol-
lows.
Killed-Miss Winslow, Henry Hart,
the porter and the cook, Thomas Smith.
Scalded-J. +. Hart and wife.
The engineer and fireman of the
freight train jumped and es-
cept that of Mr.. Hart, were seriously
injured and none of the passengers in
other coaches were hurt. 1t was i'm
possible TO locate the blame of the dis
aster.
The dead and wounded were put
upon the train and brought to this city.
The bodies of the dead were taken to
an undertaking establishment and the
wounded conveyed to Mercy hospital,
where they are now.
The passenger train was running on
time and the extra freight, through
some ineXcusable error of the train
dispatcher, was allowed to follow. At
Lorenzo the grade is.very steep, and the
engineer of the extra saw that his
train was unmanageble just as he per-
ceived the tail lamps of the passenger.
He whisltled for breaks, but it was too
late and his engiue was crushed into
the private car, driving it upon the
steps of the Pullman car Santa Ana"
In addition to being scalded. Mr.. Hart
had both legs broken. Henry w. Lamb,
also in the private car was scalded
about the face and body. Palmer, the
freight brakeman, was hurled over the
freight engine into the mass of debris
and escaped with bad scald on his
face and both hands being terribly
burned. John Bynder, engineer of
the passenger train, was severely
hurt. The fireman on the passenger
engine said: 1--WE are not to be
blamed for the accident. it was pitch
dark when the crash came; 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 to the tender on our en-
CINE was broken in two. The freight
engine ran right through the last coach
and the boiler burst.
The cries of the dying and injured
we're simply awful, the boiling water
had been thrown over them and their
flesh terribly scalded. The brakeman
and fireman of the freight must have
jumped, because they were not fatally
injured.
Another account says, however, that
the engineer of the freight train was
crushed to a pulp against the boiler
head. 1t is very difficult to get the &C
curate and reliable information about
the accident, as the railroad people are
as usual very reticent.
The following IS corrected list oil
the killed: Henry r. Hart, Miss Alice
Winslow, Thomas Smith, the cook, anC
Harry, the porter. The injured a
Mercy hospital are John l.. Hart anC
wife, Henry w. Lamb and Z. l.. Pal
mer. Their injuries are nearly identi
cal, consisting of scalds on the hands
faces and legs. AS far as ascertaina
BILE in their present condition no bones
were broken and the surgeons in atten
dance greatly fear that pneumoni;
will supervene in which case thei
recovery is very poor. If this complica
tion can be avoided they believe tina
they will survive. Miss Winslow wa
the affiancee of Mr. Lamb.