The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-22
DEATH In A COLLISION.
SWITCH ENGINE DAsHRs INTO
EXCURSION TRAIN.

zour Mangled Corpses Found in the
p,,ns-Three other Persons Known
- Have Been Seriously Injured
Cricaeo the Scene of the Tragedy
A Train Crashes Through a Burning
Trestle
cz,oAGo. Sept. 21.-At O'Clock tonight
.svitch engine on the Chicago, Burlington
"a Opincy railroad ran into the rear of an
--o,,rsion train on the Illinois Central road
Soor Eighteenth street. At this hour forty
.oorla are reported killed and a large num-
so- ;ninred. This report, however, cannot
be verified.
A FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY.
CHICAGO, Sept. 81, lip M.-The collision
,ssnlted in a frightful tragedy. For time
.Ss Confusion was SO great that even an ap-
"-ovimate idea of the loss of life was impos-
psble 10 obtain. The first reports from the
Toiice had it that forty people, probably,
bsd met death, while the railroad officials
said that only two or three persons were
Certainly known to have been
S;ilad Within half an hour, however,
fonr mangled corpses had been dragged out
n the heap of broken timbers and twisted
IRON that marked the spot where the collision
haA
bsen ascertained that at least three people
were seriously and six others slightly in
jured.
CAUSE OF THE COLLISION.
Tba collision took place near Douglas
rark. and the victims were Sunday excur-
sfionists lust reaching the city on their way
home from an afternoons outing,
The freight train crew, when
Questioned, asserted that they had
passed Millard avenue under clear
signal Millard avenue is only a short
distance from where the smashup occurred,
and the freight crew claim that when the
crash came the red lights on the rear end of
the Illinois Central train were burning with
extreme dimness. To this the fearful re-
suit following was attributed without
hesitation.
THE DEAD.
CHICAGO, Sept. %, l A. M.-The four
dead we're two sisters named Gaines, and
two Young men whose identity is unknown.
Of the injured, one who gave the name of
Miss Pilgrim was in dying condition when
taken from the wreck.
Conductor Henry Darlington of the
passenger train and one of the brakemen
were arrested They refused TO talk.
FELL THROUGH BURNING TREsTLE.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA, Sept. 2l.-A
frightful railroad accident occurred on the
Omaha and st. Louis railroad, about seven
miles south of this city, yesterday morning.
A northbound freight train with eighteen
loaded cars broke through trestle fifty feet
high. When the train ran to the east
end of the trestle the engineer discovered
the west end on fire. He signaled for brakes,
reversed the throttle of the engine and
dropped sand on the rails, but running as
the train was, at the rate of twenty-five
miles an hour, it was doomed; and as it
struck the burning timber there was a crash
and the entire train went through to the
bottom of the gulch. The trestle work was
800 feet long, and the train went through
about fifty feet from the west end. News
Of the wreck did not reach Council Bluffs
until o'clock. A relief train was sent out
as soon as possible, but when it arrived
upon the scene the train was burning.
Twelve cars were destroyed.
THREE KILLED.
The killed are:
MARTIN EsKRIDGE, engineer, of Stan
bury, Mo.
JOSEPH BURKE, fireman, of Stanbury,
No.
81 H. :. WILLIAMSON, head brakeman, Ma
con, Mo.
The body of the engineer has not yet been
recovered. The fireman was burned to
ashes, while the brakeman had fractured
skull and broken limb.
Inc accident was one of the most horrible
evor known in this vicinity. The wreck is
Votai one, and it will be several days before
tne debris Is cleared away and the trestle
81 repaired
FIREMAN AND ENGINEER KILLED.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 21.-The boiler Of
E gu engine attached TO freight train on the
& Eas, IennesSees, Virginia and Georgia rail
s9au exploded at II o'clock Tonight at
,aaaa.u 5nolnian heights, five miles from Chatta-
nooga All that can be found of the enpi.
neer and fireman is a coat. The brakeman
hI WAS seriously injured. The engine was