St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-22
A Burlington Switch Engine
Runs Into an Illinois Gen.
tral Passenger.
The Latter Filled With Excur-
sioniSts, Five of Whom
Are Killed.
a Freighter on the Omaha &
st. Louis Falls Through a
Bridge.
Three Trainmen Killed, One
Of Them Being Burned to
Ashes.

CHICAGO, Sept. 21.-A collision be-
tween Burlington suburban train and
an Illinois Central excursion train at
Eighteenth street and Kedzie avenue
tonight resulted in the death of five
people and the serious injury of a dozen
others, three of whom will probably die.
The dead are:
LILY DIENER, aged twentv-three.
MARTHA DIENER. aged twenty-one.
OTTO SCHLOEFF, aged seventeen, and
two men, identity unknown.
The fally injured are: Lena RiSwig,
aged seventeen; Minnie Pilgrim, aged
nineteen; Eddie Thorpe, aged sixteen.
In addition to these were the following:
TillieBurke, left shoulder broken Henry
Lutz. leg fractured: .Niemoun, right
leg broken ami left arm crushed ;Charles
Harose. arm broken. A number of
Others received cuts and bruises, but
were able to gohome without assistance.
During the day. the Illinois Central
road had run an excursion to the end
of the line. the orphan asy-
lum at Addison, ILL.,, and it
was this train which, while
"blocked" in the outskirts of the city,
waiting to be released, was crashed
into by the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy suburban. Engineer Dixon. of
the Burlington train, claims that the
rear red lights of the Illinois Central
train were burning SO dimly as to afford
him no warning of their presence.
Other reports have it that the Burling-
ton train vas behind time and was run
ming at
A Reckless Rate.
Engineer Dixon says that, as quickly
as possible, he reversed his engine and
applied the air brake, but the momen-
tum of the heavy train was too great
and they struck the excursion train with
great violence. The rear car was lifted
from the track and forced through the
next car ahead, which was forced into
the third car from the rear. The Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy engine lost
her pilot. headlight and smokestack
and her front head was stove IN, while
her tender was forced up against the
boiler head. Neither Engineer Dixon
nor his fireman was injured, hav-
ing jumped off when it appeared
inevitable that the train could not be
stopped. Instantly there was the wild
est confusion. The excursion train con-
sisted of fifteen cars, every one filled
with people. The express train con-
sisted of an engine, baggage car and
six passenger coaches, with about 100
people on board. The uninjured on
the excursion and all the people of
the express train, none of whom were
injured, made wild break for the
doors, and alighted on either side of the
two trains. Many frightened passen-
gers ran from the scene of the col
lision, apparently under the impression
that the only safety lay in flight.
Many went limping off, indicating
that possibly many more were injured
than those mentioned above. The
greater majority, however, Immediately
gathered around the wreck and gave
assistance to those pinioned beneath
the telescoped cars, and to those
whose injuries were so serious that
they could not help themselves.
Conductor Darlington, Engineer Dixon
and brakeman were arrested, but no
statement could be obtained from them
further than the assertion of Engineer
Dixon that he saw no red lights until
he was upon the excursion train.