Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-22
SOMEBODY FORGOT,
And the Lapse of Memory Cost
Six Human Lives.
DREADFUL DISASTER AT CHICAGO.

A Rear End Collision Telescopes an Ex-
cursion Car and Works Terrible Havoc
Complete List of the Dead of the Read
ing Railway Horror Plunge of a
Freight Train into the Chasm Left by
Burned Trestle-One Man Slowly
Roasted-Other Accidents.
CHICAGO, Sept. 22.-Four persons dead,
two dying and five seriously wounded
was the result of somebody's carelessness
at Douglas Park station last evening.
Shortly after Z p. m. a train OF the Hi
nois Central road stopped at Kedzie ave-
nue.. 1t was the last of four sections which
were taking home a crowd of excursion
lists who had gone out to Addison to en-
joy themselves. At Clyde the train was
shunted TO the Burlington tracks, and at
Douglas Park station it stopped. AS it
backed toward the west the Downer
Grove express of the Burlington road
came laundering along, and before brakes
could be set or alarm given, the pilot of
the Burlington engine went crashing into
the rear end of the picnic train
Terrible Work of the Collision.
The second car was light suburban
one. The one behind and the one ahead
of it were regular coaches, gread deal
heavier. When the Burlington train
struck the rear coach of the train it rose
from its trucks and plowed over the tin
der box in its way. For ten feet it was a
complete telescope. The heavier coach
behind cut down the light one in front as
| 2 bal1 nd ht,r,
beings in its way were ground to death or
cruelty injured. Four persons were killed
instantly and seven others were injured,
two OF whom will die. Many Others were
slightly hurt and all aboard the picnic
train and the Burlington passengers were
thrown from their seats and severely
shaken up.
Names of Those Caught in the Wreck.
Following is the list of killed and in
iured Killed-Lily DINNER, Is years old;
Martha DINNER, 20 years old, a sister of
Lily; two unknown men, one apparently
about Is and the other % years of age.
Fatally Wounded-Minnie Pilgrim, -
years old, both legs broken and some in
ternal injuries; Otto Scioff. Is years old,
badly crushed and not expected to live
Injured-Louis Torpey, leg broken; AL
man, face crushed; Tillie Burke, collar
bone broken and internal injuries; Freda
Roswick, left leg crushed.
Orders Issued for Arrests.
Had the Burlington train been running
at high rate of speed every person in the
car would have met instant death. Citi-
Zens carried most of the killed and in
jured into the little station before the po-
lice arrived No sooner had the accident
happened than the conductor of the ILL
| nois Central train uncoupled the tele-
scoped cars, and with the rest of his train
drew into Chicago. The police at once
sent word to the central station ordering
the arrest of all the train hands, but only
the conductor and the brakeman could be
found last night, the fireman and engineer
having fed.
No Rear Lights Displayed.
Robert Dixon, the epGS1ieer of the Bur-
lington train, in an interview said: II am
positive there were no rear lights dis
placed on the rear of the Illinois Central
train, and the flagman did not flag us. /
| had every reason to suppose | was run
ming on a clear track when Invent into
the rear end of the excursion train" The
tendency of those who saw the accident
was to put the blame on the Central train
men.
LATER.-Robert Dixon, the engineer
| of the Burlington train; Jack Walsh, his
fireman. and Conductor Ray, of the same
| train, were arrested last night. No one
! on the Burlington train was hurt; in fact,
the train itself was scarcely damaged.