The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-09-24
DEATHS HARVEST
Gathered Among Excursionists
Returning from o Picnic.
Carelessness Causes Railroad Dis.
aster at a Chicago Suburb.

-Four Persons Dead, Two Dying and Five
Seriously Injured, Owing to G., n. q
0. Express Crashing Into an Illinois
Central Train.
CHICAGO, Sept 29.-Four persons
dead, two dying and Ave seriously
wounded was the result Of somebody's
carelessness at Douglass Park station
last evening. Shortly after seven
o'clock a train on the Illinois Central
road stopped at Kenzie avenue 1t was
the last Of four sections which were
taking home crowd OF excursionist
who had gone out to Addison to enjoy
themselves. At Clyde the train was
run onto the Burlington tracks, and at
Douglass Park station 1t stopped. AS
1t backed toward the west the Downer
Grove express on 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.
The second car was light suburban
one. The one behind and the one ahead
Of it we're regular passenger coaches q
great deal heavier. When the Burling-
ton train struck the rear coach OF the
train 1t rose from It's trucks and plowed
over the tinderbox In Its way. For ten
feet IL was complete telescope. The
heavier coach behind out down the
light one in front as though 1t was an
egg she'll and the human beings In its
way were ground TO death or cruelty In
jured. Four persons were killed In
stantly and seven others were injured,
two Of whom will die. Many Others
were slightly hurt and all aboard the
picnic train and the Burlington passen
gers were thrown from their seats and
severely shaken up. Following Is the
list OF killed and injured: III
Killed: Lily DINNER, eighteen year
old; Martha Dinnier, twenty years old
q sister OF Lily; two unknown men, on'
apparently about eighteen and the othe
twenty-three years Of age.
Fatally wounded: Minnie Pilgrim
twenty-five years old, both legs broker
and some iternal injuries; Otto Sehlofi
eighteen, years old, badly crushed, no
expected TO live.
Injured: Louis Torpoy. log broken
Albert Berge, foot crushed; Henry New
man, face crushed; Tillie Burke, cola
bone broken aud internal injuries
Freda Reswick, left leg crushed.
Had the Burlington train been ruI
ming at high rate Of speed every pa
senger In the car would have met II
slant death. Citizens carried most
the killed and injured into the litt
depot before tho police arrived. \
sooner had the accident happened tina
the conductor OF the Illinois Centr
train unooupled the telescopcd cars ar
with the rest OF his train drew into Oh
cago. The police at once sent word
the Central station ordering the ARE
Of all tho train hands
Robert Dixon, the engineer OF u
Burlington train, In an interview sal
I'll am positive there were no red ligh
displayed on the rear OF the Ilinc
Central train, and tho Hagman did n
dag us. Ihad every reason to suppo
Twas running on clear track when
won't into the rear end OK the excursi
train"
I : The tendency OF those who saw t
accident was TO put the blame on t
Central trainmen.
Robert Dixon, the engineer OF
Burlington train; Jack Walsh, his fl
man, and Conductor Ray, OF the sa,
train, were arrested last night No Q
on the Burlington train was hurt
fact the train itseli was scarcely da
aOed.