The Red Cloud chief., 1890-09-26
INTO THE REAR.


Ca1cAeo. Sept Sat eight o'olocl
last night - expeess train ~ the Chi
caga. B1flingtoa 4 Quincy nilroed RAJ
into the rear Of sn ~excursioa train q
the lllinois Central rod near Eight
eenth street. causing . terrible wreck
The eollision took place near Doagiaa
park. the victims being Sunday excur
si6nists just reaching the city O theiI
way home from IN afternoons outing.
Tho dead Arc: Lily Diener. aged
twenty-three; Martha Dienee. aged
twenty-one; Otto SchloeA. aged seven'
teen; two men, identity unknown
Tho fatally hurt are: Lena Riswig,
aged seventeen; Minnie Pilgrim. aged
nineteen: Eddie Thorpe, aged sixteen.
In addition 70 these were the follow
ing injured: Tillie Burke. left shoulder
broken; Henry Lutx. leg fractured; C.
H. Niemann. right leg broken and left
arm crushed; Charles Melrose. arm
broken.
A number Of others received cuts and
bruises. but were able to 70 homo with.
out assistance.
During the day the Illinois Central
road had run IN excursion TO the orphan
asylum ct Addison. and IL was this
train, while blocked" on the outskirts
Of the city and waiting to be released,
which was CT ashed into by the Chicago,
Burlington 4 Quincy suburban. En-
gineer Dickson. Of the Burlington train.
claims that the rear red lights Of the
Illinois Central train were burning 20
dimly Is to afford him no warning Of
their presence. Other reports have it
that the Burlington train was behind
time and vas running 1t . reckless
speed
The Chicago Burlington 4 Quincy
engine lost her pilot headlight and
sm0kestack and her front head was
stove In, while her tender was forced
up against the boilers head. Neither
Engineer Dickson nor his firemen were
injured. both jumping on when 1t ap-
peared inevitable that the train could
not be stopped.
The excursion train consisted Of d.
teen cars. every n filed with people.
The express train consisted Of an en-
CINE. baggage q and six passenger
coaches with about 100 people on board.
Conductor Darlington. Engineer Dick
son and . brakeman were arrested, but
no statement could be obtained further
than the assertion Of Engineer Dickson
that he saw no red lights until no was
upon the excursion train.
THREE TRAINMEN KILLED.
COUNCIL BLUFFS. Iowa. Sept % On
the Omaha 4 St Louis railroad, about
seven miles south OF this city, between
2:25 and 2:SO o'clock yesterday morning.
a~nOrthbOund freight train with eighteen
loaded cars from St Louis broke through
a trestlo work fifty feet high and was
wrecked and three trainmen killed.
When the train ran on the east end of
the trestle the engineer saw that tho
west end was on fire. signaled for breaks,
reversed the throttle Of the engine and
dropped sand on the rails. but AZ the
train was running at the rate Of twenty
i've miles an hour it struck
the burning timber Then there
was . 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. Twelve carr were
destroyed. The killed are: Martin
Eskridge. engineer of Stanberry. Mo-;
Joseph Burke. fireman. OF Stanberry,
Mo-; r s Williams, head brakeman,
Macon, Mo Eskridge was crushed 70
death under his engine and was burned
to . handful Of ashes and bits Of bone.
Burke wa pinned down BY . truck, COW
cred with tar from the tank and literally
roasted alive before his Mortified COM
radeA who were unable t0extricate him,
and themselves sustaining severe burns
In the attempt Williams WAS thrown
' two . and struck on the engine.
from which he rebounded into the
bushes, and received injuries from
which he died in two hours
The burning Of the bridge VA proba.
bly, due 10 . spark from an earlier train.
ONE COLLISION CAUsKs ANOTHER
CoNNELLsvILLE, Pa, Sept GAN
freight on the bait more &
Ohio road. Ave miles from here, was
into from the rear by . fast
time freight running at the rate Of forty
miles q hour, dcmolishing the engine
and cabOose. The engine Of the wrecked
train was sent for assistance. and while
through . 6agmsn's careless
Was run into by the wrecking
near the scene Of tho first COLI
si0n. James Shields, the engineer. WAS
and his fireman, Harry Cuppers,
badly injured internally, while John
fireman Of the wrecking train.
was badly cut and scaIded. Several
others suffered minor injuries while
the wreck completely blocked travel
Afflicted Calves
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