The Globe-republican., 1891-10-29
FATAL WRECKS.

FATAL WRECKS.
4 Fase Train o. the c.. b. D Q. WRECKED q
Illlnols-F0ue PeFsons Killed and 0aay
InJured-Ths STITCH Had Been Tan
pered With-Wreck ON TIE b. = O.
GALEsBURa, Ill, Oct 2a-The Chi.
cago, Burlington & Quincy fast passen-
ger train No & which left here 1t 1854
o'clock last night was wrecked st the
pottery" switch near Monmouth. sig
teen miles west of here, twenty-five
minutes later: The train was running
at high rate Of speed.
The switch was partly turned and
the locomotive left the main. track and
started on the sidetrack Some Of the
cars behind kept ON the main track
The whole train Of seven cars. save the
sleeper, was derailed and turned over
on its side, the cars being scattered
around in great confusion. There was
no telescoping.
There were on the engine Engineer
A. A. Emery and Fireman Nels Ander-
son, Of this city, and George Courtney.
the travelling engineer. who went on
the trip to see how the new locomotive
worked Anderson was blown from
the cab by the steam. Emery and
Courtney had no chance to escape. and
their bodies were found close to the
locomotive.
In the first chair car back of the
smoker, in q seat in the middle of the
car, sat George Allen with his wife and
baby. Mrs Allen was next to the
window and as the car tipped over her
head was driven through the window
and she was instantly killed. The baby
was hurled across the car, and, save .
cut on the head, was uninjured. Mr..
Allen received only bruises He found
his baby first. then he CROPPED his way
from the car for lantern and. return
ing. found his wife dead.
A large force of surgeons and rail-
road officials went from here and Bur.
lington. In addition to those killed
eighteen were injured, but the injuries
of some were so slight that they left on
the next train. Great surprise ID ex-
pressed that the list was not larger.
Those killed are: Mrs George Allen.
of Lemoni. Ill; +. S. johnson. of Avon,
Ill; George Courtney, of Galesburg,
H.; A. A. Emery, Of Galesburg. Ill
The most ser iously injured are:
Elizabeth j. Mcdonald, of South
Melford, Ia, arm broken; T. ].
Kirby, of Lenox. Ia, left arm
mashed; John Burner, of Foreston. Ill,
left arm torn of; Gus Wiggers, of Rock
Island, Ill, hip hurt; Fireman Nels An.
derson, Of Galesburg. I'LL, scalded. may
recover; Frank valtershall, of Chicago.
cut about the head.
F. C. Rice. superintendent of the ILL.,
nois lines of the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy, expressed the opinion that
the switch had been tempered with.
After the wreck the switch was found
half turned with the pin hanging down
and the switch locked. A switch en-
CINE had been working on tho side
track during the afternoon, but subse-
quently seven trains passed over tho
switch in safety. just q year ago .
fast mail train ran of the same switch
and several people were injured. It Is
. STANDARD split" switch and was re-
garded as perfectly safe.
WRECK ON THE b. o.
PITTSBURGH. Pa. Oct GA fright
ful wreck occurred IN the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, near St Johns station,
Sorty miles east of Cumberland, Md,
afternoon. resulting in tho
instant killing of the engineer and fire.
man and the injuring Of several others,
three of whom will die.
The accident was caused by the
of the rails. The train, which
was No. 6, left here at o'clock .ad
was running at the rate of fifty miles
an hour when suddenly the engine
jumped the track and was followed by
the baggage car, postal car, smoker. pas
senger coach and two sleepers. The train
ran along the ties for distance of 200
yards, tearing up the ties, and then
overturned. 1t was complete wreck
and the only wonder is that moro were
not hurt The tracks were blocked for
many hours and all the trains were de-
layed. The loss to the railroad will be
hoavv