St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-22
LIVES CRUSHED OUT.
Four Killed and Scores In
.jured in a Wreck on the
Burlington.
An Open Switch Caused the
0verturning Of a Fast
Express.
Five Meet a Violent Death
by a Smash-Up in
Maryland.
A South Dakota Man Does De-
plorable Work While
in Liquor.

MONMOUTH, H., Oct. 21.-The Bur
lington express which left here at l0:30
o'clock last night met with terrible
accident at a switch near this place at
11:15 last night. The train was running
at a high rate of speed. The facts show
that the switch was partly turned and
the locomotive left the main track and
started on the side track. Some Of the
cars behind kept on the main track. AS
a result 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. Fireman Nels Anderson.
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 lOcomO-
tive. The baggage and expressmen
racuously escaped injury.
One Jumped to Death.
A young man named Frank S. John
son, of Avon, with W. K. Hardy, Of
Abingdon, was standing on the steps
of the smoking car, and attempt
ed to jump off, but was thrown
under the wheels and killed. Hardy
jumped and escaped injury. The bag
gage car caught fire, but the flames
were promptly eXtinguished by Bag
gageman John Dore. Oscar thinner
man was pitched through window of
the smoking car and was unhurt. He
hurried back to stop two incoming
trains.
The saddest casualty happened in the
first chair car, right back of the smoker
In one seat in the middle of the car sat
George Allen, his wife and baby. She
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 CROPPED his way from the car for a
lantern, and, returning, found his wife
dead.
The scene after the wreck is said to
have been heartrending and panicky.
windows of the cars to effect their
escape. A large force of surgeons and
railroad officials were soon on the scene.
In addition to the first four named be-
low, who were killed, scores were in
jured, but the injuries of some were so
slight that they left on the next train.
Great surprise is expressed that the list
of fatalities was not larger.
Killed and Injured.
Mrs. GEORGE ALLEN Lomini, Ill.
+. l.. JOHNSON. Avon, Ill.
GEORGE COURTNEY, Galesburg, Ill.
A. A. EMERY, Galesburg III.
The most seriously injured are:
Elizabeth j. Mcdonald, south Melford To-,
arm broken.
II. J. Kirby, Lennox. To-, left arm mashed
John Burner, Foreston, H., left arm torn
off.
Gus Wiggers, Rock Island, ILL.,, hip hurt.
Fireman Nels Anderson, Galesburg, ILL.,,
sc0lded-may recover
Frank Vaitershall, Chicago cut about the
head
S. W. Cooper. Corning, To-, scalp wound
and hand injured.
Agnes Miller Brookfeld, O., cut over left
eye.
James Miller. Brookfeld. o. arm bruised.
Cath. Miller, Brookfield: arm bruised.
Mrs Catherine Corus, Murray, To-, left eye
and face bruised.
f. S. Mcdonald. South Milford, Ind. claw
Gle fractured.
E. Rowe. Shenandoah, To-, hand cut and
leg hurt.
Forest Rowe, his son, head hurt
Jeremiah Ganty, Glenline, Pa, shoulder
and head cut.
Mate Peters, Chicago. shoulder bruised
Oscar zimmerman, Monmouth, ILL.,, hand
L. s. Bricher, High Creek, To-, scalp wound.
Mrs. A. &. >Swope, Harrisburg, Pa, leg
bruised.
A. C. Swopc. Harrisburg, Pa. bruised
George Allen, Lamont To-, slight bruise.
E. d. Evans, Genesee, Wis, shoulder In
jured.
James Farrell, New London, 10. slight cut
in head.
James Scarborough. Monmouth, slight cut.
+. G. Rice, superintendent of the lii
nois lines of the c., b. q O., expressed
the opinion that the switch had been
tempered with. After the wreck the
switch was found turned. with the pin
hanging down and the switch locked
A switch engine had been working on
the sidetrack during the afternoon, but
subsequently seven trains passed over
the switch in safety. Just a year ago
the fast mail ran off the same switch,
and several were injured. 1t is a
standard split switch, and was regarded
as perfectly safe.
DR.. Taylor, the coroner, expressed to-
ulSnl Tie opinion lIlaC Tue paltleS VINO
tempered with the switch will be known
in less than two weeks. Two arrests
were made to-day on suspicion. One
prisoner was released after showing
that he was in no way connected with
the wreck. The other is w. r. HeaIy,
who claims that he can produce evidence
to show that at the time of the wreck he
was sleeping in barn near Gerlaw, six
miles from here. and that this morning
he rode part of the way in here. The
police seem to think that there is no
case against him.