The rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1891-10-30
FATAL WRECKS

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G~ALnsnuma. III. Oct e2-The Cab
rago. Buriingtnn A Quincy fat paneen-
-er train Na 8 which left here a. iosso
o'elock last night wa wrecked al the
spottery- switch near Monmouth. air
teen miles west q here, twenty-five
minutes later The train Was running
Al = high rate Of speed
The switch was partly turned and
the locomotive left the main track and
started on the sidetrack Some Of the
-arx behind kept on the main track
The whole train Of even cars ave the
sleeper. was derailed and turned over
on ia side. the earn being scattered
around In great confusion There was
no teleseoping.
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 vas blown from
the cab by the steam. Emery and
Courtney had no chance 90 escape. aud
their bodies were found close 10 the
locomotive
In the first chair car back Of the
smoker. Ia n seat In the middle Of the
car. sat George Allen with his wife and
baby. Mrs Allen was mex 10 the
window and Ms 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 a
cut on the head. was uninjured. MIR.
Allen received only bruises He found
his baby first then he CROPPED his way
from the car for a lantern and. return
ing. found his wife dead.
A large force Of surgeons and rail-
road officials went frJm 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 Is ex-
pressed that the list was not larger.
Those killed are: Mrs George Allen,
Of Lemoni, Ill; +. :. Johnson. Of Avon,
Ill; George Courtney, OF Galesburg,
Ill; A. A. Emery, of Galesburg, Ill
The most ser iously injured are.
Elizabeth ]. Mcdonald, of South
Melford, la, arm broken; I. ].
Kirby, OF Lenox, Ia. left arm
mashed; John Burner, Of Foreston. Ill
left arm torn off; Gus Wiggers, Of Rock
Island. ILL.,, hip hurt; Fireman Nels An
derson, of Galesburg, ILL.,. scalded, may
recover; Frank Valtershall, of Chicago
cut about the head.
i. G. Rice, superintendent Of the Hi
nois lines Of the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy, expressed the opinion tha'
the switch had been tempered with
After the wreck the switch was founC
half turned with the pin hanging dow
and the switch locked. A switch en-
CINE had been working on the side
track during the afternoon, but subse
quently seven trains passed over tn
switch in safety. just n year ago
fast mail train ran off the same switcl
and several people were injured. II |
n standard split switch and was re
garded as perfectly safe.
wRECK ON II II. a O.
PITTsBURGH, Pa. Oct %. "A fright
full wreck occurred on the Baltimore
Ohio railroad. near St Johns station
forty miles east Of Cumberland, Md.
yesterday afternoon, resulting in tn
instant killing Of the engineer and fire
man and the injuring of several Others
three of whom will die.
The accident was caused by tn
spreading of the rails. The train, whic
was No. o. left here at 9 o'clock an
was RAINING ut the rate of fifty mile
an hour when suddenly the engin
jumped the track and was followed b
the baggage car, postal car, smoker, pa
senger coach and two sleepers. The trai
ran along the ties for a distance of 20
yards, tearing up the ties, and the
overturned. 1t was a complete vrec
and the only wonder is hat more wer
not hurt The tracks were blocked fc
many hours and all the trains were d.
layed. The loss to the railroad will b
haavy