St. Paul daily globe., 1891-10-22
LIVES CRUSHED OUT.
Four Killed and Scores In
iuped in a Wreck on the
Burlington.
An Open Switch Caused the
Overturning Of a Fast
Express.
Five Meet q 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
o'clock last night met with terrible
accident at switch near this place at
11:15 last night. The train was running
at 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
were thrown across their cars, but mi
racuously escaped injury.
One Jumped to Death.
A young man named Frank S. John
son, of Avon, with ". r. 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
,uara rnroD,nttxr avfinOtliS iSbpd hu RaU-
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 q
lantern, and, returning, found his wife
dead.
The scene after the wreck is said to
have been heartrending and panicky
The imprisoned passengers beat out the
windows of the cars TO effect theil
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 sc
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, Ill.
The most seriously injured are:
Elizabeth j. Mcdonald, south Melford, 10 :.
arm broken.
T. J. Kirby. Lennox. To-, left arm mashed.
John Burner, Foreston, ILL.,, left arm torn
OFF.
Gus Wiggers, Rock Island, ILL.,, hip hurt
Fireman Nels Anderson, Galesburg, ILL.,,
scalded-may recover.
Frank Valtershall, Chicago, cut about the
head.
S. W. Cooper. Corning, To-, scalp wound
Agnes Miller. Brookfeld. O., cut over lef
eye.
James Miller Brookield o.. arm bruised
Cath. Miller, Brookheld. arm bruised.
Mrs. Catherine Corus, Murray, To-, left eye
and face bruised.
f. S. Mcdonald, South Milford, Ind. clavi
Gle fractured.
E. Rowe, Shenandoah, To-, hand cut and
leg gdnart hurt, pow. ii. CON hood hurt
Jeremiah Ganty. Glenline, Pa, houldel
and head cut.
Mate Peters, Chicago. shoulder bruised,
Oscar Zimmerman, Monmouth, ILL.,, hand
cut.
L. s. Bricher, High Creek, To-, scalp wound
Mrs. A. 9. ,Swope, Harrisburg, Pa, les
bruised.
A. C.. Swope, Harrisburg, Pa. bruised.
George Allen, Lamont, To-, slight bruise.
E. D. Evans, Genesee, Wis, shoulder In
jured.
James Farrell, New London, 10. slight Gu
in head.
James Scarborough. Monmouth, slight cut
L. G. Rice, superintendent of the Hi
the opinion that the switch had beer
tampered with. After the wreck the
switch was found turned. with the pir
hanging down and the switch locked
A switch engine had been working OIL
the sidetrack during the afternoon, bu
subsequently seven trains passed over
the switch in safety. Just year age
the fast mail ran off the same switch
and several were injured. 1t is {
standard split switch, and was regarded
as perfectly safe.
DR.. Taylor, the coroner, expressed to
night the opinion that the parties who
tampered 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 will
the wreck. The other is w. r. HeaIy
who claims that he can produce evidence
to show that at the time of the wreck ht
was sleeping in barn near Gerlaw, siA
miles from here, and that this morning
he rode part of the way in here. The
police seem to think that there is nt
case against him.
DEATH FOR FIVE.
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