The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-28
BIG WRECK ON THE %"
-FOUR PEOPLE KILLED AND
MANY INJURED.
Ran Into an Open Switch-Onsha and
Denver Express, Heavily Loaded, Hurled
Into the Ditch--Namcs of the Victims.
-Four Dead, "A Score Hurt.

killing four persons and seriously in ur-
ing score or moro OF others The fol-
lowing are the killed:
George Courtney, foreman OF engineers.
A. A. Emery, engineer.
Mrs George Allen, OF Lamont, Iowa.
7. A. Johnson, OF Avon, Ill
The following persons were seriously
injured:
w. i. Anderson, engine fireman, OF Gales
burg. H.. scalded and bruised.
John Burner, aged 49, Forreston, ILL.,,
married: lost left arm.
Il. b. Kirby, "a years OF age, unmarried.
stock dealer, OF Lenox, Iowa; left arm of
s. W. Cooper, aged 80. Corning, Iowa;
scalp wound and hand injured.
Louis Wigers, OF Oakland, Neb., aged So;
bruised on left side.
Agnes Miller. aged 90. Brook6eld, Ohlo
cut over left eve.
Tho following persons were slightly
injur d:
james Miller, Brookfeli, Ohio aged A.;
right arm slightly bruised.
Catherine Miller, Brookfield; arm bruised
Mrs. Catherine Corus aged 60, Murray,
Iowa; left eye and face slightly bruised
f. s. Mcdonald, aged AZ, South Milford,
Ind. claw lie fractured
Elizabeth J. Mcdonald, his mother, aged
a; injury to left shoulder.
f. Rowe, Shenandoah, Iowa, aged so;
hand cut and leg hurt
Forest Rowe, his son, aged 10: head
slightly hurt
jeremiah CAVITY, Glenlyon, Pa. shoulder
and head slightly cut
Nate Peters, 1923 Hekln avenue. Chica-
go; shoulder slightly bruised.
Oscar Zimmerman, aged sc, Monmouth,
Ill; hand cut by glass.
L. S. Brichcr, aged %, High Crock. Iowa;
scalp wound.
Mrs. A. c. Swope, AGED A, Harrisburg,
Pa. slight leg bruise.
A. g. Swope. aged AZ, Harrisburg, Pa.
slightly bruised.
George Allen. Lamont, Iowa; slight
bruse.
f. ID. Evans, Genesee, Wis. right shout
der injured
James Farrell, New London, Iowa; slight
cut In head
james scarborough, aged As, Monmouth;
p. +. Nelson. Anacortcs, Wash; head
badly cut
The wonder is that hundred li"es
were not lost, for the train of ten cars
was heavily loaded and the destru ton
of the coaches, with the exception of
two slecpers, is complete.
No. 5, the Inflated train, was made up
of two sleepers, three chair cars. one
smoker, one baggage car, one express
and two mail cars Many Of the passen-
gers were Chicagoans, but, strange to
say not one seriously injured is from
that city.
The train had been running at high
rate Of sree1 when, with ut moments
warning, it was hurled off the rails and
into the empty freight cars standing on
the side track All the cars except two
slcecperS were overturned and COM
Dletely ruined. Those passengers who
in nf
their senses Women 'reamed and
tainted, and the cries from among the
debris were frightful
Shortly after the accident Supcrin
tendent Wilson and Super ntendent Rice
with force of assistants arrived and
began caring for the hurt All those
who were able to be moved were taken
by Mr.. Wilson to Burlington, where he
w II have them cared for.
The company states that the ca sc OF
the accident was the malicious SIP ace
IN ant of the switch leading to the pottery
works Certain it is the open swi ch
caused the disaster. Nobody knows how
it was opened. Super ntendcnt viii
son says seven trains passed over
the line since the switch was
used Yet after the crash one
OF the train 1icas ran to the switch
and found it partly thrown, with the
lock gone and the pin out. The SUPER
intendent says the switch could aot have
been partly turned and o train pass over
IL without being derailed. He dec'ar
that to be an mpossibility and states that
the switch was turned between the time
the seventh train passed the switch and
the hour when the express was due. lie
belle es that some malicious scoundrel
purDosely turned the switch
George Courtney. the travelling Cngi-
n,r, was on, Of the oil lest employees OF
the road. He boarded the enginc and
took scat by the engineer to SIC how
tin locomotive, which was brand new
enc, was working. His first work for
the road was done long before the war,
and probably no man On the Division
was more popular among the men or
honor d with more confidence by the
company.
" hen the train left the main track
and started on the siding Engineer
Emery reverse his engine and stuck to
his post, but the engine left the track
after running few feet on the siding,
and all OF the seven cars, with the eX-
ception of the rear one, q Pullman sleep
er, went into the d tch. Engineer Eme ",
L
man Peter Anderson went down with
tho engine. The two engineers were
killed instantly and the fireman is prob
ably fatally Injured Those in the
smoking car escaped with Their lives.
Standing on the steEs of the mkt car
were two students of Hedding College,
Frank l.. johnson, of Avon, and W. r.
Harding, Of Abingdon. The jumped.
and Johnson was killed by a bow on the
head from flying timber Few on the
train escaped without being cut by broken
glass or ably bruised by being thrown
against seats when the shock came
As the train was running behind time
when 1t reached Galesburg, Conductor
Hughes laughingly blamed the engineer.
GAIL right; hold on to your hats this
Il ne," replied Emery, as he pulled the
throttle and started on the ride to his
death. At the time the train ran onto
the open switch It wa running at the
rate OF fifty mics al hour
AS far as the matter has thus far been
investigated 1t looks as II the wrecking
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