Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-15
IN DEADLY HASTE.
Making Up Time Causes Loss
of Life.
A MILE A MINUTE ROUND A CURVE

Results in a Crash That Promises Seven
Deaths, Two Of Which Have Already
Occurred = Twenty Other Passene ers
Cut and Bruised-Vice President King,
of the II. and o, and His Secretary
Two of the injured List of
the Unfortunates.
HICKsvILLE, o. Oct. 10 A portion of
the Baltimore and Ohio fast mail No s.
from Chicago to New York, jumped the
track here at p. m. yesterday, killing
two passengt rs. wouniing five others la
tally, and twenty others less seriously
just east OF Hicksville there is sharp
curve and a steep grade. Trains usually
slacken speed at this dangerous point, but
from what can be learned it seems that
the train was rushing down che incline at
the rate of sixty miles an hour when he
accident occurred. Toe train consisfe d
OF baggage car, smoker, day coach. sl, ep-
er, and private car of Vice President
King. The smoker and baggage car re-
manned attached to the locomotive but
the private Car and the ladies' coach went
o5er the embiakment and were wrecked
Hallway Officers Injured
The private car of Second Vice Presi-
dent King, of the Baltimore and OHIO
road, was ditched, but none of the occu-
pants was seriously injured. Mr. King
had his arm fractured, his private secre-
tary sustained a severe cash in his knee,
and his cook was bruised about the head
Toe day coach, which was we'll fill, i,
turned over once, an founded right side
up. In it, aerial maLoeuvre it straddied
frH-F sNf = lNar afa Il. :,
timbers were wrenched from several DO es
The sleeper Jared better, ana after sliding
off its trucks it lay right side up on the
ground. Those in the smoker ESCAPED
with a severe shaking up and many
bruises Neither the smoker nor the bas-
gage car left the track.
kr Cause of the Disaster.
The train was running fully sixty
miles an hour at the time and as near az
can be ascertained the accident was
caused by one OF the drive wheels of the
engine leaving the track at the switch
near the water tank. The wheel spread
the rails and all the cars excepting the
baggage and smoker left the track Fol 3
space OF 500 feet the rails were absolutely
swept OFF the ties. The day coach was
turned end for end and shattered and
splintered. II was only a few minutes
oAtCt news Va tue dCGlutuJ WAS brought
up town that business was practically
suspended, and the citizens in large num-
bers Assem- bled at the scene of the disas-
ter, rendering all the assistance in their
power.
The List of Worst Injured.
There were forty people on the train %
near as can be ascertained. Nobody in I, q
sleeper or private car was seriously
jured- Following is list of the dead a Il
m lst severely wounded, as near as can e
obtained at this writing:
Thomas Waterstone, of Montpelier, o.. killed:
A. NJ Matthews, a farmer, whose home was
four miles from Chicago Junction, o.. died of a
frlctured skull and internal injuries; Mrs J.
Y. Grubaugh. back and shoulders hurt: d. D.
Scott, McConnellsville. o., cut in head; a
baby companion, head cut and breast burned:
Mrs. John Dinsmore, Eradwood, Ills. serious
internal injuries: Mrs. sheldon, of Baltimore
hurt in back seriously; Mrs. Sheldon's sisters
little child, years old, seriously injured;
Rhoda Wocdall, Winchester, Ills. flesh
wounds on arm and head; Mrs. Minnie Miller,
of 1919 West Madison street, Chicago. head
back and neck seriously injured Mr.. Craw-
ford, of Duluth, Mimi, head hurt; Miss Craw-
ford, his daughter, serious internal inju-
ries and bruised head; Mrs. E. E
Brooks, of Canton, Ohio. head seri.
ously bruised; Mrs Thomas waterstone of
Montpelier, o., injured in the back and inter-
nally condition critical: Mrs. Sarah SNYDER
bruised head and serious internal injuries;
Margaret Birsh, or Birk, of Cambridge u.
head and face and internal injuries. recovery
doubtful; Jane Davis, sister of Mrs. Birsh, will
doubtless die
He Had to Make Time.
At O'Clock a gang of men were at
work restoring the track. An engineer
said: This train has only three hours
and twenty minutes to run from Garrett
to Chicago Junction, and if they don't
make it they have to give good reason.
They positively have to run fast and it is
not their fault that they go so fast through
Hicksville"