The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-22
RAILROAD DISASTERS
-Four Victims in Illinois and Two
in MARYLAND.
TIE SAD DEATH OF A MOTHER.

Instantly Killed in the Presence of
HeriHusband and Her Infant Child.
The BABY Escapes Serious Injury.
Engineer and Fireman Killed In
Maryland.
GALEsBuRa, Ills, OCT. %. = The
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy fast
passenger train met with a terrible acci-
dent at the pottery switch, near Mon
mouth, sixteen miles west of here. The
train was running at high rate Of
speed.
The switch was partly open, 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 ontits side.
There were on the engine Engineer A.
A. Emery and Fireman Nels Anderson,
of this city and George Courtney, tho
travelling engineer, who went out on
the trip to see how the new locomotive
worked.
Anderson was blown from the cab by
hiO otcaAlf iAliolJ thu SOul tIlCJ huA
no chance to escape and their bodies
were found close to the locomotive.
A Mothers Sad Death.
The saddest casualty occurred in the
first chair car, right back of the smoker.
in one seat in the middle of the car sat
Mr. George Allen, his wife and baby.
Mrs. Allen 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, but,save a cut on
the head, was uninjured.
| A young man named Frank s. John
aon, OF Avon, who was standing on the
steps Of the smoking car, was thrown
under the wheels and killed.
Ossar Zimmerman was pitched
through window Of the smoking car
and was unhurt.
Eighteen passengers were injured,
some Of them seriously. 1t is believed,
however, that all will recover.
Two Killed in Maryland.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, Oct 22.-The east
bound limited express from Chicago
Jumped the track a few miles west of
lSir Johns Run, on the Baltimore and
Ohio read, yesterday afternoon. The en-
gine, after leaving the track, turned
over, anu ENGINEER buckles ana L fireman
Richards were killed. Postal Clerks
lLippincott, Craig and Lavey were in
1ured. The passengers in the two
coaches and the sleeper were only
slightly shaken up. The train was rum
ming forty miles an hour when it was
derailed. The accident was caused by
the breaking of one of the rear driving
wheels of the engine.
Into n Crowded C,abooae
WINNIPEG, Man, Oct. ga bad
railway accident occurred between
Brandon aud Kenny stations, on the
canadian Pacific railroad. Two freight
trains were following each other and
the first stopped to switch a car at a
siding. The second freight crashed into
the rear caboose, which was filled with
passengers. James Bell, Brandon
conductor, and j. J.. Joll. builder,
were instantly killed, and u. Bunting
badly injured.
Two Passengers Fatally Injured.
CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-The Oak Lawn ac-
commodation train on the Wabash rail-
road collided with an incoming freight
train yesterday. Both engines were
wrecked and several freight cars were
destroyed. The forward car OF the nc
commodation train was also badly
wrecked. r. r. CaIick and s. p. Sell
rers, two passengers, were fatally in
5ured. The engineers and firemen
sumped and saved their lives.