The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29
Crashed Into u Siding.

Crashed Into u Siding.
A frightful accident occurred on the
Chicago, Burling on and Quincy main
line two miles from Moan puh h, ILL.,.
when the Omaha and Eenver fast express
crashed into an open switch, instant
killing four pcrs ,nS and seriously in, ur-
ing a score or more of othe,S The fol-
lowing ar the killed:
George Courtney, foreman Of engineers.
A. A. Emery. engineer.
Mrs. George Allen, of Lamont. low".
T. A. Johnson, Of Avon, IL
The following persons were seriously /
injured:
W. p. Anderson, engine fireman, Il Gales !
burg, H.; scalded and bruised.
John Burner. aged ~. Foirest"n, ILL.,. /
married; lost left arm.
I. J. Kirby, IA years of aEc. unmarried. /
stock dealer. of Lcnox. Iowa; lef, arm off.
:. w. Cooper. aged 36. Corning. Iowa;
scalp wound and hand injured.
Louis Wiger-, OF Oakland Neh, aged 81;
bruised on left side
Agnes Miller, aged %, Drook field, Ohio:
The fol owing persons were slight
| injur d:
James Miller, Br ,okfell. Ohio, aged A.;
right arm slightly Eruis ii.
| Catherine Miller. BROOK field; arm bruised
| Mrs Catherine Curus. aged so. Murray,
| Iowa; left eve and face 81 ghtly bruised.
| +. :. Mcdonald, aged Il, south Milford.
| Ind. claw lie fractured.
| Elizabeth ]. McBoHald, his mother aged
"A; injury to left shoulder.
| +. Rowe, Shenandoah, Iowa, aged 30;
| hand cut and leg hurt
| Forest Rowe, his aged ~; head
| slightly hurt
| jeremiah Canty, Gleniyon4 Pa: shoulder
| and head slightly cut.
Nate Peters, los lIeklin avenue, Chica-
| shoulder slightly bruiS
| Oscar Zimmerman. aged &c. Monmouth,
| ILL.,; hand cat by glass.
l.. 5 Bricher. aged %. High Cree k. IVA;
scalp wound.
Mrs. A. G. Swopc, a ed ~. Harrisburg,
Pa: slight Lex bruisc.
A. C. Swopc. aged -. Harrisburg, Pa;
slightly bruised.
| George Allen. Lamont. Iowa; slight
bruise.
F.. d. Evans, Gcacsce. Wis; right Shout
der injured.
James Farrell, New Londnn. Iowa; slight
| cut in head.
James scarb trough, aged A.. Monmonth'
| slight cut
p. F. Nelson. Anacorte>. Wash; head
badly cut
The wonder is that a hundred Ii es
were not lost, for the train Of II cars
was heavily lcaicd and the (cS;ru ton
of the coaches, with tho exception OF
two sleepers, is compict,
No. ), Tie iilfate1 train. was made up
of two sccpers, three chair cars. one
smoker. one ba gag car one express
and two mail cars Many of the paSs"n-
gers were th;cag"ans, hut. strange to
say, not one seriously in iurcd is from
that city.
The train had been RUM ng at high
rate of srcc when, with ut moments
warning, it was hurled off the rails I'd
into the empty freight cars stand ng on
the side track. All the cars except two
SleceperS were overturned and com
| pletcIy ruined. ThoS. Passengers who
were not in urel were scared out OF
their senses Women reamed and
| tainted and the cries from among the
debris were r gatfuL
Shortly after the arcidcnt Supcrln
tendent Wilson aud SuIer n'cndent Rice
: | with a force of assistants arrived and
began caring Cor the hurt. All t oSe
who were able TO b. mo ed We're ak"n
4 by Mr. Wilson TO burlington. where he
VIII have them G rcd for.
The company states that the ca Sc OF
the accident was the ma 'icious space
mrnt of the switch leading to the pottery
, works Certain il is thu open switch
t caused the disaster. Nobody knows how
= it was opened. Superintendent VIII
Y son says seven trains passed ovel
the line since the swift h was
used Yet after the crash one
of the train O.ticia ran to the switcl
and found it partly thrown, with The
lock gone and the pin ont. Th" super
h intcndent says the switch could aot have
Il been party turned and a train PASS ovel
s it without being derai'ed. He dec arc
: that to be an impoSsibiIityr AN states thai
+ the switch was turned between the TIM
a., fht switch a n
the hour when the "Xpr SIS was due III
- belle es that some malicious scoundfe
=. purposeiy turned the witch
George Courtney. the travelling tngi
:. Nor was on Of the Oldest employees o
) the road. II boarded TIL, engine aHt
took 5. al by the engineer to Sc how
tn locomotives. which was a brand new
IS enc, was working His first work 70
b the road was done long before the war
e and probably no man IN the diviSio
= was more popular among tn mon O
honor d with III re COULD ne by til
company.
=, There we're some remarkable ESCAPES
- Os'ar zimmerman WAS pitched throug
a tn window of the smoking car a d wa
unhurt 4 terrible ere and loss of lii
was prove lttd by the prompt action G
Baggageman John Dore. of th;cago VIII
< eXtinguished the flames that caught i
l. the car mm 'diatcIy after the craS!
ID One of the saddcSt casualties occurred /
the first chair car. George Alien. n
W fc. and baby were sitting in the iron
of the car when the VIZ ok occurred
~ Mrs Alien wa thrown against the vii
OF dow and killed The child was huri
~ across the car, bit ESCAPED injury. NJ
Allen was IA so unhult, but hcartbrokc
by the death of his wife.
he When the train left the main trac
&c and started on the siding Enginct
as Emery reverse his engine and stuck
his post. but the engine left the trac
after running a few feet on the sicin
and all of the seven ca1S. with the e
IS ccption of the rear one. a Pullman slice
w er, went into the Il tch. Engineer Emc
Traye ing En- i Ger Courtney and Fir
man Peter Anderson went down vii
i, the engine The two engineers We
900 | killed insta tly and e fireman is pro
ably fata.y Injured. Those III Il
smoking car escaped With Their live
Standing on The steys of the n 'Xt &
or were two students of Ite1ding Colleg
Frank l.. Johnson, of Avon. and W.
Harding, of Abingdon. The jnmpe
and Johnson was killed by a bow on Il
head from flying timber, Few on Il
0 train csca pc without being cut by broke
glass or ably bruised by being throw
against seats when the shock came.
5 As the train was running behind tir
. when it reached Gale%hurg, Conduct
Hughes 1auyhiugly biaIned the cnginet
IL "Ali right: hold on to your hats tt
! Ire" replied Emery. as he pulled t
. throttle and started on the ride to
: death At the time the train ran on
$ the open switch it wa; running at t
: rate OF fifty mi'e, al hour
. AS far as the matter has thus far be
Il investigated it looks as if the wreck
- of the train was the result of a well-l;
y plan The target light had been ext
8 guished, and everything tends to sh
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