The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1892-07-30
CRUSHED AT THE DEPOT
Terrible Result of an Accident at the
Grand Central Depot. Chicago. :.
Death Threaten Picnicers- Excursionests
Run Down by a Train That Broke
Into the PIatform.-Tried to
Lynch the Engineer.

Into the Platform.-TIied to
Lynch the Engineer.
Monday was to have been a gala day
with large number of Afro Americans
1t was the date of the annual encamp
ment and picnic of St. George Comman.
derry No. 4. K. T. St. George always car.
ries large crowd. The first train car.
rying about 1000 people left at 9 o'clock
The second train with 1900 people left al
9:45. At 1O:l5 just as the third trair
was about to pull out terrible accident
occurred, and a score of people were
killed and injured. The list of the killed
and injured is as follows:
Mrs. Dinah Carr, of 1922 Armour avenue, was
taken in the ambulance to st. Luke's Hospital
badly injured, she is doing well and may recover
Henry Young, carpet cleaner, living at 100!
State street, cut on head and left arm and hurt in
ternally. Removed to the County Hospital an6
died Tuesday at p. NJ.
Mrs. Charlotte Kneighton, of 1858 Armour ave.
badly bruised, leg and fractured rib
Henry Barnum, bruised and scratched about thu
face and head. Will recover.
Mrs. W. A. Rogers, 1927 Armour bruised abou
the head and breast and lower limbs.
Lloyd T. Smith, sixteen years DID, living at 313
Armour avenue slightly bruised
Mrs. Susan Cheek, 1929 State street, injuries
about shoulder, breast and arms.
Thomas Green Thirty first and Dearborn street
bruised about body; not dangerous.
ed.
Miss Minnie Ward, 1888 State street, injure,
about face fundamentally
Miss Della Davis, 1881 State street. slightly in
jured. ..
Mrs Nettie Harden, 1929 State street, cut on fac
and bruised about shoulder.
Miss Frances Kneighton, twenty three years oil
living at 1858 Armour avenue. right shoulder dis
located: left hip Injured.
Mrs. Sarah Mack, 31ai> Dearborn street, ha
scalp wound and bruised abou, body.
Miss Jessie Alexander, 1929 Safe street, lie
broken, hurt Internally -
W. H. Rogers 342T Armour, injured about hea
and limbs bruised y
Miss Julia Davis s93O Armour, rib broken, il
ternal injuries.
Harry kneighton 1858 Armour, hurt about heat
Lizzie Knox, aged years. hurt about stomach
THE ACCIDENT.
The platform of the depot was crowd
ed when a Chicago & Northern ..Pacifi
switch engine, in charge of Enginee
John D. Williams, pulled into the trail
shed on the west track, having in toy
Baltimore & Ohio passenger train
The train, according to the statement Q
eye witnesses, entered the south end q
the depot shed at the rate of twelv
miles an hour. At the south end of tn
shed and not more than ten feet from
the bumper placed at the end of tn
track stood a Baltimore & Ohio passenge
coach. When Engineer Williams say
this he applied the air brakes, but TO
some reason they failed to work and tn
speed OF the train was not Stacked il
the least. When within car lenght O
the coach the engineer reversed tn,
engine aud gave her steam and sand
but the momentum of the heavy pass
enger train AMI engine behind him wa
too great and bis engine crashed int,
the passenger coach.
COME WITH CRASHING FORCE.
The force of the car broke down tn,
humping post and iron fence which sur
surrounded the platform and crashed
over the platform for a distance of thirt,
feet. A great crowd of people stood OF
the platform, directly in the path of th.
coach. Some one who saw the impend
ing danger shouted to the crowd, man,
of whom heard the warning in time tt
escape. Several, however, were unable
to hear because of the noise of escaping
steam or were para] yzed with fear
They were struck down and crushed un
der the car. Joy was turned int
mourning and lamentation. The groanl
of the injured, the cries of their friend.
and the angry shouts of the crowd which
gathered around the engine caused 6
regular panic.
-Four patrol wagons and the ambulance
were summoned and the wounded were
cared for as speedily as possible.
WANTED TO LYNCH THE ENGINEER.
In the meantime wild and exciting
scene was being enacted about the enpi
neer.; Police Officer like" Rivers, who
was at the depot to accompany the pic.
nicers, jumped upon the engine and
dragged Engineer Williams from his seat
to the platform. A croud of men surged
around the pair and shouted "Lynch
him!' 'Kill him!" When the crowd
made rush for the engineer, who was
pale and trembling with fear, Officer
Rivers drew his revolver and ordered
them to fall back. Just at this time
Detective Payton Randolph and dozon
officers in uniform from the Harrison
Street Station, accompanied by Captain
Jenkins and Sergeants Brown and Ward.
CONTINUED ON SECOND PAaE.)