Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-31
WENT OFF THE RAIL
Details Of Sundays Wreck on
the Santa Fe
CAUSED BY A COW AND CALF
TIE Engineer Dies 81 His Post-List OF
the Victims-A Number Of Pas
sengers Injured.

bound for Chicago. on the Santa re
road struck COW and calf AZ the edge
of the bridge . mile west Of LenoEt at
O'Clock Sunday night The train left
the track and the engine and tender
kept on the ties until they toppled into
the river. the cars rolling about half
way down the sloping bank. The en-
gineer was killed and several OF the
passengers hurt:
w. A. Isheli engineer. Chicago, killed
lnjured-J. ]. Aiiin. Chicago. injured about
the body: Maria A. Bissell. Chicago. spine In
jured: Miss Belle Friel. Chicago. head and back
injured; Farming, Chicago, badly cut about face
End head: J. J. EgyuAnn. Chicago. injured
about head and back; Mr.. and Mrs Charles
Eddy, Chicago, slightly injured; Mrs Maggie
Fitzpatrick. Chicago. back injured; Mrs r. w.
! Quisley, ST. Louis, head aud back cut; Charles
Slawood. fireman, Chicago, arm ard leg hurt,
Charles IL Welch, Chicago. knee injured
story OF the Wreck.
The train is known as the st. Louis
express, leaving the town from which
il takes it's name 1t 7:45 o'clock in the
morning. II IL due At Chicago ~ 7:S5
o'clock and its schedule time at this
place is Gar. Sunday night by reason
of high water and other delays 1t
was thirty minutes late At Joliet.
Isbell, who has been connected
with the line since il was opened TO
Chicago, was working to make up his
lost time. and came down the grade To
the Des PLANES river at lightning
speed. At the edge Of the bridge across
the river and hidden by slight curve
q cow and her calf were on the track.
When the engineer saw his danger
1t was too late to avoid it. The FIRE
man leaped from the cab 1T the instant
the animals were struck and thereby
saved his life. The engine was de-
rsfled and bumped along the tres.
tie some distance before it fell
into the river. Engineer Isben went
with the locomotive. While the
coupling between the tender and
the forward car broke it did not
prevent the cars leaving the track
and they rolled OFF the approach TO the
bridge and down the bank leading to
the river. The engine landed some l,
feet from the shore. q portion Of the cat
remaining above water.
Engineer Isbell's body was found in
the engine cab. His injuries were such
that death must have been instant. He
leaves . widow and three children.
Passengers Kurt.
The passengers. who had not thu
sliQhtest warning, were tumbled h
heaps in the cars, while piled on top o.
them were the seats. Twelve persons
received injuries Of q rather seriou.
nature, but every passenger wa.
moro or less bruised and Gu,
BY the broken glass. Conduct
or Wheeler, though severely
bruised, rallied such of the passenger.
e were able to move and the work o.
rescuing the injured was begun. Three
cars constituted the train. q bsggags
car, smoking car and chair car
Most Of the persons badly hur1
were in the chair car, which was
the rear coach Of the train
A brakeman proceeded to lie
mont and q relief train was sent t.
the scene of the wreck. The wounded
were all taken to LemonA From thers
three were sent to St JOSEPH
hospital. Joliet, and the others
who were not able to be moved
to the Marble City hotel a
Lemont. Calls for . relief train hai
been sent to Chicago, and when tina
arrived II took on board those who's
| hurts were trifling and returned to Chi
cago.
OF those that are injured probably
Maria A. Bissen Is the most seriousl,
hurt Dr.. +. g. Mason, of Chicago, tn
company's surgeon, said: ''She ha
| sustained . confusion Of the hip, ant
probably there are other complicate,
| fractures."