The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-09-28
REAR END COLLISION.
"Details OF the Accidont-S. veraI Porsons
Crushed to Death,

Io Doath,
kANKAKER, Ills Sept. 2).-At $50
O'Clock last night one-fourth Of a mile
South of the little village of Manteon,
eight miles North of this city, the sec
ond section Of No. 45, which IS the Big
-Four express leaving Chicago at 8. 10 D.
m, crashed into the rear end of the
first section with awful results. Eight
persons,lt Is known positively are dead
with probability OF three more re.
mains still under the wreckage. A
score OF others are more or less severe
ly injured, a number of them it is
thought fatally. The first section stop.
PED al water tank and here accounts
differ as to the cause of the accid ent
One is that no llagman went back from
the llrSt section. Another is that q
llagman went back and did his dut,
properly, but that the engineer of the
second section was asleep and the fire.
man 1eedlng his furnace. Both, how
ever, discovered the train in front of
them IN time to jump and escape with
out serious injury. The track is
straight for three miles at the place
where the accident occurred. The flag
man has disappeared. The rear cars of
the first section were the Ohio and
Mississippi sleeper and two chair cars,
all falrly filled with passengers. Tue
colllSlon reduced the rear car to IA
shapeless mass Of splintered tlmbers and
twisted iron. The wreck OF the rear
car was thrown high in the air, falling
back on the ergine, The terrible i'm.
pact forced the forward sleeper into
the rear nf the day coach Just ahead.
IhlS coach was filed with sleeping pas
Senger5 and the scene which ensued
was 0no OF almost infinite horror. The
engine ploughed its dreadful Wav liter.
ally through the bodies of Sleppinp
men and women. Blood besmcared the
iron and wood Of the shattered cars.
and in the darkness the awful screams
OF the injured and dying mingled with
the hiss Of steam from the torn and
twisted boiler.
The passengers in the rear train
escaped with nothing more than q
severe shaking up. Many Of them
dressed and hurried forward to assist
III the work Of rescuing the unfortu-
mates who were still pinioned in the
wreck. The crash Of the collision was
PLAINLY heard in ManteOn, and in a few
minutes the residents of that village
were upon the scene in force. Houses
near the spot were hastily thrown open
tai. Local surgeons from this city were
hastily summoned and several of them
together with other residents of Kan
kahec, fastened to Mantc0n.
The arrivals were timely and their
efforts much appreciated by the the
lerrOr-Strlcken passengers, many of
whom, otherwise injured, were suffer.
ing from the SnddenneSS Of the Shock
AMI gong about Wringing their hands
and crying historically. The following
is the list Of killed. Emil kimmeli,
Dayton, Ohio, J. w. Powell, New
Vienna, Ohio. l.. II. Sweet, Louisville,
Ky, David Jackson, Carmel, Ohio,
Minnie DuVerS, Lower Albany, md,
Miss o. Edwards, Chicago, Jacob
Slmifer and John Curran, both of Co.
lumbus, Ohio. Some of the wounded
VIII undoubtedly die.
1t Is not believed many of the injured
now In the hospital will die. Respon-
slDlllty or the disaster cannot be placed
on any one or set of individuals until
Inc coroner's inquest has sifted mat
CerS. All the train men except the en-.
gineer were employed by the Big -Four.
should the blame be placed on the en-
gineer, the Illinois Central will be
olamed; II upon Duncan. the ilagman,
the Big -Four will be responsible.
Ibe coroner this afternoon at kanka-
kee began inquest over the remains Of
the victims OF the wreck. Only three
witnesses were examined before the
inquest was adjourned, but enough tes-
tlmony was heard to develop the fact
that there will be a bitter fight between
the Big Four and illinois Central Roads
to avoid the responsibility for the dis
aSter.