The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-20
VINE INSTANTLY KILLED.
.,r SECOND SECTION OF a TRAIN
RUNS INTO THE FIRST

,, Car Driven Clear Through Day
reach Fnied with Peopie-Fourtoeu VIC
a.. san Linger In suGering-The Eneins
a.. STAMPED for Water and the Rear
ri, Suddenly Dashed Around q Curve.
cu,c,co. Sept 1o.-Nine persons met death
IA score of others we're injured. several OF
.s.r, fatally. in a crash OF trains on tho Clevs-
I'D cincinnati. Chicago and st Louis Rail-
.a,d at 20 o o'clock last night near the little
TIL E". .. of Manteno ILL.,. yeightmiles south
Al Chicago. Tho second section OF train
~. Az which Is the big Four Express I"
having Chicago at $40 r. NJ crashed into tne
,.or and OF the first section.
Ths first section OF the train. Engineer SAM
ali, and Conductor Tyner, pulled out OF the IL
i,no,. Csntral passenger station at Twelfth
s.,..t having q train consisting OF mail. two
h.essre cars. smoker. two day coaches. two
p,,nman sleepers. and q dead" or empty
.o,ch In the rear This train was imm ediately
solloved by its second section. Engineer
Ch.r,es Ames Conductor Tom Eden. and was
sonow.d closely all the way down to the scene
=, The catastrophe. Tho train register at Chi
s.oo hears a notice to all passenger trainmen
that there is no water at Kankakee station.
nance It became necessary for Engine 1886 to
atom at the water tank just south OF Manteno
10 take supply. To this stop Is attributable
tho calamity.
A, the first section hauled up at the water
..,t Conductor Tyner sent his rear brakeman
back with red light to flag the second Sec
Non. hut before the faGman had got hun
drsd Yards the second section could be plainly
heard rapidly approaching. though hidden be-
Mind a curve in the track. whore signal could
,ot he seen, An instant later 1t dashed rapid
" into view. and seeing the frantic signals Of
ths Aacman from the first section: Engineer
Ames reversed his engine and applied the ar
brakes. Owing to the high rate 81 spe pee AZ af
not seem m aterially to check speed. and an
instant later. with q fearful crash. the rear car
WA WA visited iron. The wreck OF the rear car
was thrown high In the air. falling back upon
u The terrible Impact forced the forward sleep.
ar into the rear end Of the day coach Just
ahead. This coach was filled with passengers.
bo ns et Of sleeping men and women, The pas
senCers In the rear train escaped with nothing
more than a severe shaking up. ,uhs
IN Manteno. and in few minutes the resi-
dents Of that village were upon tho scene In
The list OF dead is as follows:
JIG. Sweet. Louisville. KY. member OF the
crane Ener 1f Rinnmell Dayton. o.
J. ". Powell. New Vienna; o.
Minnie Jackson, Mount Carmel o.
Chris kinmell. Dayton. ".
David jackson. Cynthiana. o.
Mrs Matte Scholter. Ripley. Q.
Charles Dickendasher. Columbus. o.
Jacob Sniffer. Columbus. o.
Fully a score OF the passengers were moro
or less seriously injured. Fourteen were sent
to St. LuEes Hospital here. Their names are:
may die; l.. II. Blanton. Indianapolis; J. W.
Brann. Wilmington, O.: Mrs. w. Brann.
g. o. William Evans. PowelIton. W. Va: Miss
Sally Evans. daughter OF above; Joseph Fos-
ter Springfield o. Mrs Joseph Foster, wife
o.: Mrs Chris Kimmsll. Dayton, James VIII
bur Means. Chester. 8 G.: A. =. Scholter, Rip
fort. o.: Olive Patton. Carmel. O.: Emily Tenn
peton. sinking Springs, o.; Annie Cowles
Lower Albany. Ind: Jessie Morse, Cincinnati.
iton. Columbus. O.: Miss E. Hamilton. Co
lumbus, 0.