St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-09

CHICAGO. Nov. s.-By a rear-end col
lision on the Chicago, Rock Island q Pa
clfic railroad this evening at Seventy
first street three people were killed and
eleven injured. Passenger Train No.
II. known as the limited Yestibuled eX-
press, crashed into the rear end of a
Blue Island accommodation, badly
wrecking two coaches and the engine of
the limited. The dead are:
Mark Bowman, Rock Island flagman
at Auburn Park.
Mrs. Aubrey, Blue Island.
Carrie Barnes. South Englewood,
identified by engraving on finger ring.
The injured are n. Hintz, Walden,
Ill, both legs cut off; Lottie Brigham,
Chicago, head and body scalGed; Nicho-
las Wosht, Chicago. left leg broken and
body scalded; Minnie Schaefer, Beverly
Hills. H., head and arms scalded !;
Louis Scharp. Morgan Park, ILL.,, both
arms cut off; j. w. Templeton,
Morgan Park, ILL.,, left haud cut
Oft and body burned. ID. NJ. Longwood,
Juries; will die. James w. Grady.
Englewood. ILL.,, left hand cut off and
badly scalded. w. F. Stoll. Blue ISL
and, ILL.,, internal injuries. James
kinser, Washington Heights. ILL.,, body
scalded. w. E. Jamison, Englewood,
ILL.,, body and face burned.
A. W. Holder, Blue Island, ILL.,, back
cut; G. ID. Thompson. Englewood, ILL.,,
face and head cut; Roy Donley, Wall
den, ILL.,, legs cut; A. Hender-
SON., EnglewOod, Ill.,, badly bruised :;
B. NJ. Russell, Treacy, ILL.,, head cut:
Charles Max, Washington Heights,
LII, body badly bruised and cut; Kate
Snow. Longwood, ILL.,, badly scalded;
Mrs. ANNE Kruser, Washington
Heights. ILL.,, badly burned, will proba-
Park, ILL.,, inhaled steam, will die Miss
Latham, his sister, scalded and
bruised; s. Short, Morgan Park.
ILL.,, badly scalded: NJ. O'Connell,
Morgan Park. H.. head cut;
w. Z. Kfngman, Washington Heights,
body cut and bruised; Wilbur Wright.
LongwoOd. Ill.,, internal injuries; Nell
SOD Bickerman, engineer express train,
badly scaIded; NJ. Kaiser, Washington
Heights, badly bruised; Bertha ..
Shorn, Englewood, hip injured; Mrs. &.
II. Lapham, Morgan Park, scalded; W.
q. Mlcks, Washington Heights. left leg
broken.
The Blue Island accommodation
few minutes ahead of the linn
tied train, and both pulled out
OH time tonight. The accommodation
stopped at Seventy-tirSt street to receive
and let off passengers. Close behind it
was the limited express, bearing down
on it at the rate, it is said, Of twenty
miles an hour. A heavy fog had settled
over the city early Ill the evening, and
it was almost impossible to clearly dis
Germ signal lights.
The engine of the express train
ploughed its way into the rear coach of
the accommodation. The car was picked
up and carried forwards so great was til e
momentum. and was driven with terri
bic force into the end of the second
coach from the rear. The explosion of
a lamp ignited the woodwork in the
debris and the fire soon began to spread
rapidly. An alarm was at once sent to
the fire department, but before any of
the engines had arrlped the majority of
the dead and wounded had been taken
from ,he wreck, some of them, however.
being badly burned. The engine at
tached to the limited express had
been partly demolished, and pouring
from one of its escape pipes
was constant stream of scalding steam.
This made the work of rescue almost an
impossiDility at times. Men were driY-
ell back time and time again, and often
the workmen were slightly scalded.
The two trains leave the main depot
ten minutes apart. Owing to the dense
fog both had fallen behind time six
minutes at Englewood. The suburban
train makes three stops between Engle-
wood and Seventy-first street, while the
through train makes none. The limited
tonight gained on the suburban train
after leaving Englewood and struck it
before the signals could be discerned
through the fog.