Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-01-19
MANY INJURED.
Result of a Collision Between
Trains In Chicago.
Eighteen Persons Badly Hurt = The
Wrecked Cars Take Fire, and the Inn
prisOned Passengers Are Res
cued with Great Difficulty.
TELESCOPED.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-THE Crete accom-
mediation on the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois road, leaving Dearborn station
at 7:20 o'clock Friday evening, was tel
escoped at Fifty-ffth street by Chi
cago 81 Erie through train to New
York. The accommodation train con-
sisted of three coaches filled with
suburban residents on their way to
their homes. Eighteen people were
severely injured IN the W, elk, and
scarcely anyone of the $50 or more pas
sengers escaped some bruises or miner
injury. To add to the horror of the
scene the center coach Of the accomo-
dation train caught fire from the over
turned stove, while three passengers,
two women and one man, were caught
in the wreckage close 10 the flames,
and were cut away from their perilous
position by the heroic efforts of their
fellow passengers.
The list of injured is as follows:
d. B. Caldwell, both legs broken Mrs. f. c.
Mathew, internally injured: William b. Smith
cut over eyes and back injured; Lottie Boyd
badly bruised and internally iniured F. b.
Marshall, both legs crushed below the knees;
Mrs. S. Moore. left leg and side bruised Mrs
X. b. Watkins, head and neck bruised and legs
crushed: r. b. Watkins, seriously hurt; John
Clemenger, head cut and legs bruised; Mrs f.
A. Mithof, back injured; Freda Kitehik, head
bruised; Mrs. s. 5. Eau, left foot and back
bruised; J. K. Corman, cut on head John Red
mond, private Company d, Seventeenth in
fartry OF Brooklyn, n. ", back and legs
bruised and internally injured, may die; L. f.
Truman left leg broken and back and side in
f,rrz ~ ia Loo
leg broken: Mrs i<eFreed back hurt; Mrs. NJ
Eisner, back injured.
The accommodation train which had
been delayed was standing on the main
track st Fifty fifth street when the ex-
press crashed into the rear car at full
speed. Three cars of the accommoda
tion train were telescoped and the de-
struction was so complete that it
seemed little less than a miracle that
scores of people were not killed out
right Scarcely had the manned and
bleeding passengers begun to emerge
frUs1 the wrecked cars when the debris
took fire from an overturned stove.
Fortunately a supply of water was
near at hand and those less seriously
hurt succeeded in extinguishing the
flames, but not until num-
Der of the imprisoned passengers
had been badly scorched. Every
one of the passengers not
totally disabled joined in the rescue of
their less fortunate fellow passengers
and the work was pushed with energy
until all had been removed The
weather was intensely cold and some
of the helpless victims suffered frost
bites in addition to their other injuries
Tie victims were carried to the Fifty
fifth street depot am corps Of physi-
clans Was soon on the spot rendering
all possible aid.
Through the blunder Of the Erie en-
gjneer or the failure to display warn
ing signals, the big train behind did
not slack MP as the suburban came to
stop. Conductor Sam G. Lewis 81
the Eastern Illinois train said the lin
tied should Rave known that his train
was Just ahead. for IS had besn follow
ing behind from Fortv-third stveet