Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19
RAILROAD MisHAPs.

A Score of Persons Injured rs the Result
of Collision ON the Chicago 4 Eastern
Illinois Railroal-The Wreck Burned-
An Engineer aud Fireman Roasted to
Death Under Their ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Wreck on the Iowa Central.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-THE Crete accom-
mediation on the Chicago & Eastern IL
linois railroad. leaving Dearborn sta
ton at 7:20 o'clock last evening, was
telescoped at Fifty-fifth street by a
Chicago & Ere through train to New
York.
The accommodation train consisted
of three coaches filed with suburban
residents on their way to their homes.
Fifteen people were severely injured
in the wreck and scarcely any one of
the $50 or more passengers escaped
some bruises or minor injury.
To add to the horror of the scene,
the center coach OF The accommodation
train caught fire from the overturned
stove, while three passengers, two
women and one man, were caught in
the wreclxage close to the flames, and
were cut away from their perilous POI
sition by the heroic efforts of their fell
low passengers
The accommodation train, which had
been delayed, was standing on the main
track at Fifty fifth street, when the ex-
press crashed into the rear car at full
speed. Three cars of the accommoda-
ton train were telescoped. and the de-
little less than a miracle that scores of
people were not killed outright.
Scarcely had the MANNED and bleed
ing passengers began to emerge from
the wrecked cars when the debris took
fire from an overturned stove. For
tunately a supply of water was near at
hand, and those less seriously injured
succeeded in extinguishing the flames.
but not until mum Der of the impris-
oned passengers had been badly
scorched. The weather was intensely
cold, and some of the helpless victims
suffered frost bites in addition to their
other injuries.
An Engineer and Fireman Roasted to
Death Under Their Locomotive.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Jan. IA seri-
Gus wreck occurred about fifteen miles
north of this city yesterday at noon on
the Minshall coal branch of the Van
dalia railroad. sAn engine hauling
seven coal cars and caboose jumped
the track at the switch connection at
Jessups station. The engine ran if
teen feet clear of the rails, buried it's
front end in an embankment
and turned over, instantly kill
ing George Smith, engineer, and
William Warren, fireman. Both
men were imprisoned under the fire
box and received the full force of es-
Gaping steam and coal cinders. which
burned their faces beyond recognition.
The engine was thrown into such po-
sition as to leave her driving-wheels
extended in the air, and kept in motion
until the steam ran out The accident
was caused by the driving-wheels stril-
ing the stub end of switch rail. Smith
leaves a wife and three children. War
rem was unmarried.
A Fatal Wreck on the Iowa Central.
BURLINGTON, Ia, Jan. 14.-It is re-
ported from Morning Sun. Ia, that n
bad wreck occurred last evening on the
Iowa Central railroad. An east-bound
passenger train was derailed while on
a crossing, sixty feet above the ground.
Two were killed and two others sus-
tanned injuries that will probably
prove fatal. Among the injured are:
Rev. Miller, Wayland, Ia. seriously;
Elmer Reece, Morning Sun. slightly;
E. s. Drumm. Wyoming, ILL.,. back hurt.