The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-08
SOME one HAD BLUNDERED.
FEightuI Head End Collision, Near
COlehOuT, Indiana.


Twelve Persons, Including a Theatri-
cal Manager and a General Travelling
Passenger Agent, Killed Outright,
and as Many More Injured, Several
of Them Fatally-The Engineer and
Fireman Escape by Jumping-The
Accident Due to Neglect or Disobe-
dience of orders-No Relief for a
Long and Fearful Hour.
Chicago, Sept. IA head-end collision
between a milk train of the Chicago,
Pittsburg and Fort Wayne railroad and
an east-bound passenger train on the Pan
Handle, or Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago
and St. Louis killed twelve persons and
injured many more. The collision oc-
Cured in the 'L'' running from the main
track lust south of Colehour to East
Hammond, Ind, at the point of a curve
and in a sparseIy settled locality. The
baggage and smoking car of the east
bound passenger were ground TO pieces,
and from this most of the killed and injur-
ed were taken. The remOteness of the scene
OF the wreck from immediate police and
surgical aid, made the calamity most
distressing one, and it was more than an
hour before the first of those rescued,
maimed and bleeding, could be carried to
the houses in Colehour and South Chi
cago for treatment The dead are:
Anson Temp manager of the Schiller
Theater, Chicago.
An unknown man with Manager Temp,
probably an actor.
VIM Riguey, travelling passenger agent
Of the Wisconsin Central railroad.
G. A. Haines, Vincennes, Indiana.
VIM. Shinyker, New Albany, Indiana.
VIM. Richardson, 217 State street, Chi
Cago.
VIM. Adams Fairfield.
E. A. Barnard, Terre Haute Indiana,
and four men as yet not identified.
Among the injured are:
Charles Lichte, Knox county, internally
injured.
Louisville, internal injuries.
Wm. Brewer, baggage master Pan
Handle train, left leg crushed and intern
al injuries; lives Vt Logansport.
Paul Seerbcr neWsbOy, McheeS port,
Ind, right foot crushed.
James Eckenberry, Camden, o., hurt
about chest
Joseph Ball, 525 Samson street. Louis
vile, KY, left leg crushed, hip dislocated
and internal injuries.
William J. Turner, 80 West Lake
street, Chicago, hurt about head
Joseph billings, Clyde, o., legs crushed
and internal injuries.
Messenger on Panhandle train. internal
injuries, name and residence unknown.
WHO WAS TO BLAME2
The responsibility for the catastrophe
lies with the train dispatchers and tele-
graph operators. At present there is a
dispute between the operator at Colehour
and the general Office of the road in the
city as to what the train orders
We're this morning, each trying
to fasten the blame on the
other Railroad men at the scene of the
week say the operators orders were to
hold the train No. IL (the wrecked Louis
vile train) until No. IS lthe milk train)
had passed
A brakeman on the Pan Handle train
said it left the city on time and stopped
at Colehour for orders, and none being re-
ceiyed, it started again without instruc-
UiOns.
FIREMAN KEELER's ACCOUNT.
Fireman KeeIer, who escaped with engin-
eer Hart byiumping, remained at thescene
OF the accident, aiding in rescuing the
injured. He said AS we rounded the
curve | saw the Pan Handle train ahead
Of US. A collision seemed unavoidable.
called to engineer Hart to put on the
brakes and open the sand box. He threw
over the lever, and the train jumped up
and down under the attempt to check its
speed. We had too much headway how
ever, to avoid a collision, and as we
neared the passenger train Hart and
Jumped. We escaped without injury"