Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-11-09
A SMASHUP IN CHICAGO
Five Killed and Many Injured In
a Rear End Collision.
TAKEN FROM THE BURNING WRECK

Because OF = Heavy Fog Express the
Chicago, Rock Island aud Pacific Crash
ed Into the Rear Cars OF an Aoeommoda-
tion TraIu-ssveraI More May Die.
CHICAGO, Nov. a-By rear end collision
on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
railroad at Seventy-first street, five peo-
pie were killed and II injured. Passenger
train No. II, known as 30 limited vesti
buled express, crashed inSO the rear end of
Blue Island accommodation, badly wreck
ing two coaches and the engine of the linn
tied.
The Dead and Injured.
The dead are:
Mark Bowman Of Rock Island, fiagman
at Auburn Park.
Mrs. Aubrey of Blue Island.
Carrie Barnes OF South Englewood; iden-
titled by Engineer Aving
Minnie Schaefer of Beverly, Ills; died at
midnight
W. c. Carpenter, Washington Heights.
The injured were: y. II. Hitz, Walden,
Ills. both legs cut of; Lottie Brigham.
Chicago, head and body scalded; Nicholas
WASN'T, Chicago, left leg broken and body
scaldcd; Minnie Schaefer, Beverly Hills,
Ills, head and arms scalded; Louis Scarp.
Morgan Park, Ills, both arms cut of: j.
w. Templeton, Morgan Park, His. left
hand cut off and body burned; ID. NJ. Snow
Longwood, Ills, 20 years Of age, internal
injuries, will die; James W. Grady, Engle-
wood, Ills, left hand cut Off and badly
scaldet; W. +. Stoll. Blue Island. Ills, in
ternal injuries; James kinser, Washington
Heights, Ills, body scalded; w f Jami-
son, EnglewoOd, Ills. body and face burned
Reuben I.eghiner, Chicago, badly scalded
will die; Mrs j. NJ. Pierce, Blue Island.
Ills, badly bruised and scalded; \. w.
Holder, Blue Island, Ills, back cut; {. D.
Thompson. EnglewOOd, Ills, head and face
cut; Roy Donley. Walden, Ills, legs cut
4. Henderson, Englewood; y. w Russell
Tracey, Ills: Charles Mack, Washington
Heights Ills; Kate Snow, LongHood. Ills. :;
Mrs. Annie kruser. Washington Heights
Ills. badly burned, will probably die
W. Latham, Auburn Park, Ills, inhaled
steam, will die; Miss Latham. sister OF
foregoing; \. Short, Morgan Park. Ills;
NJ. O'Connell, Morgan Park. Ills: w. Z.
Kingman, Washington Heights; VIII
Sweygert. Longwood, Ills, internal in
juries; Nelson Dickerman, engineer Of the
express train. badly scalded; NJ Kaiser,
Washington Heights; Bertha osborn, En-
Park. His; w. + Micks, Washington
Heights.
4 heavy fog had settled over the city
early in the evening. and il was almost i'm
possible to clearly discern signal lights
The engine of the express train plowed its
way into the rear coach of the accommo-
dalton. The ear was picked up and carried
forward, so great was the momentum, and
was driven with terrible force into the end
of the second coach from the rear. The ex-
plosion 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 de
partment, but before any of the engines
had arrived the ma jority of the dead and
wounded had been taken from the wreck,
some of them, however, being badly burn
ed. The engine attached to the limited ex-
press had been partly demolished, and
pouring from one of its escape pipes was q
constant stream of scaldinG steam This
made the work of rescue almost an impos-
sibility at times. Men were driven back
time and time again, and often the work
men were slightly scalded.