Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-09
Limited Express cnshsd Into an
Accommodation Train
wREcNSs CARS AND ENGINE


eFaauel t1to t1o rear rnA oL bl4c -
iand accommodafion. badly srecking
fso coaches asa the sagine. The dead
are
W. G. cANFxsrE& wsshisg,oa
Hsizhtz
Ms AraHzs. Blue Island
MsSxsn ScB4kFEs. Beverly Hills.
CA1RfK BAsSEs. Washington Heighta
WffL1Ax Bowxss. Auburn Park
The injured are:
u. ID. Sno~. LongwoOd. internal In
i1ries; wiH oie
James ". Grady. South Englswood.
left hand cut on and badly scaided
abont the face and bead
W r. stoll. Blue IslAad. internal In
iuries
James Kinser. washington Heights
holy scail.ed.
". +. Jamison. south Englsxood.
holy add sacc burned
" HiHson. WalieB. Illinois. both legs
cut o.
Lott.e brigham. Chicago. head and
tody scaided.
Nicholas Woshts. left lex broken and
baby scaldcaL
Laala scharp Morgan Park. both arms
cut OF.
j. " Templeton. Morgan Park. both
arms cut of and body burned
Alexander Anderson. Engiewood
IIsixhfs face and hands scalded.
A Chort. Auburn Park
hoy Darley. Walden. face aud hands
sraided
". Harder. Blue Island. scalded
and cut about the head
A. Henderson Englewood Heights
Wilson Hendricks. Eggleston. hands
and arms seaided.
John kingman, Lougwood. leg broken
and scalied.
NJ lark. AUBURN Park
Mn. john I.apham. Auburn Park.
'ssiSsa- Sss LaAam. her lly.a,-old son.
scalded.
NJ Purer. Blue Island, scalded.
Mrs Chort. Morgan Park. badly
sraided.
q. ID Thompson. South Englewood.
face and hands scalded
Kate Snow. Longwood. badly bruised;
may die
b. ID Templeton. Morgan Park. hands
and face scaldcd
". +. kingmsn. Washington Heights.
head and body bruised.
Mrs &. H. Lspham. Morgan Park.
scaidet about arms.
Mrs. Lake. EngleWood. head cut
". r hicxs. Washington Heights.
left leg broken.
Mira Annie kruser. Washington
Heights, scalded about face and breast
and body bruised; viii die.
bog Hid tho signal Light
The trains left on time this evening.
The accommodation stopped at Seventy
krst street 10 receive and let OF passen-
gers Close behind 10 was the limited
express bearing down ON II at the rate
Of twenty niles an nour. A heavy fog
had settled over the city early In tho
evening. aud lt was almost impossible,
trainmen say. 20 clearly discern the sig
nai hight The engine of the express
tram ploughed 81 way into the rear
coach of the accommodation. being
forced between the two sides like a
westge. ihe car was picked up and
earried forward 40 great sas the mo-
mentum and vas driven with terrible
force into tue end n the second coach
ffom the rear. The explosion OF a lamp
igritod the woodwork IN the debris aud
the are soou began 30 spread NJ lively
rate. As soon a. the flames burst forth
it vas seen by dozen people who
hssiencd - give "a alarm. The ire was
preceded BY very httie smoke aud be
fore the hrst engine arrived n had gained
lively hcsfixay. several engines r..
spsladed 20 the alarm and the blaze was
soon sxtinguished
g;~u,osing the Dead and Injured.
Tae removal - the dead aud Injured
bad been commeBc,,d before she first de
taii - policr arrived BrsveIy did those
paeaengers who had not been injured
ami tte-people from surrounding houses
earnestly work % rescue those uho acre
sti'i IN the nass of timber and iron. En-
eonrageoent vac lsnt by the groans %
tke dying aud loud cry for help of the
msimsd Two men were found. one
iying 90 top q the other. and across
them vas a heavy piece of tiGber. one q
THE under supports n the rear passenger
csteh. They were The nrst 20 bs taken
out ADD "a they snre carried o. one side
other wiling hands pushed forward 10
rsnes The search. Adted ~ the horrnr
ef the sceac. eith ia Pile a debris and
cracking timber.. vac The =ound q -
caring steam The engine attached 20
the imited exprcss bal been partly de-
uloiisbed and pouring from ore q its
rscape pipes vaa = constant stream q
seaiiing raTor. 1his made The work q
rescue almost an imrossihiiity az times.
Passengers HAD ~ warning.
The pssscugrrs in the rrar cuach -
TIE passenzer train rad hlfie warninr
81 ihesr dsngsr Several persaus bad
s:srtted ahen The accommodation
staFptd st the Esxlestcn depot. about
- te-t sonth - Seventy iFst street
Raf tEe tram had been started again.
j. = nat thcaght that 70 sss moving at
greater rate = spe,-i thar from tso 10
tafce uiies az hour The suburban
fFaie. ehien = known - No IT wa<
drsen ~ rrzfre NJ 81 iB charge ~
r. \ earF. engineer. and =. ". Pre-
sbss. ccatiis--for The esprres car vas
drsNr hy engine NJ, ~ and rss IN chares
~ >~ieon tfeksrean. sneineer Viii
iar, SeBskey afeman. and 4 < Banfasth
ssh inefer Ae es,iiision saaeed Dick
esrsa fn - throws fr,sn 80 sat ia tb~
csE eat 80 r4s rot innret Ees ssf.
urssee eisn that atrn dl-r ihc acri
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flse cab and. sLislfeee1nz fhcaernan.
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