The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-20
ANOTHER FATAL CRASH
A Sleeping Car and Two Coaches
TelesCoped on the Big Four.
NINE KILLED AND MANY INJURED.

The Casualty the Result of Careiessness
on the Part of Railway Employes-The
First Wreck on the Illinois Central
system in Twenty Years. ...--.
MANTENo, Ills, Sept. 20.-The second
section of the Big Four passenger train
No. As crashed into the rear of the first
section that had stopped unexpectedly at
point ten miles north of Kankakee, tele-
scoping one sleeper and two coaches. kill
ing nine people and seriously injuring a
large number The rear ears of the first
section were the Ohio and Mississippi
sleeper and two chair cars, all fairly well
filled with passengers
The work of rescue was Immediately be-
gun, and one by one the horribly mutilated
bodies of the seven were removed from the
pile OF wreckage. The passengers in the
forward cars, although they received
severe shaking up and many were badly
cut and bruised, were foremost in the
work Of caring for the injured.
None of the trainmen are able to ac-
count for the wreck, as man was sent
back from the first section of the train as
soon as the stop, which WAS made neces-
sary by some defective machinery in the
locomotive, was made. This flagman has
not been seen since the wreck. and he is
probably the only man who can give the
real cause of the disaster. On the other
hand, it is said that the engineer of the
second train was asleep, and that the fire.
man was throwing coal into the tireboX.
Both engineer and fireman saw the train
ahead of them just in time to jump They
had II narrow escape for their lives.
One of the most ptiful sights around
the wreck was the grief of Mrs. Chris.
KemmelI, herself probably fatally injured.
A number of those on board were from
Dayton, Cynthiana and other Ohio points,
and they had seonfed berths near together
in the sleeper worst wrecked. Into this
car the forward end of the last sleeper was
driven, crushing passengers and berths
into the forward end in a shapeless mass.
When Mrs. Kemmell was rescued the
light of the lantern which shone on her
shone beyond on the features of her hus-
band who had been killed, by her side.
She was so badly crushed that she could
scarcely make II sound, but the words she
could articglate We're fearful appeals to
the rescuers and nurses to remove her hus-
bands body, She knew that he was dead,
but feared that the cars would catch fire
and his body be burned
The iden tilted dead are: Emil Kimmell
Dayton, o.; J. W. Powell, New Vienna,
o.; l.. L. Sweet, Louisville, Ky; David
jackson, Carmel o.; Minnie Duvers,
Lower Albany. Ind; Charles Deckendaser,
Columbus, o.; Jacob Simpson, Columbus,
o.; Miss O. Edwards, Chicago.
Several of the injured are beyond recov-
cry, and it is probable that the list of fatal
ities will be swelled into fourteen.
The wreck was the first that has oc-
CURED ON the Illinois Central system for
twenty years. ..
j. f. Tamscott, firem an Of the engin
drawing the second section, said today:
"The first section sent back no light. 1t
was due in Kankakee ten minutes before
the time when the accident took plac, =,
and we never thought of its being just
ahead of u.s."
All the members of the train crews, who
were placed under arrest, have been re.
leased on promise to appear at the inquest.