Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-08
HEAD-END COLLISION
TWELVE PERSONS KILLED AND AS
MANY MORE INJURED.
The Responsibiiity n Matter OF Dispute
Between the Officers and Employees
Most Directly Concerned.
By telegraph to the Disp,tca.)

Ry telegraph to the Dispatch)
CHICAGO. Sept IA head-end collision
between a milk train OF the Chicago.
Pittsburg and Fort Wayne Railroad and
a northbound passenger train on the Pan
Handle. or Pittsburg. Cincinnati. Chicago
and st. Louis Railroad. killed twelve per-
sons and injured as many more. The coli
lision occurred on the L." running from
the main line Just South OF Colehour to
East Hammond, Ind, at the point OF
curve in a sparsely settled locality. The
baggage end smoking car of the east
bound passenger train was ground to
pieces and from this most Of the killed
and injured were taken. The remoteness
of the scene of the wreck from imme-
date police and surgical aid made the
calamity a most distressing one. and 1t
was more than an hour before the nrst
OF those rescued manned ana bleeding
could be carried TO houses in Colehour
and South Chicago for treatment
The dead are
Arson Temple. Chicago.
Unknown man with Manager Temple,
probably an actor.
William Rigney. travelling passenger
agent of the Wisconsin Central Railroad.
c. a. Hines. Vincennes, Ind.
William Shinicker. New Albany, Ind.
William Richardson. 2l17 State street,
Chicago.
X. d. Adams. Fairfield. Ill.
NJ. a. Barnard Terre Haute, Ind.
-Four men as not yet Identified.
Among the injured are:
Charles Lichte. Knox county. Indiana,
hurt about the head and internally.
ffnIa IalI 20
Louisville. KY. internal injuries.
William Brewer. baggage master, Pan
Handle train, left leg crushed and inter-
nal injuries. Lives at Loganport
Paul serber news boy, Gosport, Ind,
right foot crushed.
James Recenberry. Camden, o., hurt
about chest.
Joseph Ball. $3.50 Amos street, Louis
vile. KY, left leg crushed, left hip dis
located
William ]. Tuner. 80 west Lake street
Chicago. hurt about the head.
Joseph Dillingslea. Camden, o., internal
injuries
Messenger on Pan Handle train, inter-
nal injuries Name and residence I'M
known.
The responsibility for the catastrophe
lies with the train dispatchers and tele-
graph operators. At present there is n
dispute between the operator at Colehour
and the general Office Of the road in this
CITY as TO what the train orders were
this morning each trying to fasten the
blame on the other Railroad men at the
scene of the wreck said the operators
orders were to hold train No. y, the
wrecked Louisville train. until No. 49,,
the milk train. had passed. 4 brakeman
on the Pan Handle train said the train
left the CITY on time and stopped at Cole
hour for orders and none being received
it started again without instructions.
Fireman Keller. OF the milk train, who
escaped with Engineer Hart by jumping,
remained at the scene of the accident aid
ing in the rescuing of the injured. He
said "As we rounded the curve | saw
the Pan Handle train ahead OF us 4
collision seemed unavoidable. L called
to Engineer Hart TO put on the brakes
and oDen the sand box. He threw over
the lever and the train jumped up and
down under the attempt TO check speed.
We had too much Roadway, however.
| to avoid a collision. and as We neared
the passenger train. Hart and ] jumped.
We escaped without injury.