The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-13


Operator Kennedy Has TO say.
CHICAGO. Sept. IA blunder made
today in the office Of the train dispatcher
OF the Pennsylvania railroad bore fruit
in the loss OF twelve lives and score
or MANNED and nangled victims. The
accident, which occurred near Colehour,
Ill. fourteen miles from this city. APP
pears 10 have been the result OF
blunder. inexcusable by even the rail-
road officials Two trains were scheduled
TO pass south on a single track between
Coiehour. ILL.,. and Hammond. Ind. At
the same time a train was due north on
the same track " was arranged TO give
the north-bound train, which carried
milk and way passengers from Val
paradise. Ind. the right OF way and II
was ordered TO proceed toward Chicago
and did so at the rate OF thirty-six miles
an hour. In the meantime trains No.
l60 and 70. the latter the Pen-Handle
limited express. were supposed 20 have
been held on the double track at Cole
hour TO await the passage of No l5. the
milk train. orders were given the
operator at Colehour 70 hold No, l60 but
nothing was said TO him about IL. He
obeyed orders and No. - was allowed to
enter upon the single track on its
scheduled time, running forty miles an
hour, directly toward the milk train.
which had also been given the right OF
way In an opposite direction on the same
track The Panhandle express had pro-
ceeded but a short distance when the
milk train was sighted ahead and the
two trains scarcely Stacking In speed I'm
the short distance dashed into each
other
The engine crews saved their lives by
jumping before the locomotive came
together with a crash that wrecked them
both and drove the baggage car OF the
Pan-H Handle train completely through the
smoking car behind II. In this car were
about forty people. The following were
killed and injured:
Dead.
CHESTER z. COFFIN, Charthage, Ind.
A. s. TEMPLE. manager Schiller
theater, Chicago.
EMIL GoDENRATH.
L. NJ. RIGNEY. travelling freight agent
Wisconsin Central railroad.
MICHAEL BALE, Louisville.
J. D. ADAMS. Fairfield. III.
L. NJ. BOMARD. Terre Haute.
f. d. FLEMING. Fairfield, Ill.
w d. RICHARDSON, Chicago.
ALBERT HEINZ. Vincennes.
WILLIAM SHONISKER. New Albany
Wounded.
Unknown man, supposed 10 be tramp.
William Richter. Edwardsport. Ind.
head hurt and internal injuries.
William Brewer. baggage master Louis
vile train, left leg amputated. internal
injuries.
Joseph Vale. Louisville, head cut.
Claude Deerber. train newsboy. right
foot amputated.
Herman Richter. Freelandsville. Ind,
head cut.
Harry Klein, vincennes, Ind, internal
injuries.
w. A. Hill. Cinboge. Ind. skull
fractured, may die.
Henry Hogemeyer. Sanborn. Ind. head
cut. internal injuries.
John BrIscoe, Logansport. Ind, head
cut and back hurt
w. II. Turner. Chicago. head cut. in
ternal injuries.
Casper Meyer. Vincennes. Ind. back
cut. internal injuries.
William Hillinsera, Clyde. o., head cut,
left leg crushed.
Joseph Echenbom. Camden. o.. chest
hurt.
How IL Happened.
The Louisville express train No. ~
left Chicago this morning in charge OF
Conductor J. w. Easley with George
Leightneister engineer and D. y. Vaughn
fireman. At Colehour It stopped for or
ders and In accordance with those re-
ceived started on over the single track.
Train Dispatcher c. f. Kennedy at Cole
hour had before its arrival received the
following dispatch from the train dis
patcher's Office at FIT. Wayne: ..
mo. 100 viii wait at Colehour until
eight-forty-fve Cs:45) a. m. for No. 40
ahead OF time. G. ID. L."
There was no order for train No. ~
and Kennedy made no effort 10 stop AZ.
In the meantime the Valparaiso accom-
mediation carrying milk and chickens,
with number OF passengers. was APP
preaching from the south at high speed,
considerably ahead OF time, the crew try
ing to pass Coiehour to avoid keeping
train No $50 waiting too long. The
track west from Colehour and a mile
away describes curve and Is lost sight
OF behind clump of trees as II turns
again. The express running forty miles
an hour over level country had reached
a point about 100 yards from the
curve when suddenly from behind
the trees there burst in view the accom-
mediation train, running at speed al
most as great. Not two hundred yards