Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-14
MANNED NINETEEN
Probably Fatal Collision at the
Western Metropolis.
HARDLY A PASSENGER UNTNJURBD.

OF $50 Nineteen Are Severely Wounded,
Two, Perhaps, VIII Die-A Rear End
Collision Does the Damage and Two of
the Victims Come Near Burning Alive
Fire in Duluth Hotel Probably Costs
Two Lives-The iowa Central Kills Two
and Wounds Several-Seven Men Caught
by a FAILING Wall.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-THE Crete accommo-
dation on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
road, leaving Dearborn station at 7;20
O'Clock last evening, was telescoped at
Fifty-ffth street by Chicago and Erie
through train to New York. The accom-
mediation train consisted of three coaches
filled with suburban residents on their
way to their homes. Nineteen people were
severely injured in the wreck and scarcely
any one of the $50 or more passengers
escaped some bruises or minor injury To
add TO the horror of the scene, the center
coach of the accommodation train caught
fire from the overturned stove, while
three passengers-twO women and one
man-were caught in the wreckage close
to the flames, and were cut away from
their perilous position by the heroic efforts
OIL Unclf Fellow passengers.
A List of the Wounded.
The list of injured is as follows: d. p.
Caldwell, both legs broken; Mrs. f. c..
Mathew, internally injured; William b.
Smith, cut over eyes and back injured;
Lottie Boyd, badly bruised and internally
injured; +. B. Marshall, both legs crushed
below the knees; Mrs. 5. Moore, left leg
and side bruised; Mrs. r. b. Watkins,
head and neck bruised and leg crushe /;
John Clemenger, head cut and legs bruised
Mrs. f. A. Mithoff, back injured; Freda
Kitchik, head bruised; Mrs. 5 :. Nau, left
foot and back bruised; J. r. CofTman, cut
on head; John Raymond, private company
d, Seventeenth infantry, of Brooklyn, n.
Y, back and legs bruised and internally
injured-may Gle; i. f. Truman, left leg
broken and back and side injured. G. w
Dali. leg broken; Henry Telky, leg broken;
Mrs. McFreed, back hurt; Mrs NJ. Fisher,
back injured.
How the Disaster Occurred.
TIE accommodation train, which had
been delayed, was standing on the main
track at Fifty-fifth street when the express
crashed into the rear car at full speed
Three cars of the accommodation train
were telescOped, and the destruction was
so complete that it seemed little less than a
miracle that scores of people were not
killed outright. Scarcely had the MANNED
and bleeding passengers began to emerge
from the wrecked cars when the debris
took fire from an overturned stove. Fortu-
nately a supply of water was near Mt hand,
and those less seriously hurt succeeded in
extinguishing the flames, but not until a
number of the imprisoned passengers had
been badly scorched.
Some of the Victims Frost-Bitten.
Every one of the passengers not totally
disabled Joined in tho rescue of
their less fortunate fellow passengers and
the work was pushed with energy until all
had been removed. The weather was ex-
temely cold and some Of the helpless
victims suffered frost-bites in addition to
their other injuries. The victims were
carried to the FiftY-fifth Street station and
q corps of physicians was soon on the spot
rendering all possible aid
Bad News for His Family
The most seriously injured was John
Redmond, a soldier on his way home from
the Cara war in Texas He has a wife
and family in Brooklyn, n. Y. The I'M
fortunate man suffered great pain and was
taken to the Mercy hospital, where the
physicians said his recovery was scarcely
possible.
Another Injured Nan Found
r. B. Watkins, of 74O9 Honore street,
was also found to be most seriously in
jured. He was unconscious when taken
from the wreck and the physicians say it
is impossible to tell what the result of his
injuries may be. Besides Redmond and
Watkins there is very little likelihood
that any fatalities viii ensue.