The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-09-27
EIGHT KILLED.
A Frightfll Disaster on the Big
-Four Railroad. s.s,
Collision Near Manteno, nL-The Victims
Horribly Mutllated-Twenty Persons
Injured, Some Fatally-Lis
of the Dead and
Wounded r a.

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were killed and twenty injured by the
fearful rear end collision between two
sections Of the Big Four train, known
as No. As, near the village of Manteno,
Monday night, few miles north OF
Kankakee, on the line of the Illinois
Central railway.
The accident happened in this way:
An Illinois Central passenger train had
stopped to take water at tank q
quarter of mile north Of Manteno.
The first section of train No. 45 came
to stop, but it is said that no hagman
was sent back to flag the second section
of No. 45. 1t is o straight track for
two or three miles, and II q hagman
had been sent back the engineer Of the
second section could not have failed to
see him. On the other hand, 1t LIS said
the engineer Of the second train was
asleep and that the fireman was throw
ing coal into the frebox. Both engi-
neer and fireman saw the train ahead
of them just in time to jump. They
had narrow escape for their lives.
The first section of train No. 45 left
Chicago about s:15 o'clock. 1t was fol.
lowed few minutes later by the SEQ
ond section. There was o deadhead
sleeper on the rear end of the first
train. The car ahead Of 1t was the day
coach and contained some forty or fifty
passengers. The second section OF the
train crashed into the deadhead sleep.
er, driving 1t forward through the day
coach, and 1t did not stop until 1t had
completely telescoped the car from end
to end. The wreck was the worst that
has occurred on the Illinois Central
system for twenty years
J. W. Means, of Chester, s. c., one Of
the least injured, was an occupant Of
the first sleeper in the wrecked train.
81 was just ready to go to bed" he
said, "and had told the porter to fix my
section, when our train stopped. We
had been standing still perhaps four
minutes when heard rumble behind
us and moment after the whistle Of q
locomotive half dozen times repeated.
/ turned toward the rear Of the sleeper
and there came crash which put out
every light in the car. was hurled
! headlong to the aisle and under one Of
the lower berths. II seemed an age TO
me before could get out heard
cries all about me for help and answer
ing cries from the people outside who
were beginning to come back from the
day coaches and aid in the work Of
rescue As / crawled out from the
wrecked sleeper every thing was in
total darkness, but could see outlined
against the sky the cars that were
wedged together, broken and splint-
cred. helped to pull out number Of
the injured before discovered that l,
too, was hurt. Then my arm and back
began TO pain and felt the blood run
ming from my head"
One of the most pitiful sights around
the wreck was the grief Of Mrs. c. KIM
mel, herself probably fatally injured
When Mrs. Kimmel was rescued the
light of the lantern which shone on
her shone beyond on the features Of
her husband, who had been killed by
her side. She was so badly crushed
that she could scarcely make sound,
but the words she could articulate
were fearful appeals to the rescuers
and nurses TO find her husbands body.
She knew that he was dead, but she
feared that the cars would catch fire
and his body be burned.
The list OF dead is as follows;
Emil Kimmel Dayton, O
J. w. Powell, New Vienna, O
l. L Sweet Louisville, Ky.
David Jackson, Carmel, o.
Minnie DIVERS, Lower Albany, Ind
Charles Deckendasher, Columbus, O.
Jacob Simpson blacksmith, Columbus, O
Miss o Edwards, Chicago
The injured are:
Blanche Bclleson, Sinking Springs, o., limbs
badly bruised
L. H. Blonton, Cincinnati, fatal
James w. Brown, Wilmington, O., internal
injuries and head cut
Mrs James w. Brown. internal INJURY.
Anna Cowells, Lower Albany, Ind
William Evans, Powelton, w. Va, interna
injury.
Miss Sallie Evans, Powelton, internal In
J. W. Foster, Springfield O.. scalp wound and
eye gouged out
Mrs j. W. Foster. ribs broken and internally
injured; probably fatal
Mrs Emma Gallatin Columbus O. back and
limbs bruised
Miss E. Gallatln, Columbus, O., limbs bruised
J Miss Libbie Jackson, Cynthia, o, internal
and other injuries; probably fatal
J Mrs Chris Kimmel, Dayton, o., head ono
body injured
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