St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-20
ssa KILLED IN A WliECK.
Eight Meet Death and a Large
Number Are Injured.

KANKAKEE, ILL.,, Sept, bat 9:20
the little village of Manteno. eight miles
north of this city, the second section of
No. 40, which is the Big Four express,
leaving Chicago at $40 p. M, crashed
Into the rear end of the first section
with awful results. Nine persons, it is
known positively, are dead, with prob
ability OF three more victims still buried
under the wreckage. A score of others
are more or less severely injured, a
number of them, it is thought, fatally.
First section of Big Four Train 49,
drawn by Engine 935, Samsill fengineer,
and Conductor Tyner, pulled out of the
Illinois Central passenger station at $40
p. m, having train consisting of mail,
two baggage cars, smoker, two day
coaches, two Pullman Seleeping cars
and ''deadhead" coach in the rear.
This train was Immediately followed by
it's second section, drawn by Engine
$50, Engineer Charley Ames, Conductor
Tom Eden, and followed them all the
way down to the scene of the catas-
trOphe. The train register at Chicago
bears notice to all passenger train
men that there is no water at Kankakee
station, hence it became necessary for
Engine 935 to stop at the water tank
just south of Manteno to take supply.
10 this stop is directly attributable the
calamity vi last night.
THE LIST OF DEAD,
as reported at Illinois Central head
quarters I'D this city, is Emil Kimmel,
Dayton, o.; j. w. Powell, New Vienna,
o.; L. l.. Sweet, Louisville. Ky; David
jackson. Cornell, o.; Minnie Duebers.
Lower Albany, Ind; Charles Dicken-
Dasher, twenty years old, Columbus,O
jacob Simpson, blacksmith, Columbus;
Miss o. Edwards, fOrty-twO, FOrty-third
street, Chicago.
twenty or more are reported injured.
Tie corOner's inquest this afternoon
developed enough testimony 10 show
that Thomas Ames, the engineer of the
second section of the Washington eX-
press. was exceedingly negligent in
managing his engine, and it looks as if
the jury would hold him to await the
action of the graud jury, but nothing
has at yet been acted upon.
During his examination he was
very nervous, and, Oh cross-ques-
tiOning, showed a tendency to conflict
with previous testimony. The other
evidence presented showed that both
sections of the train were late and had
been blocked in Chicago, and were rum
hIh7 L0pLNAS W u oilO W. Olil' W
Kankakee. AmeS stated that he was
running at about forty-tive miles an
hour and could not have stopped his
tram within 100 rods. and that when
he first saw the danger signal he was
only about fifteen rods from the rear
of the train. lie claims that but
one signal light was burning,
and that but dimly. and reversing
his lever he jumped 0T the train. This
was the first time that Ames had ever
pulled this train. He has been engi-
neer for seventeen years, and with the
Illinois Central for ten years, having
had passenger run for about two
months. As soon as he reg lined mis-
feet afler leaping from the train he went
to the f1agman ana asked why he did
NOT flag at the right distance, but the
tiagman claims he was back the regula-
ton distance, having Jumped from the
first section with signals when the train
was going at a speed of twelve miles
per hour.