The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-12-12
AWFUL ACCIDENT.
Collision of Gable Oars in Wash
ingsou Street Tunnel, Chicago.
Two KILLED and MANY INJURED.
Tho Names OF Fifteen Passengers
Who Were Hurt, and n Score or
More Others Whose Names Arc Not
Given Wore wounded-How the
Disaster ocourred-rerrIflc Flight
OF Train Down n Grade.

CHICAGO. Dec. 1l.-1n collision be-
tween cable cars in the Washington
street tunnel this evening, two men
we're fatally hurt, fifteen more people
were seriously injured and Q score Of
others more or less bruised.
The cars were set on fire by the
stoves, and for time there was fear
fui panic around the wreck. Those
most seriously injured are:
John Smith, internally injured and
both legs broken; has since died.
John Douahue, badly cut; has since
died.
Others injured are: William Joyce,
right leg broken and severe bruises.
James Mcdonnell, left side OF face
crushed and head cut John Frems, leg
twisted, bad bruises about hips and
nose broken. James McGinty, seriously
bruised about face aud shoulders. Mrs.
Thomas Beman, seriously bruised and
head and face cut. Mrs. George Reiss.
head hurt and TEN porarily dazed by the
shock. Mrs. Parker, both ankles broken
and severe bruises. William Mulroo-
nv, teeth knocked out and jaw broken.
G. B. Burtle, head cut and face crushed.
A. Aikens, nose crushed aud body
bruised. Mrs. Estella Viemen, injured
about shoulders and hips. Harry Dcd-
dard, face cut, head cut and legs hurt.
4. II. Moran, eripman on Milwaukee
avenue grip car, badly bruised and in.
iured internally. Nellie Scott, head
cut, and badly bruised. G. B. Barton,
face fearfully lacerated and teeth
knocked out. Miss Olga Schroeder,
fingers smashed and head cut. A.
Aikens, head cut very badly. N. Peter
son, left arm broken. John Spetb, face
lacera,ed and nose smashed fiat. NJ.
Nelson, knee cap torn OH and badly
bruised.
In addition to these there was large
number Of people who sustained painful
injuries and mashed fingers, knocked
out teeth, sprained ankles and wrists
were very numerous.
Both the West Madison street and the
Milwaukee avenue cable lines run
through the same tunnel, and at the
time the accident occurred, $3.50 o'clock,
all the west-bound cars were jammed to
suffocation with people returning from
business on both sides. A Madison
street cable train, consisting OF a grip
car and two trailers, was two-thirds way
down the incline toward tho bottom OF
the tunnel, when cable train OF the
Milwaukee line, also consisting Of three
cars, entered the tunnel.
Almost Immediately after starting
down the slope, Gripman ]. H. Nor
gan, OF the Milwaukee avenue car. lost
his hold upon the cable and the cars
leaped forward down the steep incline
at a fearful speed. Moran rang his
alarm bell, and he and the conductors
set all the brakes on the train. but
were utterly unable to hold it, and just
as the bottom OF the tunnel was reached
the runaway cara struck the Madison
street train with an awful force, smash
ing its rear car into splinters and de.
moiishing the Milwaukee avenue grip
car.
Both cars were piled up in heep,
from which such passengers as were
capable Of moving, crawied out, battered
and bleeding.
To add to the horror Of the accident,
one OF the wrecked cars caught fire,
and began to blaze furiousiy. All the
people injured on this car had been re-
moved before the fire became danger
ous. however.