New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-01
HILLLD UHILE THEY SLEPT
TRAINS FILLED WITH CHRISTIAN EN-
DEAVOR DELEGATES IN COLLISION.

TRAINS FILLED WITH CHRIsTIAN EN-
DEAvOR DELEGATES IN COLLISION.
1 THREE PERSONS KILLED AND MANY HURT On
THE NORTHWESTERN ROAD. NEAR CHICAGO
| -sLEErING CARS CRASH TOGETHER.
Chicago. June 3O.-Thrcc persons killed
outright and many other persons injured In
rcar-end collision on the Chicago and Northwest
orn Railroad. at 12:15 o'clock this morning, at
West Chicago. thirty miles out of Chicago, on
, the Gaena division. The list of victims follows;
| DEAD.
! sIIpMAN Mrs T.. Appleton. WIS.
| COONING. Mrs John. Appleton Wa
Urkn,wn tramp who riding the front end OF tAe
! baggage car.
I.;JI'RED
EAInD Mary Hc-aas. Wis: badly bruised on left side
!ar,rrci rrh, Ir laay iatsrated: Vii
F;NNEY V II. cn'onv;.e. VIE: !et arm sp'Aned
GIBSON. W. L.. A;pc.on. Wis: Sigh; scalp wound.
GISoY. Mrs W. -. Appleton Wis; risht side Of chest
hurt anI one hip syrlinel.
M!NrosH Mrs 81. d.. i nd du Lac. WIS: riGht side
MALLIsraR Miss \. F. oeonee. Wis: con'uso" OF
MNAY. Amelia appleton We: LEFT arm fractured and
MancH >. T.. Appleton Wis: left v'lst broke" and
MILLER pr. f. l.. C.ln,onylic. WIS: right ankle
McnrISrrrrE1. william Seymour. WIS: back hurt
! MIcIIEisTErTER. Mrs william. seymour WIS; boiy
! bruised
II hiS.Ei-I" Mrs. s A. Appleton WIS., back fS'''S'
S"%AE 5a1 l s A.' f'a9 r. All Al"' WIS., left foot '''''
SlI-MAN Miss G. T.. Appleton WIS. lip badly cut ani
! o'her paris q face bruised.
WILLIAMS. l.. = tord dg Lac WIS; ehe'' 'a'F
RECEIVED 40 WARNING.
The victims Of the collision were Christian En-
| L.. loft
for The convention In San Francisco. The trains
! in collision We're sections Nos. and . OF
Christian Endcavor special, sent out In nine sec
| tions beginning at 1890 p. m. Section NO .
! ran into section no t. which left Chicago hitecn
/ minutes ahead Of it, Section 80. carried tae
| Wisconsin DELEGATES. nearly five hundred strong
! and i'm the rear sleeper were people from ron"
/ Gu Lac. Green Bay. Appleton and other WIS
/ consn cities. Section No. / had come 10 Il s''P
! lust out of West Chicago, where the ireepo't
! lire dIvcrGes from the main line. Sect"h NJ =
| came up behind at great speed, ana me sh"'h
! Of the collision terrific. The passengers III
the two rear sleepers Of section No. were al ~
! their bcrhs. They received no warh'hFi anu
thosc not killed outright awoke To hnd th'inScN'"
/ TANNED in the wrcckage Passengers on h''"
| trains FASTENED t. the spot and began thc WOE"
/ If rescue. one ~ the first of the injured taheu %
| ont was Charles Courtney engineer oi s'c'ui'
| No : He had stuck To his post and was seil-
| ously injured. - ,..r,.
! roInf within reaching distance. ChlcaSo wa,
! asked 10 send physicians at once an" ~ ~ii'"a,',
| h,p was requested from Geneva Nh'"'"" anu
The engine II section No. = struck the r. r,
sleeper II section 80. with trrrinc i"f.s' III
! engine was wrecked Strnng" u say t"' ~
/ i,,'ar - socfiau No { was not the one - fuf"i
/ most II was driven with tcrrinc force upon ~,
! second sleeper. and such Har Its "ni'''uS "'
crushed through 1t as though IL "ar u'''t ~, r,crt
/ board box aud reduced II 10 nr-s "l M'''H
! nc. Tho passengers IN the second Sleeper "'i
! therefore the oncs TO suffer most ana . w
7 a, -. ,nDaf 90 tho Victims were 'u'' VI"
i ..,,,,.,,,n and Mn john GouIius 'ri" .''i'
! his sleeper Men and women c'rid Nr ',g'
strugrling To- cxtricate thcmsc lv"- IRON VI,
wr.ckngc other. plul"h'I o. y" - '
| crushing weight wcr" crying Tor H''P ~
| ,rth.tlr scene Wa The rescue ~ tnr t"'
daughters u Mrs. shipman. The nesruof' ",,'
! n,,rart,d 90 IN I'm ly their cries They W'r' WI
M ,n ,xtrlrate themselves and. though hurt'
! ,(,.cd a~sistnncc h,Egiug that their in"th'r D."
first helped. Mrs. Shrm"n w', i'ui" ,, ,v,,',t
| under part OF IA" r"'i' M" III Wv"
! when she was taken out " ,,.,,.
,rrs Iohn c;ooling was probably instantly
Killed. Tho force u the collision crushed l.,
gcther the partitions Of her BERTH ana Sh' "''
no possible chance ~ escape
PROMPT RELIEF MEASURES.
p.,..,.,rr t., 4 Williams. ~ Fond du Lac.
was found buried under Il pil" u wfc'KaE,, n'',
,bough he was unable - cxtricatc himself ana
II seemed as II hc must be- seriously lhJur''' "e
escaped with broken arm ana cut n,, 49, All
the Chicago and Northwestern oihciais ara
! .,,r thlug In thcir power To relieve the SUI
f.r.ts Tn. two hotels in West 'hlrah" "''r
! turned into hospitals. and able rhys'lans W..
rrn,nrtlv i'm attendance. The sections i"lI""l"H
! has. vyhich met disastcr-G :. and 9-carryinS
! ,.ruty-ny. hundred people. were DELAYED up
| ward of three hours Finally the n"rth ut'N
was cleared. and they were enah,ch |" PROF.
owing to the crush caused 10y the rush of
| Christian Endeavor business, all schedules w'rr
abandoned, and trains were sent out as i"s'
as filed Nine sections LEFT the NorthW'S''l"
station at Intervals of fifteen minutes. brgInhIh'
! M 1870 T. M to say nothing of trains sent "ut
carly I'm the evening Sections Nos ], ana .
! got through West Chicago safely. section ~"
/ 4 ,,as made up Of "A baggagc-car. day coach ana
| eev.n slccpers. containing about four hundi'd
! passengers. tina,
Tho engineer. Courtney. declares the signal
! displayed denoted clear track lie also sa!'
! that he was running carefully ana thht 'n'''
! yos ample time 20 stop his train after he had
| sighted the train In front, but for some reason
| or other :hr aiibrak"s refused 10 work. AS they
were in good order at Dixon. five miles back, ne
believes that tramps Intentionally or accident
! allv tampcrcd with them.
From naturalization papers recently taken OUT
| in Ncv-York. It is believed the dead tramPs
| name is Rode. native OF Germany lie was
| about forty-iive years Old
TRAINMEN KILLED on THE VANDALIA
DELEGATES TO THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVM
| CONVENTION N a WRECK
InAionopolIs June s0-Train No II on the Van
dolia Railroad which left this city at o'clock
last evening containing "A large number oil ChriS-
tian EndeavoIcrs. In collision with train No
| G. bound east from 81. Louis at $50 o'clock. near
Vandalia The names OF the dead and injured fol-
| low:
KILLED.
! COOK W. T.. baggage master on No II. Irdanaros
| p r. ,lc on q Indianapolis
FATALLY INJCRED.
OWENS Frank fireman. Of Terre Iiante: mahged un'''
the engine.
-. ca,,,.t NAL clerk. Of Columbus, Ohio;