The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-01
WRECKS ARE MANY
HEAVY ENDEAVOR TRAVEL Re-
SPONHIBLE MAINLY.

Resr-End Collision IL West Chicago. Ssc.
tion Running Isee Section on tho
Chicago and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Per.
sons Instantly Killed and Upwards OF
Twenty In5orsd-What the O1esrs Of
the Road and she Engineer ON Section 8
Have to Say Abont it-yaadalia and the
Short Liae Wrecks.
Chicago, June 31.-Tkree persons were
killed outright and about twenty or thir-
ty persons injured IL . rear end collision
on the Chicago and Northwestern road
at 12:45 This .:a0-ping At West Chicago,
thirty miles on. Ok Chicago. on the Gale
ma division.
Following is q correct list of the dead
and injured:
THE DEAD
MRS. R. SHIPMAN, Appleton, Wis.
MRS. JOHN COOLING. Appleton.
Wis.
Unknown tramp who was riding on
The front end Of the baggage car.
THE INJURED.
William Michelseettr. Seymour. Wis.
hack hurt.
Mrs William Aicheistet,er. Seymour.
Wis: body bruised
Mrs Sarah Shipman. Appleton. Wis.
lef. foot sprained and right side OF
body bruised
Miss C. E. Shipman. Appleton, Wis.
LIP cut and face bruised.
Michael Courtney. engineer. Belvi-
dere. Ill; two ribs fractured; right leg
badly laoerated: will recover.
L. A. Williams, Fond du Lac, Wis.
chest badly bruised and right ankle
sprained.
Dr. E. A. Miller, Clntonville. Wis;
left arm sprained and head bruised.
Mrs NJ. d. Mcintosh, Fond du Lac.
Wis: RICH, side bruised.
Mrs. A. /. McAllister. Octonto. Wis.
contusions of the face.
Mary Baird. Neenah. Wis: badly
bruised on the left side Of face.
Mrs. S. A. Russell Appleton. Wis.
back seriously hurt.
Amelia Mckay, Appleton. Wis; left
arm fractured and lacerated.
Mrs. w. D. Gibson, Appleton. Wis
right side of chest hurt and hip sprain-
ed.
S. B. Mersch. Appleton, Wis: left
wrist broken and otherwise injured.
w. D. Gibson. Appleton. Wis; slight
scalp wound.
Mrs a. E. Pfeiffer, Neenah, Wis
slight bruises.
C. E. Ripley. Fond du Lac. Wis; left
arm sprained.
Mrs. Algimon Galpin. Appleton, Wis
slight bruises.
Miss Daisy Blackwood, Depere, Wis.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvORERs.
The victims of the collision were Chris
tan Endeavor delegates who left Chica-
go last night en- route for the great con-
vention at San Francisco
The colliding trains were sections Nos.
and Of a Christian Endeavor special
SEM OFT in nine sections beginning at
1870 p. m. Section No. ran into sec
zion No 4, which left Chicago fifteen
:ninutes ahead Of it. Section No. car
strong, and in the rear sleeper were peo-
pie from Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Ap
pieton and other Wisconsin cities
As soon as possible after the imme>
date wants Of the injured were attend
ed fc they were carefully removed to a
special train which had been prepared
for their reception. and. accompanied by
Dr. Ollens. chief surgeon OF the company,
and twelve assistants, We're brought 10
Chicago. At Western avenue they were
put in ambuiances and taken TO St.
Luke's hospital. The responsibility for
the wreck has not yet been fixed but the
investigation indicates that il was caus-
ed by Engineer Courtney Of section No.
) running by the station this side of
West Chicago without having been re-
leasej.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
Section No. had come to . stop out
side of West Chicago. where the Free
port line DIVORCES from the main line.
great speed. and the shock OF the COLI
sion wac terrific.
The passengers in the two rear sleep
ers Of section No. were all in their
berths and most OF them were asleep
They received no warning and those no,
killed outright awoke to find thems elves
damned in the wreckage. Passengers
on both trains FASTENED to the spot and
began the work Of rescue One OF the
first injured taken out was Engineer
Charles Courtney Of section No. 5. He
had stuck TO his post like Q hero and is
So seriously injured that he cannot live.
Tho body Of an unidentified man. sup
posed 10 be tramp. was found between
the baggage car and the engine. The
man had been crushed to death
An immediate call was made for help
on every point within reaching distance.
Chicago was notified and asked to send
physicians a. once. and medical help
was requested from Geneva. Wheaton
and Aurora.
The engine OF section No. struck ,hs
rear sleeper Of section No. with terri
:ic force. The engine was totally wreck
ed. Strange 20 say the rear sleeper o,
section No. was not the one 20 suffer
most. Il was driven with. terrific force
upon the second sleeper, and such was
its impetus thai IL crushed through /.
as II & had been card box. and reduc-
ed i: 70 a mass Of wreckage. The pas
sengers in the second sleeper were.
therefore. the ones 20 euffer mos. and
il was in IL that most OF che victims were
hurt. Mrs Shipman and Mrs. john
Gooding were both IN the sleeper Men
ana women could be seen struggling 20
ex,rica,e themselves from the wreck
age. Others. pinned down ey some
crushing weight, weR crying tor help.
Here and there was an arm OF leg pro-
tradiag from The debris. A pathetic
scene vas the rescue OF the Two daugl-
tiers OF Mrs Shipman OF Appleton The