The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-30
/ THIRTY VICTIMS.
Collision on the Chicago
and Northwestern r. R.
Kills Three and In
jures Many.
CHRISTIAN ENDRAVoR SPECIALS
Delegates to the Great Convention
Amongst the Wounded Sec
ond Wreck at Vandalia.

and baggage car, supposed to be
tramp.
The injured
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Baird, Neenah, Wis.
Mrs. Daisy Blackwood, Depere, Wis.
Miss A. E. Fifer, Green Bay Wis, in
jured about the head
w. H. Finney, Oconto, Wis.
Mrs. Algernon Cabin, Appleton, Wis.
w. D. Gibson, Appleton. Wis.
Raymond Gibson. five years old, sor
of w. D. Gibson.
Miss Irene MacAlister. oconto. Wis.
hurt about head
Miss Amelia Mckay, fracture of left
arm.
Mrs. S. B. Mersh, Appleton, wis.
Mrs. Mckay
W. NJ. Mickelstetter, Seymour, Wis.
Mrs. w. NJ. Mickelstetter, Seymour, Wis
DR.. F. A. Miller. Clintonville. Wis.
s. A. Russell, Appleton, Wis.
Mrs. S. A. Russell, Appleton, Wis.
Mr.. Ripley, Fond Du Lac Wis. SER
iously.
Mrs Ripley Fond Du Lac, Wis.
Miss c. f. Shipman Appleton, Wis.
Miss s. c. Shipman. Appleton. Wis.
Michael ST. Letter, ankle broken and in
ternally injured
nally injured
Prof. Williams, Fond Du Lac. Wis,
arm and wrist injured
Charles Courtney, Belvidere. Ill, engi-
neer of section, fatally injured
Mrs. w. D. Gibson, Appleton, Wis.
L. B. Mersh, Appleton. Wis
Raymond Mersh. Appleton, Wis
Three children of Mr. and Mrs. William
Mickelstetter of Seymour, Wis.
The victims of the collision were Chris
tian Endea,vor delegates who left Chicago
last night en- route for the great conven-
ton in San Francisco. The colliding trains
were sections Nos. and 5 of a Christian
Endeavor special sent out in nine sections
beginning at 1890 p M. Section No. 5 ran
into section No. A. which left Chicago
fifteen minutes ahead of it. Section No A
carried the Wisconsin delegates, nearly
300 strong, and in the rear sleeper were
people from Fond Du Lac, Green Bay
Appleton and other Wisconsin cities.
Section No. had come to
stop just out of West Chicago, where
the FreeDort line diverges from the main
line. Section No. 5 came up behind at
great speed and the shock of the collision
was terrific The passengers in the two
rear sleepels of section No. A were all in
their bertl,s They received no warning
and those not killed out right awoke to
find themselves jammed in the wreckage
Passengers on both trains hastened to the
spot and began the work of rescue
One of the first of the injured was
Engineer Charles Courtney of section No.
g. He had stuck to his post like a hero
and is so seriously injured that he can
not live. The body of an unidentified
man, supposed to be tramp was found
between the baggage car and the engine.
The man had been crushed to death.
An immediate call for help was made on
every point within reaching distance Chi
cago was notified and asked to send pny-
sicians at once and medical help was
requested from Geneva. Wheaton and
Aurora.
The engine of section No. 5 struck the
rear sleeper of section No. with terrific
force The engine was totally wrecked.
Strange to say the rear sleeper of section
No. was not the one to suffer most
II was driven with terrific force upon the
second sleeper and such was its impetus
that it crushed through it as though it
had been cardboard box and reduced it
to a mass Of wreckage. The passengers
in the second sleeper were, therefore, the
ones to suffer most and it was in 1t that
most of the victims were hurt Mrs
shipInan and Mrs. John Godding were
both in this sleeper.
Men and women could be seen strug-
Cling to extricate themselves from the
wreckage Others piniened down by
some crushing weight were crying for
help. Here and there was an arm or
leg protruding from the debris
A pathetic scene was the rescue of the
two daughters of Mrs. Shipman, of APP
rleton. The rescuers We're attracted to
them by their cries. They were unable
to extricate themselves, and though hurt,
refused assistance, begging that their
mother be first helped. Mrs. Shipnan
was found under a part Of the roof and
life was extinct when she was taken out
It is strange that the two daughters es-
capped with comparatively slight injuries
while the mother close by met instant
death
Mrs. John Godding Of Appleton was
probably instantly killed The force of
the collision crushed together the parti-
tions of her berths and she had no pos
sible chance Of escape.
Professor Leo A Williams. of Fond Du
Lac, was found buried under a pile of
debris and though he was unable to ex-
tricate himself and 1t seemed as if he
a broken arm and a cut wrist.
The Chicago and Northwestern officials
did tl eveTything In their rover to relieve
the sufferers. The two hotels in West
Chicago were turned into hospitals and
able physicians were promptly in attend
ance-
The section following those which met
disaster-6 z, and 9-carrying 2500 peo-
PIE. PIE. were DELAYED upward of three hours.