The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-01

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wero killed outright and about twenty
or thirty persons injured in rear emu
co,IIsIon. on the Chicago * Northwest
srn road at i9A5 this morning at West
chicago thirty miles out OF Ch'easo'
on the Galena division.
The dead are; Mrs John Gooulhs'
AnnIeton, Wis; Mrs. r. shipman' Ap-
nlsto, Wis; unidentified man, riding
bstween engine and baggage car sup
posed TO be a tramp.
Injured: Mrs NJ, Baird. Neenah' WIS.,
Mrs Daisy Blaekwood, Depere' WIS.,
Miss A. q. Flfer, Green Bay WIS., IN
turea about the head; w. II. Finney'
oconto, WIS; Mrs, Algernon Galpih'
,nnIoton. wis: w. d. Gibson, Apple
~ Wis, RAYMOND Gibson, tive years
I'D oG' ION of The foregoing; Miss irene
WiraIIlster. Oconto, WIS, hurt ABOUT
the head. Miss Amelia Mckay, fracture
~ tam ann: Mrs s. b. Mersh. Appleton
WIS y. Mrs. Mckay; W, NJ. Mlckelstet-
Tor seymour, Wis: Mrs. w. NJ Nickel
stetter, Seymour, Wis; DR.. ~ A. Mllief'
ClIntonyllle Wis; S. a, Russeil, Ap i.
tom. Wis; Mrs, S. a, Russell, Applston'
Mr Ripley, Fond du Lac, WIS., seFI WE
Iv, Mrs. Ripley, Fond du Lac, WIS.,
syer,tnnsiy. Miss C. n. Shlpman, Apple
Ton Vis. Miss s. G. Shipmah, Apple
ION wis: Michael 81. Letter, ankle
broksn and Internally injured; Mrs ~.
1etIer back spfained and internaIiy
inimsed. prof. Williams. Fond du Lac,
VIZ arm and wrist injured; Charles
caurtney, Belvldere, Ill, engineer OF
section five, fatally injured. ro
The Victims OF the collsioh We ~,
Christian Endeavor delegates VINO ie,.
Chicago last night en- route 70 'he s'eA'
convention m San Francesca
A TERRIFIC SHocK.-The eel"aIhs
.rains were section Nos and 8, of a
CHRISTIAN Endeavor special sent out In
nine sections, beginning at iO'SO p m
eaction No. Q ran into section NO =,
when LETT Chicago fifteen minutes
ahead of II. Section No carried tue
Wisconsin delegates, nearly nVe nun
dred stIong and In the rear slee PIE
were people from Fond du Lac, Sr I'sin
Bay. Appleton, and other Wisconsin
Section No. had come to stop Just
out OF West Chicago, when the Free
mort line dlYerges from the main hne
Ssctlon No. 3 came up behind at great
speed and the shock OF the collision was
Fbe Messengers In the two rear sleep
ers OF section No. were all IN their
berths. They received no warming anu
those not killed outright awoke 10 inu
Passengers on both trains hasttened
10 the spot and began the work OF res
che. one OF the nrst of the injured ta-
ken out was Engineer Charles Court
nov OF section No. 3. He had stuck 70
his post like a hero and Is so seriously
injured that he cannot live.
The body OF an unidentified man, sup
nesed 10 be a tramp, was found between
the baggage car and the engine. Ihe
man had been crushed 10 death.
An Immediate call was made FOR help
ON every point within reaching distance
Of the wreck. Chicago was notified
and asked to send physicians at once
and help was requested from GeneVa,
Wheaton and Aurora,
The engine OF section No. struck the
rear sleeper OF section No. 4. with terri
ac force. The engine was 'totally
wrecked. Strange to say the rear sleep
err of section No, 4 was not the one 70
suffer most. II was driven with Terri
6c Sorce upon the second sleeper and
such was hs Impetus that II crushed
through II as though II had been
card hoard box and reduced It to a mass
of wreckage. The passengers IN the
sscond sleeper were therefore the ones
10 suffer most and It was IN 1t that
most OF the victims were hurt. Mt.
Shlpman and Mrs. John Gooding were
bdth In this sleeper. Men ana women
could be seen struggling to extricate
thsmsaIves from the wreckage. Others
pinned down by some crushing weight
we've crying for help. Here and there
was an arm or leg protruding from
the debris.
A PATHETIC sCENE.-A pathetic
scene was the rescue OF the two daugh-
tiers OF Mrs. shpman. Of Appleton. The
rescuers were attracted to them by their
cries. They were unable to eN!rlcate
themselves and though hurt, refused
asslstance, begging that their mother
be first helped Mrs. Shipman was
found crushed under part of the roof
and life was extinct when she was Ia
ken out. II Is strange that the two
daughters escaped with comparatively
slight injuries while the mother close
by met instant denth.
Mrs. John Cooling, OF Appleton was
probably instantly killed. The force Of
The collision crushed together the par
tltIons Of her berth and she had no pos
sibie chance OF escape.
Prof. Leo Williams, OF Fond du Lac
was found buried under a pile OF debris
and though he was unable to cNtricnte
himself and II seemed as n he must be
seriously injured. he escaped with a
broken arm and a cut wrist.
The Chicago & Northwestern officials
did everything in their power to relieve
tho gurcrers. The two hotels IN West
Chicago were turned into hospitals and
able physcnns were promptly IN at
tendance.
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