The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-07-10
TWO COLLISIONS, F|HMAD.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR TRAINS
CRASH INTO EACH OTHER.
A MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS.
People Were Injured, Some Of Thorn,
II Is Thought, Fatally.


sons were killed outright and about
thirty injured in two collisions
Wednesday morning-one on the Chi
cago and Northwestern, and the other
on the Vandalia railroad. Both ASci-l
dents happened to trains carrying
Christian Endeavor people tot ~
Francisco. si 3Nsl
The first accident was to No. ~ on
the Vandalia railroad, which ~ In
dianapolis Tuesday evening. cSntain-
ing large number of Christian En-
deavorers, which collided Withdrawn
No. 6, bound east from st. Louis ct
500 o'clock, near Vandalia. sa6g5
The killed were: r. T. Sherman,s
mail clerk on No. II, indianapolis.
W. P. Coon, baggagemaster, 826 East;
Louisiana street, Indianapolis, No. IL,
Fatally injured: Samuel Parkin-s
son, mail clerk, OF Columbus, o.,
crushed in the wreck. Frank Owens,
fireman, of Terre Haute, mangled un-
der the engine. dN -'
Train No. IL left indianapolis in
two sections on account Of the heavy
San Francisco travel occasioned by
the national meeting of the Christian
Endeavor Society. Orders were given
to meet No. the east bound passen-
ger train, at Vandalia, these two trains
being due to meet at that place shout
1870 o'clock Wednesday morning.
From the information at hand il is
claimed that the accident was due to
the crew of the special train mis-
understanding orders.
Accident In West Chicago.
The accident on the Chicago &
Northwestern occurred at 12:45 a. m.
The oolliding trains were sections
Nos. 4 and s of Christian Endeavor
special sent out in nine sections be-
ginning at 1890 p. m. Section No.
ran into section No. a, which left
Chicago fifteen minutes ahead Of it.
Section No. carried the Wisconsin
delegates, nearly 500 strong, and in
the rear sleeper were people from Fon
du Lac, Green Bay, Appleton and
other Wisconsin cities.
Section No. had come to q stop
just out of west Chicago, where the
Freeport line DIVORCES from the main
line. Section No. came up behind
with great speed and the shock of the
collision was terrific. The passengers
in the two rear sleepers of section No.
were all in their berths. Those who
were not killed outright awoke to find
themselves jammed in the wreckage.
Passengers on both trains fastened
to the spot and began the work of res
| cue.
The body of an unidentified man,
that of tramp, was found between
the baggage car and the engine. The
man had been crushed to death.
Men and women could be seen strug-
Cling to extricate themselves from the
wreckage.
An immediate call for help was
made on every point within reaching
distance. Chicago was notified and
asked to send physicians at once, and
medical help was requested from &C.
neva, Wheaton and Aurora.
The engine of section No. struck
the rear of the sleeper OF section No.
4 with terrific force. The engine was
totally wrecked. The rear sleeper Of
section No. 4 was driven with terrific
force upon the second sleeper, and
such was its impetus that it crashed
through it as if it had boon, card
board box and reduced it to mass Of
wreckage.
Those killed in this accident were:
John Gooding and Mrs. r. Shipman,
Appleton, Wis. unidentified man rid
ing between engine and baggage car,
supposed to be tramp.