The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-01
One Train Loaded With Christian En-
deaYOrerS Crashes Into Another.
THREE KILLED And TWENTY INJURED.
A List of the Dead and IDjured-Terribie
Scenes Around the Wreck-The Cause
of the Accident Seems to be
Mystery-What Railroad Men Say.


Mrs. II. Shipman, Appleton, Wis.
John GoOding, Appleton, Wis.
An unknown tramp, who was riding on
the front end of the baggage car.
The injured are:
William Mlchelstetter, Seymour, Wis.
back hurt.
Mrs. william Michestetter. Seymour.
Wis, body bruised.
Miss Sarah shipman. Appleton, Wis,
left foot sprained and right side body
bruised.
Miss c. f. Shipman. Appleton, Wis.
lip badly cut and other parts Of face
bruised.
Michael Courtney, engineer, Belvidere.
H.. two ribs fractured; right leg badly
federated: will recover.
l.. \. williams. Fon du Lac, Wis,
chest badly bruised and right ankle
sprained.
DR.. a. L. Miller. Chntonyille, wis,
right ankle sprained.
W. H. Finney. Clintonvlle. Wis, left
arm sprained and forehead badly bruised.
Miss 4. T.. McAllister. Oconto. Wis,
contusions Of forehead and nose.
Mary Baird. Neenah. Wis, badly bruised
on lett side Of face.
Mrs. S. A. Russell, Appleton, Wis. back
seriously hurt.
AUl'llA MthtS- AHpi'Aph' W hiS., iclt
arm fractured and lacerated.
Mrs. w. ID. Gibson. Appleton. Wis.,
right side of chest hurt and one hip
| sprained.
s. b. Merch, Appleton. Wis, left wrist
broken and otherwise injured.
w. u. Gibson, Appleton, Wis, slight
| scalp wounds.
Mrs. A. E. Pfeiner, Neenah, Wis.
/ slight bruises
G. L. Ripley Fon du Lac. Wis, face
and hands slightly cut
Mrs. c. T.. Ripley, Fon du Lac, Wis,
left arm sprairGd.
Mrs. Algimon Galpin. Appleton, wis,
slight bruises.
Miss Daisy Blackwood. Deep Eye. Wis.
| CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR DELEGATES.
The victims of the collision were Chris
tian Endeavor delegates, who left Chi
cago last night on route for the great
convention in San Francisco. The col
liding trains were sections Nos. 4 and D
OF a Christian Endeavor special sent out
in nine sections, beginning at 1890 =. NJ.
| Section No. ran into section No. 4.
which left Chicago fifteen minutes ahead
! Of It. Section No. carried the Wiscon-
sin delegates. nearly 500 strong. and in the
rear sleeper were people from Fon du
/ Lac. Green Bay, Appleton and other
/ Wisconsin cities. Section No. bad
come to a stop just out of West chi
/ cago, where the Freeport line diverges
from the main line. Section No. came
w. behind at great speed. and the shock
Of the collision was terrific. The passen-
| gers I'm the two rear sleeDers OF section
No 4 were all in their berths. They re-
ceived 10 warning. and those not killed
outright awoke to find themselves
| tammed in the wreckage.
Passengers on both trains FASTENED TO
the spot and began the work of rescue.
| One Of the first of the injured was En-
gineer Charles Courtney, Of section No.
5. ilc had stuck to his post like u hero
ana is so se~4ously injured that he can
not live.
An immediate call was made for help
on every poIat within reaching distance.
| Chicago was notified and asked TO send
physicians. and medical help was re-
questod from Geneva, Wheaton. ana Au-
rora.
The engine of section No. struck the
rear sleeper OF section No. with ter
rifle force. The engine was totally
wrecked. Strange to say. the rear sleeper
of section No. 4 was not the one TO sut-
fer most. II was driven with terrinc
force upon the second sleeper and such
was its impetus that It crushed through
H. as though II had been a cardboard
box and reduced IT 10 a mass Of wreck
age The passengers i'm the second sleep
or we're the ones to suffer most, and It
was in it. most OF the victims were hurt
Mrs Shipman and Mrs John Gooding
were Lotu In this sleeper.
A TERRIBLE SCENE
Men and women could be seen strug
| Cling 10 extrioate themselves from the
wreckagc. Others pinned down by some
crushing weight were crying for help.
| Here and there was an arm or leg pro-
| trudng from the debris. A pathetic scene
was the rescue OF two daughters OF Mrs.
| Shipman OF Appleton. The rescuers
were attracted 10 them by their cries.
| They were unable 10 extricate themselves
| and though hurt. refused assistance. beg
ging that Their mother be first helped.
Mrs. John Gooding, Of Appleton. was
| probably instantly killed The full force
Of the collision crushed together the par
| titiOns Of her berth and she had no pos
| sible chance of escape.
| Professor Leo A. Williams. Of Fon du
Lac. was found buried under a pile OF
debris and though he was unable to ex-
tricate himself and IL seemed as If he
must be seriously injured he escaped with
| a broken arm and a cut wrist.
The Chicago and Northwestern officials
| did everything in their power to relieve
| the sufferers. The two hotels I'm West
! Chicago were turned into hospitals and
| able physicians were promptly i'm at
| tendance. The sections following those
which met rhe disasters. Z. and 3
CARRYING $500 people, were delayed up
ward OF three hours Finally the north
track was cleared and they We're enabled
| IN proceed As soon as the wreck was
| ,,,,or,o3 20 tho local officers of the Chi
| cago and Northwestern, Superintendent
Stuart of the Galena division, orderd
a special train and went 10 the wreck.
| Other officials dispatched messengers for
| the company's doctors and Assistant
!! General Superintendent Gardner and a
| corps of surgeons left Immediately for
West Chicago.
ALL SCHEDULES ABANDONED.
| Owing TO the crush caused by the tusii
| of Christian Endeavor business. all sched-
ules were abandoned and the trains were
| sent out as fast as filled. Nine sections
| left the Northwestern depot at intervals
of fifteen minutes. beginning at 1890 'to
saw nothing OF trains sent out early IN
| the evening. Sections Nos. i. :, ana 3
| cot through West Chicago safely. Section
4 was made up of a baggage car, day
| coach and seven sleepers, containing aDou'
four hundred passengers. .,,
| Assistart-General Superintendent WIZ
liam 4. Gardner said this morning that
he could give no tangible reason as YET
as TO the cause OF the accident.
| ..Tha road Is run on a semaphore biock
system all the way TO West Chicago,
said Mr.. Gardner. This blocks a train
every 800 feet and In addition We were
| using last night what we call the posi-
| tive block system This consisted In the
| operators at Waywood, WHEATON, and