The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-07-03
,.+ian Endeavor Excursion
0VTi Trains Wrecked
can, Of the Chicago & North
~ ,.,o Special Crashed Into by Sec
viye-Three Persons Killed
W. and Many Injured
west. Hound Endeavor Train
'l0a = yandalia with Train From
y W. Iouis-Two Men Killed
and Two Injured

rAo West Chicago Wreck
10 June SO.-Three persons
iSG EHIed outright and about twenty
NJ NJ nsrsons injured in the rear
npT ,i,sion on the Chicago & North
@ road at 12;45 a. IN. at West
|eln "a miles out of Chicago, on
|Gslena division
|onoving is corrected list OF the
N and injured
DEAD
sbipman. Appleton, Wis
n, cooding. Austin, New.
~ MN ov1' tramp. who was riding on the front
Il the baggage car
r. Mctelstettcr Seymour WIS., back
/, VIM Michelstetter, Seymour Wis.
g'S,5 Ssrob shipman. Appleton, Wis., left
4 Sa,,iaed an right side of body bruised
tprF shpman, Appleton; lip cut and
,,sasI I' Courtney. engineer, B}lvidere, Ill
4 ,np't ,iSs Fractured. right leg badly lacerated;
recover WI. aho.,
n b-,isod and right ankle sprained
n A Miller, Clintonville, Wis; right
III sprained. ,. -
EInei and head bruised.
IN. NJ D Mcintosh, Fond du Lac, WIS
IN, side bruised
|r,s4 l. McAllister, Oconto, Wis; contu-
Is Of the face.
,rT Baird Neenah, Wis; badly bruised on
side Of fa3e
n. s a. Russell, Appleton, Wis; back Sc
|Bly hurt
EneIia Mckay, Appleton, Wis; left arm
Icured and laCerated-
H. ". D Gibson, Appleton, WIS. rlght slue
|rbest hurt and one hip sprained.
Il B. Mersh Appleton Wis; left wrist
|sgeB and otherwise injured
HI D. Gibson. Appleton, Wis. slight scalp
|md ~.
Er A. E. Pfetrer, Neenah Wis; slight
|kes
Il F. Ripley Fond du Lac, Wis; left arm
|ksned
HlrS Algimon Galpin, Appleton, WIS., silRh1
|lses.
kiIss Daisy BlackwooI, Depere, Wis.
|The victims of the collision were
Eristian Endeavor delegates who lett
Iicago Tuesday night en- route for the
Heat convention in San Francisco.
/ The colliding trains were sections
|@ and 5 of Christian Endeavor
|becial sent out in nine sections, be-
|nning at 10;3O p. m. Section No.
u into section No. 4, which left Chi
EgO Is minutes ahead of it. Sectio1
h carried the Wisconsin delegates
Early 800 strong, and in the real
eper were people from Fond du Lac
Ereen Bay, Appleton and other WIS
|onsin cities
|SeCtion No. had come to stop jus
hi Of West Chicago, where the Free
prt line diverges from the main line
ection No. came up behind at grea
|beed, and the shock of the collision
Eas terrific.
The passengers in the two rear SLEEP
|S Of section No. were all in thel
|erths, and most of them were ASLEEP
|hey received no warning, and thcs
|akilled outright awoke to find them
kFes jammed in the wreckage. Passen
fsrsOn both trains hastened to the spo
|nd began the work of rescue. On
the first of the injured taken ou
Jas Engineer Charles Courtney of sec
Fon No s. He had stuck to his pos
Ike a hero, and is so seriously injure'
|hat he can not live.
The body of an unidentified mar
imposed to be tramp, was found be
Eeen the baggage car and the engine
Ihe man had been crushed to death.
An immediate call was made for hel
Pr every point within reaching dl
ance. Chicago was notified and aske
OSend physicians at once, and medlci
Eelp was requested from Genevi
Fheaton and Aurora.
The engine of section No. 5 struc
Ehe rear sleeper of section No. A wit
Ferrhe force. The engine was total
Ereeked. Strange to say the re-
Feeper of section No. was not the ol
( suffer most. 1t was driven vii
Fnghtful impact upon the secol
Eeeper, and such was its impetus tn
crushed through it as If it had be-
Il eard-box, and reduced it to a mass
'feckage. The passengers in the sc
Ona sleeper were, therefore, the ones
|faner most and it was in it that me
II The victims were hurt. Mrs. Shi
man and Mrs. Gooding were both
'ae sleeper. Men and women could
,een struggling to extricate themselv
from the wreckage. Others pinn
uoWn by some crushing weight we
|tyihg Tor help. Here and there W
= . arm or leg protruding from t
ueOfls' A pathetic scene was the r
Sueo OF the two daughters Of Mrs. Sh
man of Appleton, Wis. The r
.uers were attracted to them
.uer cries. They were una
extricate themselves, and thou
rur1 refused assistance, begging u
Seir mother be first helped. NJ
0nlpman was found crushed unde
ps'l OF the roof, and life was extll
"uen she was taken out. 1t is straI
ast the two daughters escaped W
..0nparatively slight injuries, WI
death.
afs. John Gooding, of Appleton,
PROBABLY instantly killed. The 70
y me collision crushed together
partitions of her berth. and she had
possible chance of escape.
rrot Leo A. Williams, of Fond
~ was found under a pile of deb
slu though he was unable to extric
Inselt, and it seemed as If he mus
h.,iously injured, he escaped wit
s.osen arm and cut wrist.
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