The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-08
.ENDEAVOR PEOPLE WRECKED
THREE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
TRAINS WRECKED EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
.REAR-END COLLISION NEAR CHICAGO
Three Killed and Over Twenty In
jured-AnOther Christian En-
deavOr Train Head-Ends With
n Fast Express-TwO Dead.

Chicago, June 30.-Three persons were
killed outright and twenty or thirty in
jured in a rear-end collision on the Chi |
cago and Northwestern Railroad at |
12:45 this morning at West Chicago,
thirty miles out of Chicago, on the Ga
lena division.
The dead are:
Mrs. r. Shipman, Appleton, Wis.
John Gooding Appleton, Wis.
Unknown tramp, who was riding on
the front end of the baggage car.
The injured are:
William Michaelstetter, Seymour,
Wis, back hurt.
Mrs. William Michaelstetter, Seymour,
Wis, body bruised.
Miss Sarah Shipman, Appleton, Wis,
lip badly cut and other parts of the face
bruised.
Michael Courtney, engineer, Belividere,
ILL.,, two ribs fractured and right leg
badly lacerated will recover.
L. A. William, Fon du Lac, Wis,
chest badly bruised and right ankle
sprained.
DR.. Miller, Clintonville, Wis, right an
kle sprained.
f. w. Finney, Clintonvile, Wis, left
arm sprained and forehead badly
Mrs. NJ. D. Mcintosh, Fon du Lac,
Wis, right side bruised.
Miss A. l.. McAlister, Oconto, Wis,
Commissions on forehead and nose.
Mary Baird, Needham, Wis, badly
bruised about side of head.
Amelia Mckay, Appleton, Wis, left
arm fractured and lacerated.
Mrs. w. d. Gibson, Appleton, right
side of chest hurt and one hip sprained.
s. D. Morch, Appleton, Wis, left
wrist broken and otherwise injured,
W. D. Gibson. Appleton, Wis, slight
Mrs. A, E. Pfeiffer. Needham, Wis,
slight bruises.
G. e. Ripley, Fon du Lac, Wis, face
and hands slightly cut
Mrs. G. e. Ripley, Fon du Lac, Wis,
left arm sprained.
Mrs. .Algernon Calpin, Appleton, Wis,
slight bruises.
Miss Daisy Blackwood, Depere, Wis.
The victims of the collision were Chris
tan Endeavor delegates who left Chi
cago last night en- route for the great
convention in San Francisco. The col
liding trains were sections Nos. and
5 of a Christian Endeavor special sent
out in nine sections, beginning at 1870
p. m. Section No. 3 ran into section 4.
Section 4 carried the Wisconsin dele
gates, nearly 500 strong and in the rear
sleeper were people from Fon du Lac,
Green Bay, Appleton and other Wiscon-
sin cities. Section No. had come to
a stop just out of West Chicago, where
the Freeport line DIVORCES from the main
line. Section No. 3 came up behind at
great speed, and the shock of the col
lisi0n was terrific.
The passengers in the two rear Sleep
ers, of section 4 were all in their berths,
and received no warning. Those not
killed outright awoke to find themselves
jammed in the wreckage.
Passengers on both trains FASTENED to
| the spot and began the work of rescue.
/ One of the first of the injured taken out
was Engineer Charles Cooney of section
D. lie stuck to his post like hero, and
is so seriously that he can not live.
The body of an unidentified man, sup
posed to be tramp, was found between
the baggage car and the engine. The
man had been crushed to DEATH An
immediate call was made for help on
every point within reaching distance.
Chicago was notified and asked to send
physicians at once and medical aid was
requested from Wheaton and Aurora.
The engine Of section struck the
rear sleeper of section 4 with terrific
force. The engine was totally wrecked
Strange to say the rear sleeper of sec
ton 4 was not the one to suffer most. 1t
was driven with terrific force upon the
second sleeper, and such was it's impetus
that it crushed through it as if it had
been cardboard box and reduced it to
a mass of wreckage. The passengers in
the second sleeper were therefore the
first to suffer most and it was in this
sleeper that most of the victims were
hurt. Mrs. Shipman and Mrs. Gooding
were both in this sleeper.
Men and women could be seen strug-
Cling to extricate themselves from the
wreckage; others plnioned 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
pleton. The rescuers were 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. Shipman was found crushed I'M
der part of the roof, and life was ex-
tinct when she was taken out. 1t is
strange that the two daughters escaped
with comparatively slight injuries, while
the mother, close by, met instant death.
Mrs. John Gooding of Appleton, Wis.,,
was probably instantly killed. The
force of the collision crushed together
the partitions of her berth, and she had
no possible chance of escape.
Professor Lee Williams of Fon du Lac
was found buried under pile of debris,
and though he was unable to extricate
himself it seems as if he must have
been seriously hurt. He escaped with
broken arm.
The Chicago and Northwestern off
Gals did everything in their power to re-
lieve the sufferers. The two hotels in
West Chicago were turned into hos
pitfalls and physicians were promptly in
attendance.
The sections following those which met
disaster, 6, Z, 8 and 8, carrying $500 pas
sengers, were delayed upward of three
hours. Finally the north track was
cleared and they were enabled to pro-
coed. AS soon as the wreck was report
ed to the local officials of the Chicago
and Northwestern, Superintendent Stu
art ordered special train and went to
the scene. Other officials dispatched
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