The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-07-07
A fEfF EhL CCiLlsfcN.
= Terrible Disaster on the Ch,caeo and
NoIthwsssarn ke e-lrnRd

! NcItnwsssarn Ia lroad
Three persons were killed cutrieht
and about tweGtv or tEirGY persons ~.
jUred in rear end collision on lbs
| Chicago ard Northwestern Road. 81
12:45 THURSDAY rlorGing al Wezt
Chicago, thirty miles Out Of Chicago,
on the Galera division. The Gaad
ere: Mrs. R Shipman, Appleton,
Wis, Mrs. John GooGiog, Appleton,
Wis unknown tcamp who was riding
On the front cad oftce baggage car.
The victims OF the collision were
Christian EnGeavnr delegates, VIC
left Chicago Wednesday night, en
route for the great convention IN San
Francisco. TIE collidin: trains wera
sections Nos. aud 5 OF a Christian
Eadeavor srsciai sent o1t IL ni2e SEC
tions. beginning a5 1920 n. Sec
ton No. ) ran into section No 4 which
left Chicago fif!een minutes ahead Q; 1T.
Secticn No. carried the Wisconsin
delegation, nearly 500 strong, and
in the resr sleerer were people FROM
Fon Du Lac, Green Bav, Appleton
and other Wisconsin citias. Section
| No. I had come 10 p stop just cut OF
West Chic&go, where the Freeport
divecges from the nain liue. No.
came up behind at great speed,
ard the shock Of the collision was
terrific.
TIE passengers in the twc rear sleeI-
ers Of section No. 4 were ali i1 taeir
births. They received nc warniGg,
arG hose net killed outrig 1t amoks 10
f2d Themselves jsmmed in the wreck
age. Passengers on beth trains hasten
ca to toe spot and began th@ work OF res
cue. Ooe OF the first OF the injuced was
Eoeineer Charles Courtney, cf saction
! No. 5. He had stuck to his posi- liks q
Zero snd is SO seriously injured tnat
he caapot live. Az immediate call
mas made for help on every oc;ot win
in reaching distance. Chicago was
pctiied ard ask; d to send physicians
at once, and medical nelp WAS req lest
ID from Geneva, Wheaton auu Au
rcra
! The engine Of section N. struck
the rear slseper Of sect;on No. wi.n
terrific force. The engine was totally
wrecked. Strange 20 say, the rear
sleeper Ct ssc.icn No. was not tie
cne rG sufar most. L was driven with
terr:Na fo4 &c upon the second Sleeper,
and sycn was lis impetus that ikcrush-
| ed through it IS though it had 0sen 3
cardboard box and reduced it to a
mass of wreckage. The passengers n
The second sleeper were therefore ths
ones to suffer most. ard it was IL that
most Of the victims were hurt. ArS.
5hipman and Mrs. John Gooding
wsre both il this Sleeper.
Men AID women could be seea strug-
Cling to exCricate themselves from
the wreckage. Others, pinned down
by scme crushing weight, were crying
for hslp. Here aGd there was an arm
or a leg protrouding from the debris.
4 pathetic scene was the rescue Of
the two daughters Of Mrs. Saipnap,
Of Appleton. The rescurers were ar
tracted to them By their cries. Tney
were unable to eXtricate themselves,
and though hurt refused assistance,
begging that their mother be frss
helped.
Mrs. John Gooding, Of Appleton,
was probably instantly killed. The
force OF the collision crushed together
the partitions CT her berth. and she
he'd no possible chance OF escape,
Prof. Leo a. Williams, of Fen Du
L &c, was found buried under a pile CT
deoris, ard though he was unable to
extricate himself and it seemed IS if
he must be seriously injured he es-
capped With a broken arm and cat
wrist.
The Chicago and Northwestern off,
ciais did everything ia their power to
relieve the sufferers. The two hotels
in West Chicago we're turned into hos
piyals ard able physicians were
promptly IN attendance. The sec
lions following these which net dis
sster, six, seven, eightand uine, carry
ing $500 peopie, were delayed up
ward OF three hours. Finally Gae
nor,hooucd track was cleared and
they we're enabled 10 proceed.