Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-19
ENGINES JAMMEO UP
Three Of Them in Collision on
the Burlington at
hillsdale.
ALL n A BLMDIH6 Snow,

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There Was . head.end collision of
two freights In the binding snow on
the G.. B. 4 q road one snd-a-hslf
miles north OF hillsdale ut ESQ O'Clock
this morning. in which. fortunately,
only three men we're injured.
The northbound train was q dou.
6le-headcr In charge OF Conductor
W. c. Lane. OF Gale,burg. pulled by
engines No. $50, CIV. Hunter. of Rock
Island. engineer. in front. followed
y engine No. $50 with Engineer Cur.
tbs. Of Galesburg. The southbound
train was No. 81. from Sterling to
Monmouth. in charge Of Conductor
Hayes sad pulled oy engine No. liz,
Engineer Bennage in charge. Accord.
ing to Conductor Lanes story. his
train, northbound. should have
pulled 10 on the sidetrack at Hills.
dale aud awaited orders. Instead +,
the engineers pulled right on through
without stopping. Conductor Laue
at once saw that something must
be wrong and accordingly he aud his
oratemen got out on top and began
setting the hand brakes. TIE snow
vas 90 binding shat they could not
signal the engineers. They SO. oil
the hand brakes. which. With double
engines. had little Ell .ct. The he.-....
cars had air and they finally FSscned
them and got them ses. At this
juncture the engineer, iels the drag
and stopped their engines. bit at the
same moment the crash came, the
soushbound otrain clipping along at
about twenty-five to thirty miles an
hour. Engineer Hunter was thrown
through the front cab window, and
oodly hurt. while his fireman. Tom
uiees. of Barstow, was caught between
~ max and boiler, and Was some
vhat bruised and scalded. Engineer
beu1o4o escaped luckily with few
esutsee. bis fireman, JOSEPH Huber,
eoeneeiy Of 6the city. now Of Gales.
eafI. having his right foot wrenched
81 bguioed.
2Asoo Rogiass Looked.
The engines came together with
such force that the three big iron
eteeds were tightly pinned in o
tamDed mass. For about eight or
Psa csgs back from the engines In
Ne noetAbound train the cars were
throws from the track and damaged,
phile thoss In the south bound were
erdly disturbed. Il Was thought il
1ouA take i've or six hours to clear
p traeks. . wreeking crew hsving
20 eat from GAlesburg for that
hrposs. A. soon as posi- BE after
eccidsat the injured men we're
Zen 10 Hillsdale. where they we're
q endsd b Dr.. Daley. Of that place,
% Dire. AcIotire and Wells, OF
b Upon receipt Of the news
hsk Divisioa Agent Mack i'm
nd iassly equipped q special
ers 10 charge OF Conductor
Vel Ars1is. pulled BY engine No 152.
kaduesf Dean. and dispatched it to
ths(ceo Of the wreck. The train
card ID Dire. Piuumer. Carter, De-
0nv( and AolloWSush with emery.
sacI outhts; Division Agent Mac L
and ARGUS representative. The
,njuAd trsinmen were brought to
Bsrst '. who're the ply sicians took
ohsrf and brought them to this
rAs IrJsrsA Men.
Hinb Was taken to st. Anthony's |
hospiQ where he. was atteded BY
d.. DBilva. HE throat was found
70 bsliujarsd. but how seriously |
oannot>s yet b determined. A &c.
we're s@lP wound vas found on the |
right sts Of The head. Q laceratioa |
on the pip aad buns about the
thigh. th,le the great toe on the
right fpt Vas fractured. Three
tsetA inshs upper jew were knocked
ont.
Hunts,w ss tsksn to his home,
Twenty bird street and Seventh
avenue. "a ID. Carter found bruises
% The micles nd bone Of the left
leg bslowfhs ksss. bot nothing Of
an alasnAe seizure.
Haber. Tho Was taken to his home
1t GaleshrG tbis s'tsraoon, ~ss
examined b Dr.. HolloWbush. The
kvn a. 4 ~ p3Ahe