Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-09
STOCK MEN HURT
Score Injured in a Collision on
the Illinois Central Road
Near Chicago.
Most of Them Were Stockmen
From Western Iowa and
South Dakota.
Five Men Cremated in a New.
York BoWcl'y Lodging,
House Blaze.

CHICAGO, March G.-Twcnty stock
men and railroad employees We're in
jured, two probably fatally, i'll a col
lision between two Illinois Central
freight trains near Broadvicw, Il few
miles ont of Chicago. The injured are:
Joseph Hobbs, Marcus, H.. may die.
Frank l. Mccall, brakeman, Frccport,
Ills, may die.
L. i. Farwell, Manchester, Ia; ]. b.
Counsel, D%ycrsvillc, Ia, left thigh frac-
turcd; Edward Iaegcr, Pringhar, Ia,
scalp wounds and fracture of left arm;
Charles Peters, MatlocE, Ia, head cut
and arms and legs bruised; II. b. Amer
son, Manchester, Ia, scalp wounds and
right hand broken; j. J. Collins, con-
ductor, face and head cut and arms
bruised; j. a. Clark, Elmllurst, Ills,
nose broken and head severely cut;
J. II. Dunno, Marcus, Ia, left shoulder
and left knee dislocated; w. r. Spear,
brakeman, Dubuque, ankle broken and
head cut; Joseph Bernard, Anton, H.,
right wrist broken, scalp wounds and
back bruised: S. M. Wixccll, scalp
wounds and both legs bruised; H. 0.
Booth, Sioux Falls, S.. d., left foot
fractured and head cut: Peter J. Raadt,
Matlock. Ia, both feet broken and head
and back bruised; G. p. Slater, Sioux
Falls, S. d., hands and feet cut; j. w.
Bryant. Cleghorn, IT,, left leg cut and
right arm broken; w. B. Brazell, Otto,
H., bruised about head and body;
Thomas McMahon, Quinby, Ia, three
ribs Of left side broken; L. A. Wilkin-
son, Quinby, Ia, right hip dislocatcd
and chest and back bruised.
Train Broke in Two.
The two trains had been running
about a mile apart. While climbing a
long grade a coupling pin i'll the middle
of the head train broke. The rear Sec
ton of the train Immediately started
down the back grade and was soon ell
tirely beyond control. 1t struck the en-
CINE of the oncoming freight train with
q terrific crash. Both trains We're on
the way to Chicago from Western Iowa,
and were made up mostly of loaded
stock cars, with a caboose and passenger
coach for the stockmen. All the pas
sengers were asleep in the day coach
and the first intimation the occupants
of the coach had Of their danger was
when they were thrown violently
from their cots to the floors of
the cars. The caboose %telescoped the
coach, pinning a number of the unfor-
tunate passengers in the debris. Fire
broke out almost Immediately and for a
time many Of the injured We're in great
danger Of roasting alive, but by hard
work on the part Of the uninjured pas
sengcrs and the train crews, ull were re-
moved in safety. The cars were almost
totally consumed. The, engineer Of the
forward train had in the meantime
backed his train to the scene of the ac-
cident, and as soon us possible the
wounded were loaded into an empty
box car and taken to Broadview, where
they We're given medical attendance by
the one physician of the village and
women of the neighborhood, until the
arrival of a special train from Chicago,
when they We're brought to Chicago and
placed in the Central hospital.