The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
DEATH 1t ANOP[N SWITCH
q t \; Shore Express Train Ditched
y South Chicago.
Two " MEN INSTANTLY KILLED,
goslhsrs Arc Seriously Hurt-Acc,uen.
1l.ppens While Train Was in Heav,
Another Fatsl Wreck ut Edge.
moor. Ind. street Car AccI.,.nt.

Chicago. Oct, 16.-In two railroad
4 wrecks $ and q trolley-car accident three
men We're killed and ten persons in,
Jured IA Chicago and vicinity yester,
4 day. The most serious accident of the
tnree was the ditching of the New
4 orR and Boston express on the Laks
Shore & Michigan Southern railroad
In South Chicago.
The Dead.
~. II. Jerough, fireman, % years old
lived in Elkhart. Ind; killed in tho
Lake Shore wreck in South Chicago.
George Douglass, tramp, lived in
Cleveland, Ohio; killed in Lake Shore
wreck I'M South Chicago.
Albert Cradle, brakeman, lived ir
Garrett, Ind; killed in a wreck on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad near Edge
moor, Ind.
The Injured.
Lewis Reynolds, railroad engineer;
Skull fractured in wreck on the Lake
Shore in South Chicago; may die.
=. Q: Buttner, special policeman; in
ternal injuries received in wreck on
i Lake Shore: not serious.
Frank Horton. telegraph operator;
head cut in wreck on Lake Shore; NOT
serious.
b. w. Whooper locomotive fireman,
liyes1i in Garrett, Ind; back broken in
wreck on the Baltimore & Ohio near
Edgemoor, Ind.
8. 7. Trusdell. locomotive fireman,
lives in Garrett, Ind; hip dislocated
and shoulders injured in wreck on the
Baltimore & Ohio.
Policeman Patrick Lyons nose and
right arm broken in street car acct
dent.
D. J. Lyons, SO North Elizabeth
street; cut and bruised in street-ca,
accident. d
Miss Mary Lyons, II years old; right
ankle sprained in street-car wreck.
Patrick O'Connor. right arm broken
and face cut in street-car wreck.
D. ]. Casey, Cragin; face and hands
cut by flying glass in street-car acct
dent; taken home.
Starts Out in Fog.
Lewis Reynolds was at the throttle
when the express pulled out of the
Lake Shore station for New York and
Boston at 9 o'clock. A heavy fog hung
over the city at the time and railroad
signals showed dim. Reynolds felt his
way cautiously out of the yards with
his train, but when he reached South
Chicago he pulled out the throttle and
started out at forty-five.mile gait.
At 88th street he saw in the fog Almost
Immediately in front of him.la red
light He showed in the throttle and
made a desperate effort to reverse his
1epsipe, but it was too late and the
"a plunged into an open~switch. TfS
engine landed on Its Side. with the
fireman underneath and four exsSess
and baggage cars were crossways OF
the tracks. The passenger coaches
were not derailed, but the glass in the
day coaches was smashed by the jar.
A tramp that was riding on the ex-
press car was caught and killed After
the wreck it was found that the switch
lock had been broken before the switch
was turned. Detectives were put to
work on the case and few hours after
the wreck John Malski was locked ur
on suspicion.
Brakeman Killed at Fdgemcor, Ind
AT Edgemoor, Ind, the rails
spread beneath heavy Baltimore
& Ohio freight train. demolishing two
engines and wrecking the front portion
of the train. This accident happened
at 12:45 o'clock yesterday and brake
man was killed, while two others were
injured.
Electric Car Jumps the Track.
< While running at a high rate Of
speed Grand avenue electric car
jumped the track near Central Parl.
boulevard about 10 o'clock last night
and rolled over into a ditch. The car
was crowded. After the wreck the pas
sengers became indignant at James
Hannerty, the motorman, charging him
with responsibility for the accident.
The police say had it not been for their
timely arrival Hannerty would have
been roughly handled
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