Evening star., 1901-11-19
Many Accidents and One Fatality in
Chicago Today.
COLLISIONS ON ELEVATED ROADS
Business Greatly Hindered by the
Density of the Mist.
LIST OF THE CASUALTIES

CHICAGO. November 19-The densest
fog ever experienced in Chicago caused
numerous collisions between trains early
today. In these collisions one man was
killed. two were so badly injured that they
probably will die and fifteen others were
seriously hurt. Scores of others, the po-
lice say. were injured in minor accidents
due to the fog, but as they were able to
assist themselves no official reports were
made. Every ambulance in the city was
kept busy from $50 am. to 7:3O am car
rying the injured to their homes or to hos
pitfalls. The more serious accidents occur
red on the Metropolitan and the Lake
Street elevated roads. There were two
collisions on the Lake Street L. two on
the South Side L. one on the Northwest
ern Il" and one between suburban trains
on the Rock Island and the Lake Shore
roads Collisions between vehicles and sur
face cars were frequent, but while 81 great
number of people were injured by them,
none of the injuries incapacitated them,
and the damage was chiefly to the collid
ing objects themselves. The record Of
deaths and injuries follows:
List of Casualties.
On Metropolitan Elevated:
The dead:
Thomas Meeny standing on rear plat
form; crushed to death.
The injured:
Fred Jones, both legs severed; will die.
William Upton. serious internal injuries.
Harry Twohey, internal injuries.
Charles Gallagher. foot crushed; internal
injuries
Adolph Goldberger, toes crushed, knee
fractured.
Fred s. Islip, left arm and leg broken.
A. E Baumgart, badly cut and bruised.
Louis Davis, injured internally.
Fred Schweil, foot crushed.
Peter Anderson. cut and bruised about
the head and body.
Howard Gauwig. toes crushed.
On Lake street elevated:
c. F. Ireland. both legs broken and in
jured internally; fatal.
Harold Soderburg, serious internal inju-
ries.
Frank Mum, motOrman. badly cut.
Anna Carr, hand crushed.
J. W. Cheney, hands and face lacerdtad
Fog Was Very Thick.
The fog at an early hour this morning
was so thick that persons standing on the
sidewalks could scarcely distinguish street
cars passing within a few feet of them,
and mOtormen kept their gongs Changing a
constant warning.
The collision on the Metropolitan was be-
tween trains going the same way. as was
the case in other accidents. Both trains
were crowded, many passengers standing
on the rear platforms. On the first train
these were almost the only ones to suffer
The mOtOrman slowed up going around a
curve, and while waiting for signal to
increase speed the Humboldt Park express
train crashed into the rear car without
warning.
On the Lake street elevated the accident
was almost exactly similar. The people in
Jured were standing on the rear platform
with the exception of Mum. the motorman
on the rear train He said he did not see
the train ahead until too late
The other accidents in their essential de-
tails were the same, but owing to the fact
that orders had been sent out to run at a
reduced speed no one was seriously hurt
The rear-end collision between the Lake
Shore and the Rock Island suburban trains
occurred at 33d street. Notwithstanding
the damage done both trains were able to
proceed. Traffic all over the city was de-
layed.