The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-20
MANY ARE RE INJURED
FOG IN CHICAGO RESPONSIBLE FOR
ACCIDENTS ON ELEVATED
TRANS
WAS JUST LIKE LONDON TOWN
Most Serious Accidents Occurred ON
the Metropolitan and
Lake Street l.
Roads.

CHICAGO. Nov. ia dense fog 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
We're seriously hurt. Scores of others.
the police say, were injured in minor &C.
cidents due to the fog. but as they were
able to assist themselves no official c.
ports were made Every ambulance in
the city was kept busy from $50 20
7:30 a. M, carrying the injured to tn cir
homes or to hospitals The more serious
accidents occurred on the METROPOLITAN
and Lake street elevated roads, There
We're two collisions on the Lake street
L. two on the South Side s'L,'' one en-
the Northwestern IL and one between
suburban trains on Rock Island and Lake
Shore roads, Collisions between vehicles
and surface cars We're frequent, but while
a great number of people was injured
by them, the damage was chiefly to the
colliding objects. The record of deaths
and injuries follows:
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; Adolph Goldberger, toes crush
ed, knee fractured; Fred S. Islip, left ann
and leg broken; A. r Baumgart, badly
cut and bruised; Louis Davis. injured in
ternally; Fred Schweil. foot crushed
Peter Anderson, cut and bruised about
head and body; Howard Gauwi1g, toes
crushed
On Lake Street Elevated-C. F. ireland
both legs broken and injured internally,
fatal; Harold Soderburg, serious internal
injuries: Frank Mum, fnotorman, BADLY
cut; Anna Karr, hand crushed: ]. w.
Cheney hands and faceeIaeerated
The fog at an early hour this morning
was SO thick that persons standing on the
sidewalks could scarcely distinguish
them, and motormen kept their gongs
changing a constant warning
The collision on the. Metropolitan was
between trains going the same way, as
was the case in other ACCIDENTS Both
trains We're crowded, many passengers
standing on the rear platforms. On the
first train these We're almost the only
ones to suffer. The ulotorman slowed
up going around the curve and while
waiting for a signal to increase speed,
the Humboldt Park express train crashed
into the rear. That was almost the only
warning the passengers on the rear plat
form had of the approaching express.
The accident on the Lake street ele-
waited was Similar. The people injured
were standing on the rear platform with
the exception of Num- who was motor
man ON the rear train. He said he did
not see the train ahead till too late
The other accidents in their essential
details Were the same. but owing to the
fact that orders had been sent out to
run at a reduced speed, no one was
seriously hart. The rear end collision be-
tween the Lake Shore and the Rock
Island suburban trains occurred at
Thirty-third street The Rock Island en-
gine's cewcatcher and the rear platform
of the last car were smashed, but both
trains were able to proceed Traffic all
over the city was delayed.