Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-16


part Of a conductor TO obey orders is
supposed to have been the cause Of
head-end collision ON the Illinois Cen
trail railroad between Irene and Perry
vile at / o'clock this morning, The
two trains were the eastbouud pasen-
ger train No. and freight train from
Chicago going west AS result eight
people are dead OF missing and eleven
injured,
KNOWN DEAD.
Richard Ormsby Chicago, engineer OF
passenger train.
James Reardon, Freeport, fireman of
Passenger train,
Robert Thompson, Dubuque Amen-
can Express messenger
j, w. Funk, Chicago, brakeman of
passenger train.
David Behan, Freeport. engineer Of
freight train.
Edward Carey Freeport, fireman Of
freight train
MISSING SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD.
Newsboy on passenger train, name
unknown.
Section foreman from Irene, name un-
known
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
H. g. Wellman, Chicago, right arm
crushed at elbow taken q Rockford
CITY hospital; condition crl'ical
ID. r. Abrendent Chical D. cut and
bruised.
j. II. Qunlan, passenger conductor,
cut and bruised, crushed about the
chest taken to Rockford City hospital
condition critical
w b. Keefe, Sioux city Ia, head
cut severely
Frank Stadleman. New Athens, H.,
cut about head and arms
Thomas Hendricks, New Athens, H.,
cut and bruised and hair scorched or
The trains met In a slight bend in
The track, both running at fun speed.
An oll-tank car In the freight train ex-
ploded, throwing burning oil over the
wreck, ana In an instant the entire
mass Of wreckage was In flames
Every coach Of the passenger train
ana all of the freight cars, except the
way car and a freight car which was
thrown into a field, clear OF the raicoad
right OF way, We're burned
The smoker, express ana baggage cars
were piled on the locomotives, pennmg
ID the occupants of the smoker only
three of the half-dozen persons in that
car escaped, The others We're penned In
ana, If not instantly Killed were roasted
TO death, and their bodies, along with
those OF the engines crews were en-
tlrely consumed, All efforts of the sur
Nvors to reach the wreckage were UNI
available The flames drove them back
1T every point
The temperature was 20 degrees be-
low zero and an icy wind was blowing
across the prairies, the point where the
wreck occurred being a shallow cut
iufording no protection. The Injured
were without hats or wraps and suf-
Tered terribly.
RESPONSIBILITY.
j. w. Higgins, general superintendent
Of transportation places the blame for
the wreck on the conductor and engl-
neer of the freight train. They are said
by Mr., Higgins TO have disobeyed Or
Gers, which were to stop at Irene, sew
eial miles east of Perryvile Mr. Hig-
sins said Of the wreck.
1T was bad wreck and a lamenta-
Die accident 1t was due to the fact
tlat the engineer and conductor OF the
freight train failed TO obey orders. The
assenger train was delayed by the
cold weather, and IL was three hours
ana forty minutes late when the freight
tram gong east, reached Coleman.
lorty miles west of Chicago. Coleman
IS the passing point for the two trains.
me conductor and engineer of the
freight train were instructed that the
passenger train was late, and 1t was
Their duty to sdetIack at Irene, which
they neglected to Co.
There was no explosion that we can
get information Of. Employees aboard
the trains say that both were running
~ fun speed, and that the shock was
terrible II seems there were three dis.
tinct blows due TO the recois of the
cars. Two men say thar they were
Thrown down three times In rapid sue
cession. The entire passenger train
and a large part of the freight train
were disabled with the two loco
motives"
CONDUCTOR QU1NLAN's STORY,
Conductor Quinlan Of the passenger
train was able tonight TO talk Of the
wreck, He said: I'VE were trying TO
make w lost time when suddenly
there was a crash throwing us all to
the front Of the car / managed to
clear myself from under the seat.
where ! was thrown. and. finding two
men close by, tried to release them.
This ! was unable to do, and as they
did not respond to my calls, / escaped
through window, being scorched by
the fire as | crawled out, SO QuIckly
old the flames spread As | remember
there were eight men IN the ear, and
md that only two of them gnt ont,
The rest were doubtless burned IN the
wreck"
WENT DOWN WITH BRIDGE
Williamspor, Pa, Dec. l5.-A
freight train on the Philadelphia and
Erie division Of the Pennsylvania
road went through the bridge spanning
Lycoming creek. between this city ard
Newberry at o'clock this morning.
Three lives were lost
DEAD.
John Martz, engineer.
Frederick Glass, fireman.
George Harley, brakeman. all resi-
dents Of Sunberry.
The train was a fast freight and
was running three hours late owing
W Nf' hANf'i NAAir1illlNill VI illN FIiMNNif-
In consequence OF the storm. The
bridge spanning the creek was q two
span iron structure the first span of
which gave way. The engine and nine
cars We're engilfed in the ley waters,
The creek was greatly swollen as a re-
suit of the heavy rains and It is pre-
sumed the middle pier has been weak
ened No efforts could be made TO
reach the bodies on account OF the
height Of the waters.
WRECK ON GREAT NORTHERN
Kalispell, Mont. Dec ia wreck
on the Great Northern railroad. due, it
Is sald to a spreading Of the rails oc-
+ CURED near Essex at O'Clock this
morning, in which one person was
killed and a number Of others Injured.
DEAD,
Otto Erickson.
INJURED.
Joseph Kipp Of BlacMOot, badly
bruised about head and body