The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-20
CHICAGO IN A
MANTLE GF FOG
Fatal Collisions 0Ccu! on E!e.
waited Lines.
MANY PERSONS WERE INJURED
ACCIDENTS ALSO REPORTED on
SURFACE ROADS.
MANY PERS0NSWERElNJU

Chicago. Nov. 19-The thickest fog
ever experienced in Chicago caused
numerous collisions between trains
early today, in which one man was
killed, two were 50 badly injured that
they viii probably die, and nfteen 9TH
ers were seriously hurt. Scores Of
others, the police say, were injured in
minor accidents due to the fog.
Every ambulance in the city was
kept busy from $50 a. IN. TO 1880 a. m.
carryipg the injured to their homes or
70 hospitals. The more serious acct
dents occurred on the Metropolitan
ind Lake street elevated roads There
were two collisions on the Lake street
L." two on the South Side Il, one on
the Northwestern Il and one between
suburban trains of the Rock Island
and the Lake Shore roads.
Collisions between vehicles and sur
face cars were frequent, but while a
great number Of people were injured
by them none was incapacitated and
the damage was chiefly TO the colliding
objects themselves. The record Of
deaths and injuries follows. On Metro
pOlitan Elevated:
The Dead
Thomas Meaney, standing on rear
platform; crushed to death,
Otto Lienhart, conductor.
The Injured.
Fred Jones, both legs severed; viii
die.
William Upton. serious; internal in
juries.
Harry Twohey, internal injuries.
Charles Gallagher, foot crushed, in
ternal injuries.
Adolph GoIdberger. toes crushed, knee
fractured.
Fred 5. Islip, left arm aud leg bro
ken.
A. E. Baumgart. badly cut and
bruised.
Louis Davis, injured internally.
Fred SChWeil, foot crushed.
Peter Anderson, cut and bruised
about head and body.
Howard Carving, toes crushed.
On Lake Shore Elevated.
c. F. Ireland, both legs broken and
injured internally, fatal.
Harold SOderburS, serious internal
injuries.
Frank Mum. mOtOTman. badly cut.
Anna Carr, hand crushed
J. W. Cheney, hands and face LAGER
ated.
The fog at an early hour 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
continuous warning.
The coll sion on the Metropolitan was
between 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 a signal to increase
speed the Humboldt Park express train
crashed into The rear. That was al
most the only warning the passengers
on the rear platform had Of the ap-
preaching express.
Motorman Could Not See Ahead.
The accident ou the Lake Street ell
eVated was most exactly similar. The
people injured 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 essen
tial details were the same, but owing
10 the fact that orders had been sent
out to run at reduced speed no one was
seriously hurt.
The rear-end collision between the
Lake Shore and the Rock Island sub
urban trains occurred at Thirty-third
street. The Rock Island engines cow
catcher and the rear platform of the
last car were smashed, but both trains
were able TO proceed. Traffic all over
the city was delayed.
Later in the day news of another cell
lision. which had occurred on the Me-
ropOltau road, had reached the public
The train of which Otto Leinhart was
conductor was Overtaken by another
train. LeinhaTt herOically stayed on
the rear platform, frantically waving a
signal lantern, while the passengers
who had been with him before, fled in
SIDE. His efforts were in vain. He was
crushed and died at the hospital sever
al hours later In all, there were nine
collisions on elevated structures.