The age-herald., 1901-11-20
City is Wrapped in a PaII So Thick That People
 Cannot See
COLLISIONS ON THE ELEVATED
Otto Leinhart, a Conductor, 6ravely Meets Death In an Attempt to Protect the Lives of
 the Passengers.

Chicago. November 1s.--The thickest fog ever experienced in Chicago caused numerous collisions between trains early today.
 In these collisions two men were killed. two were so badly injured that they will probably die and fifteen others were ser iously hurt. Scores of others, the police 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 5:30 to 7:S0 a. m. carrying the injured to their homes or hospitals.
 The most serious-Rccident occurred on the Metropolitan and Lake Street Eleva- ted Railroads. There were two collisions on the Lake Street ''L," two on the Southside ."L." one on the Northwestern IL" and one between suburban trains of the Rock Island and the Lake Shore Railroads. Collisions between vehicles and surface cars were frequent. but while a great number of people were injured by them none of the injuries incapacita- tea them, and the damage was chiefly to the colliding objects themselves. The dead and injured follow:
 List of the Injured.
 The dead: Thomas Meaney. standing on the rear platform, crushed to death. Otto Leinhart met death in the same way.
 The injured:
 Fred Jones, both legs severed. will die.
 William Upton. serious internal in juries.
 Harry Twohey, internal injuries.
 Chas. Gallager, foot crushed; internal injuries.
 Adolph Goldberger, toes crushed, knee fractured.
 Fred S. Islap. 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 head and body.
 Howard Gauwing, toes crushed. c. F. Ireland. both legs broken and in jured internally; fatal.
 Harold Sodenburg, serious internal in. juries.
 Frank Mum. motorman. badly cut.
 Anna Carr, hand crushed.
 B. w. Cheney. hands and face lacer- ated.
 Could Not See Cars. 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 constant warning. The collision on the Metropolitan was between trains going in the same direc- tion. as was the case in the other acci- dent Both trains were crowded. many passengers standing on the rear plat- forms. On the first train they were the only ones to suffer. The m motorman slow ca up going round curve and while waiting for a signal to increase speed the Humboldt Park express train crashed in- to 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- vated was almost similar. The people injured were standing on the rear plat form with the exception of Mum, the motorman on the rear train. He said ne oid not see the train ahead until too late. The other accidents in their essen tial details were the same but owing to the fact that orders had been sent out to run at reduced speed no one was seri- ously hurt. The rear-end collision be- tween the Lake Shore and the Rock Is- land suburban trains occurred at Thir- ty-third street. The Rock Island en- zines cowcatcher and rear platform of the last car was mashed. but the trains were able to proceed Traffic all over the city was delayed. A Brave Guard. Later in the day news of another col | lision which had occurred on the Metro politan reached the public. The train of which Otto Leinheart was conductor was overtaken by another train. Leinhart heroically stayed on the platform frant- icnllY waving a signal lantern while fha