Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-11-20
/ ] IN A |||... Bad A F0G .|
Series of Collisions on Elevated and
Surface Roads in Chicago in
z.:..: 5::.s..ss ..s@. ~ Heavy Fog.
Two Men Killed, Two Fatally Injured
r. and Score or more Passengers
Injured IA
All the Ambulances in the City are
Kept. Busy Conveying Injured
''' Z: to the Hospital.

e, CulcdSO, INOV. 2U.-A dense log CduS'
cd numerous collisions between trains
during the day. In these collisions
one man was killed, two were SO badly
injured that they probably VIII die
and fifteen others were seriously 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 $50 to 7:30 a. N.
/ carrying the injured to their homes or
to- hospitals, The more serious acci-
dents occurred on the Metropolitan
and the Lake Street elevated roads.
There were two collisions on the Lake
Street H.. two on the South Side
sI1,, y one on the Northwestern IL" AMI
one between suburban trains on the
Rock Island and Lake Shore roads.
Collisions between vehicles and sur
face cars were frequent, but while a
great number Of people were injured
by them, the damage was chiefly to the
colliding objects. The record of
deaths and injuries follows:
~H~ Dead-Thomas Meeny, standing on
rear platform, crushed to death; Otto
Leinhe1t, crushed to death. %
I Injured-Fred Jones, both legs sew.
| cred, will die; William Upton, serious
Internal injuries Harry Twohey, in.
ternal Injuries \ G. ..F. ireland, both legs
| broken and injured Internally, fatal;
Harold Soderburg, serious internal in
jury: ~ ~. IN.
/ The fog at an early hour was SC
thick that persons standing on the
sidewalks could scarcely distinguish
street cars passing within a few feel
| OF them, and motormen kept theil
gOngs changing a constant warning.
All Rear.End Collisions. \
| The collision, on the. Metropolitan
was between trains going the same
way, as. was the case in other acci
| dents. Both trains were crowded
many passengers standing on the real
platforms. On the first train these
were almost the only ones to, suffer
/ The motorman slowed up going arounG
the curve and while waiting for a sig
\ nal: to increase speed, the Hnmboldg
/ Park express train crashed into the
rear. That was almost the only warn
1 ing the passengers on the rear plat
I form had of the approaching express
The accident on the Lake Street eIe
/ vated was similar. The people in
1 5ured were standing on the rear plat
/ form. .-!s;Ss ~. W. e$s
The other accidents in their essen
tial details were the same, but owing
! to the fact that orders had been SEN
out to run at q reduced speed, no one
was serious1y hurt. The rear end col
1isions between the Lake Shore ant
the Rock Island suburban trains oc
Cured at Thirty third street. The
i Rock Island engine COW catcher ant
the rear platform of the last car wers
smashed, but trains were able K
proceed. Traffic All over the city wa'
delayed. $..,s 6
Later In the day news Of anothel
collision which had occurred on th,
Metropolitan reached the public. TIL.
train of which Otto Leinhert was con
ductor was overtaken by another train
j: Leinhert heroically stayed on the rea;
Il platform, frantically waving a sigma
q lantern, while the passengers who hat
4 been with him before fled inside. Hi
Il efforts were in, vain. He was crushet
II and died at the hospital several hour.
n later. In all there were nine col
4 isions on elevated structures. ssiS