The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-20
ACCIDENTS Due TO FOG
NINE COLLISIONS ON THE ELEVATED
RAILWAYS OF CHICAGO.
Two Persons Killed and Many In
jured-Many People Hurt by Col
liding I'm the Streets.

CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-The thickest fog
ever experienced in Chicago caused num-
erous collisions between trains early to-
day. In these collisions two men were
killed. two so badly injured they will prob
ably die, and fifteen others seriously hurt.
Scores of others, the police say, were in
jured in minor accidents due to the fog,
but as they were able to assist themselves
no official report was made. Every am
bulance in the city was kept busy from
$50 to 1880 a. m, carrying the injured to
their homes or to hospitals. There were
nine collisions on the elevated roads. Col
lisions, between vehicles and surface cars
were frequent, but while great number of
people were injured by them, the dam
age was chiefly to the colliding objects
themselves. The record of deaths and in
juries on the Metropolitan Elevated fol-
lows:
The Dead
THOMAS MEENY, standing on rear plat
form; crushed to death.
OTTO LEINHART. conductor. crushed to
death.
The Injured
FRED JONES; both legs severed; will
die.
WILLIAM UPTON serious internal injur-
les.
HARRY TwOHY; internal injuries.
CHARLES GALLAGHER; foot crushed,
internal injuries.
ADOLPH MULBURGER; toe crushed;
knee fractured.
FRED S. ISLIP; left arm and leg broken.
A. E. BAUMGART; badly cut and
bruised.
LOUIS DAVIS; internally injured
FRED SCHWEIL; foot crushed.
PETER ANDERSON; cut and bruised
about head and body.
HOWARD GAUWING; toes crushed.
On the Lake-street elevated road the
casualties were:
C. f. IRELAND; both legs broken and
injured internally; injuries fatal.
HAROLD SODERBURG; serious internal
injuries.
FRANK MUM, motorman; badly cut.
ANNA CARR; hand crushed
L. w. CHENEY; hands and face lacer-
ated.
The fog at an early morning hour was
so thick that persons standing on the side
walks could scarcely distinguish street.
cars. passing within a few feet of them.
and motormen kept their gongs changing
A constant warning. The collisions on the
Metropolitan was between trains going the
same direction, as was the case in the
other accidents. Both trains were crowd
ed many passengers standing on the rear
platforms. On the first train they were
almost the only ones TO suffer. The motor
man slowed up going around a curve. and
while waiting for a singnal 10 increase
speed, the Humbolt Park express train
crashed into the rear That was almost
the only warning the passengers on the
rear platform had Of the approaching ex-
press. The accident on the Lake street
elevated was almost 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
Another train on the Metropolitan, of
which Otto Leinhart was conductor, was
overtaken by a second train. Leinhart
heroically stayed on the rear platform
frantically waving a signal lantern, while
the passengers who had been with him
before fed inside. His efforts were vain.
He was crushed and died at the hospital
several hours later.
The other accidents in their essential
details were the same. but owing TO the
fact that orders had been sent out 10 run
at reduced speed no one was seriously
hurt Rear-end collision between the Lake
Shore and the Rock Island suburban trains
occurred at Thirty-third street The Rock
Island engines cow-catcher and rear plat
form of the last car were smashed but
both trains were able 10 proceed. Traffic
all over the city was delayed.