Gilpin observer., 1902-01-02
FOUR DIE IN CRASH.
OMAHA FLYER MEETS WITH rI.-
AcTER AT MALTA, ILLS.

Two Northwestern Trains coiIi,.c =
| cwitch-Fire Follows the Mrs..
Victims seaIdcd by osesra-- T>.a -
the Ecad From Cnsa.a.
Chicago. Dec. S0.--T'our reIBc1:s.
were killed and 20 injured. azse..-t
Of thcr possibly fatally. in &. collisi.-,
On the Chicago and NorthUes~a. :.
railroad yesterday at Mai.a, M-s. .
miles west of Chicago. lhe t.a. :.
in collision were The OE-ala F,ge9."
an eastbound passenger tram. ana =
eastbound freight train. The wrsc.,
caught fire and two passeu ger caa.hs:,.
one sleeping car and eight freight
cars were burned and caothcr s-ss.,-
ing car partly burned.
The dead: George VI. E-s.io. ~,cxz-
crn agent Kirk Soap Company. resi-
Gence 127 North Thirty second ay,:--
nuc, Omaha; Mrs. George Rud'o. o--.-
ha; D. O. Nichols, Council Riu IL. L.,
E. B. Duncsn, sleeping car porter.
The injured: Bert Carr. Willatt. r.!
y; Fred Duahan, Chicago: Gecrg-
w. Fox. Boulder, Cello. II. D. Gr-y,
Evanston. Il,s.; Edward EfinckIer-
Surprise. Eeb.; Mrs. J. l.. Isail. Gal
cago; Clarence Lauzerus, Chicago:
w. a. Sweerc.-. Larchford. e.: tHfarzcl
Wilkes. Fremont Ee5.; Mrs. Eva HAT.
Chicago; I-inccln Taft, Chicago; Yer
onica r. Horse, Ellard, Neb.; F. Lar
rahee, passenger engineer; F. P. Cor
rar, fireman; G. Aiken, yardY1as4er,
P. d. O'Ne;ll. special agent Northwes--
ern railroad; John w. Wilson, civil
engineer Northwestern railroad. II
w. Davis Pullman conductor: ycA.r
Schoentgen. Council Bluffs. face RES
hands badly cut and bruised atssue
body: Miss Mamie Ellingwcod. cxn--
ha. badly bruised; J. NJ WilsSp-
Boone. Ia. hands cut; L. z. JaneS,
of North Platte, face cut: Mrs.. E Il
Jameson. back hurt
With the exception of three CTR
ployes of the road, Curran Larrrlbee.
and O'Neill, who were seriously hI5l.
the injured are suffering from hrut=as
and cuts from falling glass or frnr
the scalding steam that envelo7ed tse
wrecked coaches after the collisions
The injured passen. gers we're e.
tended Immediately by surgeons fEuz.
Rochelle and DeKalb and later verg
cago by special train.
Train Too Long for Siding
The freight trair had taken a sstln.
at Malta, but the train was longer than
the siding and the freight locomotive.
protruded upon the main track beyuad
the side track The incoming passcc-
ger train from the west W1s n,c
stopped until the two locomotives
''cornered" at the switch, the passen-
ger engine being thrown into the dnci
and several coaches pihng xro0 tne
wreck. The cars caught IRA cxsus
the locomotive.
Duncan, the sleeping car p1rser.
wGs the only person killed outright
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudio ard Mr- Nzeiscis
died from their injuries while being
brought to Chicago. at SS- LnkerS
hospital it is stated that while Heverxl
of the injured are in e. serious can
clifton. all, it is believed by the c.trurl-
Ing physicians. win recover
A statement given out by Officials
of the railroad company explains fhxe
the switch at the east end os the SD
ing was open through mfstzke ann
that the responsibility probably be.
with some member of the crexs Of TIE
freight train. The statement Places
the company's property loss at about
100000.
Shoentgen's Story
John Shoentgen of Council KfkEs.
one Of the injured. speaking of the *
cident. said: II was asleep In MY
berth when the crash came end =
moment later found myself encex>
meath pile Of wreckage on the truck
was in my nightclothes and sfn>r
great difficulty found q way out. ana
crawled onto a snow bank. The cnr
caught fire, but had time to crawl
back to where 7 saw my vaiise Iyizs.
and got 1t and dressed myself I'm the
snow. The Inhabitants of the viIzage
turned out at once and began the vurn
of rescue. hauling passengers OCT
through the wreckage and fighting the
fire. which spread rapidly all over the
piled up tracks"
George w. Rudio, I'm the rear Putt
man from Omaha. with his wife. VIZ $
fearfully burned by steam, anA Ia
spite of all medical aid. died ham AZ
hour after the accident in great neuny
Mrs. Rudio. who was broughr In, Chi
cagd on the relief train. was Sd Mdfy
burned that she died few, ninuscs
after her arrival at ST.. Luke's kns
pitrl.
An hour before the arrfsur or trs
relief train. b. o. Nichols Of Colaef
Bluffs succumbed to Ills injuriex- Kr
Nichols was coming to Chicago To ar
married on Now Years day to Mss,
Grace Stewart Of Council EAIs
Nichols telegraphed for HIS awss
heart to come to him. but he dts-d =