The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-24
CAR BROKE IN TWO
More Than 80 Passengers In
jured in a Wreck.
Runaway Stock Car Struck the
Coach in Middle.
WAS ON A CROSSING.
Wrecked Coach Was Thrown
Down an Embankment.
Point Where Accident Occurred
Long Considered Dangerous.

Bloomington, Ill, Aug 24-Thirty or
more passengers were seriously injured
some perhaps fatally by peculiar col
lision at the juncture of the Illinois Cen
trail and Lake Erie & Western railroads,
two miles east of this city shortly before
noon today. While a passenger train
westbound on the latter road was pass
ing over the crossing, a car of stock
which was being pushed by a switch
engine on the Illinois Central. broke
loose from the engine and dashed into
the side of the passenger train with ter
rife force, breaking the coach in two
and iniuring nearly every one of the 90
occupants. The coach was thrown over
on its side and partially down an en-
bankment.
The train crew removed the injured 10
neighboring farm houses for medical
care and others were brought to the
hospitals in this city on a special train.
The crossing has long been a dangerous
one. The Big -Four also crosses the tracB
of the Central but short distance away
and is unprotected by either targets or
interlocking plant.
THE INJURED.
The following is the complete list of
the injured:
J. L. McCollum. Sagbrook. ILL.,. hip
hurt hand cut. internal injuries.
r. 7. Day, Holder ILL.,, head badly cut
and conclusions of brain.
Mrs. Sarah NJ Fawcett, aged so, Say
brook, seriously injured, may die.
Miss Grace J. Kershner, Normal, ILL.,,
shoulder hurt and bruised.
Miss Jesse Youle, Saybrook, head cut,
and bruised.
n. Kepner, Normal. back injured.
head. face and lips cut, internally hurt
Miss Lucy Smith, Bloomington, Shout
der hurt, face cut and bruised, and
badly shaken.
Miss Mary Gibson. cut and bruised.
e H, Crosby wife and children, Grid
ley. ILL.,. Crosby bruised, wife, side of
head hurt and leg injured; Child head
A o Mcdonald. saybrook. badly
bruised arm
Mrs Mary Ryan, Bloomington. ILL.,,
shoulder and face injured and internal
injuries of a serious nature.
Miss Lizzie Ostertag, Gibson City, ILL.,,
head badly cut and arm bruised.
Mrs. ]. Nichols, Chicago, knee gashed
and bruised on various parts of the
body.
Daniel Ummen, Remington. Ind, aged
65 probably fatal, very serious internal
injuries. side and back badly hurt, head
cut and bruised over all body.
w P Brooks. Arrowsmith, ILL.,, head
cut badly and hand gashed.
Mrs. Pratt, Pana, ILL.,, bruised and
Mrs. E. McCord, aged lady, East
Lynne, ILL.,, back and neck bruised, the
latter strained.
G. E Woodward, Bloomington, ILL.,,
hip and back sprained and badly in
jured.
Alexander Woodbine, Elliott, Ill, head
bruised and leg injured.
James E. Radbourne, Saybrook, ILL.,,
hip bruised, internal hurts
Mrs. Lucy Small. Bloomington, Ill,
collar bone broken, badly bruised and
hurt internally.
Mrs. William Phillips. Bloomington,
back hurt and internal injuries.
Mrs. Mary Brodwell and three chill
dren. Remington, Ind. Mother bruised.
Ress. aged s, head cut open, very ser
ious: Lydia, aged 10. hand and face
hurt; babe of one year, bruised
w. H Johnson. Melvin. Ill, serious
cash in throat, knee sprained, bruised
Miss Myrtle Watson, ColfaX, Ill, back
hurt and internal injuries
head injured and limbs and back
Mrs. Charles Clayton, Clinton, Ill.
shoulder bruised and back seriously in
A. n. Rhodes. Bloomington, ILL.,, left
thigh injured and bruised.
G M. Means. Gibson City, Ill, head
cut and bruised.
Miss Nellie Arrowsmith, Arrowsmlth'
Ill. knee hurt and head cut
Miss Anna Wall, Bloomington, Ill,
badly shaken up and bruised
Mrs. L. B. Jones, Glenavon, H., heao
bruised. ,5a,o tt,
Miss Mud Redmond, 1vesdale, H.
hand cut by glass.