The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-05
BURNED TO DEATH
ON THE WABASH
TRAIN BETWEEN CHICAGO AND
ST. LOUIS WRECKED
TWENTY PERSONS DEAD
And Upwards of Forty in the List of
Injured-Cars Were
Destroyed.

railroad struck an open switch and
was wrecked inside the city limits.
The victims all persisted in the fire
which consumed seven of the nine
ears which were wrecked. The injured
are being cared for in the St. Francis
hospital in this city.
a partial list of the dead follows:
ST. Pierre V. Bald, Moneral, Cana
da.
L. o. Eschadt, 1854 south Albany
avenue, Chicago.
Mrs. c. J. Luther, Milwaukee.
Dan H. Davis, Decatur, III.
Joseph Barber, delegate from
North Dakota.
James Sanford, engineer, Decatur,
Illinois.
Sam Smith, fireman, Decatur, Ill
Mrs Perkins, 500 Union avenue,
Chicago.
The Hon l. R. Mills, Decatur, III.
The injured include the following:
S. A. AsQuivitch, Waterloo, Ia,
internally: William Archibald. Hon
ev Falls, Ky; George Archibald; Viii
liam Balls, Chicago, fatally; Mrs.
Canyon, Milwaukee. internally;; Giles
son B. Walls, Marshfield, Wis.
James Fizzie, Taylorville, ILL.,. Harry
NJ. Cassaway, st. Louis; Joseph
Grein; Lois Gehreg; Mrs. Theresa
Gohre@. internally; Mrs. Anna Ken
yon, Kingston, Ky; Mrs. Gertrude
Kit, Chicago; Mary Kit, age 10,
burned; Joseph Kit, age y, burned:
Wilsol Eunocht, Chicago, S. I.;vincs-
ton, conductor on train; G. S. Maco-
Der, Perry, Ky; Miss HulIah Neck,
Arlington Heights, ILL.,; Harry Rink,
Cincinnati: James D. Roberts, Gatlin,
Ind; F. r. Rose. Riverside, Cal, in
ternally; Harry Ruben, Chicago: Will
liam J. Schrader, Chicago; Frank
Smith, Chicago; Mrs. Frank Smith,
Chicago; Miss Florence Smi.ll. Chi
cago; Mrs. Elizabeth Weber, Chicago
seriously, but not fatally; Charles
Ward, Chicago, left leo torn off IL
ankle, seriously; w. B. Thorpe "neS-
ter. Pa, slightly injure ]; Miss Fan
ME Tipson, badly bruised AID inter
nally hurt; Mrs. B. F. Tennev, Ada.
Mimi. internally hurt; +. +. Tenney,
Ada, Mimi, injured, back spra;nei.
Even at midnight it was difficult to
get any of the details Of the disaster
or its causes. The train ass due at
st. Louis at and was runnir. rap
idly to make up a half hour cf lost
time.
Just inside Of the limits of l.itch-
field. the train rushed irto an c}.en
switch. derailing it. Almost imme1i-
ately the cars caught fire. loI it is
supposed that Goals from he engine
caused it. All but two cf the cars were
burned
The engine after running into the
switch, struck a string cf freight ears
and, with the first three coaches. was
piled into heap across the track and
caught fire Immediately. The last car
on the train was special from VS.
consin. 1t was uncouplcd, pushed
back and saved.
The track was reported clear at the
last station and as The train was run
ming about fifty miles an hour the OPP
en- switch was not noticed No infor-
nation can be obtained as to who was
responsible for the accident.
Interviews with several of the pa,
sengers elected the information hat
the train consisted Of seven cars all
heavily loaded with passengers. The
three rear cars, a diner and two sleep
ers, were not derailed The ,thcc four
cars were piled up in an indiscrimi-
nate mass and with the crushed
freight cars on the siding took fire.
A rumor spread that one Of the
freight ears was loaded with explo-
sivcs and for the time this had the eff
feet Of retardin@ the york Of tie res
cuerS
DIR. J. p. H. Farrell Of Chicago, no
was uninl ured, at once Went to The
work Of directing the rescue and Civ
ing medical attention to the injured.
Temporary hospital headquarters
were hastily established in Litchfel1
and the injured were removed to it.
1t is probable that the exact number
Of dead will not be know nfor several
ldays as the passengers here assert