The San Francisco call., 1904-07-14
Twenty-Five Perish
and Many Are
Manned,
Coaches Crowded by Chicago
Church EECuFSiOniStS
Demolished.

CHICAGO. July I3.-Twenty-two
members Of the Sunday school Of Do
remus Congregational Church at Thir-
ty-frst and Butler streets went to their
death this evening with JOY in their
hearts and z hymn on their lips. Sew
enty persons. mostly children, mem
bers OF the same Sunday school, were
manned and mangled at the same time.
The carnage occurred in a collision on
the tracks Of the Chicago and Eastern
illinois Railroad. between Chicago
Heights and GlenWood. stwenty-
miles from Chicago The dead:
CARL STEWART. L years old.
MRS. ELLEN LANDERS.
MRS. EMMA PALMER, daughter Of
Mrs. Landers.
LENA PALMER. daughter Of Mrs.
Palmer and granddaughter Of Mrs.
Landers.
LENA HIPELIUS. IA years old.
ANDREW KRAMER.
WILLIAM II. MEYER, u years old.
JOHN PODUDA. 8 years old.
MAMIE PODUDA. years old.
MRS. CATHERINE GERRINGER.
FRANCIS GERRINGER. . years old.
Ii
Old.
MRS. CARRIAGE.
Nine unidentified children.
LONG LIST OF INJURED
The injured: Frederick Dewitt, con-
ductor Of picnic train. both legs
broken; Frank Kountney. g years old,
right ankle broken, left leg crushed;
John Krihaska. 10 years old. right leg
( old
back broken. will die; John Burkey, Is
years old. skull fractured; Mrs. Nellie
Tigag. back broken, viii die; Katie
Cerringer. Z years old. right hip dis
located. Tony l. Mitsky. IL years old,
legs badly cut: Ida Ecklund. skull frac-
tured. may die; Edward Storers. head
severely bruised; Walter Barber, IL
years old, both legs and arms broken;
Mary Williams. : years old, right leg
broken; Alice Cherry, 8 years old. right
leg broken; Harry Gustafsen, 10 years
old. body bruised and cut: Ruth Gus
tafsen. internally injured, may die;
Mrs. Max Ruter, face cut; Lulu Ruter,
yeaIs old. cut about head; Ethel
I2uter. years old, cut about head: Gus
Swanson. cut about face and head;
Thomas Z. Duffy. cut severely on right
leg, Agnes Weiss, head cut: Carl
Schoen. right leg broken: GustayHs
SchOen, left arm cut. Buddie Acheson.
head cut; George Duffy. 13 years old,
internally injured; Frank Duffy. II
years old. internal injuries. may die;
William Johnson. right leg broken:
Michael kavanaugh, right leg broken;
Archie Nell. bruised about body; Bar
bara Nolstrok. l. years old, both legs
broken; Walter Dougherty, u years
old. left leg broken; Anna Punaday,
night leg broken; Mrs. Elizabeth HeaIy.
both legs broken, internal injuries, vii.
die; Mrs. May Wilkin. bruised about
body: Henry Busch. head cut: Lizzie
Pearson. j years old. internal injuries;
Miss Anna Pearson, left leg broken:
Mrs. G Ecklund. internal injuries. may
die; Mrs. Anna Daubriche. injured in
ternaily, right leg broken: Charles
Daubriche. 4 years old, left leg broken:
Mamie Dsubriche. left leg broken:
Daisy Smith. II years old. both legs
broken: Mrs. Lizzie Hipelius. mother
OF Lena Hipelius, who was killed. in
ternal injuries, leg broken; Louise
Hipelius. aged II. right leg broken:
Emma Hipelius. IA years old. left leg
broken; Margaret Hipelius, aged 4. left
arm broken: Louis Hipelius, 5 years
old, left leg broken: Mrs. Mary Cotton.
back cut; Rosie Cotton, IL years old.
head cut; Mamie Wilkin. years old.
right leg broken; Mrs. Mary Courtney.
back injured; Frank Courtney Is years
old, both feet injured Carrie Mowett.
l3 years old left leg broken; Mrs. John
Mowett. head bruised; Charles smith.
II years old, left leg cut; James Volk-
storf, S years old. both feet crushed:
Mrs. Frank Zitnik. left leg badly
bruised.
PICNIC ENDS IN TRAGEDY.
This was the day for the annual pic
ME Of the Sunday school and as in
former years. hundreds Of the children
with their parents and friends had
gone 10 the picnic grounds at Mo-
nlence. Ill, for the day. The uicnfc
WAS over and the train was on the re-
turn 10 Chicago when the accident oc-
CURED.
The children in the first coach were
singing as the train passed through
Chicago Heights. twenty-seven miles
from Chicago. Two miles farther the
train went on and then the singing
was hushed in death for more than
score and by cries of pain and horror
from seventy others.
Two accidents combined to make
the disaster. The first was the break
ing down Of a freight train on the
northbound track, on which the ex-
cursion train should have proceeded
after leaving Chicago Heights. and
the other was the breaking Of a coup-