The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-14
% DIE In WRECK
OF PICNIC TRAIN
Disaster Marks Excursion ofea
Chicago Sundayschpol- Il
-6S Injured. .a

Chicago, July 14.-Runni hg at
high rate of speed, picnic traln OK
Il twelve coaches bearing mel nbers o!
Doremus church, formerly cnhp ef
of Plymouth congregational ihurcn OF
! this city, while returning from MO
II mence, ILL., last evening, COLI ded WIN
the rear end Of a. freight train on the
| tracks Of the Chicago & Eastern lll-
! nois railroad near Chicago tlelgnts.
Twenty-Five persons We're ftllleo s'iiu
sixty-eight injured
So sharp was the collision, 4that the
engine, baggagecar and Hrst passen.
4 ger coach Of the excursion tram were
Il demolished The passengers IN the
Il first coach had no. chance to escape
Il and many of them were %crusheo ny
/ The freight train had broken In two
III while attempting to get on the SUE
h track and before the enginet had time
to get back for the part that had been
H detached the passenger carneSthu
III ing along.
II The engine crew Of the passenger
n train, which was running at}Inll speed
IL fad not been informed Of the pres
ence of the freight train onsthe track
and was not looking for it. AS the
engine struck the freight 1t was
thrown on one side. The lightTwooden
walls of the first coach were crushed
III like the sides Of paper box and were
ineiaa of II. caught under the wreck
A age were crushed to death or psnloned
II under the timbers. -4
III ,rhe passengers in the foremost
III coach we're nearly all killed or seri-
I ously injured. Scarcely one ofHthem
II escaped.
The Dead.
ANDREW KRAMER.
WILLIAM H. MEYER, IL years.
\ MRS. CARRIAGE. 49, H..
JOHN PODUDA, years.
MAMIE PODUDA, 8 years.
MRS CERINGER. J.!
MISS CERINGER. ~
WALTER CERINGER, Is years. =
CARL STEWART, u years.
MRS. ELLEN LANDERS.
MRS. EMMA HALMER, daughter OF
Mrs. Larders.
LENA IIAIMORE.
LENA HITELIUS, IA years. 81
NINE UNIDENTIFIED CHILDREN.
4 The Injured.
Frederick Weweitt, conductor of picnic
!, train, both legs broken; Frank kosteney,
years, right and left arm broken:
4 left leg crushed; George Krisauski Is
wears. right leg broken; Rosie Prob
ski years, back broken. will die;
John Burdie, Is years, skull fractured;
Mrs. Nellie Tigae, back broken, will die;
Katy Gerringer, years, right hip dislo-
Gated; Tony OMitsque, IT years, legs bad
ly cut: Edward Storers, body severely
bruised; Walter Barber. Is years, both legs
and both arms broken; Alice Cherry,
Il years, right leg broken; Mary Williams
7 years, right leg broken; Harry Gus
4 tafson, Is years, body bruised and cut
Ruth Gustafson. internally injured, viii
die; Mrs Max Ruter, face cut; Lucie
Ruter, 80 years, cut about head
Ethel Ruter, 4, cut about head; Gus
Swanson, cut about face and head; Thorn
as Edsarrey, cut about head and right
leg; Agnes Weiss, head cut; Carl Schon
right leg broken; GustaVus Schon, left
arm cut Buddie Schon, head cut; George
a Duffy, 10 years, internal injuries; Franz
" Duffy, II years, internal injuries may die
4 William Johnson, right leg broken; Mich
s-+. ael Kavanaugh, right leg broken; Miss 1ds
4 Ecklund skull fractured, may die; Archie
Nell bruised about body; Barbara Volk.
strof, II years, both legs broken; Walter
Dougherty, II years. leg broken; Anna
Punaday, leg broken; Mrs. Catherine He
reen. leg broken; Mrs: Elizabeth Healy
both legs broken. internal injuries
will die; Mrs May Wilkin, bruised
about body; Sadie Wilkin, years
leg broken; Joseph schock, bruised
about body; Henry Bush, head cut
Lizzie Pearson, II years, internal injuries
Mrs Anna Pearson, leg broken Mrs. c
Ecklund, internal injuries, may die Mrs
Anna Daubriche, injured internally, leg
broken; Charles Daubriche, years, lef
leg broken; Mamie Daubriche. years, les
broken; Daisy Smith, II years, both leg
broken; Mrs. Lizzie Hitelius, mother o
Lena Hitelus, who was killed, internal in
juries, leg broken; Louise Hitelius,
years, right leg broken; Emma Hiteius
9 years, left leg broken Margaret Htel
Jus, years, left arm broken; Louis Eitel
I ius, 10 years, left leg broken; Mrs. Mar
Cotton, back cut; Rosie Cotton, II years
head out; Mamie Wikin. years. right LEI
broken; Mrs. Mary Courtney, back in
jured Frank Courtney, is years, both fee
injured; Carrie Mowett 10 years, le
broken; Mrs. John Mowett, head bruised
Others were slightly injured.
Friends Aid the Injured.
In spite Of the confusion caused b
the wreck, the passengers who hi
Jumped from the rearmost coache
as soon as the catastrophe occurred
worked nobly to save the lives Of thei
friends. The wounded were cared fo
by physicians who had been rushe
to the scene. BOnfireS, which ha
been lighted in order to enable thos
composing the rescuing parties to cor
tinue their work, threw a lurid blaz
over the scene Of the disaster.
Practically al Of those on the eS
cursion train were members or tn
friends of the members of the Doremu
Congregational church. Thirty-firs
and Butler streets. All Of them cam
from within a few blocks Of the churc
and consequently the dead and wound
ed were easily recognized.
The train bearing the injured an
Il the dead arrived in the city about mic
night last night.