Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-04

ing crew is at work and may uncover
other victims.
Two more bodies were taken from
the wreckage this morning.
Litchfield, ILL.,, July Am open
switch, no one knows why, heavy
train laden with July 4th excursionists
to ST. Louis, an engineer bent on max
ing up time who could have seen the
open switch signal, but didn't. II per
sons killed and 35 horribly burned and
mangled. Fourteen dead have been
identified.
This story tells the wreck of the
regular Chicago-St. Louis train on the
Wabash here at $40 yesterday after
noon. 1t was train No. II that left
Chicago at II a. m. consisting of eight
coaches and a baggage car. 1t was 80
minutes late and was going at A
miles an hour when it struck the |
switch. The coaches. except the last
two. crashed into the engine, which |
turned completely around after strik- |
ing the box cars. To add to the hOT-
ror fire consumed the train. Several |
excursionists who are missing are be
HeVed 10 nave been burned.
The general impression is that the
wreck was due to the careIessness of
a railroad employe in charge of the
switch. The switch was found open
after the wreck and the lock on the
ground and the scmaphoTe showed the
switch to be open. but it was not no.
ticed until too late to avert the col
lision.
List of the Dead.
BARBER. JACOB T.. Park River. y
d. delegate to democratic convention.
DIETRICH. HARRY NJ. Toledo, Ohio.
EICHSTADT. l. A. Chicago.
GALAISE. CHARLES. Chicago.
LUTHER. MRS c. j.. Milwaukee Wis.
NOACK. RICHIE, years, Arlington
Heights. III.
MILLS. I. r.. Decatur. Ill
PERKINS. MRS. d. Chicago.
SANFORD JAMES. Decatur. engin-
ecr
SMITH. SAMUEL, fireman.
ROGERS. ---. train dispatcher.
5. PIERRE. UBALD. Montreal.
Unidentified woman. $50 pounds. dark
skirt. satecn shirt waist in third coach.
Unidentified man. heavily built. wedg-
cd in fourth coach. body burned.
List of the Injured.
Asquitch =. \. Waterloo, Iowa.
Archibald. W. NJ, Honeoye Falls. y.
Y. Il
Balls. William Chicago. 5
Caudy. Mrs. Milwaukee. Wis.
Ellis. Gleason $. MarshfieId. Wis. {
FtzzeIle. James. TayIorville Ill. e
Gassaway. Harry NJ. St. Louis. NO. s
Grein. Joseph, Chicago. I
GehriE. AIois. Chicago. s
Gehrig. Mrs. Theresa. wife. {
Gehrig. Willie. grandchiId. years.
cut body. I
Kenyon. Mrs. Anna. Kins@- u. y. Y.
Kilt. Mrs. Gertrude. Chi,ac, 1
Kit. Mary, aged To- dauEhtcr ErIrn- I
ed badly.
Kit. Joseph. aged II. son. burned.
Kunocht, wilcot. Chicago.
Livingston. collector on train. {
Macomber. C. :, Perry. n. Y.
Mills. Rev. VI. NJ. Baptist minister. '
Bridgeton, Iowa.
Noack Miss Huldah. Arlington
Ill.
Rink. Henry. Cincinnati. Ohio.
Roberts James b, Catlin. Ind t
Rose. Z. H. Riverside. Cal. 1
Rubens. Harry =. Chicago. :
Schrader. William J.. Chicago. l
Smith. Frank. Chicago. IL
Smith. Mrs \ l.. Chicago. IL
Smith. Miss Florence. Chicago.
Tenney. b F. Ada, MINI.
Tenney, Mrs. B r. wife.
Titson. Miss Fanny. Chicago.
Thorp. w. b, Chester. Pa
Ware. Charles. Chicago
Weber. Mrs. Elizabeth. Chicago.
Crashes Into Open switch.
Railroad officials assert that the :
switch was not used during the after
noon. and that the switch was opened
by some crank who had secured the
keys. Coroney w. \. Gray is inves
tigating and said there would probably i
be arrests. 4
When the train reached Honey I
Bend. 20 miles north of Litchfield, IT b