New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-24
CHILDREN THE VICTIMS
Number of accidents to Sundau
School Excursions This Skinner

Accidents TO Sunday school excursion parties -,
unpreccdentediy numerous and fatal this sess0.
The collision Wednesday near Freepo~t -
Island of trolley car bearing members ana sris,T
o: St Georges Episcopal Sunday School Of piar
stead. the third which has occurred vhbir
month with serious consequences. Fortunator 5,
not followed by loss of life. as in the cas- =
the others. A score were sufferers from the 81
lison. The other accidents come readily 10 NM
They the burning of the General Sloe,m o.
June Is. when $50 persons lost their lives and ma
others OF the fourteen hundred the vessel vvo-
more Ess injured The second was that -
which twenty persons were killed and about t7sen,v.
Ave were injured by a collision o. trans II Glen
wood. H. July t.
The details of the SlOcUm disaster. which came 60
near 70 wipius out the congregation and S;ndss
school of ST. Marks Lutheran Church, in Sixtsss
Manhattan fresh IN mind. That disaster WI,
lind place on the pages of history for MANI
years. IL VIII rank with the JOhlstown food ana
the Iroquofs Theatre fire among the greatest caras
trophies which this country has witnessed. ami MIL
DC reckoned among the big disasters of the world
The party which embarked on the steamer on thar
fatal morning in June to enjoy a days outing i,
one Of the picnic grounds the shores of Lone
Island comprised women AMI children Of char
acter whose death was a distinct loss to the cir
OF the 80 who died that day $50 were idenr
fed. of those identified IL were adults and 81
children. In a number OF cases almost entire fam
lilies were wiped out. In the homes and schools in
the nGigh5CrhOOd or the cnNTCu tAerc were MANY
empty places. Old and young experienced TRAGEDY
and witnessed scenes which will remain in their
memories throughout their lives. As in the case Of
the IroQuois Theatre fire. this great sacrifice 70 in
adequate equipment may lead 20 greater care for
the Tcctiac4tiOn of evils which ought TO have been
reCtihed LefoTe.
The Chicago excursion party, which consisted OF
the members and friends of the Sunday schOOIrof
the Doremus congregational Church. ne. its fate
as IL was homeward bound the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois Railroad. The train. although
northbound. had been switched the south
bound track at Chicago Heights. four miles be-
yond GIenwOod. The telegraph operator at Chicago
Heights gave the train a clear track Glen.
wood. The engineer pulled out the throttle and the
train gathered speed until it travelling forty
miles an hour. Two miles had been covered and
the train approached a sharp curve. The engineer
trusting TO his Instructions. dashed around il al
full speed Before the engine had Strengthened out
on the clear stretch beyond the eye OF the en-
Gneer caught sight OF a frelghJ Fah slowly pull
ing over from the uOrfnbOund track 10 lla south
bound Its snakeIike length lay along both tracks.
There was not hing do except shut OF the steam
and nut on the brakes. This The engineer did. but
INTO the side OF the freight train and through il.
dragging the baggage with IT, The first pas
serser coach crashing after II INTO the wreck
age. Nearly every soul in this car was buried BE-
nearly all the casualties occurred W nen lhe list
was MADE IN on II We're set down TIE deaths or
twenty and tGe names of twenty -uNe VINO hao oeea
fortuna teIy while a score were injured in the
collision of the special trolley car with the WORK
car on Wednesday. the remembrance or tne day IS
not 10 be further impressed upon tIe si.us % W
excursion party by the death of any OF those VINO
comprised it,