The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-12
-FOUR KILLED,
TEN INJURED
IN COLLISION OF PASSEN.
GER AND FREIGHT
On the Terminal Trans
fer Road
IN CITY OF CHICAGO
IN CITY OF CHICAGO
Victims Perished Under Wreck and
Their Lives Crushed out--kiIled and
Injured Were Badly Mangled--offi-
ciaIs Of the Railroads Say the Guilty
VIII Be Punished

Gals OF the Railroads say the Guilty
VIII Be Punished
Chicago, Aug. 9.--Four persons were
killed and about ten more were dan
gerously injured in a railroad crash
between local passenger train No. II of
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and a
freight train of the Chicago and Erie
railroads shortly after s o'clock this
afternoon at the Brighton Park rail-
West Thirty-ninth street.
The freight was going at a rate of
fifteen miles an hour. A few feet from
the Western avenue crossing Of the
network of tracks that unites the Bal
timore & Ohio, the Alton, the Panhan-
die, and the Chicago Terminal, the COL
lision occurred. The baggage car and
the locomotive of the passenger train
remained on the tracks. The second car
coach was derailed. The third car,
containing most or the people, was
completely overturned, and it was un-
der this car that four people were
pinned and crushed to death.
The crash that followed the colli-
sion could be heard for blocks, and
the cries and screams of the injured
mingled with the Kissing of steam from
the broken and battered freight cars.
First of the victims taken from the
ruins were woman and two girls,
evidently her daughters. Friends rec
ognized them as members OF the Swartz
family and residents of Chicago.
G. c. Schwartz was severely injur-
ed; his right thigh was broken In two
places and he was taken from the
scene Of the wreck in an unconscious
condition. The rest of the dead have
not been identified owing to the ter
ribly mangled condition of their bodies.
Several bodies of men and women, to
identify which it was impossible in the
confusion following the disaster, were
taken from the wreck and hurried to
undertaking establishments a few
blocks away.
Ambulances and patrol wagons from
a number of police stations, including
Brighton Park, Thirty-ffth street,
Deering street, Hinman street and New
City, were hurried to the scene of the
wreck as quickly as possible and po-
licemen by the dozens assisted by
scores of. volunteers, carried out the
bodies and cared for the injured.
Houses in the neighborhood were
turned into temporary morgues and
hospitals pending the arrival OF the am
balances and patrol wagons. A wreck
Ing crew assisted in the removal of the
bodies of the dead and injured and be-
gan the work of clearing away the
wreckage to get at the bodies.
Coroner John f. Traeger was noti-
fed Of the wreck within twenty min
utes after It's occurrence and he has
tened personally with force of men to
the scene to determine where the
blame lies A force Of police were al
once hurried to Brighton Park to hold
all witnesses and to watch over the in
jured and dead.
The B, G. o. train was on the track
Of the Chicago Terminal transfer road
Officials of both the Chicago and Erie
and the B. & o. roads also sent out
agents to the scene Of the wreck at
once and declare that they will see to
1t that the guilty are punished.
THE DEAD:
Mrs. ]. w. Schwartz, aged As, Of
Garrett, Ind.
John Lester Schwartz and William
Chester Schwartz, twins. sons of above
aged FIVE.
Earl Schwartz, aged 7 son of above.
THE INJURED:
Ind. brakeman on Baltimore & Ohio
railway, husband and father of the
four dead, left thigh bone broken
close to hip joint; at Mercy hospital
G. W. A. Jones. aged 2s of Mansfield,
O., brakeman on wrecked passenger
train; front of right foot crushed off,
fingers on left hand sIssshed; at Mer-
cey hospital
Mrs. Maggie Lease, 70 years old.
mother of Sol Lease, THIN, o., back
and shoulder sprafned, face cut and
bruised; at Mercy hospital.
Mrs. M. e. Fry. aged SO, 157 Michi-
gan avenue, Chicago. severe body
bruises and sprains, face cut and scalp
cut by glass.
Willie Fry, aged 10, nephew Of above,
bruised and cut.
L. r. Smith, baggageman on wrecked
passenger train; ankle sprained by
jumping just before collision.
Miss Jennie Sunderland aged 21
Sioux City, Ia, face cut. body bruised
and wrist sprained.
Miss Nettie Drown, aged II, New
York. city. shaken up. bruised and cut.
Michael Cusak. conductor Of Chicago
and Erie freight train; body bruised
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