The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-24
MEET WITH TERRIFIC CRASH
Members of the Crews of Both Trains
Show Heroism in Assisting in
the Rescue of Pinioned Men
Damage Is Great
From Saturdays Daily

two freight trains on the Northwest
ern railroad half mile north of Wau-
kegan at 2:30 O'Clock this morning.
The trains wrecked were an ice train
from Kenosha and the beer train from
Milwaukee. The list of the dead fol-
lows:
Engineer Ernest Taylor, who was
running the engine of the beer train;
taken out from under the engine
crushed, but lived until 9 o'clock;
died at McAlister hospital in Wauke-
gan.
Fireman Schreck Of the beer train;
instantly killed.
Conductor Hogg of the ice train;
found buried under the debris.
Brakeman o. Love of the ice train;
instantly killed under the cars.
All of the dead men are residents Of
Chicago and their remains will be
taken to their homes late this after
noon, as soon as the coroner of Lake
county has completed the work of in
vestigating into the cause of the
wreck, which at the present time is
mystery.
The wreck was the worst accident
on the Northwestern in many years
and it caused a great sensation not
only in Waukegan but also in Keno
sha and other north shore cities. It
was at first reported that the paper
train from Chicago had crashed into
fast freight and that seven passengers
had been killed. AS there we're many
Kenosha people supposed to be on the
paper train the report caused the
widest of excitement in the city, and
the Offices of the railway company
were thronged with people anxious to
get some more details of the calamity.
When it was found that no Kenosha
people had been killed in the wreck
the excitement subsidized.
Both of the trains had left Kenosha
on time just shortly after O'Clock.
The trains are among the fastest
freights on the line, but they were so
timed that there was little danger of
collision.
The ice train, carrying some fifty
cars, was in the lead, and ha Just
pulled into the yards at Waukegan,
where it was to wait to clear the
tracks for the early morning passen-
ger train, when with mighty crash
the beer train followed into the yards.
Both trains were telescoped.
The heavy engine of the beer train
was completely demolished, and
twelve cars of the ice train were piled
in heap, completely blocking both
of the tracks. The noise caused by
the two trains coming together was
gan and the surrounding territory.
Immediately after the terrible wreck,
Conductor Sweethurst, who was in
charge of the beer train, ran ahead
and secured the engine of the ice
train, which was unchanged, and
drove it into Waukegan. Here he Sc
cured the services of DR.. Gavin, the
company's surgeon in that city, and
DR.. Bellows, and the two hurried to
give aid to the wounded.
In the meantime hundreds of people
had gathered at the scene of the
wreck, and the rescue of the dying
and the recovery of the bodies of the
dead had been started. The band of
rescners was called to the demo1-
ished engine of the beer train, ana
lying under the great wheels was
found Engineer Ernest Taylor. He
was still conscious, although terribly
crushed. He urged the men to allow
him to lie where he was and go to the
rescue of his fireman, Schreck, who
was buried under the tender. Taylor
was taken from under the engine and
it was found that his right leg was
crushed. The leg was amputated at
once and he was taken to the Nc
Allister hospital in Waukegan, where
he died just after 9 O'Clock. Schreck
was the next man taken out, and he
was terribly mangled. He had met
instant death. The body of Brake
man Love was found under pile of
broken cars, but the body of Conduc-
tor Hogg, who was in charge Of the
ice train, is still buried under the
debris.
Wreckillg crews were hurried nom
Milwaukee and Chicago, and Master
Mechanic John Heath came from
Chicago to take charge of the re-
mova1 of the debris from the track.
In the meantime great crowd had
gathered and men and women alike
aided in the search for the bodies of
the dead men. Conductor Sweet
hurst, although badly injured, led the
work of rescuing the men from utnder
the train. It is not thought that any
of the other trainmen are fatally in
jured, but all of them sustained more
or less injuries.
The cause of the wreck is COM
plete mystery, but it is supposed to
have resulted from the signals going
out or not being seen by the engineer
Of the beer train.
Both crews IL charge of the trains