The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-13
That Followed Wruck
Consumed the Dead
and Dying
AT MEET AWFUL DEATH
WHEN IMMIGRANT TRAIN AND
FREIGHT CRASH-ScORES
ARE lNJURED-HARROW
ING SCENES ENSUE,

Chicago. H., Nov. 12.-More than
one half of the passengers on an i'm
migrant train of the Baltimore ant
Ohio road were killed and injured in
collision today between a passcnge
train and freight near Woodvilo
Ind
One hundred and sixty-fve passen
gers were on the train and Of these
II were either killed outr ght or burn
ed TO death in the fire which broke oat
Immediately after the accident.
The names of all probably never
will be known as 45 bodies were con
sumed IN the flames or 30 badly
burned that Identification is out OF
question. Thirty-eight people were in
jured ana several of theec will die
Eighty others escaped unhurt but lost
nearly all their baggage and clothing
BIunder Causes Wreck
The disas, er was caused by blum
der Of some employe of the railroad
but Just who, it has not yet been de-
termined
The passenger train was loaded
with Rus ian Jews. Servians and
Poles, all recent arrivals in this coun
try, and bound for Chicago or places
in the northwest, 1t was a section of
through train from Baltimore The
engineer of the freight, No. 90, on
instructions received at McCool Ind.
waited at the siding at Babcock. Ind.
to allow the immigrant train to pass.
One report is that the freight engi
neer had not been informed that the
passenger was running in two rec
tions; the other is that the first sec
tion of the passenger carried no
lights or signals of any kind indcat.
ing that the second section was clos,
beh nd. As foen as the first section
OF the immigrant train passed the
switch at Babcock the freaght, in
charge of Engineer Burke and Conduc-
tor Moste, started eastfard.
light snow was falling which in
creased the darkness OF early morning
aad as the freight was rounding n
sharp curve west of Woodville. the
second ection of the Immigrant train
came in sight short stance way,
tearing toward Chicago al the rate Of
40 miles an hour.
The trains came together with un-
slackened speed aud in the crash six
passenger coaches and several freight
cars were knocked into kindling wood
a9d together with the locomotives
went rolling down the 10 foot en-
banFmen'
Fire Follows Crash.
Fire broke out almost immediately |
and although a number of injured |
we're saved by the desperate efforts OF |
he train crew and surviving passen. |
gers the greater part of those pinned |
Town in the debris were burned to
leath.
The flames spread through the
yreckage so rapidly it was impossible
o save a number Of people who were
,lightly hurt but were held fast by
he timbors that weighted them down.
These were burned in plain sight of
cene, utterly unable TO lend any as
distance in any way The fire contin-
led and all the shattered cars we're
ntirely consumed and of the II peo-
lie whose death followed the coils
on. IS were burned to ashes.
A number Of farmers and other
esidents of the neiGhborhood hast
ned TO the scene but could do moth
ng bur lend assistance tothc injured
Who had already been taken from the
,rcck. All six cars of the immigrant
rain were burned as were three
reight cars.
Relief trains were at once sent on
rom South Chicago and Valpar1iro /
nd. with every available ply ician
nd every pos sblo aid was given the
ljurct.
Narrowing Scenes at Depot.
Large number of relatives of passen-
ers Of the i'll fated passenger were {
Chicago waiting their arrival and I
hen The report was received many !
al been killed and Injured in the
reck the scenes around the Balti- q
re aud Ohio depot we're narrowing. '
en- were there who had come to this =
,untry TO escape the massacre in u
ussia aud who. after months Of hard
Drk had saved enough to pay the pas 5
Ee of members Of their families. and 2
cir grief when they became awara u
at possibly al their sacrifice and
fort had resulted only in the death Of =
ose who they had sought to bring
them. was pitiful.
They waited around the depot all v
" for news f-om W1Odville and o.
hen. late in the afternoon. a train $
me in bearing IS injured persons. y
Of whom we're taken to Mercy hos 7
-al for treatment L was with the a
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