Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-09-20
FOG CAUSES TWO
WRECKS At RACINE.
BOTH THE MILWAUKEE, AND THE
NORTHWESTERN RAILROADS
HAVE BAD SMASH-UPS.
MANY PERSONS INJURED
Passengers Are Bruised but Fortunately
No One Is Fatally Injured
in Accidents
MANY PERSONS INJURED

RACINE, Wis, Sept. Ill Special.
BECAUSE of the heavy fog and rain
there We're two serious train wrecks here
this morning. One occurred on the Chi
cago X Northwestern road, While the
other was on the Chicago, Milwaukee, X
St. Paul. Several persons were injured
and the property loss is heavy. No one
was killed and none of the injured Is
fatally hurt.
The Injured.
The injured are as follows:
NORTH w WESTERN WRECK.
Jerry Summers, Chicago. slightly cut
Howard Montgomery, bruised about leg.
Conductor +. MuhrS, both legs hurt.
Francs Alexander, hands cut.
Henry Williams, foot crushed.
All OF tn above are members of the DIN
ing crew and live in Chicago.
Frank CaVanaugh OF MILWAUKEE,, fireman
of the freight legs hurt.
Joe Sage, engineer of the freight slightly
bruised.
Mrs. John Goltz of North Freeman, Wis,
a passenger, bruised and cut and ribs hurt.
u. w. Driscoll, St Louis, ankle spralned
by jumping from car.
There were several others slightly injured,
but their names have not been learned
MILWAUKEE ROAD WRECK
Engineer Ban Reigert, broken ankle.
Fireman Harrison, head cut.
All the passengers badly shaken up and
bruised. Names not given.
Engineers Quick Action.
Prompt action on the part of Harry
Padden of Chicago, engineer on the pas
senger train No. l, northbound, on the
Chicago n North Western road, due here
at 9:US a. m, prevented Il bad wreck on
the road with freight train No. 296,
southbound, laden with crushed stone i'll
eighteen cars. The rails We're slippery
on account of rains and the heavy fog
IA
wheels Slipped and the freight train went
by the station at fast rate of speed.
The passenger train was coming north
at the usual speed when Engineer Pad
den realized that a collision was III,
evitable. He put on full steam ana
started the train ahead and had got al
most in siding when the engine OF the
freight racked one coach and diner
ripping the side out breaking the WIN
dOWs and throwing them off the track.
A Bad Smash-Up.
All of the windows in both cars were
smashed and part Of the running gear
was torn off In the diner, the cooking
utensils were completely wrecked and
besides this, the side of the freight en-
CINE is torn to pieces, and many Of the
freight cars are ripped on the side.
Rev. Henry ID. Robinson of Racine
college and Rev. Mr.. Mcmillan of the
same institution narrowly escaped DclnS
killed. They occupied the front seat OF
the coach on the side where the freight
struck it. Glass and pieces of the
wreckage struck them but they were not
hurt.
The accident occurred at the corner of
West Sixth street and Mound avenue,
just few rods north of the big railroad
bridge. The tracks are ripped up for
distance of about half a block and all
traffic was suspended for about two
hours.
The passengers were transferred from
one end of the wreck to the other. ~
freight train has arrived from Milwau
kee and will clean up the wreck.
Wreck on Milwaukee Road.
About 1870 this morning the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railway stub
train on the southwestern division on
the way from Corliss to this city, col
lided with gravel train on the Chicago
Milwaukee Electric railway at the
klinkert crossing west of the city. The
engineer, Dan Reigert, of the st. Paul
train jumped and received a broken
ankle Fireman Harrison also jumped
and received bad cut over the eye and
had his ankle wrenched.
All the passengers received a bad
shaking up but were not injured.
Three of the work cars are a total
wreck and the st. Paul engine was bad
~ wrecked and thrown from the track.
Traffic will be delayed all day on ac-
count of the wreck. The monetary dam
age is not stated.