Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-20

NJ A. Creton, New York; left leg injured.
d. w. Trip, Lafayette, Ind; engineer
passenger train injuries serious ITO ersman IN
freight train; seriously but not dangerously
W, B. Harris, indianapolis; both legs
e, p L. Barnes, residence not given;
slightly injured.
signal Was all Right.
The passenger train consisted of COM
bination baggage car and coach, two reg
ular Pullman sleepers for Cincinnati, one
regular Pullman sleeper for Indianapolis
and Big Four Official car NO 4gl, occupied pIs.
dent Schaff
The engine Of the passenger train tele-
scoped into the combination car and the
wreckage Immediately caught fire. The
combination and two Cincinnati sleepers
were entirely consumed
The Indianapolis car was not damaged.
The occupants of the sleepers escaped with
out serious injury, only few people being
slightly bruised. None of the occupants Of
the Big Four official car was Injured. II
Is reported that there were thirteen people
in the combination and all Of them were
killed, with the exception OF two, who were
badly injured. The occupants of this car
were either killed outright or so seriously
Injured as to be unable to escape and their
bodies were burned in the car.
As soon possible after the accident
the Big Four private ear was run to Kan
kakee with the injured people, who were
placed In hospitals there.
At the point where the accident occurred
there is only a single track and trains are
operated under what Is known as the "tele-
graph block"
The red stop signal at Fowler was burn
ing brightly, and the accident was caused
by the failure of the engineer of the pas
, senger train TO stop in accordance with the
signal shown.
OmciaI Report.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Jan. 1.-the follow
ing is the Official report of the Big -Four
wreck at Fowler this morning:
. Train No. IS, due at Fowler at 2:O5 a. m,
had orders that No. s. with Conductor
at o FoWer S until III a. m. for No IS. No
; 80 ran past the rail board at Fowler and
coll!ded with No 50, 500 feet east OF the
east end siding. The collision occurred az
/ 2l5. Both engines were badly damaged
and thrown on the track. No. SIS baggage
car was entirely destroyed by fire, which
! destroyed the rest Of the train except n,
/ sleeper Tabong, which was injured to tht
extent 81 having It's trucks knocked on
Eight injured persons were taken TO Kan
car OF Vice President schaff and cared 70
at the ksnkakee hospitals. Engineer Trip
was badly injured and his fireman wal
killed Conductor Hiddinger and Baggage
man MCGEE are supposed 70 be burned al
in the wreck and cannot be found. Engl
There were fifteen people In the combna
ton car and only four Of these can b.
: accounted fer. No one was injured in tn
damaged sleepers. The engine ran throug
the combination car.
Survivors at kRnkakee.
KANRAKEE, ILL.,, Jan. ls.-Seven sur
vivors OF the Big -Four wreck at Fowle
were brought here in the private car o
Vice President schaff. With them was IN
body Of John schannau OF Williamsport
Ind. who died on the way here. Tn
private car was the only one on the trai
not burned. It was said that possibi
twenty-five persons were burned in tn
wreck Only ive are said to have bee
rescued. The conductor and baggagema
; kof the passenger train are missing
The engineer Of the freight train toll