Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-10
FORMER OMAHA WOMAN DEAD
hrL Mary Miller Killed In Wreck on
Burlington Train.
CARS Jump FROM TRACK NEAR CHICAGO

ABOUT NWenty FerHOma injured IN Ac-
cident which Occurs 60 subur-
ban Train on way to
City.
CHICAGO, May 9-Suburban passenger
train No. ia on the Burlington railroad,
running between Aurora, Ill, and Chicago,
was wrecked today near Lawndale, about
six miles from the city. About twenty OF
the passengers were hurt and Mrs. Mary
Miller died on the way to the hospital.
Mrs. Mary Miller was the widow OF
Thomas Miller, formerly freight trattic
manager Of the Burlington railroad, who
died eighteen months ago. Mrs. Miller
was with her daughters Mrs. George Nor
ton and the Misses Elizabeth and Sarah
Miller When the car overturned Mrs.
MILLER was thrown between two seats and
the wreckage piled upon her. She was
conscious when taken from the car and
insisted that she was not badly hurt. She
died, however, just as she was being car
ried into the hospital Miss Elizabeth
Miller and Miss Sarah Miller each sus-
tained broken leg. Mrs Morton escaped
with a few bruises.
The train was running at high speed,
when the engine struck a broken rail- and
! leaped from the track. It dragged the
baggage car and one coach with II and
! all three rolled down a small embanlSment.
The other five coaches remained on the
! track.
| 1t was at first supposed that many pec-
] pie had been killed and ambulances were
summoned from all the police stations in
the east side OF the city.
Injured Engineer Works.
The passengers In the first coach were
hurled into a pile in the center Of the
wrecked car, where they were penned in by
wreckage. They were rescued with some
difficulty by the members Of the train crew
and the passengers of the rear cars. The
majority of the injured were not seriously
hurt, but those whose injuries we're more
severe were carried half a block from the
scene of the accident and placed on blankets
on the ground. Thence they were con-
veyed by the ambulances to hospitals and
nearby drug stores
Harry Newland, the engineer of the train
was badly cut and was scalded by steam,
but aided I'm the rescue work despite his
! injuries He said he was unable to account
| for the accident unless the rails spread be-
meath the engine or one of the rails was
loose. He was watching the track, he said,
and It appeared all right until the engine
| slid from the rails.
Mrs. Mary Miller who had her right hip
crushed, died while being taken to the
hospital
Names of Injured.
The injured:
A. NJ Hinckley of Hinsdale, Ill.
Mrs c. II. ThaYer of Hinsdale, Ill.
Elizabeth Miller OF Chicago, right leg
! broken and shoulders cut.
Y Sarah Miller OF Chicago, leg broken and
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Robert Childs OF Chicago, badly bruised.
Mrs. Robert Childs of Chicago, badly
bruised.
Louise Hayes, employed In the home Of
Robert Childs; cut and bruised.
Mrs. George Morton of Riverside, ILL., {;
Engineer Harry Newland scalded and cut.
W. A. Sprague, LaGrange, Ill; body
bruised and face cut.
| o. V. Stoke, LAGRANGE, Ill; head cut.
Edward Porter, train collector; cut and
P. e. seeghers. baggageman; badly
81 F. sebasta, fireman; scalded.
Miss Pauline Moran, East Grove H.
severely cut and bruised,
Moranz, spine hurt and internal injuries;
Mrs, Catherine weidnowski, right arm
Theresa weidnowskl, daughter Of Mrs.
| " Weidnowsld, cut and bruised.
Mrs. Eva Shepard, Hinsdale, Ill, left
Miss May Morrissey, Chicago, bruised.
Miss Martha Novak badly cut and
rs. Hiram Goodwin. Hinsdale, ILL., head
:. Elsie Phelps. Hinsdale, H.. bruised.
Jennie Jeffaers, Hinsdale, ILL.,.
Holderschied. HinsdaIe, ILL.,. face
5 Henry Holderschied. Hinsdale, ILL.,.
Mrs. F. S. shewell. Guanajuato Mex.
II. r. Morgan of Hinsdale ILL.,: bruised.
After leaving the rails the engine slid
along the track for fifty feet and then
overturned It rolled down the bank.
dragging with It the first passenger coach
and baggage car The coaches in the rear
left the rails but remained on the en-
bankment. The roof Of the first coach was
smashed in and all the passengers were
injured more or less severely. The wreck
age caught fire, but the flames were
quickly extinguished by an engine COM
pany which reached the scene within a
few minutes. The steam from the engine
burned some Of the passengers. but the
injuries from this cause were not severe.
Mrs Thomas Miller, who was killed in
the wreck, was the widow Of the late
Thomas Miller, who died two years ago.
They lived In Omaha some years ago, when
Mr.. Miller was general frelght agent for
the Burlington. When Mr.. Miller was
made trafic manager Of the Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy In 1888 they moved to
Chicago.
One of Mrs. Mnler's daughters is the
wife OF George Morton, son Of James Nor
ton Of this city. She was also on the train
but escaped uninjured. Mrs Miller's other
two daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah, were
also on the train and each suffered a broken
hip.
Mrs. Miller and her daughters had given
up their elegant home on Grand boulevard
Chicago, for the summer and had apart
ments at the Riverside hotel at Riverside
a suburb They were on the way to the
city when the accident happened
Charles Morton OF this city left last night
for Chicago