The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-05

1G to 25 injured in collision on tle'
Illinois Traction System two miles
north Of mere late this afternoon
Three of the injured, and possibly
more, are not expected to survive
Early reports from the wreck We're
difcult to obtain. Some statements
make the number of injured as nigh
as fifty. 1t is not believed it will
run over %.
Three OF the dead are prom ,nent
officials of the Illinois Traction Sys-
TEN.
Disregarded Orders.
The collision occurred between To-
cal train No, a. northbound, and an
excursin train, No 70, headed tel
ward ST. Louis, and loaded with pas
sengers on the way to the Yelled Pro
phet parade at St. Louis. The acci-
dent, according to present informa-
tion, was due to disregard of orders
by the crew of the local, No. IA
which was in charge OF M. A. Leonard
conductor, and Jonn Herman, of
Staunton, motornan.
No. Id had orders to pass train
No. 73 at Staunton. The latter train
was running in two sections. Orders
We're given No. IA that II should pass
both sections Of the southbornd tr2lh
at Stanton. The first sect'cn Of no
73 had passed when the crew Of No.
IA pulled out on Tie main track, iced
less of the second section, and
started north. At a sharp turn, called
Dickerson curve, two mes north
of here, fhe two trains came together
with a spintering crash.
On a Sharp Curve.
The curve is saarp benl in the
road and is at the bottom of a de-
cline both from the north and south.
No. IA AMI the second section OF No.
73 were both going forty miles an
hour when they met. The collision
occurred at the bottom of the double
incline and at the sharpest part OF
the curve The crew of No. II and
the crew of No. 73, the latter compos-
GIL vi W. IuhNuIs tOHhuAtDis 'h'
Il. J. Young, both of Springfield,
leaped when they saw a collision
was inev table All four men escaped
serious injury.
None of the passengers had a
chance to escape by leaping The
cars met in terrific crash, being
piled in q huge mass OF wreckage
through which the dead and wounded
were scattered. Information ava l.
able at the present time does not
state how many passengers escaped
uninjured, but by far the larger poC.
tion of those on both cars were either
killed or desperately injured. The
two trains were piled and twisted
together,
Relief Quickly Sent. ..
AS quickly as possible word of the
accident was telephoned to Spring
field. A special car was rushed from
there Other cars were sent NORTH
from Granite City These last TOOK
many injured back to Granite City to
the hospital AS the dead were extri-
Gated they were placed upon the
cars sent from Springfield. One car
containing twenty-eight bodies was
sent to Carlinville to an undertaking
establishment At $50 tonight not
one of these twenty.etght bod es had
been identified.
General Manager Chubbuck, of tht
Traction Company, was in Peoria
when the news Of the wreck was
received. Accompanied by some M
nor officials he started for the scene
of the wreck. Shortly after leaving
Peoria he received word from Super
intendent Hansey of Springfield, thai
the dead Would number thirty-sever
and the injured sixteen.
At Springfield, which he reached al
Q o'clock, all of the available physi-
clans were placed upon the train AMI
hurried to Staunton.
Within a few minutes after the col
lision farmers Of the surrounding
country and practically every man in
the village of Staunton was on the
scene OF the accident to render as.
sistanee.
Awful Spectacle.
Early comers we're greeted with al
awful spectacle. The two cars were
not only only telesconed. but actually
were battered out Of all semblance;
they we're simply mass of splintered
wood, twisted iron, and steel, eight
feet high. In this pile the dead and
wounded were flung in every con