The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-05
dead-On Collision Between
Two Interurban Cars on I'LL
nois Traction System Near
Staunton, Ill.-Going Fast
MET ON A CURVE AT
THE FOOT OF A HILL
Conductors and MOtormen ES-
capped by Jumping, but the
Passengers Had No Chance
for Life When Crash Came
DISoBEDIENCE OF ORDERS

lCrAUNTON, ILL.,, Oct. 4.-ThIrty-SeVem
~ persons were killed and from IL
te - were injured In a collision GA
the Illinois Traction system, two miles
north Of here late today. A least three
Hof the injured probably Will die.
Reports from the wreck conflict
Injured as high fifty. Officials say
this Il excessive.
Three of the dead who have been
identified. are prominent officials of the
srEctiOn system. They ares }. r.. Berry,
springfield, land cOmniissiOner for the
ililinOiS Traction system; ". y. street.
tStauatOn, assistant trsinmasters ID. y,
Htiaek, Springfield, assistant superin-
ftendent OF motive power and equip
meRt.
The collision was between local train
no. "A. northbound and an excursion
train, No. IS. loaded with passengers
on their way 10 view the parade Of the
Yelled Prophets at 81. Louis. The &C
cldent apparently was due To the dis
regard of orders by the crew Of train
No. "a. in charge Of NJ. A. Leonard, CON
ductor. and John Herman Of stanton.
mOtOrmaH-
Grain No. "a had orders 10 pass train
No. - at StaunJOn- The latter train
vas running in TWO sections and the
orders given 20 No. "a We're explicit that
Il wait Tor both sections The tirst sec
rion of No Is had passed when the
crew OF No. q pulled out on The main
track and started north. At Dieker-
Son s-uAfF- "a sharp Nrnu TWO lllllea
from here, the two trains met HIS
rise north aud south from the curve.
Train No. "a and the second section or
No 70, both on the down grade, We're
making sc miles an hour when they
met az the sharpest part of the curve
Confronted with death. che crews OF
both trains SCI the brakes and jumped
for their lines
Passengers Had No Chance.
The crew of No. Il and the crew Of
No %. which was composed of W y,
Duncan. conductor, and F. j. Young.
both of Springfield, all escaped with
out serious injury. None OF the passen-
gers had a chance for life. The smash
~ Followed immediately upon the cries
of warning of the conductors and motor
men as they Jumped The ears came
together with a terrific crash. and both
were entirely demolished, being piled
In one huge mass of wreckage.
II is not known il any passenger eS-
raped uninjured- As quickly as possible
aid was summoned from Springfield and
special cars were started FOR the wreck.
Other cars were sent north from Gran
lte city and took many OF the injured
10 hospitals I'm that town. car con-
tanning twenty-eight bodies was sent
10 Carlin. H. where they were placed
Ia an undertaking establishment The
work OF uhearthing the dead was con-
General Manager chubbuck. OF the
fraction company, who was IN FFoIl 5
when news of the wreck was received.
started at once for the scene When
passing through Springfield he said:
Number OF Injured Unknown.
reports from the wreck are meager
and unsatisfactory. The best intorma-
zion / have shows that 81 have been
killed and tina % of the dead are now
nj CarllnVille 1 have received various
estimates of the number OF wounded,
ranging from IS 70 so, but feel assured
that the list Of injured viii be nearer
the small figures.
IT am unable 10 discuss the cause OF
Rhe wreck. / have received no authen-
tic information regarding IL. All 1
know Is that IN nOrthbound train
struck the second section of the south
bound train"
Within a few minutes after the col
lislon occurred farmers from the sur
rounding COUNTRY and practically every
man in the village OF stanton was on
his way TO the scene 10 render assist
anCe.
The early cOmers saw a mass of
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