Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-05
FRANK RUBLE. o,Fallon. III.

Mrs. r. w. REED, Peoria, Ill
MISS BEATRICE SENINGER,
Springfield. Ill.
MISS B. swAMDEN, Springfield.
III.
Three women and three men, uniden-
titled.
John Berry, Springfield, land com
missioner for the road, died on the
way to the hospital here. An uniden-
tilted man is dying at the hospital. He
had card in his pocket bearing the
name Erwin F. Eckerle, Bellevue, Ill.
The others are at the hospital in
Granite City.
List of the Injured.
Following is list of the injured:
V. T. Mccall, Gillespie.
James Scott, Sawyerville.
n. Judge, Litchfield.
Z. J. Young, Staunton.
William Curle, Springfield.
Edith Landswith, Hillsboro.
Hazel Sinniger, Springfield.
Mrs. ]. r. Agee, Springfield, badly
hurt.
George Miller, Troy, III.
Mary Dosner, Nilwood, Ill.
Sam O'Farrant, Brooklyn, N. Y,
right arm broken, and cuts; chest
crushed.
c. w. McGhee, Shawneetown, ILL.,;
head badly cut and back injured.
Guy Smith, Shawneetown; not ser
ious.
John Hobe, Trenton; head and face
crushed and back injured.
Joseph Clark, Bend; bruised.
Mrs. l. f. Cordum, Gillespie; chest
crushed. legs and back injured
c. B. Clifton, Staunton; not serious.
c. F. Mehl, traction company en-
ploye; not serious.
George Ochler Staunton.
James Park, Staunton.
Henry Sauk, Bellevue, Ill.
w. V. Duncan of Springfield, Ill;
conductor of the southbound car
Burt Edwards, Mount Olive, ILL.,;
may die.
julius Engellman and wife. o'Fal-
Ion, Ill.
Miss Lena Harvey, East st. Louis,
Ill.
Charles F. Miller. Sparta, Ill.
l. Y. Raine. Carlinville, Ill
Edward White, Decatur, Ill.
Victims on ExcursIOR.
Staunton, Ill, Oct. 5.-Thirty-seven
persons were killed and from 16 to 25
injured in a collision on the Illinois
Traction system two miles north OF
here late yesterday afternoon. Three
of the injured and possibly more are
not expected to survive.
The collision occurred between local
train No. IA, northbound, and excursion
train No. 73, headed toward St. Louis
and loaded with passengers on their
way TO view the parade Of veiled proph-
cts at St. Louis. The accident, accord
ing to present information. was due TO
the disregard Of orders by the crew OF
No. II, which was in charge OF NJ. a.
Leonard, conductor, and John Herman,
Staunton, motorman.
Orders Disregarded.
No. Il had orders to pass train No.
73 at Staunton. The latter train was
running in two sections. Orders were
given No. ID that il should pass both
sections of the southbound train al
Staunton. The first section of No. IS
had passed when the crew of No. Il
pulled out on the main track. Needless
of the second section, and started
north. At sharp turn called Dicker-
sons curve, two miles north of here.
the two trains came together with a
splintering crash.
The curve is a sharp bend in the
road and is the bottom a decline both
from the north and south. No. IA and
the second section of No. 73 were both
on the down grade going 40 miles an
hour when they met
At Bottom of Incline.
The collision occurred at the bottom
of a double incline and at the sharpest
part of the curve. The crew OF No. IL
and the crew of No. 20, which we're
composed of w. v. Duncan, conductor,
and E. J. Young both of Springfield,
leaped when they saw that a collision
was inevitable. All four men escaped
serious injury. They were able to lend
assistance an instant later None Of
the passengers had a chance, as the
crash between the cars followed i'm
mediately after the cries of warning is
sued by the conductors and motormen.
The cars. in the terrific crash, were
both entirely demolished, being piled
in a huge mass of wreckage. through