The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-10-12
TOTAL WRECK
Cars O. he l|liaois 1raedea System
Crash RhA Dire Resak
THIRTY SEVEN KILLED

Disregard Of Orders Cause a Collis-
zon.-Cars Arc Completely Dernoi-
Shcd. and tho Passengers, Unable
TO Escape. Flung in Every Pos:-
ton and Mutilated Terribly.
Thi!;y-seren persons were killed
and from sixteen TO twenty-five III
jured in collision on the IIlinois
Traction system. two miles north OF
S;aunton. Illinois. late Tuesday eve
ming Three Of the injured will die
and maybe more.
The collision occurred between 10
cal train No. IA. Eorta-oound. and
an excursion train. No. IS. beaded
toward ST. Louis and loaded with =
passengers On their way 20 view the
parade of the Yelled Propbc;s at St.
Louis. The accident. 1t is said. was
due entirely 20 "a" disregard Of or
ders by the crew os the local. which
was in charge Of N. A.. Leonard.
conductor. and John Lehman. OF
Staunton, no;orman.
Train No. ~ had orders TO pass
train g at Staunton. The latter
train was running in two sec'icns
and the orders given to No. Ia vere
expl!cii that /; should pass bo:h Sec
.iooS OF the south bound train at
Staun:on The frat section Of IS
pulled out on the main track aud
started north.
a; sharp turn in the road at .hA
bottom Of decline. the two train
came together in spiinterins crash.
Train No. IL and the second section
OF IS were both on the down grade
and moving a, speed OF about
The crew Of No. II and the crew
OF No. -. which was composed Of
W v DIncar conductor. and Z. J.
Young. motorman. bota OF Spring.
as soon as they saw the collision
~as inevitable. and all four escaped
without serious injury. They were
: badly SHAKEN up. but were able TO
lend assistance to the injured Al
! instant la;er.
None OF the passengers bad any
chance 70 escape. as the crash be-
tween the cars followed Immediately
the cries Of warning issued by the
conductors and motorncr as they
j Jumped from tee trains. The cars
. came together With a terrific crash.
< and both were demolished and piled
IN one huge mass OF ~reckaSe.
) through which the bodies Of the dead
I certain that D. far the larger por-
i ;ion OF the passengers on both cars
E were either killed outright or desper-
: a;ely injured The two trains were
Q so closely twisted together that it
q ~as mar-eI that anybody escaped
: death or injury.
AS quickly as possible word Of
the acciden: was telephoned Spring
c field aad Peoria. and specia. car
was Immediately rushed from these
: points Other cars we're also sent
). north from Granite City. IL! These
: las: took many OF the injured and
: hurried them back 10 Granite City.
\ where they were placed N hospitals.
AS fast as the dead we're extr:cated
(! they were placed II one Of the cars
c sent from Springfield. In short
/, time car was containing t@enty-
> eight bodies. and II was sent to Car
linsville. where they were placed in
an undertaking establishment. Late
Tuesday night only three bodies had
been Identified.
General manager Chubbuck. Of the
Traction Company. was IN Peoria
when the news OF the wreck vas re-
ceired Accompanied By minor oei-
: cia!s. he started a. once for the
wreck At Springfield all the avail
: able physicians were placed on Mr.
Chrbouck's special car and hurried
10 stanton.
: Within few minutes after the
: collision occurred farmers from the
: surrounding country and nearly ev-
cry man in S:sunton vas en- route
20 the scene Of the accident to rem
der whatever assistance was posi-
; ole. The early comers we're greet
cd with spectacle such as was uev-
er before secn in that part OF the
country.
i The tup cars had come together
With such awful force that they we're
i, no, only teiescoped. bu. they were
actually battered out OF all sem
5lance OF their original shape. They
were simply mass Of spiiutered
vood and twisted iron and steel eight
feet high. In this pile OF wreckase
the dead and wounded were flung
n every conceivable position and ev-
cry ime g;nable form OF muttlation.
Some OF tho bodies OF the dead
we're torn apart. and streams OF
blood flowed down the deb:is IN a
dozen places. The farmers and the
citizens OF S:aunton worked with des-
perate haste. however. and in a shor.
time had taken from the wreckage
all Of the living and most Of the
dead