The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
TWenty-Nine PeOO|e AreDead And Almost As Many
 More Are Injured
NEGLECT OF ORDERS SAID
 ID HAVE CAUSED CRASH
One of the Cars Was Loaded With Passengers on Their Way To St. Louis and Both Cars Are
 Crushed To Pieces

Staunton, H., October 4-Disregard for bend in the track, which hid two rush ing trolley cars from each other, were responsible today for the most appalling wreck in the history of the electric rail- roads of Illinois.
 Twenty-eight people were instantly killed, one died on the way to a hospital. another is not expected to live until morning. and 26 other people sustained more or less serious injuries.
 The collision occurred on the lines of the Illinois Traction system, two miles north of this place, and the officials of the road announced early in the evening that 37 lives had been crushed out in the wreck. Twenty-eight of the dead are now at Carlinville, H. One Is at Granite City. Ill.,, and if eight others lost their lives they cannot be located tonight. All that was positively known at midnight was that 20 had been killed The list of casualties is as follows:
 List of the Dead
 J. R. Habegger, Jamestown, H., mer- chant.
 C. Werner, Chapin.
 Herman Bauer, carpenter, 2126 Nebras- ka street, St. Louis
 D. E. Black. assistant superintendent I. T. S., Springfield. III.
 T. J. Kirwin representing M Kahn Glass company, St. Louis.
 Manuel A. Indermill Baden H., agent Royal Insurance company.
 pr. H. c. Ganaway, 432 South Broad way, Decatur, H. Q Judge Schaeffer, Eagle Generator com pany, 3250 Pennsylvania avenue, St. Louis, Mo.
 Mrs w. M. McCloud, Benld.
 C. Schill, Princeton, Ind, railway train man.
 John Blocktna, Benld. teamster. Mrs. John Blocktna, Benld.
 Dr. B. F. Renshaw, sCurran. H. B. Robinson, Benld miner.
 Mrs. H. B. Robinson. Benld.
 John Berry, Springfield, land commits sioner I. T. s. A, Price, auditor of disbursements of J. C. Miller of Gillespie. H., general superintendent of the Superior Coal com pany.
 w. w. Street, division superintendent of the I. T. S., of Staunton.
 E. M. Rose, Chicago. collector Collier Weekly son of H. E. Rose, 1918 Wilson avenue, Chicago.
 Unidentified dead:
 Woman, 25 years old. light hair, blue eyes, gray dress, white waist. Letter "S' on cuff button.
 Woman, 50 years old, gray skirt, whlte waist, black jacket.
 Woman, 35 years old, hazel eyes, brown hair, lined with gray. Letters "F. w. R." on ring.
 Man. 30 years old, brown hair, chin whiskers, dark gray suit.
 Woman, 50 years old, black skirt, white waist, black jacket. Letters "L. D. or ssI. L"' on ring.
 Woman, S5 years old. auburn hair, two upper gold teeth, gray checked skirt white waist, diamond brooch.
 Woman, 50 years old, hazel eyes, au- burn hair, lined with gray, black skirt, white waist, plain band moonstone ring Woman, 30 years old auburn hair, light blue eyes, white waist, Dlack sklrt' bracelet.
 One unidentified woman.
 John Boyer of Springfield, H., land commissioner of the Illinois Traction sys- tenn, died on the way to the hospital here.
 An unidentified man is dying In the local hospital He had a card in his pocket bearing the name of Edwin +. Eckerle of Belleville, Ills.
 Injured in the Hospital
 Others in the hospital are:
 V. T. Mccall, Gilelspie. Ills, not serious James Scott Sawyeryille, H., not serious
 N. Judge, Litchfeld, Ills, not serious. E. J. Young Staunton. Ills, not serious. William Curle Springfield, Ills. cuts on Edith Landswith, Hillsboro, Ills, not Berious
 jaw and temple.
 Hazel Sinniger, Springfield. Ills, slight. Mrs. J. R. Agee. Springfield, Ills, cuts on head left side injured.
 Julius Englewan, O'Fallon, Ills, not serious. George Miller, Troy, Ills, not serious. Mary Dosemer, Nitwood, Ills, nose Sam O. Tarrent, Brooklyn, N. r., right arm broken and cuts in the chest, c. w. McGehee, Shawneetown, Ills, head badly cut. back injured.
 Guy Smith, Shawneetown, not serious. John Hohe Trenton, Ills, head and face crushed, back injured.
 Joseph Clark, Benold, Ills, bruised. Mrs. l.. E. cordum, Gillespie. llls' chest crushed, legs and back injured. G. B. Clifton, Staunton, Ill., not serious c. F. Meht. Traction company em- eloye. not serious
 George Oehler. staunton, H.
 Henry Saul, Belleville. III.
 L. Y. Raine, dispatcher I. T. s., Car iinville, head injured. e F. Miller, Sparta, head and chest | crushed.
 Unknown man, card Irwin s. E. Mo- Curley, Belleville. unconscious and dy- ing.
 Blame for Accident
 The blame for the accident is laid by the officials of the road on the crew of the | local car No. IA. which was in charge of M A. Leonard. conductor, and John | Liedman, motorman, both of Staunton. This car was northbound, running on it's regular schedule and had orders to walt at Staunton for two sections of train No. 7s. which was bound for St. Louis The northbound car waited until the first section had passed and. then in total dis regard for orders pulled out on the main track and started ahead.
 Two miles north of Staunton is Dick erson's curve, sharp bend in the track. toward which the ground slopes both from the north and from the south. Dense foliage grows on the inner side of the curve and 1t is impossible to see for any distance ahead. Both cars nov ing at fully 40 miles an hour approached k this curve from opposite directions, both bearing along on down grade.
 The motormen did not discern the dam svar until tha cara Wore too closo to. avoid