The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-18
BURLINGTON TRAINS
COLLIDE; IS KILLED
Fast Mail Plunges Into Overland
Express and Two Pullmans
are Smashed.

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to hospitals as a result of the collision
between the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy overland, limited n a mail
train at Western Springs yesterday
morning in which 13 persons were
a condition which indicated their re-
covery.
Twelve of the injured were taken to
st. Anthony DePadua hospital and aft
er careful examination physicians pro-
nounced that none had suffered in
juries which would be likely to
death. Of the dead three remained un-
identified. These were the bodies of
two women and one girl.
The women were both of middle g
and the girl about 8 years ole
Inquiry Is Begun.
A dual inquiry will be made today in
an effort to fix the blame for the
Hoffman, of Cook county and the 9TH
er by the state railroad commission
which will meet in Chicago and go
to the scene Of the wreck with officials
of the a
Conduct of three persons, one Of
whom is dead, will be inquired into
in an effort to fix the blame for the
wreck.
The acts of George Bronson, the en-
gineer Of the mail train, who was
hlileu, MIS-. r "A. WILCOX, lower opera
tor and Flagman John Woodruff, of
the overland, are those to be Ques-
toned.
Both Mrs. Wilcox and Woodruff have
said they did their full duty-the form
er by placing block signals and the
latter by placing torpedoes.
Only one thing has been definitely
established regarding the cause Of the
wreck and that is that a dense fog
played a big part in the disaster.
Mrs. F. A. Wilcox, who was in
block signals were controlled, said she
vas certain the block was thrown
against both trains. She collapsed aft
er the accident.
Dead and injured.
The dead:
FRANCIS A. BARCLAY, 20 years
old, Billings. Mont.
GEORGE BRONSON, 55 years old.
- BUNCH, 80 years old, Chicago,
negro porter of Pullman car on train
MRS. c. M. HART, wife of a physi-
cian at Canton, Ohio.
MRS. E. G. POHLMANN. San Fran
cisco.
M. E. STERN, 40 years old. Chicago.
G.. w. TUDOR, 40 years old, Lacey.
LILLIAN KELLY, % years old,
01 TNiip IF: WOMAN, 40 years
old, light hair. medium build, blue
serge dress, black patent leather shoes
with white tops, &C. L. P. to L. P. H"
engraved on jewelry.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN. as years
old, gray eyes, black and white striped
waist and blue skirt.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN, "a years
old, brown hair, blue eyes, two gold
crowned teeth on upper left side of
mouth.
UNIDENTIFIED GIRL, 9 years old,
light hair, gold band ring, blue and
white silk dress.
UNIDENTIFIED BOY. 4 years old.
dalS.
Among those injured were:
H. 0. Crane, Galesburg, ILL.,, fireman
of mail train, left hand and right foot
injured.
Warren P. Dudley, IA Oak street, Bel
mont, Mass.
Mrs. Bessie NJ. Dudley, wife of War
rem P. Dudley, compound fracture of
right leg.
John W. Flack, Cincinnati, right leg
lacerated, scalp wound.
Mrs. Flack, Cincinnati, severe scalp
wounds.
Frank D. Hughes, Hinsdale, ILL.,, con
ductor train No. s.
E. G.. Pohlman, San Francisco, right
arm and leg broken.
Rev. E H. Scholz, ST. Francis hos
pital, Columbus, Ohio, back injured and
scalp Wounds.
Miss Katherine Griswold, 1872 Farwel
avenue, Milwaukee, spine injured and
knee cut.
Miss Lyme Johnson, Chicago. should.
er dislocated and knee and hand cut.
William McNair, II years old, IL Kali,
math street, Denver, head and face
severely cut.
Mrs. +. w. Francis, Bedford, Ind.
severely bruised about the body.
O.. r. Marsh, Chicago, back injured
John e. Parsons, Dixon, ILL.,, burned
about the hands and legs.
H. f. JOY, Chicago, arms n lands
cut and bruised.
Mrs. J. c. Krehl, Girard. Ohio, spine
injured and several ribs fractured.
Miss Ethel Cakes. Boston, collar bone
broken and injured internally.
GhouIs Rob Dead.
All Of the dead except Bronson
We're taken from the rear coach of the
Denver train. The engine of No.
plowed through this car, halving it ant
crushing out the lives of helpless pas.
sengers, many of whom were still In
their berths. On into the coach ths
engine then sped. Half way through
that car it veered to the left. %derailins
the sleeper. The engine was entirely
stripped when it stopped.
Fire started from the gas lights IL
the sleepers Immediately broke out
Many victims, p1n1oned down by heavy
timbers and iron that had been tori
from the engine. pleaded for death OF
deliverance from the flames. Member.
of the fire department of Western
Springs and La Grange We're on The
scene within a few minutes after thu
wreck occurred and they put out thu
fire with lines of hose.
Ghouls are believed to have robbed
the dead before. they reached tn,
morgue in lagrange. More than {
dozen large diamond sets We're miss
ing from jewelry, and although most o
the dead appeared to have been per
m in comfortable circumstances, ;
dime was the largest sum of none,
found on any of the bodies. Corone.
Hoffman promised a thorough investi
cation of this feature of the accident
An official of the Interstate Com
merce commission was on the seen,
early gathering material for an inves
tigation. Coroner Hoffman ordered al
of the bodies embalmed Immediately.
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