Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-07-15
Chicago Suburb Scene Of
FrightfuI Disaster On Bur-
Iington Line Due Probably 10
Heavy Fog.
SPEEDING TRAIN HITS
ANOTHER STANDING STILL
Engine Of Fast Mail Literally
PIows Its Way Through Pull
mans of Overland Express,
Crushing Out Lives.

(By Morning journal Special Leased Wire.l
Chicago, July Ia. Thirteen persons
were killed and fifteen to twenty in
iured in Il wreck on the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy railroad al
Western springs, suburb of Chica-
go. at $50 a. IN. today.
Coming through "a fog with sup
posedly clear track ahead train No
s, fast mail, ran fun speed into the
rear of train No. 2 known as the
overland Express, from Denver
which was standing still on the track,
telescoping two of the Overlands 3
Pullman cars.
Railroad officials refused to fix the
blame until after the wreck has been
investigated thoroughly. Mrs. f. A.
Wilcox who was in charge of the
tower from which the block signals
We're controlled. said she was certain
the block was thrown against both
trains.
The dead
FRANCIS A. BARCLAY, 20 years
old, Billings, Montana
GEORGE BROWNSON. 55. Gales
burg, Illinois. engineer NO. s.
A. e. BUNCH, 80 years old, Chi
cago, negro porter on No. 2.
MRS. G. M HART, wife of ply
sician at Canton, Ohio.
M hS. ~. u. fofil1MAN, San fraH-
cisco.
NJ. z. STERN. 40 years old, Chica-
G. w. TUDOR. 40 years old Lacey,
Iowa.
LILLIAN KELLEY, % years old,
Ros. Idaho,
Unidentified woman. 45 years old
gray eyes. black and white striped
waist and blue skirt.
Unidentified woman 40 Nparc old
light hair medium build, blue serge
dress. black patent leather shoes with
white tops; C. l.. p. to l.. II. II.
engraved on iewelry
Unidentified woman, "a years Old
brown hair, blue eyes. two gold
mouth.
Unidentified girl years old, light
hair, gold band ring, blue and white
silk dress
Unidentified boy, years old. linen
dress, red stockings and black san
dals.
Among those injured were
Warren p. Dudley, No. IA Oak
street, Belmont, Mass, Mrs. Bessie
NJ Dudley, Wife of Warren r. Dudley, |
compound fracture OF right leg
John w. Flack, Cincinnati, right leg |
lacerated, scalp wound; Mrs. Flack
severe scalp wounds; f.. G. POhlman, |
san Francisco right arm and right
leg broken; Rev. f.. IL. Scholz, st
rrancls hospital Columbus, Ohio,
pack injured and scalp wounds; Miss
katherine Griswold, Milwaukee, spine
injured and knee cut; Miss Lyme
Johnson, Chicago. shoulder dislocated
ana knee and hand cut; William Nc
Mar. years old, No. II Kalamath
street, Denver, head and face severe
y cut; Mrs. E. w. Francis, Bedford,
~. X Marsh. Chicago. back injured;
John T.. Parsons Dixon. Illinois.
Murned about the hands and legs: II
+ JOY, Chicago. arms ana hands cut
ana bruised. Mrs. J. c. Kherl, Girard.
ono spine injured ana several ribs
fractured
Al the dead except Brownson,
We're taken from the rear coach OF
ne Denver train. The engine Of No.
{, proved through this car. halving
y ana crushing out the lives of pas
sengers' many of whom still We're in
'eIlns' on into the second
'oach the engine then sped. Half
" ay through that car it veered to the
+lt derailing the sleeper. The en-
Sihe -, was entirely stripped wnen it
Fire, started from the gas lights in
me sleepers, Immediately broke out. |
Many victims, pinioned down by the |
neaNy timbers and iron that had
zen torn from the engine. pleaded
ol death or delivery from the flames.
ii. VI rinDers OF the tire departments of
Neslern Springs and LaGranee We're
~ the scene within few minutes
ma put out the flames
With the identification of one of the :,
omen victims as Miss Lillian Kelly,
"ehty-two years old. of Boise, Idaho,
'ds brought to light shattered ro- c
nance i
she was said to have been engaged
" be married to Il. +. klinger Of u
outh Bend, Ind, who Identified the h
ody :,
II is believed that more than fortyi
efsons We're injured in the wreck. y
hhouls are believed to have robbed =
ne dead before they reached the
lofsue in LaGrange. More than Il n
'1en large diamond sets We're miss r;
y from jewelry and although most Il
the dead appeared to have been "
etsvns in comfortable circumstances, G
nline was the largest sum of money in
luna on any of the bodies ~
m OFFICIAL of the interstate COM -
leice commission was on the scene -.
ifiy. gathering information for an ~
'Nestlgation. Coroner Hoffman or
ered all bodies embalmed immedi- ia
eN ana early in the afternoon en- VI
reck. Ia
'he story of how the wreck &C.
iirred differed from that Of Mrs al
"coN IL was that No. ., having w