Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-22
OFFICIALS KILLED
IN COLL|S|ONj
Former President Hartman One OF
the VictimS---Private Gar De-
mOliShcd.
NO PASSENGERS ARE HURT
Late Railroad President n one Time
Worked In q. "a \. II. IL. SHOPS IN
Alexandria.

officials travelling with him in pri-
vare car were killed in wreck on
that line at Iiinmundy, ILL.,. az 1890
a. m. today. The dead:
James T. Harahan.
| +. B. Pierce. Chicago, general soil
citor. of the Rock Island r. r.
F. o. Alelchor. Chicago, second
yice-president OF the Rock Island
Railroad.
+. E. Wright. Memphis. son of for
mer Secretary OF War Gen. Luke
Wright, connected with the legal de-
partment of the Illinois Central.
An official statement OF the Illinois
Central officials mere says tha; no
passengers were seriously hurt. but
that Engineer Stewart OF one OF the
wrecked trains and his fireman were
injured. The private car on which
The railroad officials were riding. was
the rear car OF train No. -, south
bound. which had stopped at the tank
M kinmuddy TO take on water.
Train No. =. also southbound.
which had the right Of way, crashed
into the rear OF No. - while going
at a speed OF 30 miles an hour. The
private car was utterly demolished
and every person in ii was killed.
llarahan's body was thrown through
the roof OF the car and found beside
the wreckage. The body OF Melchor
was found beside that OF Harahan.
Pierce and Wright were taken from
The wreckage by passengers. MI
were dead when found.
Chicago. Jan. 22.-Ofliciais OF ire
Illinois Central here gave out Il state
ment today declaring that no one be-
side former president Harahan OF the
road and the three railroad officials
travelling with him were killed. at the
kinmundy wreck on that road. The
reports say that members OF the en-
CINE crew OF the Seminole Limited
which crashed into a local train wer"
seriously hurt. Tho company says
Messengers were severely shaken IN
but no one seriously injured.
While big officials OF the company
here were withholding formai
statement until they received de-
tailed information. il was given out
thor the private car in which Hara-
han and his friends were travelling
wos attached TO the southbound SEM
mole Limited. and was running :m-
mediately behind the baggage cars
in that heavy train. The local train
also southbound had been ordered TO
q siding to allow The Seminole TO pass.
The local tried 10 make the depot
IN discharge its passengers before
taking the siding. While the ':a!n
was standing at the station the Sem
mole. going at full speed. crashed in
10 il. The heavy steel sleepers run
ming behind the private car. Flo"ed
through il and smashed it up against
the baggage car. and the tender Of
the engine.
The rear of the local train was
wrecked but no one on that tran
vas seriously hurt. Harahan and
his friends left Chicago at S:l3 last
night.
The railroad men were 10 attend
conference in Memphis today with
representatives of a company when
is planine 10 build a bridge across
the Mississippi at that point
The Illinois Central and Rock ISL
and lines were interested IN this con-
Germ.
+. II. Harahan, ir., son of the Tor
mer Illinois Central president, is a
parient al ST. Luke's hospital. and ms
condition was such early today that
he could not be told Of his father $
death.
James T. Harahan, sr., on his re-
tirement as president OF the ILLINOIS
Eentral, January y, 1911. was
awarded a pension of $4,000, under
the rules of the company. which ap-
ply TO all employees after they reach
the age OF 20. Harahan's average
salary for the last ten years was s3o'-
900. He was president OF the road
for four years.
Harahan was born January l.,
l1S41, at Lowell, Mass. He began his
railway career as freight clerk for
The Boston and Providence in Boston