The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-07-19
FATAL TRAIN WRECK
BURLINGTON FAST MAIL RUNS IN
TO OVERLAND EXPRESS NEAR
CHICAGO.
CARS ARE T~ELESCOPED
Victims Crushed and Wreck Takes
Firc-Ghohls Believed to Have
to Have Robbed
Bodies.

were killed and Is OF 20 were injured
in a wreck on the Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy railroad at Western
Springs, a suburb OF Chicago.
Coming through q fog, with sup
posedly a clear track a head, train No.
8. a fast mail, ran at full speed into
the rear Of train No. 2. known as the
was standing on the track. telescop-
ing two OF the Overland's Pullman
cars.
Railroad officials refused to fix the
blame until after the wreck had been
investigated thoroughly.
Mrs. F.. A. Wilcox. who was in
charge of the tower from which the
block signals were controlled, said she
was certain the block was thrown
against both trains. She collapsed az
ter the accident and still is in a high
ly nervous condition.
Fire Starts in Wreck.
All the dead except Engineer
Brownson were taken from the rear
coach of the Denver train. The n
CINE Of No. 8 plowed through this
car, halving 1t, and crushing the help
less passengers, many Of whom still
were I'm their berths. On into the sec
ond coach the engine continued. Half
way through that car 1t veered TO the
left, derailing the sleeper. The engine
was stripped when it stopped.
Fire, starting from the "a. lights
In the ~sleepers, Immediately broke
out.
Believed Bodies Were Robbed.
Members OF the fire departments OF
Western Springs and La Grange were
on the scene within a few minutes
after the wreck and they put out the
fire with lines of hose.
Ghouls are believed to have robbed
the dead before they reached the
morgue in La Grange. More han a
dozen large diamond sets were miss
ing from jewlery. and although most
Of the dead appeared to have been
persons in comfortable circumstances,
q ten-cent piece was the largest sum
Vi HIOilCy lOullu vi ally Vi II DOhiVo'
Coroner Hoffman promised a thor
ough investigation of this feature OF
| the accident and an Interstate com
merce commissioner was On the scene
early, gathering material for an in
vestigation. Coroner Hoffman ordered
all the bodies embalmed Immediately
and early in the afternoon empanelled
a jury to investigate the wreck.
Another Story of Cause.
Another story Of how the wreck oc-
Cured differed from that of Mrs. Will
cox. II was that No. 2. having been
blocked by a signal, had sent back a
brakeman to set torpedoes to warn
No. g..
identified Dead.
Francis A. Barcley, aged 90 years.
Billings, Mont; George Brownson, age
IS, Galesburg, ILL.,. engineer on train
No. 8; A. K. Bunch, aged 30, negro
porter on Pullman car on train No. 2;
Mrs. c. NJ. Hart, wife of a physician
of Canton, Ohio; Mrs. +. G.. Pohlman,
San Franiisco; M. +. Stern, Chicago;
G.. w. Tudor, aged 40, Lacey, Iowa.
Unidentified Dead.
Unidentified woman, 45 years old.
gray hair, black and white striped
waist and skirt. Unidentified woman,
40 years, light hair. medium build,
blue serge dress, black patent leather
shoes with white tops, &C. L. p" to
IL. p. H." engraved on jewlery. I'm
identified woman, "a years old, brown
hair, b'ue eyes, two gold crown teeth,
on upper left side Of mouth. linden
titled girl, 9 years old, light hair, gold
band ring, blue and white silk dress.
Unidentified boy, 4 years old, linen
dress, red socks and black sandals.