Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-15
THIRTEEN killed
N CHICAGO WRECK
NEARLY SCORE MORE INJURED
IN DISASTER NEAR WEST.
ERN SPRINGS STATION.
OMAHA MAIL CRASHES INTO
BURLINGTON "ovERLAND"
Shock in Forward Cars Causes Panic
and Weak Are Tramplsd-Fire Men
aces injured and Victims Are
Dragged From Debris az Flame,
Creep Upon Thorn

aces Injured and Victims Are
Dragged From Debris a. Flames
Creep Upon Thorn
Chicago. July 15.-Officials Of the
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy railroad
today began an investigation at
Aurora of the wreck at Western
Springs yesterday. which resulted in
the death Of thirteen persons Mrs. f.
A. Wilcox. block signal operator at
Western Springs. and the crew Of the
Denver train. into which the fast mail
crashed. We're first questioned.
H. Q. Grain. the fireman on the fast
mail engine, In the hospital, where
he lies sadly injured. declared that his
engineer George Bronson. who was
killed, was not at fault.
THE signals We're set for clear
track in the block west OF where we
struck. We heard the torpedoes and
poor Bronson shut off steam and re-
versed the engine. We were too close
to stop. He died like hero" said
Grain.
Positive Identification was made to-
day Of the bodies of Mrs. G. w. Tudor.
of Lacey, Iowa, and her daughter. Lois
Adel Tudor. 1 years old. Relatives
identified the Tudors. father mother
and child Three bodies. twowomen.
and one little girl. remain unidentified
at LAGRANGE.
Chicago, July 15.-Thirteen persons
are dead and more than twenty five
injured as the result Of mistakes Of
railroad employees. partially due to a
heavy fog. which sent the Omaha fast
mail crashing at the rate Of seventy
miles an hour. into the rear sleeper OF
the Denver Overland Limited stand
ing still at Western Springs on the
Burlington road, eighteen miles west
Of Chicago, at $3.50 a. m. yesterday.
The dead:
Bunch. A. E.. Chicago negro porter
on passenger train.
Barclay, Mrs. Frances a., Billings
Mont, "a years old.
Bronson. George, engineer OF fast
mail. home in Galesburg. Ill.
Hart, Mrs. NJ, about 35 years old
Canton. o.
Kelly. Miss Lillian. % years old
Boise City. Idaho. formerly of South
Bend. Ind.
Pohlmann. Mrs. E. c.. San Francisco,
Cal.
Stern. NJ. E., Of Becker, Stern & Co..
Chicago.
Tudor. G. W.. Lacey, Iowa.
Tudor. Mrs G. w
Tudor, 5-year- old daughter Of G. W,
Tudor
Unidentified woman, about 40 years
old blonde blue skirt. white voile
waist, black patent leather shoes. dia-
mond- opal wedding ring.
Unidentified woman, about 3o years
old. short and stout. blue eyes. two
gold crowns on upper left side. gray
suit. blue silk waist
Unidentified girl. 8 to II years old,
light hair tied with blue ribbon. brown
stockings. blue and white silk dress.
The injured:
Grain. H. O.. fireman OF the mail
train. home in Galesburg. H.: left hand
and right foot badly lacerated and cuts
and bruises on head. face and body.
Dudley. Warren p. Belmont Mass:
back injured, head, face and body cut
and bruised.
Dudley, Mrs. Ressie NJ. compound
fracture of the right leg. contusions
and bruises on body and face.
F'lach, John NJ, Cincinnati. Ohio.
scalp wounds, right leg bruised and
lacerated.
Flach. Mrs. J. W.. severe scalp
wounds.
Francis. Mrs. e. W.. Bedford H..
shoulders bruised.
Griswold, Katherine. Milwaukee, nose
bruised. abrasion on left knee. COM
planned OF injury to spine.
Hughes. Frank D.. Hinsdale. H.. con-
ductor on passenger train: right arm
broken, internally injured and badly
cut and bruised.
johnson. Miss Lillian. Chicago. left
shoulder dislocated. left knee cut and
chin and left hand cut.
JOY, H. F.. Chicago. hands cut and
bruised.
Krehl. Mrs. J. c.. Glrard. Ohio. small
cut on left wrist. spine hurt. probable
fracture Of ribs on left side.
McNair, William, II years old. Dem
yer. Colo, left cheek cut.
Marsh, o. r., Chicago, back
wrenched.
Parsons, John f.. Dixon, H., left
thumb sprained. right knee lacerated
index finger and toe injured; clothes
burned.
Pohlmann. r. G.. San Francisco,
right arm and right leg broken. con-
tusions and bruises on head. face and
body; condition serious; expected to
die
Responsibility on Employees.
The accident occurred about zoo
yards west OF the station. So far as the
coroner and railroad officials have been
able 10 learn the responsibility rests
on the shoulders of several employees.
including train crews and station
agents.
While not so appalling In loss OF life
as some other recent railroad horrors.
perhaps none in recent years has been
SO replete with touching incidents.
From the time that the thunder Of the
impact, when the great bulk OF flying
machinery plowcd against and thru
the first sleeper and sent the second
topping over, reverberated over the