Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-16
Fast Mail No. 8, Crash
ed Into Rear of Passenger
No. 2 While Travelling at
High Rate of Speed.
THREE IOWANS ARE
IN LIST OF DEAL
G. w. Tudor, His Wife and
Child of Lacey Killed; All
Dead Occupants Of the
Rear Pullman.

Chicago, July 15.-Officials Of the
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy rail-.
road today began investigation at'Au-
rora OF the wreck at Western Springs
yesterday which resulted in the death
of thirteen persons. Mrs. F. A. VIII.
COX, block signal operator at Western
Springs, and the crew Of the Denver
train into which the fast mail crashed,
were first questioned.
II. O. Grain, the fireman on the fast
mail engine, in the hospital where he
lies badly wounded, declared that his
|engineer, George Brownson, who was
killed, was not at fault.
The signals were set for clear
track In the block west Of where we
struck. We heard the torpedoes and
poor Brownson shut off steam and re
versed the engines We were too
close to stop. He died like a hero"
said Grain
| Positive Identification was made to.
day Of the bodies OF Mrs. g. w. Tudor
LOT Lacey, Ia, and her daughter, Loise
Adel Tudor, four years old Relatives
Identified the Tudors, father. mother,
Land child. Three bodies, two women
and one little girl. remain unidentified
at LAGRANGE.
4 It was said today all Of the injured
taken to hospitals as result OF the
|collision between the Chicago, Bur.
|lington and Quincy overland limited
and mail train at Western Springs
yesterday morning, in which thirteen
persons were killed and sixteen known
Ito be hurt, were in q condition which
indicated their recovery.
Twelve Of the injured were taken
Ito st. Anthony De Paul hospital and
after careful examination pronounced
THAT none had suffered injuries which
would likely cause death.
/ OF the dead three remained nm
Iidentified. These were the bodies Of
two women and one girl. The women
were both of middle age and the girl
labout 9 years old.
/ A dual inquiry will be made in an
|effort to fix the blame for the wreck.
lone will be made by Coroner Hoffman
LOT Cook county and the other by the
state railway commission, which will
meet in Chicago and go to the scene Ct
the wreck with officials of the road.
lConduct Of three persons, one of whom
lis dead, will be inquired into in an
effort to fix the blame for the wreck.
i The acts Of George Bronson, the
|engineer on the mail train who was
KILLED, Mrs. F. A. Wilcox, tower oper.
lator, and Flagman John Woodruff Of
the overland, are those to be ques.
Itioned
/ Bota Mrs. Wilcox and Woodruff
have said they did their full duty, the
former by placing block signals and
1.-THE latter by placing torpedces.
! Only one thing has been definitely
established regarding the cause OF the
wreck and that is that dense fog
Iplayed big part in the disaster.
The mail train was made up at
lCouncil Bluffs, Iowa. George Bronson,
engineer, and H. O. Grain, the fireman,
took charge of the train at Burlington,
Iowa, The mail train was due in Chi.
cago at 7:O5 o'clock yesterday morn.
ing
Engineer Dies at Post.
/ After being taken to st. Anthony's
hospital Grain told of the wreck, as.
serting that Bronson died while hero
|ically trying to stop the locomotive
and avert the fatality. He also de
clared that the operator at Hinsdale
had given the engineer q signal to
proceed and that Bronson evidently
believed that the tracks ahead were
clear. He said that the heavy fog pre-
vented him and the engineer from see
ling the limited until 1t was too late to
avoid the crash.
Bronson remained at his post and
was instantly killed. H. O. Grain, 401
East Main street, Galesburg, the fire
man, narrowly escaped death in thu
crash. He was thrown twenty feet.
His left hand and his right foot were
injured and his head. face and body
were cut and bruised He was among
the injured brought to Chicago on .
special train and removed to st. An.
thongs hospital.
! A relief train from Aurora, gather.
ling UP all the physicians on the way.
was sent to the scene. This was sup
Iplemented by relief train from Chi
icago
4 All Dead Were in Pullman.
The end car Of the Overland limited
train was the Hamlet, Pullman
sleeper All the passengers killed were
occupants Of this car. The victims