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Show ' ' K -' Former Bead of Illinois 1 1 Central in a j 1 1 'Wreck '-i 1 11 il Centralja, 111., Jan. 22. James T. ' I JH Harahan, Sr., former president of the ' H Illinois Central, Frank O. Melcher, H second vico president of the Rock Isl- ' jH and; E. P. Peircc, general solicitor ot ' jH the Rock: Island, and Cldrldge E. M Wright, son of Luke E. Wright, for- ' M ruer secretary of war, wero killed in L-H a collision of two Illinois Contral H trains at Kinmundy, III., about twenty H miles east of here, early today. j ' H Three trainmen wero injured, and J I " the passengers In the coaches were j H badly shaken and bruised- Train No. , 1 H 25, known as the New Orleans exr i J r jH press, was taking water at Kinmundy j H at 1 o'clock, when train No. 3, tho ' H Seminole Limited, ran Into the rear . H of No. 25. ,-r 1 ' M The killed were in tho private car " J 'H of Mr. Melchor. The bodies were 'j H found near the berths they had occu- '1 ' "H pled. j H Only one occupant of the private ' ' jH car, tho secretary of Mr. Melcher, es- j I fl caped. The engine of No. S plowed I 1 jH its way through tho private car, which , J H was attached to No. 25, and was stop- ( H ped by the steel coaches Immediate- , I ,'H ly preceding. The impart hoved the wl standing train for a ujco down ' ' f the trackB, although its"'1 rhis "wre I f locked. The engineer and fl. f , C(the ll T lmUAf4 u'rtrn aHrrVlflv Vint ' ( ll were able to tako the ta ' fi, as I Pl soon as the wreckage ti ., Ted llM away. 4,. llH . Relief trains left here . 7r ( 1 1 ll the wreck, intending to hr in . . M jured and dead to Centrr ' 1 ' i The Limited carriod Bl.,jpinfj ..rsrfy ' l W only and withstood the terrific 'smash,- -JA - I j fH Hrhe express was composed of coach- ? j II J," es, made of steel Tho trains were jfl due to pass south of. Central, hut be- 'J I: t- cause of No. 25 being late No. 2 met 1 HI H it at Kinmundy. 1 1 H It is said no flagman went hack 1 1 B from No. 25. U H Harahan recently retired from tho H presidency Jof tho Illinois Central ! j H railroad on a pension. Melcher lived v I at Winnetka, 111., and Pelrce in High- H land Park, Jll , a suburb of Chicago. 7 jl Mr. "vVrlght resided in Memphis. Res- jH idents of Kinmundy, a town of 1,500 ,H inhabitants, opened their doors to buc- M cor the injured soon after the news ; H spread of the wreck. L M The crashing of the engine Into the r jH private car was heard for several f H blocks. H Engineer Robert Stuart and M Vert, fireman, both of the Limited, M were two trainmen injured. Both aro j M from Champaign, and were taken to jH their homes. Stuart was cut and M bruisod and Verts' leg was broken. M The bodies of the dead were taken ) JH through hero this morning to Chica- a .H go. Grant Seathering, deputy coro- Wlfl ner of Marlou eminty, will prcBido at Ijjl the inquest. The cause of tho wreck ' I H is ascribed to scarcity of wator along H jH the road. A special order makes it IH nocossary for nil trains to take water I H at Kinmundy, and a freight train that f, M took water before the express held V M the express longer than was cuBtom- tII Stuart and Vert were a freight crew M latelv put on a passenger train. It H is bolievcd thor forgot tho order for jB all trains to take water The nag- B man of No. 25 did not have time to & flag the Limited. 1 It is now learned that four occu- J IH pants of tho prlvnto car escapod doath. , H or 'injury. These are Byron B. Cur- j M ry, private secretary of Vice Presidont 1 J H Molcher: Thomas B. Busbec, attorney I H for the Rock Island for tho states of vH Arkansas and Louisiana and two ne- jH gro porters. The wreck occurred half a block , jH north of the Kinmundy depot The 1 IH englno of the Limited went half way jH through the private car, splintering j H it. Tho four men who escapod wero ll in tho front of tho car and crawled H through tho openings mado by tho ''H engine Tho bodies of the four dead H were mutilated. The top of Mr. Har- IB ahan's head was torn off. Tho arms f H of most of tho victims wero severed M and a doctor roported tho logs aro jH held bv shreds. Mr. Harahan's body ) M perhaps was mutilated more than the J M othors. H The responsibility for tho wreck: lH was placed on the toworraan at Edge- H wood, bv Henry J. Broecker, flag- B man of train No. 25, at tho inquest", I H which begnn here shortly before noon. . IB Ho testified the towernaan should rlH have blocked No. " for ton minutes. fH The inquest probably will be cop- tH tinued to allow the injured trainmen, lH who woro taken to Champaign, to tos- H tffy. The fireman of No. 25, Jess jH Gilbert, who wad standing on the ten- , . l dcr, was thrown to the ground and 'H suffered Internal 'injuries. ,H The two trains wero combined al- , ter tho wreckage was cleared and K'lH proceeded south. ' h iH Broecker testified at tho Inquest ' , v H , " (Continued on Pago Eight)" j W jH BARABAN IS KILLED (Continued From Pago One.) that ho loft his car and went to flag tho other train. "I ran back with my white and red Iantcm," lie testified, "and gac Engineer En-gineer Stuart the signal. He answered answer-ed by whistles,, showing that he caught tho signals, but it seamed to bo too lato for him to stop his engine " Tho responsibility for tho wroclc, according to tho deputy coroner, lies between Broeckcr and the engineer of the Limited. -oo |
