Salt Lake Herald | 1891-10-22 | Page 2 | The Burlington Wreck

The Burlington Wreck GALESBURG 111 Oct 21The Chicago Burlington Quincy fast passenger train which left here at 1030 oclock last night rras derailed at Pottery switch near Monmouth Mon-mouth sixteen miles west of here by an open whitch The whole train of seven oars save the sleeper turned over on its tide Killed Engineer A L Emery Galesburg Traveling Engineer George Courtney Galesburg Mrs George Allen Lamoni Iowa and Frank Johnson Oven Ill Eighteen were seriously injured Great surprise is expressed that the list i of casualties is not larger The saddest I casualty happened in the first chair car George Allen his wife and baby were seated near the middle of the car when the accident occurred The car tipped over and Mrs Allen was killed the baby was hurled across the car and except a cut on i the head uninjured Allen received only bruises The scene after the wreck was heartrending heart-rending Tho imprisoned passengers broke out the windows of the cars to effect their I escape A large force of surgeons and railroad officials went from here and Bur lington The coroner visited the scene of the wreck and will hold an inquest tomorrow tomor-row I I rowF C Rice superintendent of the Illln I ois lines of the Burlington road expressed r r the opinion the switch had been tampered r with after the wreck as it was found half I turned bows of the wreck created great excitement here and hundreds are visiting the scene t