Show BAD WRECK ON SANTAFE A FE ROAD Passenger Train Crashes Into In o Freight Headon at Edelstein Niles Miles West of Chicago o oTHREE THREE TRAINMEN KILLED THREE OTHERS SAID TO BE BADLY INJURED V Topeka Kan Jan 29 Train No 6 of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe the Colorado and Chicago passenger pas enger met freight No 33 in fp 11 a headon collision at this morning mile miJe east of Edelstein Ills His station miles mUes west of Chicago V The property loss was great three ex cx express press ress cars and one freight t car were I burned and the engines smashed beyond repair I Three of the train tn n crew were killed and three others badly Injured The passengers passengers gers gem escaped without serious injury save four our That a greater V loss of Iffe Ute did not result is solely due to the fact that nei neither neither nd ther titer of ot the trains was traveling at a high rate of speed when they met The Dead Engineer Shea No 6 killed Fireman Coggins of the freight killed Brakeman H of ot the freight killed Injured George Hanover fireman No 6 badly bruised i W D r Gates Gatos engineer of freight badly i bruised Express messenger name not wn leg cut off Albert right side bruised Den Denver Denver Denver ver V verJ J 3 W V Morrissey neck sprained New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City V V F S Burt Wichita Kan neck wrenched V VJ J B E Howard How rd Wichita Kan neck sprained No 6 which was eastbound for Chi Chicago cago had instructions to wait and meet freight No 33 at Edelstein As the pas passenger passenger passenger pulled Into the station a freight No 29 was on the siding waiting to pull pul pullout pullout out until the passenger had gone into the clear It Is presumed that Engineer Shea of the passenger mistook the waiting freight train for No 33 which had not yet arrived |