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Show CAUSED BY AN OPEN SWITCH. A Colllmnn on th, Ililnni. Central - Four Min KOI. -I. Nf.w Ow.r.AN, June 20. A collision ou tho Illinois Central railroad la.-t night near auve caused by au open switch, near whera a freight train was sidetracked and run into by the south bound fa.-t express. Four men were i killed and ci severely injured. The I killed are Engineer Mitchell, Fireman ' l.-iws-jn aud Charles Mann and liiil ; Williams (eolored.) The mail train was j iirhind time and was running very fast j when the accident occured. Tiie pass-lingers pass-lingers were severely shaken but none j w ere s"riou!y injured. |