Show AINS TAVY Q Dead Estimated Near 40 in Illinois Collision NAPERVILLE ill TIl April 25 UP The Thc The crack Exposition Flyer of the Burlington railroad plowed into the rear of another train Thursday at a speed of 60 miles per hour The number of dead was not determined immediately but estimates ran as high as 35 or 40 killed At least 75 persons were injured One of the thc cars splintered by bythe bythe bythe the impact was a dining clining car filled with passengers e eat eating a t i n g their lunch Naperville police said there were 15 bodies in the Naperville mortuary less than two hours after the wreck Police still were trying to remove persons trapped inside two overturned cars and they feared more were dead Aurora police said 16 persons were known dead and James Higgins Higgins Higgins Hig- Hig gins agent for the Railway Express Express Express Ex Ex- Ex- Ex press at the N station less than a block from the accident accident acci ace dent scene said there were between between between be be- tween 35 and 40 dead with bodies lying all around Sees 12 Bodies One witness who reached the scene shortly after the removal of bodies began reported he saw 12 dead Ferne Feme Hoeft reporter for the Naperville Sun said that she saw 30 persons mangled and bleeding lying between the twisted tracks and the sight light of way fence She Shedid Shedid Shedid did not know how many were dead The exposition Flyer hit the Advance Flyer another crack t train r a in at p. p m. m Witnesses Witnesses Wit Wit- nesses said It appeared that the Advance was pulling onto a by- by track to let the Exposition Flyer through but that the thc rear car of the Advance did not get off the main track in time The Diesel engine of ot the Exposition Exposition Exposition Expo Expo- Flyer was almost completely complete complete- tely te- te ly Inside of ot the smashed rear car carof carof carof of the Advance Wrecking and ambulance crews were unable to tell how many bodies remained Inthe inthe in the wrecked rear coach Tangled Metal Behind the engine of the ilio Exposition Exposition Exposition Ex Ex- Ex- Ex position Flyer was a twisted mass massof massof massof of tangled metal all that remained of the first car I The second car of ot the Exposition Exposi Expos I tion Flyer was overturned Cars of the Advance Flyer were humped grotesquely but except for the rear car none was over over- turned Witnesses said the wreck occurred occurred oc oc- at p. p m. m about 30 miles southwest of Chicago In the center of ot the small town of Naper Naper- ville yule Miss ML S Hoeft who lives only a afew afew afew few blocks from the Loomis street grade crossing where the wreck occurred said that the crash sounded like an awful explosion Fire Engines Called Sounds of rending metal could be heard for several minutes after the crash Fire engines and ambulances were called Immediately to the scene Persons lying alongside the train were mangled horribly Miss Hoeft said She said one woman had a foot cut off Another body was too mangled to determine whether it was a mans man's of or a womans womans wom worn ans Officials of ot the Howard Hovard man mortuary in Naperville said they had 17 mutilated bodies The TheArthur TheArthur TheArthur Arthur Beidelman mortuary operated operated op op- by a brother of Howard Beidelman said sald it had 12 bodies Both places said they expected more |