Show RUNAWAY TRAIN PASSENGER COLLIDED WITH A FREIGHT IN A TUNNEL chicago jan 4 A special to the chronicle from galena ills says travelers on a chicago great western passenger train had a thrilling ride and a narrow escape from death at galena junction today to avoid df ath the engineer and fireman of the passenger train jumped just as their engine crashed into the rear of a disabled freight train standing in a long so great was the force of the collision that tho passenger engine bounded back and before engineer or flieman could climb aboard the engine the train was going down a steep arde at the mouth of the tunnel the conductor was unable to use the air anil the train had run a mile and was within a hundred feet of a stationary freight train when stopped many of the passengers jumped while many sought safety in the front coaches the wrecked cars and the caboose in the tunnel caught fire and were destroyed the engineer and fireman of the passenger train were both injured |