Show ANOTHER WRECK also a party of edcur zionists accident caused by switch this one occurred in the suburbs of chicago chicago july 12 an excursion train on tho wisconsin central ran into an open switch nt altenheim Alt a suburb ten miles west of this city this evening killing five people and injuring about twenty the names of the dead are charles samuels chicago frederick keitel chicago fred kech chicago two unidentified women whoso ages are about sixteen and twenty the injured mrs farmer chicago right leg broken edward kelley left lee broken D E alden left arm broken J H heater conductor of tho train badly bruised peter connor injured internally fred gravell badly bruised and internal injuries ten or fifteen others were injured but were taken away in carriages patrol wagons and other conveyances before their names could be learned the train consisted of thirteen coaches and was returning from schiller park where the graded assessment club a lodge of the ancient order of united workmen had given a picnic the train was comine down a grade approaching pro aching altenheim Alten hoim station and the speed was so great that the engineer could not stop in time to avert the wreck standing on the siding were a switch engine and an unloaded passenger train waiting for the excursion to pass when the heavily laden picnic train struck the engine and train the baggage car was telescoped by the next coach those who met death were riding in the bag gace car as no seats were to bo bad in the coaches it la not known who is guilty of leaving the switch open but pending an investigation vesti gation the police arrested con ductor heater james grant and wm dolan the crew of tho excursion train and the crew of the sidetracked passenger train |