St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 11, 1887

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N 2 4 N | ; | N 5 ; 7 * N 4 : 1 7 5 N ® | * * > — An Sr. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1887. PRICE, FIVB CENTS. BY CARRIER, FPIPTEEN CENTS A WEEK. "VOL. 38.—NO. 34. oc R/ FORD So Thursday. It’s time to be getting the chil- dren ready for school. We would like to show you our line of New Fall Ginghams. The selection com- prises all the new plaids and com- binations, and prices are 10 cents and 12 1-2 cents. The fine weaves, with tufted and twisted cords, are both pretty and the most service- able. Astylish and becoming Vest for slender figures, specially nice for wool gowns, has the straight vest piece gathered on to a pointed yoke, shirred at the waist, and al- lowed to fallin a pouf or straight several inches below the waist. New Hats. Misses’ and Children’s Trimmed Sailors, 20 cents and 25 cents. Very nice Sailors, worth a dollar, for 45 cents!! Fall shapes Rustic Straws—the first Fall importation — 25 cents pach. Why don’t St. Louis ladies wear more flowers during the summer? The Princess of Wales wears great bunches of French roses on her bonnet. Nothing so appropriate and becoming, and we have a great variety of rich Imported French Velvet and Silk-Petaled Flowers, worth '75 cents to $1.50 a bunch. | The lot goes for 15 cents a bunch. All stylish, finest quality goods. „p. CRAWFORD & Co. K c —t 5e. He. 10e. 10. — — — Pure Milk, Lemonade, Watermelon Ice Cream, THE POPULAR DELICATESSEN LUNCH ROOMS, 118 N. FOURTH STREET. 712 OLIVE STREET, 718 NORTH BROADWAY. GENTS emnant Sale Greatest Attraction ofthe Hour FOR FRIDAY’S SALE, SIX CASES Palm Leaf Fans NEW OVAL SHAPE, BEST QUALITY SATIN PALM, AT | CENT EACH. IMMENSE ACCUMULATIONS OF Remnants of Laces and Embroideries —— \ waa 25 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR. Calicoes, Ginghams and Satines AT HALF PRICE. BARGAINS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT ALL DAY FRIDAY! B. Nugent & Bro, 815 to 821 North Broadway, Between Franklin Av. and Union Market. MONEY TO LOAN On Diamonds, Watches, Chains and Gold Jewelry. SL Louis Jewelry & Loan Co, 410 Washington Av, Bargains constantly on hand in the above goods. Sold for cash or on time. — — —— —— AIL -- SCISSORS. If you are desirous of purchasing Nail Scissors in any shape or size, bent or stralent blades, remember that it belongs to the CUTLERY GOOD one call on A.J. JORDAN, 612 WASHINGTON —— — — — ne, and in order to obtain a —— AV, SEA BATHS ‘wing ow GENUINE SEA SALT, dv Prickly Heat“ scree .I) Bxs, 15¢ Bach 8 Bath, Tollet and Camlagt, “ss! Mellier Drug Co., 711 Washington Av. L Vard Furniture, Stove and Carpet Co, 1113 and 1115 Franklin Avenue. Our house-cleaning is done, and we have placed on sale OUR NEW STOCK OF Carpetings, Oll-Cloths, Rugs, New Designs in Bedroom Sets and Parlor Furniture, Foldi eds, Pianos “Stoves and Eve! ‘ther _ BUCED P Call d deau 1 good a will TERM 8 as any bouse ia the Serie. — every ans, Gasoline Stoves, Re Needed in Housekeeping, at RE- CES and ON EASY PAYMENT: rators, Cook tee CHEAPER PRICES and RABL t until 9 e'ciock. 1 1 LATEST NOVELTIES PRINTS &GINGHAMS — f, 44 * Au rol es 191 8 l — 1 7 : 1 1 ; 225 + * 2 1 ö * ee . 1 Fe * , « 2 . +s = i . — . Arte Foo APPALLING. Chatsworth, Ill. a Burning Culvert. The Hundred, are Seriously Injured. Western Railroad. Two Engines Wrecked—Frightfal Dash Into a Yawn- ing Abyss—Ali the Passengers Excursion- enteen Cars, All Crowded—One Hundred Wreck—One Hundred of the Injured at Timely Rain Prevents the Burning of the Wreck—Ralilroad Officials Admit the Estimate Made of Fatalities—Lists of the Dead aad Injured. CHICAGO, August 11.—It is reported that an excursion train on the Toledo, Peoria & War- saw Railroad went through a bridge at Chats- worth, III., late last night, and that 100 people were killed and injured. A RELIEF TRAIN DISPATCHED. Dispatches from Peoria, III., say it was an excursion train of fifteen cars en route to Rallway. A relief train of twenty-four cars has goneto the scene of the disaster from Peoria. DETAILS OF THE DISASTER. A dispatch from Chatsworth says: The train left Bloomington last night for Niagara Falls on the Illinois Central, the intention being to go by that road as far as Chatsworth, and from thence by way of the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw. The change was made at Chatsworth, in Liv- bade County, and soon afterward, as the train neared Piper City, asmall town in Ford County, the bridge crossing the Vermillion River gave way, plunging the engine and sev- eral cars down asteep embankment into the stream. THE CARS CAUGHT FIRE fromthe lamps anda fearful panic ensued. On investigation it was found that nearly one hundred excursionists were killed or in- jured. The conductor of a Chicago & Alton passen & Warsaw and the Chicago & Alton ,rail- ways connect, learned from one of the con- ductors of the first-named road that an acci- dent had OCCURRED NEAR PIPER CITY, a small station east of Chatsworth. The ex- cursion train while on the bridge near Piper City came into collision with another train going in the opposite direction. The cars of the excursion train were PILED UP UPON EACH OTHER in fearful confusion, and fromthe shock of the collision the bridge gave way and several cars were precipitated into the stream. THE DEAD AND INJURED. The conductor says that the killed numbered between forty and fifty, and that the injured are more than twice that number. The acci- dent occurred some time between midnight and (o clock this morning. A relief train with physicians was sent from Peoria this morning to the scene of the wreck. RAN INTO A BURNING CULVERT. Information received at the Illinois Central offices in this city is that the train consisted of two engines and sixteen coaches. The culvert bad been burned away two miles east of Chats- worth, presumably by a prairie fire, and about 1 o’clock this morning the engines and coaches went over. The agent at Chatsworth reports tothe General Manager, E. PF. Jeffrey of the Lilinols Central, that over ONE HUNDRED ARE KILLED and about a like number injured. He can give no further particulars. Two Peoria gentie- men who had intended to take the fated train reached Chicago this morning, having at the last moment selected another route East. They say the train was made up at Peoria, so that probably the majority of the victims are from that city or its immediate vicinity. Twelve cars started from Peoria, INCLUDING FOUR SLEEPERS, Attached to the train was the private car of the Superintendent ot the road, which was to be occupied by himself and son. The depar- ture from Peoria was at 7 p. m., and the inten- tion was to take another coach filled with ex- cursioniste at Bloomington. Then the run was to be by way of Logansport, Ind., and Detroit. The programme seems to have been fully car- re bur untreue great thront of pleasure- |} Mrs. W. 4.-Sindel, irs. Walters, Mrs. H. J. Terrible Railroad Disaster Near Excursion Train Runs Into Killed Estimated at Two While Over One Hundred and Fifty The Wreck on the Toledo, Peoria & and Ten Cars Completely ists En Route to Niagara Falls—The Train Made Up of Two Engines and Sev- and Ten Bodies Recovered From the Chateworth and Fifty at Piper City— Niagara Falls on the Toledo, Peorta & Warsaw ger train which has just arrived in Chicago from Bloomington, where the Toledo, Peoria seekers met with a fearful check at the bridge over the Vermillion River. INTO A BURNING CULVERT. Full Details of the Terrible Catastrophe Near Piper City. CHATSWORTH, III., August 11.—The Niagara Falis excursion train on the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad, consisting of seventeen coaches and sleepers, crowded with passen- gers from Peoria, III., and points along the line, was wrecked two and one-half miles from Chatsworth by running into a burning culvert. The twoengines were completely wrecked, together with ten coaches and the baggage- car. Engineer McClintock was instantly killed. Two firemen and the other engineer escaped serious injury. The ten cars were piled on top of the two engines, being tel- escoped and piled across and on top of each other. Itis miraculous how any escaped, as the coaches and engines do not occupy over two car lengths of track, and all on top of the road-bed. In one coach NOT A PERSON ESCAPED, inanother but one—a lady. Seventy dead have been taken out up to this time, and 100 wounded are now in Chatsworth in the Town Hall, school-house, depot, etc. At Piper City there are alarge number of wounded, over fifty. Thedead are estimated at over one hundred. The cars caught fire, but it was put out by the train men and passengers. A heavy rain setin abouttwo hours after the wreck, before the wounded could be taken away, raining for two hours. The people are doing all they can for the wounded. A WILD AND EXCITED THRONG. It wasa wild and excited throng which sur- rounded the Union Depot in Peoria this morn- ing. News ofa wreck, the Niagara excursion train with fifteen coaches and two engines, had sped like wildfire, Four hundred excusionists from . Peoria, Canton, Eureka and other places, many of them well known and highly respected throughout Central Illinois, aboard. All sorts of rumors were floating around, and the num- ber of killed and wounded were variously esti- mated at from six to a hundred. 4 SAD SIGHT. The first regular train left Peoria at 8:30. Every one was sad and discussed the prob- able results in accents low. It was impos- sible to hear anything in Peoria, and many men and women aboard were fearful lest some dear one was among the dead or hor- ribly mangled. At all stations along the line large crowds of excited people had gathered, anxious to hear the latest news from Peoria. Some wild rumors prevailed, but nothing of an authentic nature could be learned. When the relief train reached its destination it was asad and ghastly sight that was brought to view. TWO HUNDRED KILLED. Ten coaches had either gone through the bridge or were piled in a promiscuous heap crosswise and lengthwise of the track. Shrieks and groans of the dying could be heard. A bridge through which the cars passed west was a small one. It nad been afire, which was the cause of its weakening, causing the frightful holocaust. So far over seventy bodies have been recevered. They were conveyed to the Hall, School-house, and on the depot platform. No one has been taken from under the cars and notevena sound can be heard rom them. It is feared all are dead and the number of killed is estimated at 200. — — —äp— THE DEAD. Bodies of Passengers Recovered From the Wreck and Identified. CHATSWORTH, Ill., August 11.—Among the passengers who were killed the following have been identified: Mrs. P. Cress of Washington, III. Mrs. May Lass. ARTHUR McCARTY. JAMES BLAIR. Ep McCLINTOCK, engineer of 18; roasted to death. JOE HATTON, baggage-master, of Peoria. JESSE MEEKE of Eureka. Mrs. DR. DRUCKET of Forest. MRS. ZIMMERMAN. A BABE belonging to Joe Neal of Peoria. A SON OF EZRA MEEK, aged 20, Eureka. Miss May Laws, Eureka. THE WIFE of a traveling man of Kankakee. GODEL ——, father and son. WILLIAM STEVENSON and two daughters. CAPT. DAHLKE. Mrs. JAMES DEAL. Mrs. WILLIAM ALLEN. Mrs. WM. BALL. SUSIE BALL. WILLIAM REGAN. Mrs. FRENCH. PHENA FRARX. Mrs. VALENTINE. MRS. VALDEJO and daughter. FRED WEINNET and daughter Pearl of Peoria. — . CS THE INJURED. Excursionists Who Saffered in the Disaster. CHATWORTH, III., August 11.—The follewing are the names of the persons injured, so far as ascertained: J. E. DECHMAW of Peoria, slightly. Mrss PEARL ADAMS, Peoria. Mrs. Kitty Wirren Of Peoria, ribs broken. ROBERT ZIMMERMAN of Peoria, badly hurt. Miss May McVoy of Peoria, badly hurt. Mrs. JOSEPH NEAL of Peoria, leg broken. E. A. PARKER of Peoria, seriously hurt. WALLACE ROBINSON of Peoria, dangerously in- jured. Mrs. I. W. Grant of Peoria, dangerously in- jured. Mrs. Kate Cress of Washington and Cora Smith of Peoria are fatally injured. It is impossible to get a full list. All the bodies have been recovered and number sev- enty. They are at Chatsworth and Piper City. Everything is in the wildest confusion. Many are mangled beyond recognition. — 2 — List of the THE EXCURSIONISTS. List of the Peorians on Board the Ill-Fated Train. PEORIA, II., August 11.—Among the Peoria excursionists on board were the following: Miss Mary Morris, William Ulrich, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Regon, Mrs. P. F. Valentine, Joe Neal, wife and baby, Edward E. Putney and wife, Mrs. Phema Frahm, Miss Lizzie Jones, Mrs. W. H. Allen, Mrs. James Deal, Mrs. William Ball, J. E. Dechman, Ad- am Schemberger, Miss Jonnie O’ Shaughnessy, Mrs. Adam Webster, Charles Webster, Ed- ward Compton and wife, Miss Mary McEvoy, Mrs. John Murphy, Mr. C. 8. Dotty, Mrs. Gar- retson, Lewis EI Rotterman, G. A. Smith, A. N. Morton and wife, Robert Kennedy and wife, J. M. Tenne and wife, E. F. Parker, K. J. Welsh, E.Godel, Miss 2 Adams, & Gogol, obe Dahlke and wife, Elsie Ulrich, Pear! t, F. D. Weinnett, Mann, Miss Marion Coon, I. W. Grant, Mrs. M. H. Grant, the Misses Todd, Miss Mary Wright, Miss Sarah Wright, Miss Belle Wright, Miss Ella Goldsborough, Miss Mina Graves, Miss Minnie Rider, C. Gehrman, Harry 0. Davis and wife, Miss Nellie I. Davis, Harvey W. White, Mrs. T. P. Pothof and daughter, Miss Fredericka Lucas, Mrs. George Harris, Mrs. R. K. Wilber, Mrs. A. T. Ketcham, Will O. Clark and wife, Mrs. Fred Black, Miss Sophie Block, E. ond —— — mn &