Peoria, IL Train Wreck, Jan 1909
Posted June 4th, 2009 by Stu Beitler
THREE KILLED IN NORTHWESTERN WRECK.
Peoria, Ill., Jan. 16. -- Two extra freight trains on the Chicago and Northwestern collided head-on Friday evening four miles northwest of this city. Three trainmen were instantly killed, one is missing and believed to be in the wreckage, and two others were seriously injured.
The dead:
JOE CURTAIN, engineer, Sterling, Ill.
M. METZLER, fireman, home in Virginia.
J. A. RUSSELL, brakeman, Sterling, Illinois.
Missing believed to be in the wreckage:
W. J. WATSON, fireman, Chicago, Ill., serious; probably die.
No cause can definitely be assigned for the disaster, though it is generally believed it was a mistake in train orders.
The Daily Free Press Carbondale Illinois 1909-01-16
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Peoria IL Train Wreck Jan 1909
FATAL WRECK NEAR PEORIA
Three Trainmen Killed, One Missing and Two Injured.
PEORIA, ILL., Jan. 15.---Two extra freight trains on the Chicago & Northwestern collided head-on this evening four miles northwest of this city. Three trainmen were instantly killed, one is missing and believed to be in the wreckage, and two others were seriously injured. The dead:
JOE CURTAIN, engineer, Sterling, Ill.
M. METZLER, fireman, home in Virginia.
J. A. RUSSELL, brakeman, Sterling, Ill.
No cause can definitely be assigned for the disaster, though it is generally believed it was a mistake in train orders.
The Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln, NE 16 Jan 1909
__________________Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!