Peoria, IL Train Wreck, Aug 1892
Posted January 16th, 2008 by June
Engineer Bone Was Killed.
Wreck of a Fast Passenger Train Near Peoria, Ill.
Peoria, Ill., Aug. 13.- The fast train on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy due to leave here at 3:20 p.m. was fifteen minutes late in departing this afternoon. As the train shot around a curve abut three miles from the station at the rate of forty miles an hour the front trucks of the locomotive jumped the rails and a moment late the train was piled up in the ditch. The engine was turned completely around and is a total wreck. The cars all left the track but were not badly smashed up.
Engineer, GEORGE BONE, married of Galesburg, after reversing the engine was caught in the lever and sustained injuries from which he died.
JOHN MAXWELL, fireman, also of Galesburg, jumped after putting on the air brakes. He was quite badly injured, one leg being broken, besides sustaining internal injuries.
None of the passengers was injured though all were shaken up and a number bruised. It is believed that boys placing a spike on the rail to see the engine smash it caused the accident.
The New York Times, New York, NY 14 Aug 1892
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