Steiger, IL Train Wreck, Jul 1905

Three Killed, Seven Injured In Wreck

Chicago, July 14.-A passenger train and a suburban train on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, collided at Steiger, Ill. Three were killed and seven injured, some fatally.

Olympia Daily Recorder, Olympia, WA 14 Jul 1905

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Three Killed, 16 Hurt.

Police Seek Man Suspected of Causing Train Wreck in Illinois.

Chicago, July 14.-Three persons were killed and sixteen injured in a collision on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway at Steiger, Ill., to-day between a passenger train from St. Louis and a suburban train. Some of the injured probably will die. The dead are CHARLES HORN of Crete, Ill.; GEORGE EPSTEIN of Chicago, passengers, and JAMES LYKE, engineer of the suburban train.

The cause of the collision is said to have been an open switch which let the through train onto a siding on which the suburban train was standing, and the theory of officials is that the switch was opened by some one either carelessly or with malicious intent. Search is being made for a laborer at Steiger, upon whom suspicion rests. The man disappeared soon after the wreck. A warrant has been sworn out for his arrest.

The New York Times, New York, NY 15 Jul 1905

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Three Killed in Illinois Wreck

Chicago and Eastern Illinois Passenger Collides With Suburban Train

Chicago, July 14.-A passenger train on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railway leaving St. Louis last night collided with a suburban train in Steigers, Ill., thirty miles from Chicago.

Fireman of the train from St. Louis was killed, and the engineer badly hurt.

The dead:
JAMES LYKE, engineer of suburban train.
GEORGE EPSTEIN, Chicago.
FERDINAND HOYNE, Chicago.
Seriously Injured:
JOHN MILLER, Chicago Heights, Ill., back broken.
CHARLES HORNE, Crete, Ill., skull fractured.
JAMES CROOKS, Chicago, back injured.
DWIGHT L. WOOD, brakeman on suburban train, leg broken and side bruised.
A. GILMORE, engineer on St. Louis train, shoulder dislocated and internal injuries.
G.H. ROSS, Chicago, shoulder injured, arm broken and internal injuries.

Three persons were killed and seven injured. Some of the injured may die. The engines of both trains were demolished and the first coach on the suburban train was smashed.

The Fort Worth Telegram, Fort Worth, TX 14 Jul 1905
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