Kankakee, IL Train Wreck, Oct 1893

Wreck On Illinois Central.

New-Orleans Limited Collides With Coal Train-Eight Persons Injured.

Chicago, Oct. 20.-The New Orleans Limited over the Illinois Central Railroad was wrecked by colliding with a coal train three miles beyond Kankakee, at 11 o’clock last night.

Injured.
Mrs. T.F. BROWN, Newton, Ill. Left hip bruised and ankle cut.
J.W. BROWN, baggage man, hip bruised and left ankle sprained.
Mrs. B.B. CLAYTON, Wichita Falls, Texas, head bruised and left hip badly bruised.
J.D. DAVIS, Flippen, Ga., head cut, legs bruised, and back seriously injured.
C.F. LITTLE, Chicago, scalp wounds, right hip bruised, and right leg crushed.
J.E. LOISKU, Nashville, Tenn., cut on head.
J.M. MARLEY, Plano, Ill., right hip and leg bruised, foot cut.
L.B. SAFFER, Fisher, Ill., back hurt and serious internal injuries.

The New Orleans Limited was due at 7 o’clock.

The New York Times, New York, NY 21 Oct 1893
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