Lebanon, IL Train Wreck, Apr 1902

DISASTER IN OTHER FORMS.

A Railway Collision Near Lebanon, Ills., Injures Eight Persons.

Carlyle, Ills., April 2. – A rear-end collision occurred on the Ohio and Mississippi railroad at the Bennett coal mine, near Lebanon, yesterday. A train going east was switching cars at the mine when an extra working train running backward crashed into the caboose of the other train, almost demolishing it, also the caboose and nine flat cars on the extra. The following is a list of the injured, some of whom may die: Dick Howelon, Washington, Ind., both hips hurt; Ed Bartholomew, Clay City, Ind., head cut, also hurt in legs and back; J. Dougherty, Olney, Ill., leg hurt; Neil Dougherty, Olney, Ill, hurt above ankle; George Wheatland, Wheatland, Ind., head and face cut; Charles May, Flora, Ill., brakeman on extra, hurt on leg; Harry Smith, conductor of the extra, leg and hand hurt; Ed Hanover, Aurora, Ind., foreman of section men, knee crushed. Twenty-four section men were in the caboose of the extra when they came together. It seemed a miracle that all were not killed.

Davenport Daily Leader, Davenport, IA 3 Apr 1892
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Transcribed by Jenni Lanham.